Don, If you invest in a recording by Paul Brady be aware that besides his traditional stuff he does a lot of Rock/Pop (I guess you'd call it). Some of his best traditional singing can be found on
"Welcome Here Kind Stranger", "Paul Brady/ Andy Irvine" (great album) and the more recently released "Liberty Tapes" a live mid- 70's recording which features a lot of his best known arrangements of traditional songs with great playing by a whole bunch of Irish heavyweights. "Nobody Knows" is a collection of his more modern self-penned tunes.vl