The main quartet, left to right above are Martin Murray (banjo), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Emma Corbett (melodeon) and Carl Hession (piano). [Photo Karl Leonard copyright is AniarTV]. Other musicians on the night included clarinet, double-bass and a brass section comprising four trumpets.
Here are two more tracks from By Heck
The Galway Farewell
The Contrary Reel
Members of the band
Martin Murray
From County Tipperary, Martin Murray is a highly respected instrumentalist and sound engineer. He played banjo, fiddle and mandolin in many bands throughout the 1980s and 90s, including Mairtin O’Connors Chatterbox band, and travelled the world with the Chieftains, guesting with them wherever they played. Martin also played and recorded with such luminaries as accordionist Mairtin O’Connor, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Bill Whelan and Liam Clancy amongst others. In 1993 he released his own album, A Dark Horse, in the company of Frankie Gavin, Matt Molloy, Derek Bell, Gary O’Briain, Seamus McGuire, Jimmy Faulkner, Mairtin O’Connor and more. 
Martin opened his own recording studio, Beau Street Studio, in Waterford in the 1990s. Albums recorded there include Máirtín O’Connor’s Perpetual Motion and The Fire Aflame featuring Matt Molloy, Liam O’Flynn and Sean Keane. Martin has also recorded live performances for Liam Clancy (Live at the Olympia) and De Dannan (Live in Italy) both broadcast by RTE. Now living back home in Carrick on Suir, Martin continues to play and record great music. It has been remarked that his banjo playing style is close to that of the great Mike Flanagan,
Carl Hession
Carl Hession is a notable composer, arranger and pianist. Originally from Galway, he has All-Ireland titles to his credit as a soloist and as a member of duets and trios with flute player Matt Malloy and accordionist Joe Burke. He studied classical piano at University College, Cork where he completed a BA in music, specialising in keyboard improvisation. He played with the ceili band Shaskeen with whom he recorded several albums, and with band Moving Cloud.
He has also worked with traditional musicians Frankie Gavin and Joe Derrane and, for several years he was part of the highly-successful Rhythm of the Dance team with the National Dance Company of Ireland. Together with Frankie Gavin, Carl has arranged all the brass and reed parts for this Roaring Twenties project.
Emma Corbett (Melodeon)
Emma is a melodeon player from Ballymacarbry Co. Waterford and is a former student of Bobby Gardiner. She was All-Ireland Feadh Cheoil champion in 2012, 2015 and 2016. She has toured Ireland with the group ‘ Macalla na hÉireann ‘ and is a regular performer with ‘Brú Broú ‘. In October 2017, she performed at ‘The Ireland funds ‘ gala in Boston at which $1.6 million was raised.
Her main influences have been Bobby Gardiner, Johnny Connolly and P.J. Hernon and melodeon player extraordinaire P.J. Conlon to name but a few! Emma plays Beltuna melodeons in D and E Flat.
She is also a music teacher who gives private lessons and works with several comhaltas branches. Her family owns and runs Lonergans Bar in Clonmel where regular sessions are held. Emma is now studying at Trinity College, Dublin.
This article about Emma appeared in a recent issue of Living Tradition Magazine.
