Martin Hayes Dennis Cahill: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

You re about to watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic. For too many of us, Irish music is something that merely gets trotted out around this time of year, associated with St. Patrick s Day and the coming of spring and made a cliche by commercialism and whatever other shallow notions make cliches what they are. But for a moment, stop, put aside your notion of jigs and reels, and just listen. Martin Hayes plays his fiddle with an exquisite touch and tone,