The excitement of the early Fleadhanna Cheoil, the buzz of the 1950s’ Folk Revival, the exhilaration of the great Ballad Boom of the 1960s and ‘70s are all here, recounted in Paddy Tunney’s sometimes heroic, oftentimes hilarious style.

As Terry Moylan said, “Paddy was one of the most important singers, collectors, and creative voices within the song tradition in Ireland”.

The new edition contains 51 songs, which will make it a great resource for song lovers everywhere and of every hue.

In 1979, when The Stone Fiddle first appeared, The Irish Times wrote that ‘Paddy Tunney's book is much more than a collection of songs … only infrequently can a study be said to reveal a culture from within. When such an event occurs, the result can be electrifying, and such is the effect of The Stone Fiddle, undoubtedly a of piece literature, and yet so directed by the oral tradition that the pages dance with a degree of life denied to most literary works.’

Now, after many years out of print, Tunney Song Tradition Trust is making this 1970s’ classic available to a new generation of traditional song and music enthusiasts.