Swiped from their website: John Murphy, Shite-n-Onions.com

Culann’s Hounds: Year of the Dog
I know Im prone to hyperbole at times but honestly I think San Francisco’s’ Culann’s Hounds are probably the best traditional Irish group in the US at the moment or at least the best I’ve heard. Culann’s Hounds perform rich, authentic trad., with passion and feeling and without any of that paddywack crap that is so common in trad. circles in the US. I had high expectations for the Hounds on their sophomoric release and they certainly don’t disappoint.

The Irish Herald/The New Irish Gael
May 2006
Barking Up The Right Tree
by Liam Cassin