The band Mó Cáirdé (Irish Gaelic for 'My Friends', pronounced "muh kh arr-dje" [ kh = as in Scots "loch" ] ) started life as a group of session musicians with a love of Celtic, particularly Irish, music, who became good friends. The session in those early days were held at the Pot Kiln, a lovely Berkshire pub, now a restaurant. Nowadays, the sessions are held on the first Sunday of the month at the Four Points pub in Aldworth, on the B4009 between Streatley-on-Thames and Newbury. The Four Points, for anyone wanting a good evening on the first Sunday, also provides a really excellent menu!

The band quickly grew, both in numbers and in repertoire, and soon were being booked for various gigs, ceilidhs, wedding dances and, on one occasion, for a live show in the Newbury Corn Exchange.

Now affiliated to the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), Mó Cáirdé members, at a Ceilidh or Barn Dance, like to intersperse their dance tunes with traditional songs. The flavour of the band's repertoire, however, tends to reflect the fact that many members are of Irish or part Irish descent. The main instruments played by the band are fiddles, mandolins / mandolas, flute / whistles, tenor banjo and guitars, backed by strong percussion.

Nobody ask them which one's Mo, please.

(Saturday Comrades Club tunes session, Sunday Singing Train)