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I've been a fan of Sara's since I first heard her in folk clubs in the early seventies, she's a lovely singer and a great banjo picker. She's joined on the album by a heap of fine musicians and singers including her son on guitar and on fiddle.

An added bonus for me was hearing on mouth harp. An amazingly talented bloke from Scotland, Mike isn't known half as well as he should be which is a crying shame, because he's a simply amazing musician.

The CD has a lot of classic tracks on it such as 'East Virginia Blues' and 'Young Hunting', but also features some superb tunes and a brilliant version of one of my favourite songs ever, 'Goodnight-Loving Trail', written by .Ìý It tells the story of an old cook on a cattle drive on the trail named after Goodnight and Loving who first drove the cattle road through.Ìý It has the immortal lines, "It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin. Get in there and blow out the light."

A wonderful song from a great man, a union man, poet, storyteller and singer, sadly no longer with us. Sara sings this as a fine tribute to him.

I listen to a lot of CDs for my show and it's never a chore when albums as good as 'Sandy Boys' come along - good stuff.