Easily the best of Micho's recordings — The Rough Guide to Irish MusicOne of the essential traditional albums of the year...a masterclass in the true values enshrined in traditional music...[the tracks] are consistently warmed by an intimacy that takes them off the stage and into the cottages, parlors and back-bar snugs where they belong. — Hot PressIn a tradition which produces many originals, Micho Russell was inimitable...These 22 tracks of whistle playing, singing and speech introductions stand as a radiant, vital memorial to one of the most joyful musicians in the Irish pantheon. — Irish Times The notes are exemplary and the whole production bears the mark of a labor of love. It was very fortunate...that so much was preserved. [Producer] Bill Ochs has done Micho — and all of us — proud with this work — Irish Music MagazineA well-conceived, well-sequenced, well-performed slice of vital musical history centered on one of the best-loved — and best — traditional musicians Ireland has ever pr