Recently, for research on my new recording project about my colorful distant relative James 'the Rooster' Corcoran, I picked up the vinyl album, Joe and the Gabe, a collection of songs and tunes from Galway, I was taken by the sean nos (old style) singing of Joe Heaney. Having lived for many years near to his home-town of Carna in Galway myself, I was intrigued how he emerged out of this region, onto the stages of America and back again to bring Irish traditional music (500 songs) out to the world. This movie (not a documentary) is a fascinating glimpse into the possible world he inhabited: Stark, uncompromising and as mysterious as any story that has emerged from the West of Ireland. Not your typical type of movie, but it is worth checking out over the holidays.