This month's issue features two of Ireland's leading contemporary folk singers, Tommy Fleming and Maire Brennan, each in their own ways is a custodian of the seedbank of tradition. Not every song they sing of course is distinctly Irish, but one or two may become established in the soil of the culture. Looking after the musical tradition is like tending a row of vines, you don't get the best wine from neglect, and neither do you make it by ignoring the rules of good husbandry. Traditional tunes are still made today, the best are like new wine in old bottles, they seem to have always fitted the space. Just like wine the ultimate approval depends on respect for the masters skill and of course good taste.
Lets raise a glass to quiet corners and the traditional ways of doing things.
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