Dirty Linen
February 11, 2007
Heading across to the United States -- and in fact all the way across it -- melodeon and button accordion player Dan Possumato is the first Alaskan musician to appear in this column. The Anchorage resident's Land of Sunshine (self-released BBR-001 2006) is a smooth collection of mostly traditional squeezebox tunes recorded in Ireland with guitar accompaniment and a few bonus additions, like the winsome singing of Laura Mulcahy on a couple of tracks. Possumato is a capable, spirited player, and as the title suggests, this is happy Irish dance music that's a good antidote for a dark winter night, even one that's 20-plus hours long.
-- Tom Nelligan