Podcasts about The Clancy Brothers

Send a text or comment!MY NEW NORM Pocast- S5 E9Guest: Sean AzzaroEpisode: I Used To Be ItalianHost: Barry Scott YoungAUDIO and VIDEO episodes available.-VIDEO LINK:https://youtu.be/La3f9BjGyAU?si=Z78DDXW-kTjb6j6_BEARANOOGA PRODUCTIONSp   r   e   s   e   n   t   s  :In this episode, Sean Azzaro shares his story with us. Sean is a husband, dad, grandfather, pastor, and musician who loves his Savior, his family, his job, and going without socks.  Heis the lead pastor at an amazing place called River City Community Church, which really is a church for real life. Sean is the founding pastor of River City. He and his wife, Lauri, began the fellowship in their home with four other families, and have seen it grow into an amazing, vibrant, Christian community.As a musician, Sean sings music for the soul. Call it folk, gospel, or something all its own...it is music that speaks to the spirit! As the son of Irish folk legend, Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, his acoustic folk roots run deep, and it comes through in every song he plays. Sean is a singer/Songwriter, storyteller, and ordained minister.  He says of himself, "I am a husband, dad, grandfather, pastor, and musician who loves his Savior, his family, his job, and going without socks.  I am also lead pastor at an amazing place called River City Community Church, which really is a church for real life!"Episode Resources:www.reallife.orgwww.reachingforreallife.orgmynewnorm.buzzsprout.com/ / YouTube.com/@mynewnorm

Bob Dylan's 1966 visit to the Adelphi Cinema is a concert on which there is very little agreement. Torn apart by one Dublin reviewer, many who were there describe the gig in different terms entirely. For many in attendance, it was an extraordinary experience. Visiting Dublin in a year when The Clancy Brothers were putting Dublin's story on the international map, the Dylan concert survives. Support TCB: www.patreon.com/threecastlesburning

There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TikTok video took the world by storm a while back. This week on the Magazine we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and of course, Stan Rogers. We'll haul away boys … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDonogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / ShanachieThe Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / IslandHauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self-producedThe Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / ColumbiaGreat Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / SireBett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidh's MusicMcKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self-producedEwan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysJohn Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / ShanachieJimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True NorthLou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / TopicVarious / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCAStan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's CoveMorrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

St. Patrick's Day has always been special to us, so it was particularly sweet six years ago tonight when the opening show for the 2018 season of “Route 60 Saturday Night” — the monthly musical variety bash for which The Flood was the house band — fell on March 17.To put a Celtic curl on the night, we dusted off some favorite songs from The Old Sod. As you'll see in the above video, we opened the show at the good ol' Route 60 Music Co. with one of the greatest sing-along in the Irish catalog — “The Wild Rover” — which we learned years ago from our heroes, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Then 90 minutes later, we wrapped up the evening with one of the prettiest Irish tunes of all times. “Down By the Salley Gardens,” with lyrics by William Butler Yeats, has been in The Flood repertoire for 25 or 30 years; in fact, it was on our first album in 2001. But as you hear in the second half of the video, the tune had a beautiful rebirth with the harmonies that Michelle Hoge brought to it.The Indefatigable Mr. DobbsThat fun night brought back memories of another special St. Pat's. Seven years earlier, The Flood was chosen to launch the city's first “Party on the Patio” of 2011 at Heritage Station's gazebo downtown.In those day, fiddler Joe Dobbs was front and center any time the band was stoking its Irish fires. In the following video from the March 17, 2011, show, Joe tears it up with his "Miss McLeod's Reel" for the dancers on the patio below the bandstand:Ah, those McLeods and their reel! That tune also was a Flood favorite any time the extraordinary flutist Wendell Dobbs dropped in to jam with us. Here, from a winter 2009 session, Wendell and Joe made the then-new weekly Flood podcast with their duet:EncoreAnyway, the gazebo event went well. The city invited the band back the next year for a St. Pat encore, kicking off the 2012 "Party on the Patio” (or “Paddy on the Partio,” as Charlie dubbed it in a later email to his cousin Kathy).