I agree whole-heartedly with Petr. I play Irish music because I love it. I listen to it for the same reason. I really enjoy the more traditional stuff, like Moving Cloud, Mike and Mary Rafferty. I owe a great debt to people like the Bothy Band and Altan for bringing Irish music out of the kitchens for me to hear it BUT, the early people who first brought this music out on a larger scale were aware of the importance of keeping traditional music traditional. It is a sad sight to go to a festival and see essentially rock bands with Irish instruments playing vaguely tune-like instrumentals. Especially but not limited to, the former fiddler from KISS, with bombs going off and lightning shooting out of the end of her electric-blue fiddle. Downright scary! I heard a rumor that she can play Irish music but I think it's just a rumor.[ ] Slan , Rich