"A welcome new collection of traditional music from the very talented and versatile Louise Mulcahy. On this CD she plays flute, whistle and uilleann pipes. Louise is one of the finest musicians of her generation. Her choice of material and her approach to the melodies, coupled with tasteful inventiveness, makes this a very welcome entry to the growing catalogue of traditional Irish flute music." - Matt Molloy "When the Gallant Boys of Tipperary meet the Castlebar Travellers on Joe Cooley's Green Moutain, he Boy on the HIlltop knows the Three White Cats will play puck with The Well-Tailored Jacket; as for The Sailor on the Rock, 'If I had a Wife' says he, 'She'd Boil the Breakfast Early', then there'd be the Five Mile Chase and the Slide Dubh; We'd be Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part and sure as shooting she'd be away with The Bold Trainer O and it'll be the Road to Ballygirreen for me. The Road to Old Decency - into The Templehouse. And there Louise will pull down music from the stars, Michelle to her Heels and Mick for speed and weetness, the pure drop of the pure heart of the pure beat of the gallivanting host...' - Vincent Woods Louise Mulcahy was born during a magnificent time for traditional music in Ireland. The 1980s were a decade when so many wonderful things that had been hidden were being rediscovered. Older stylistic players were celebrated, forgotten tunes were identified, and regional style was given new status and energy in a growing swell of recordings. This was an era of transition when the music was going beyond merely having a (somewhat) hard-won national respect to now being self-assured, and a new style of full-time professionalism came to be the norm. This was more in the manner of how things were up to the 1920s, travelling or local solo players who had managed a cash - or barter - subsistence with their music rather than the céilí band players who were active from the 1930s to the 1950s and who 'kept up the day-job' as well. Excerpt from the album sleeve notes by Fintan Vallely.