“The gig was super!” he wrote. “We had a good gathering, the weather cooperated, the band sounded great and everyone seemed to have fun.”The Mike Smith Connection Meanwhile, at the Flood jam sessions in those days, Joe also often shared Irish tunes with Flood buddy Mike Smith, a regular at those weekly parties. In this moment from a summer evening in 2011, Pamela Bowen's video captures Joe and Mike's lovely twin fiddling:About that tune, poet Patrick Kavanagh wrote the "On Raglan Road" in 1946 and it quickly became a beloved verse in his native Ireland. It didn't become internationally known, though, until years later when Kavanagh met The Dubliners' Luke Kelly, who set the poem to a traditional melody, "The Dawning of the Day." Joe's Favorite Irish Fiddle TuneHands down, Joe Dobbs' favorite Irish fiddle tune was one he often played with Mike, as we reported in this June 2009 podcast:“Whiskey Before Breakfast” already had been with us a long time. It was a half century ago, in fact, that Joe taught that tune to his Flood family. And we actually have the tape! Picture it. It was near St. Patrick's Day 1977, and Joe and Flood co-founder Roger Samples had been wood-shedding together throughout the long, cold winter of 1976-77.In spring, the two emerged from those winter nights with a whole slew of new duets; at the March 1977 Bowen Bash, they put them on display for us. Take a listen:In the decades to come, Joe would always have that happy tune ready whenever someone wanted to dance with us, as you can see here:“Star of the County Down”Oh, and at a different Bowen Bash, Joe taught us another Celtic classic. This time it was his unique rendering of a beautiful Irish aire. Here's that moment from an Autumn 1981 gathering:Happy St. Patrick's Day!So, enjoy St. Patrick's Day 2024. Erin Go Bragh, y'all! And, hey, if your ears are still hungry for more Irish tunes, check out the virtual St. Patrick's Day show on the band's Radio Floodango free music streaming feature. Click here for a free playlist of tunes that The Flood has recorded over the past dozen years at live shows, jam sessions, rehearsals and parties. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since social media videos have spread out into the world. In a nod to popular taste, this week we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and Stan Rogers. We'll haul away together … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDonogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / ShanachieThe Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / IslandHauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self-producedThe Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / ColumbiaGreat Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / SireBett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidhe's MusicMcKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self-producedEwan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysJohn Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / ShanachieJimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True NorthLou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / TopicVarious / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCAStan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's CoveMorrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Who remembers The Clancy Brothers? I am sure every family had an album or two, well the Next generation “Clancy's Kitchen” are back

What you'll learn in this episode: How Saudia is preserving her mom Cara Croninger's legacy Why Cara Croninger's resin and plastic jewelry was—and still is—groundbreaking How Cara Croninger refined her jewelry making process, and why she didn't want her pieces to be perfect What it was like to grow up in an artistic family in the heyday of New York's art jewelry scene How Saudia's mom and dad influenced her music career today   About Saudia Young Saudia Young is a New York City-born actress/singer and storyteller in theater and film. Born on the Lower East Side and brought up between Tribeca and LA, Young explores the notion of home, love, justice, and identity through her art.   The recently repatriated artist lived in Berlin, Germany, for a long chapter of performing, writing, and producing. The Ameripolitan Awards 2023 Female Rockabilly Singer nominee released her 7" single ‘Noir Rockabilly Blues,' produced by Lars Vegas-DE and featuring 'The Wobble' on the A and Iggy Pop's 'Lust for Life' on the B side, in 2017, followed up by her 12” debut ‘Unlovable' in 2018. The LP was recorded live at Berlin, Germany's legendary Lightning Recorders.   