Anyone interested in this book might also enjoy the video "Out of Ireland: From a Whisper to a Scream", which explores Irish popular music from the mid-60s to today, with an emphasis on new-traditional stuff as well as pop/rock/blues.

This material may very well be "old-hat" and overly familiar to those who have been living in Ireland (or even in the UK) for all these years, but it was a revelation to this Irish-American. A glimpse of the "Swingin' Dublin" of the 60s/70s was like a visit to another planet for someone who grew up knowing about happenings in London, New York, San Francisco, etc., and even in Paris and Prague, but no access at all to the "alternative universe" of Ireland's unique and isolated music scene.