i was at the may celebrations at the cecil sharpe house this year and saw mathew ord, everything he sand and played i the best guitar playing i've heard in years was stunning, i bought his cd ad every track is equally stunning.

he's a real traditional gem

of course in the past i had many such moments.

first hearing omar blondel sing canadian folk songs as a child, the the clancy brothers sing the songs of revolution and rebellion, and then doc watson's album with the "cat came back"

i was given these three as my forst albums by some one i can't remember and they were all so different and so fiecely true to themselves i was stunned.

we heard local nova scotia folk but it was put down and made fun of back then, these albums made me realize that there was a world of traditionally bases music , and that we might actually be part of it and not just country bumpkins.

then of course, john allan cameron, figgy duff and stan roigers