Just a note for those who have asked in the past that I alert them to new material at Salut! Live: I have just posted the first part of an interview conducted earlier today with Sharon Shannon

http://www.salutlive.com/2009/10/sharon-shannon-the-salut-live-interview-1.html

There's a bit more to come, and a review of her Saints and Scoundrels album. Apologies for my recent absence from these shorea: a three-country move and pressure of work (of the paying variety) haven't helped.