"A slow air is a type of tune in Irish traditional music marked by the absence of strict metre or structure, melodically "open ended" and generally derived from the melody of a sung song but instead played on a solo melodic instrument. The melodies are often drawn from the sean-nós solo singing tradition".

Slow airs differ from other Irish trad tunes as airs are more contemplative, melancholy and the style is based more on the singing style of sean-nós. Other traditional tunes like jigs, reels, hornpipes and marches are meant for dancing. Much like the sean-nós singing, slow airs are for listening and are prone to evoke many emotions, either reflective or sad and give the listener a chance to sit quietly listening, almost in a meditative state. It would not be uncommon in a pub during an air to see some fella or other having a little cry in to his pint during the playing of an air.

The fiddlers mostly recorded the songs themselves on phones or digital recorders, producing a very warm and roomy set of recordings. No effects or too much mixing. Just the raw sound of the playing in a room. Features: Cornmac Mac Diarmada, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Danny Diamond, Tola Custy, Ultan O'Brien, Lucia Mac Partlin, Mossie Martin, Sinéad Kennedy, Martin McGinley, and Ingrid Lyons.

Presented in a beautifully-illustrated (by Denise Conroy) 6-panel digisleeve.