KYOTO -- Need to beat those hum-drum blues? Get some spring back in your step with some great Irish dance music by Kesh Band, which kicks off its 10-day St. Patrick's week tour tonight in Kobe.
The Kyoto-based Kesh plays regularly around Honshu, but now offers a rare treat you won't want to miss: top Irish guitarist Peter Gilmore, flown over from Dublin by sponsor Guiness beer expressly for this week's Irish celebrations.
"I already have a hot band, but we thought we'd get someone really good for St. Pat's, and Peter's a genius," says Kesh fiddler Jay Gregg, explaining that Gilmore is in great demand as session musician for the likes of flutist Lawrence Nugent and fiddler Martin Hayes, two of the greatest names in today's Irish music scene.