I haven't seen the band and doubt if I will - despite their proximity to Sheffield, not my scene and I think we have enough Irish groups without importing them from S. America. I have seen what's available on the internet and to be honest they didn't strike me as anything special - they may be better live of course.

I am intrigued as to why a group from Chile even wants to play Irish music. In the same way I would be intrigued to find out why a band consisting of Sheffield folk musicians wanted to play Chilean music should such a thing exist.

However I worked with a Chilean refugee for a number of years. He played in Chile's World Cup Team of 1962. He was one of Allende's elite guards, one of the few that survived. He was a football coach so I often saw the marks of torture on his body when he changed his clothes.

There are times when music and politics are totally intertwined. This happens to be one of them.