Matt Cranitch, who lives in Cork, has established a high reputation as a traditional fiddle-player and teacher, both at home in Ireland and abroad. He has performed extensively with various groups at concerts and festivals, as well as on radio and television. He has also presented lectures, master-classes and workshops on various aspects of Irish music, particularly fiddle-playing. He is also an authority on Sliabh Luachra music having researched and promoted this most unique style of music for many years. He's a member of the group Sliabh Notes, which also includes Donal Murphy and Tommy O'Sullivan. They have recorded three albums: "Sliabh Notes" (1995), "Gleanntan" (1999) and their most recent, "Along Blackwater's Banks".

Particularly famed for his Sliabh Luachra influenced polkas and slides, Jackie Daly is a well known Irish accordionist from Kanturk, Co. Cork. Now living in Co. Clare, he has performed and recorded with many famous groups including Patrick Street, Arcady, Buttons and Bows and De Dannan. Some of his albums include the Benchmark 1977 recording with Seamus Creagh, the 1980's Eavesdropper with Kevin Burke, and two solo albums - "Irish Traditional Music Played on the Accordion" and his most recent, "Many's a Wild Night".