Deep rooted and thriving, irish folk is?one of the most vibrant and popular musical traditions in europe. Featuring a whirlwind?of fiddles, flutes and accordions, this rough guide is packed with a blend of ireland's greatest twenty first century music. This cd features artists like roisin elsafty, patrick street and cara dillon. It also comes with a bonus cd by karan casey, her 2008 album 'ships in the forest'. Karan casey has long been one of the most innovative voices in irish traditional and folk music. Produced by donald shaw, 'ships in the forest' is her fifth solo album and focuses largely on the traditional repertoire. Disc 1 1. Seamie o'dowd crooked jack 2. R??is?n elsafty pota m??r fata? 3. Arty mcglynn, chris newman, nollaig casey m? ­ire n? Chathasaigh the yellow barber gold rush 4. Patrick street the rich irish lady 5. Martin tourish luke ward tripin' 6. Karan casey town of athlone 7. Robbie o'connell the flower of kilkenny 8. Four men and a dog dan murphy's tom barrett's tarmon's cross upperchurch polka 9. ?amon doorley, muireann nic amhlaoibh, julie fowlis ross martin beauty deas an oile? ­in 10. Con ? ´ drisceoil the spoons murder 11. Cara dillon jimmy m?? Mh?le st??r 12. Catherine mcevoy steve cooney elizabeth kelly's favourite follow me down to limerick slip jigs 13. Niamh parsons graham dunne the men that god made mad l'entrada de l'angustura 14. Brendan mulholland, brendan hendry paul mcsherry high road to linton the humours of newcastle 15. Rattle the boards st patrick was a gentleman 16. Sharon shannon, frankie gavin, michael mcgoldrick jim murray the lochaber badger the road to corrandulla 17. Se? ­n tyrrell the rising of the moondisc 2 1. Love is pleasing 2. Dunlavin green 3. Johnny i hardly knew ye 4. Black is the colour 5. Town of athlone 6. Maidin luan chinc?se 7. The fiddle and the drum 8. Erin's lovely home 9. Ae fond kiss 10. I once loved a lass