Category: Archive
But Joanie Madden isn’t any bandleader. Over the years she has shown remarkable resourcefulness in finding replacements for departing personnel in Cherish the Ladies, and as long as she wants the band to continue, it will.
That was clear from the deft integration of talent fashioned by Madden for the Cherish the Ladies concert on Nov. 28 at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling, N.Y. Founding members Joanie Madden on flute, whistles, and backing vocals and Mary Coogan on guitar, mandolin, and banjo were joined on stage by Connemara piano-accordion member Mirella Murray, new fiddle member Rois