Got mine a few days ago. It is the usual. That is to say it is a wonderful selection, great arrangements, stellar accompaniment by excellent musicians (how does one beat Billy McComiskey on Button Accordion, the man simply is among the best!!) and the subject matter is one I wondered why the wee lad from Norn Iron never tackled given the nature of that area.

Included among the cuts is Day of the Clipper, which Seamus does as a tribute to his musical Godfather, Mr. Tommy Makem (God be good to him). He also does a version of Little Jim which is a simply marvelous song written by Mike Campbell (Alaska Mike), continuing Seamus' habit of ripping off covering songs by Mudcatters ***laughing out loud***....whoa, little fella, get that bat away from my knees, ya think you're in the back alleys of Belfast???? I wuz just funnin'. The man, as always, gives you your monies worth, with 19 cuts on the CD. One of my very favorites already is his version of Báidín Fheidhlimidh. Songs like this done by native speakers, such as Seamus, remind me of listening to the old ones when I was a kid.

I give it an A+ and would urge all that love this type of music to pick it up. Great stuff.

All the best,

Mick

P.S. Before anyone says anything, the comment about Seamus recording songs of Mudcatters is purely a joke between friends. Any Mudcat songwriter that has a song recorded by the likes of our Seamus Kennedy feels pretty honored to have it so.