Young founded a Dark Kabarett and a Rockabilly Noir Blues band in Berlin, co-created the Lost Cabaret and the Schwarze Liste Kabarett theater projects and wrote and produced the award-winning short film The Gallery. While in Berlin, she was cast in the lead voice-over role of Oskar in School for Vampires (the English version of the Hahn Film cartoon series).   Young co-wrote and performed the solo show Sneaker Revolution and is currently writing a theater/film piece about her actor father, Otis Young, and sculptor/designer mom Cara Croninger. Photos Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional Resources: Saudia's Website Saudia's Instagram Saudia's Youtube   Transcript:   To jewelry lovers, Cara Croninger was a groundbreaking artist whose work was shown at iconic galleries Artwear and Sculpture to Wear. To musician and actress Saudia Young, she was just mom. Today, Saudia is working to preserve her mother's legacy and secure her place in art jewelry history. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about how Cara made her pioneering resin jewelry; how Cara's work evolved with the times; and why Saudia thinks of her mom every time she performs. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com.   Today, we're speaking to my guest, Saudia Young, who is located in Philadelphia. She has an interesting background. Her mother was a very well-known jeweler, and her father was an actor. She was born in New York and grew up between New York and Los Angeles. Welcome back.   Were you aware she was doing this? Were you aware that she went to different galleries, that she didn't have a sales rep when you were growing up? Were you aware of this?   Saudia: Yeah, of course. There was one point in the 90s where she had a showroom. Tony Goldman and Janet Goldman had a showroom called Fragments, and she was in the showroom for some years. She had different reps throughout her life. Ten Thousand Things was a store. They still exist, and they have incredibly beautiful work. For a while in the Meatpacking District, they had a nice cadre of artists, and my mom was one of the artists. They also did wholesale for her. So, they represented her work to other people.   Sharon: I have a few pieces, just a smattering, but do you have a lot of her work? Do you have an archive of her work?   Saudia: Oh, yeah. That's part of what I've been dealing with. My sister and I have our own personal collections. Throughout the years, my mom collected the best pieces of each group and gave us our personal collections. Then I have basically all the work she left behind when she passed away. I've been trying to organize that. There was a big section of it shown at the Aspen Art Museum two years ago for about a year. Jonathan Burger had a show called The Store. My mom's jewelry and sculptures were in one show. That was really exciting, to have both together. Actually, 14 small sculptures sold during that show and, fingers crossed, about seven pieces will be donated to an institution. I'm not going to say which one. That takes a long time.   Right now, there are pieces that are actively being sold. Lisa Berman—not a family member, just the same last name—from Sculpture to Wear sold some of my mom's work at her first gallery. She also helped sell some pieces when I came out and was trying to figure out what to do and how to secure the legacy, meaning literally a storage space to hold everything. It's a big responsibility.   Sharon: You're referring to Lisa Berman.   Saudia: Yeah, who is not your blood relation but of the same name. Obviously, she introduced us and was part of the first interview. She's consulted with me. She's another one of the angels. There's a whole host of people who are still in awe of my mom's work and in support and cheerleading. It includes Robert Lee Morris.   I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the work to secure the legacy. It is being sold at Studio Hop in Providence, Rhode Island. That's introducing the work to some people who have not seen it before. It's introducing it to a new audience, which is really nice. Jussara Lee, who used to sell it in Manhattan and is now in Connecticut, has been selling it. Other than that, I have an Artwork Archive website for her so people can see the work. I'm not selling it from that website, but there is a section of it that's still being sold. Then there's a section I'm holding in case I can get it accepted into an institution.   Sharon: I remember a few years ago, I fell in love with a bracelet and I didn't end up getting it. I think it was the first time I ever heard of her, and I thought it was so neat.   