The Mike Rafferty tune book now has its own web page thanks to Brad Hurley: http://www.firescribble.net/rafferty/index.html
Here you can look at the cover, a sample inside page, and the table of contents.
This site also contains ordering information, frequently asked questions, detailed background on many of the tunes, testimonials from people who’ve bought the book, and a list of errata.
Yes you must! It’s a lovely book. Even for tunes you know well, you’re likely to find a note here or a triplet there that makes the tune suddenly very fresh.
It’s already in its fourth printing since January!
It is indeed an excellent book, the best transcriptions of flute playing I’ve ever seen, and I love having the background info on the tunes from Mike, Lesl, and Paul de Grae.
Seriously, though, the settings are cool, especially his workarounds on some of those “spiky” fiddly tunes. Biiiiig light bulbs going off for this gal …