One of the voices that got me into Irish trad. music way back when was Mary Black's. Her early work with De Dannan and General Humbert was wonderful. Unfortunately she's gone WAY off track, putting out a bunch of pop crap over the years.

I suppose you can't blame performers for going after commercial success, but I do wish Mary would get back to her roots (there have been rumors for years that she was working on a trad album... anyone in the know?) - and I could say the same for Maura O'Connell and, to a lesser degree, Dolores Keane.

Any feedback?

Michael