Gerry Paul on Gráda

At a time when the answer to virtually any question about music is either "The Internet" or "AI", there's something incredibly reassuring about the increasing popularity of traditional acoustic music. In America, that's the likes of Bela Fleck, Tim O'Brien, Sierra Hull and the rest of what's loosely referred to as "New Grass". In Ireland... well, trad music never really went away for the last 500 years or so. And keeping the tradition alive were bands like folk legends Gráda, who've surprised everyone by reforming after 12 years or so doing different things. That's not the biggest surprise. The lineup of the band is 3 musicians based in Ireleand and 2 based in New Zealand - bass-player Andrew Laking and guitarist extraordinaire Gerry Paul. Gerry talks with Simon Morris on the line from Kerikeri...