If you've any ear-hold on the music at all, you'll relish this affectionate and humorous lucky bag of pen-and photo-portraits of musicians such as Brendan Begley, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, traveller piper Paddy Keenan, Mary Bergin, Maighread ni Dhomhnaill or oldsters like Paddy Canny, Johnny O'Leary and Peter Horan, or the late great Micho Russell and Joe Cooley. The sideways humour of Nutan's photographs capture all the musicians on high stools: out in front of post offices, in the middle of roads and rivers, or caught like Sharon Shannon laughing down at a garden leprechaun baring its cheeky little arse. The mirth, music and personalities radiate from this browse-worthy sourcebook, which is perfect for bedroom, bogroom or study.
Mic Moroney