Members of Swell Time may be familiar to those who have followed the Northern Irish music scene in recent times, but they're unlikely to have heard any of them creating such sounds before.

They unearthed Hank Penny's little ditty about having to give a slice of your dough to the man - Taxes, Taxes - when they performed at the ATL / raw money gig in November 2009 at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast, and gave further evidence of their old time styles in a session for Across the Line the following month (including a seasonal song), before which Tom & Hornby from the band took a little time out with Rigsy to explain...