The musicians and singers profiled include many of the leading lights in Irish traditional music: Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Alec Finn, Noel Hill, Joe Burke, Frankie Gavin, Kevin Crawford, Iarla Ó Lionáird John Spillane, Paul Brady, Dónal Lunny, John Carty and Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, amongst many others, and traditional Irish groups such as De Dannan and Lúnasa.

The striking photographs also capture the work of some current traditional musical instrument makers, including accordion maker Paddy Clancy, bodhrán maker Malachy Kearns and Uilleann pipes maker Michael Vignoles. In addition to the visually compelling photographic studies of the instruments, musicians and instrument makers, the book includes biographical and anecdotal notes on the musicians featured and background information on Irish music and the instruments themselves.

About the Author; Stephen Power is an award-winning digital photographer and photography teacher based in Ardagh, County Limerick. He has 28 years experience as a published photographer and specialises in studio portraits, commercial, advertising and editorial photography. Stephen won the 2007 NAPP Guru Award for photography and was awarded the trophy at the Photoshop World event, in Boston, USA.

We have added this book to the site for a couple of reasons; The band are featured a lot in it and we love it! The photography is of a very high standard and we think it is a fantastic gift to receive at this time of year - or a treat for yourself! Could also be a great way to collect autographs as you meet the various musicians on their travels....