The best moments in the music of Dublin guitarist Cian Nugent are left unresolved and ambiguous.

What makes music ecstatic? A New York festival suggests that it can all hang on a single moment.

Snakes and Ladders; Daniel Figgis (drums), Cormac Figgis (bass), Roger Doyle (piano), Mark Scully (drums), Colum Jordan (bass), Brian Ó hUiginn (uilleann pipes), Conor Brady (guitar), Symphony Space, New York City, 8 January 2010