Saudia: Yeah, it sold a lot of work. They stopped selling after she passed away. They also had a hard time. Everybody is just recovering now from Covid. A lot of people had a very hard time in the past few years. Some stores closed and sales went down. There were several stores who were carrying her work who have closed since Covid.   Sharon: What did you do to make it through Covid and to have money come in?   Saudia: I cried. I don't know. I did whatever I could. I was going back and forth between Germany and here. There was a grant in Germany—actually, it wasn't a grant; it was a loan—but there was a Covid loan they were giving to artists in Germany. Here, I went on unemployment for a while and then I went off it, whatever I could. We all did what we could to survive.   Sharon: That's very true. I know there were different things we had to do. I agree with you that people are just coming out of it now.   Saudia: And now we have two wars, so it's like, “Great, thank you.” Can't catch a break.   Sharon: Which is worse? I don't know. I guess if you're in the field over there, it's worse.   Saudia: Yeah.   Sharon: A lot worse. How does it feel to have a mother who's mentioned by people you don't know? You say you're the daughter and all of a sudden, they say, “Oh, I love your mom,” or “I love her jewelry.”   Saudia: What do you mean? How does it feel?   Sharon: Yeah. If I said, “Oh, I have a really neat bracelet,” and the person says, “I've not heard of that person,” how does it feel?   Saudia: First of all, a young man—he's probably my age. It's so funny I still think of myself as a teenager. Timothy Reukauf is a stylist. He's another angel who introduced me to the manager and owner of Screaming Mimis Vintage clothing and jewelry store in New York. When I brought the work, because they brought the work to a vintage show, and they're showing the work and trying to sell it, she was so enthusiastic and happy and excited. It was nice because it's an extension of my mom, and I miss my mom. I feel like it's that, as opposed to anything ego-based. It's more emotional—now you're going to get me emotional. But it's nice to know because I really miss her, and when I hear people loving her work, it's heartening. It's heart filling.   Sharon: That's a good word, heart-filling. I've heard different things. It's Croninger with a hard g. I've heard that as Croninger with a soft g. Which one is it?   Saudia: Oh lord, that's a good one. It's Cara Croninger with a hard g, but people have called her Croninger with a soft g. People have called her Cara. She's even called herself Cara, but it's Cara Lee. Her Michigan name was Cara Lee Croninger, but it depends on who you are. Are you Dutch? Are you German? Are you from New Jersey?   Sharon: Did she support your career as an artist?   Saudia: Do you mean my dreaming? Yeah, she supported me being a dreaming, silly person, definitely. She put me in dance school. She always thought I should be a painter, actually. She'd say, “You should be a painter,” because I had a natural ability to draw and to work with my hands. After being a child laborer with her, I could make things. But all jokes aside, she was very supportive of me being an artist or whatever it was that I wanted to be, political activist or artist. My sister was an architect. She was very supportive of that. She was beloved by a lot of the young artists who were around Dumbo, our friends, our extended family. She was a positive influence, a positive auntie, elder, second mom, to a lot of people.   Sharon: It sounds like it.   Saudia: Yeah. I shared her as a mom figure with a lot of people.   Sharon: Tell us more about your singing. Do you think of her when you sing?   Saudia: Yeah, I think of her with whatever I do, for sure. There's one song—I think you wrote it down on the question list—It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing), doo wop, doo wop, doo wop, doo wop. I think it was Louis Armstrong. She was working on some kind of saying or branding because she was really into the earrings having a nice swing. She coined it when I was helping her make them. The holes had to be big enough so the lyre could be comfortable enough so the earrings could swing. She incorporated that into some of her branding.   But yeah, I listened to a lot of music growing up. She was very into Judy Collins and Kurt Weill, a wild range. She dated one of the Clancy Brothers—they were very into folk music in the 60s—and my dad and her were into soul and Otis Redding and Taj Mahal and Bonnie Raitt. I'm wandering, but yes.   Sharon: What years was she most popular? It seems like she had a real high.   Saudia: I think the 80s. The minute she started doing the resin stuff, she went into Sculpture to Wear, which was a very prestigious gallery. I'd say the early 70s through the 80s. Then Artwear closed and she was on her own. She did really well in the 90s as well. She was pretty prolific, but I think the 80s were the time when there were tons and tons of fashion articles and fashion shoots with all the supermodels of that time.   