Ireland's RTÉ radio calls Slide "the next big thing," and just about every other press outlet in Ireland back them up. The members of Slide have been called traditional musicians with attitude (they themselves call their music "contemporary & traditional & Irish"), and their show, which includes a generous helping of original tunes, has both grace and power. They sing, they write, and they can play the heck out of instruments of all kinds. Slide has broadened its reach on its Irish home soil, more or less by popular demand, since coming together in the pubs of Cork during a 1999 music festival, and they're familiar faces in Celtic scenes across the European continent and beyond, but their appearances in North America happen only occasionally. Take this chance to see one of the most creative bands on the Irish scene, and you can pick up their brand-new album, Beo Live!