...Right away they brought out Slàinte Mhath. Comprising Bruce MacPhee, Boyd MacNeil, Bhreagh MacDonald, and Ryan MacNeil, Slàinte Mhath is an instrumental group whose first CD is out in October. They play a number of instruments with a skill that belies their ages. Average age of the group of four is probably 20.

Ryan stayed on keyboards. Bruce switched between different pipes through the act, from uillean pipes to two different Highland pipes. Bhreagh went from bodhran to fiddle and Boyd played some of the more interesting percussion on a Brazilian jug, REALLY!, and an African drum. He also swapped off onto a fiddle, playing a fiddle duet with Bhreagh. Later Bruce played on the pipes while the three others went to the very front and step-danced almost in the laps of the front row! Very poised group. There was a little talk between Natalie and Ryan covering the group's work and style of music...