The Drovers Unlimited Orchestra, Vol. 3, the second and final, posthumous album from Chicago-based musician, composer, and producer Mike Kirkpatrick’s triptych, amalgamates jazz, world music, and Celtic tangs into an innovative and uniquely interconnected soundscape. During the ’80s and ’90s, Kirkpatrick played with The Drovers, an Irish folk-punk-indie-rock band, a band whose sound didn’t fit neatly into a single category because of their blend of roots punk, Irish folk music, and rebellious excitement. Kirkpatrick was adept at everything, including teaching at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and Columbia College Chicago, where he instilled his unbridled enthusiasm to musicians. Drovers Unlimited Orchestra, Vol. 3, features a who’s who of talent: Dave Liebman, a renowned saxophonist wh...