Hi folks!

Here's a first from me. Well most influential album? I think it's got to be the first Planxty album (in the UK at least). Why? It defined a whole way of ensemble playing which never existed before and has influenced just about everybody since eg Bothy Band,De Dannan, Battlefield Band - the list is practically endless, in celtic music and beyond. Prior to that, nobody had played stringed instruments in as subtle a way in traditional music. The bouzouki revolution started here. Why Mike Harding (Radio 2 Folk Show, UK) thought The Dransfields' Rout of the Blues was the most influential folk album of all time is beyond me (and probably lots of other people). What do you all think?