Where is the Woodie Guthrie of today, contemplates Breandán Ó hEaghra, as Genghis Khan joins the singer on a Conamara trampoline. And is that Angela Merkel on the banjo and Nicolas Sarkozy clapping along?
A couple of phone-calls to Sarkozy and Merkel and Breándán Ó hEaghra has all but solved Ireland's economic crisis — it’s a fool-proof plan to sell off the one thing that really is priceless.
Traditional Irish music sessions were once drink-heavy affairs, now it's all pints of water and cups of coffee. Breandán Ó hEaghra writes how the session is a barometer for change in Irish society – and why Roy Keane has so much to answer for.