I am blessed with an avalanche of Irish just in time for St. Paddy's Day (an event which, in Ireland, is celebrated in churches, and, in America, hunched over a toilet bowl). Still, it makes for lovely music and, as they say in Dublin, a bit of the crack (which, absolutely, doesn't mean what you think it does).

The Makem Brothers sent me their new CD, Stand Together, and I think it's their best, ever. Their singing is tight but not slick, their selections are sufficiantly trad/songwriter balanced to please us all, and their production is professional and flawless. They are festival sharp and stage savy.

MM for PFS