Well, it is always a surprise to open up Mudcat and see my name on a thread. That's another way of saying that it doesn't happen often enough that I'm blaise about it.

The thread, including the kind comments contained therein, started some time ago. Last year I got the idea that a seaquel to Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea might not be a bad idea and I started recording again. The album's not finished yet but there is a pinhole of light in front of me.

Like Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea, this new album will have an all-star crew:
Tim Collins, anglo concertina
Bob Conroy, 5-string banjo
Brian Conway, fiddle
Gabriel Donahue, bouzouki, guitar, piano, mandolin
John Doyle, voice, guitar, bouzouki
Joanie Madden, flute, whistle
Susan McKeown, voice
Mick Moloney, voice, tenor banjo, mandolin
Robbie O'Connell, voice
The Johnson Girls, voices.
More on this later.

Thanks to everyone above for the encouragement.

All the best,
Dan