An Dochas is by far the best Irish-tinged jam band in the world. Mellad Abeid, the group's founding member and lead guitarist, not only goes to my church but is married to Father Michael's daughter.
You may hear samples of and purchase their first album at CDBaby.com:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andochas/This is their Myspace profile:
http://www.myspace.com/andochasThis is the official An Dochas website:
http://www.andochas.com/This is a newspaper article on the band:
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/08/13/yourtime/d01081304_01.txtImmaculate, just immaculate! This stuff will make you feel like Middle Earth is real!
Peace.