Sharon: Talk about wandering, because I'm looking at my list of questions. Tell us how you were involved in making her jewelry. You told us a little bit, but did you ever cut the hearts?   Saudia: The hearts were made in molds. She created molds and poured, and then we would open the rubber molds. I would help sand. I would help drill holes. I can drill a hole. I would help with polishing. Like I said, I would help with finishing work and stringing cords on the hearts. Trying to influence her businesswise, she was not having it.   Sharon: Would she say, “That color doesn't look better in the green. It looks better in the purple,” or something that?   Saudia: No, not really because once something is poured, it's a done deal. That would be like, after you've made 500 brownies, saying, “I wish we had blueberry muffins.” It's too late now.   Sharon: She could say, “Well, you can have it then, and I'll try and sell the purple one,” or something.   Saudia: No, the work was too labor-intensive. Once things were made, you really needed to get them out there. They were like donuts in a way. You need to get them out so they don't go stale. Keep the energy, keep them moving. The only thing she was conflicted about was pricing. There was a point in jewelry where everything—remember when the Y necklaces came out? Everything was really tiny. There was a point where it was trendy to have really tiny jewelry, and that freaked her out because her work was so big and sculptural. She would get freaked out about that kind of stuff. The editors loved her work because it was big and you could see it. It went incredibly with beautiful clothes like Issey Miyake and these avant garde designers. The tiny stuff, you can't see it in an editorial. It's so funny; you'll have a cover article and it'll be like, “Earrings by whomever,” and I'm like, “Where are they? What earrings?”   Sharon: That's interesting. Miyake or Yohji Yamamoto, they're high-end, but they've become very—they're not that valued anymore.   Saudia: Now they're mainstream, yeah.   Sharon: Do you think your mother's jewelry would be considered avant garde today?   Saudia: Yeah, it still is in a way because of the designs and the fact that it was really handmade. She was making her own work. Maybe Lisa would call that studio jewelry. She was in her studio making it herself. She did have a short relationship with a company in Japan where they were making work that would only be sold there. It was fine, but you could really see the difference and feel the difference. It wasn't Cara. It wasn't special, unfortunately. We're grateful that they did it, that she had that relationship and that we could go to Japan and travel there. That was awesome.   So, I think she was avant garde as an artist. I don't agree that Yohji is no longer avant garde. His designs are so beautiful. He's really focused on craftsmanship, having amazing makers creating his work. In a way that is avant garde, as opposed to crap being made. You know what I mean?   Sharon: You're right, 100%.   Saudia: In a factory.   Sharon: I can't think of another one, but there are a lot of designers whose work you can't afford—I'm talking about clothing—who have developed their own less expensive lines.   Saudia: Yeah. I remember when they would call it the junior line, and it would be for the younger kids. It would be lighter and cheaper and faster and funnier and all that. Now there are lots of layers of that, but you have these throwaway clothes being made by companies like H&M and so forth.   Sharon: Do you think she would fit in, like she'd make a smaller version of something that she made large?   Saudia: She did do some smaller things when she was working with the Japanese company. That led her into making some tiny silver hearts and medium-size silver. Then she had to do her big pieces. She could not let go of her love affair with big, sculptural pieces. I think she was conflicted about the McDonaldizing of fashion and accessories. Of course, she wanted to put food on the table, but she was really conscious of the environment. Even though she was working in plastics, she was very conscious of workers and workers' rights. Where does something come from? How is it made, and what's the impact of it being made?   Sharon: It sounds like she carried that through the 80s, into the 90s, into today.   Saudia: Definitely. She definitely had something to do with me being political, her and my father. She was very righteous.   Sharon: I know you do cabaret and rockabilly. What else do you do? What do you sing?   