The Pick Of Pay TV

Optus: Sult, Ovation, 9pm Tuesday 1 September 1998

CROWD-PLEASER Michael Flatley is probably the last person on Earth
who'll be making an appearance on this new weekly Irish music series 
- just as well too. For while Flatley struts and sweats Broadway 
razzmatazz, the musicians here are completely at home with the intimate
settings and traditions of their native music. This is an intimate, 
low-key and unpretentious half-hour show were you'll see and hear a 
host of Irish musicians, from traditional balladeers to contemporary 
rock bands. *Sult* is Gaelic for enjoyment, and it's palpable here. 
Van Morrison is tonight's guest, with a joyous rendition of his early
song *St Dominic's Preview*; future episodes will feature Eddi Reader 
(from Fairground Attraction), the Hothouse Flowers, Elvis Costello 
(left), Mark Knopfler and Sinead O'Connor.