Stephen Cummings has made his mark as a musicians’musician. He has turned out a fantastic string of albums over a number ofdecades, each one recorded with a core of musician friends who possess thesame savvy. He brings wit and understated excellence to every performance.‘Nothing to be frightened of’ was recorded by Shane O’Mara and is his firstalbum in three years. It is a lucid commentary on humanity's inevitableconfrontation with loss and death. It has chutzpah, a seismic beat and arefusal to knuckle under to the idea that one has less time than one imagined.