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I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

I was raised around music.

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

When I was younger, music was always there.

Music has always been around with me.

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.

I was reared on folk music.