Book review: Real to Reel is a gorgeous retelling of Claddagh founder’s love affair with trad
Sumptuous coffee table book and album set recounts the story of Garech Browne,
There are coffee table books and there are coffee table books. Even though this reviewer didn’t get a finished copy (“Due to the high retail price of the set, Claddagh Records hasn’t made any physical promo copies available,” is the gut-wrenching note we receive from the PR company), turning over one PDF page after another of Real to Reel is still a sumptuous feast for the eyes.
And for the ears, also. The book arrives with a vinyl album called Masters of Their Craft, which features not only 17 remastered tracks from Claddagh’s justifiably acclaimed catalogue but also a previously unreleased poem by Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and TS Eliot Prize-winner, Paul Muldoon.