Slide

Slide are four lads that prove there is both space for innovation and tradition in Irish folk music.

Both live and through their "Flying Pig" album, these guys show that so long as the music is played with passion and verve there is a lot to take it forward.

This is a band that's playing good honest music because they believe in the sound and the feeling, not because it's paid the bills for so long now there's nothing else to do.

Aogan, Daire, Mick and Eamonn are masters of their instruments and bring a freshness back to the music, sweeping away a great deal of cobwebs in the process.

It's not difficult to see why this band has been creating waves and re-infusing the genre. Am I looking forward to seeing them? You bet.