Saudia: My main focus is mental health. It's a really hard time right now, I feel, but I think it's actually a good time to continue to do the rockabilly, but to circle back to the dark cabaret I was doing before the rockabilly. So, I'm working on that. I'm working with a few musicians here in Philly, and I have some shows with musicians in other parts of the country. For Thanksgiving, I'm going to be in Illinois with Patrick Jones and 3 On The Tree. It's a band. We're going to do a rockabilly Thanksgiving tour. Then in March, I'll be in California, in Orange County.   Sharon: Doing what?   Saudia: Doing rockabilly with The Hi-Jivers and Abby Girl. In Orange County, we're going to do just a rockabilly R&B show. Then in April, I'll be with Viva Las Vegas again, which is a rockabilly weekend. I'll do an R&B show and rockabilly. In between, I'm just trying to stay sane, make a living, take care of my mom's work, tell her story. I'm supposedly writing a story about my mom and my dad, sort of a solo show. I don't know if it's a solo show or a documentary, but it's about their relationship as an interracial couple in the 60s and an interracial artist couple.   Sharon: That'll be very interesting   Saudia: They were both known as being difficult people, but most artists are in a way. It takes a lot of energy to do that work, so you can ruffle a lot of feathers. So, that's what I'm doing.   Sharon: I hope I'll get to meet you then. Thank you so much. This was very interesting.   Saudia: Thank you so much. Sharon: Thank you. Well will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey. She would always think about, “What am I going to pour?” It might be a ruby red, which was really popular and beautiful. One of the most popular pours, I think I said in the last interview, was the black and white, where she would have black and white and it would come out in a striped formation. Then she would pour into her different molds, the bangles, the C cuffs, the earrings.   Just as important as the colors were the processes. For the slice earrings, she would pour the layers so it would be striped into a block like a loaf of bread, a small, little, long brownie. Then she would slice it on a bandsaw and you would get to see the stripes. Part of her process was the actual cutting, carving, sanding to get the shapes, and then making the decision whether she was going to have them polished or matte without polish.   Sharon: A mask?   Saudia: Matte, sorry. What the finish would be. If she had faceted bangles or hearts or whatever, she was very aware of not making anything perfect. She used the fact that it had scratches to show the layers of work and to show that it's made by a human. It wasn't something that needed to be absolutely perfect. She was very into wabi sabi, the Japanese art of the imperfect. She loved wavy shapes and asymmetry in her designs.   Sharon: Who did the selling for the first years, when you were getting it off the ground?   Saudia: I was a kid, so I wasn't going to get it off the ground. I was just eating the food she was putting in the refrigerator. When she first started with the leatherwork, she was just going around to different boutiques in the Village or whatever and selling them, either having them buy it straight out or on consignment. I think one of the worker's galleries was the original Sculpture to Wear. That was near where MAD Museum is right now. I'm forgetting the name of the hotel. That was one of her galleries. I'm sure there were other stores I don't know about.   That was in 1971 or something like that. That was very close to when she started working in plastic. She got taken in and accepted really quickly. At that time, Robert Lee Morris was also selling at Sculpture to Wear. He was a wunderkind. He was opening up his own gallery, Artwear, and brought my mother into that gallery. During that time, that also gave the artists recognition and amplified their voices. They were able to have their work in stores in Boston and in California because of being in Artwear.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.    

We have fairy tales and weary tales.  Poems of home and coming home.  A modern take of an old carol.  A tale of a precious gift received from a mother, cherished for more than six decades.  Silent nights and Christmas candlelight from long ago.  We have an usual partnership of a religious leader and an aging rocker running a food hut in the wilds of Cork that begs the question who is Christmas for anyway?   With Frances Browner, Carol McNamara, Madge O'Callaghan. Liam Cahalan, Anthony Lenihan Anne McDonald, Tom Kennedy and Patricia Donnellan.  Music by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl, The Christmas Guys, Mark Geary, Enya and The Clancy Brothers.    In 2023 we said farewell to two of our ‘A Flow of Words' contributors Michael O' Gorman and Marcella McNamara. We remember them this season and dedicate this show to their memory as we replay their Christmas pieces. Suaimhneas síoraí dóibh.   Happy Christmas and thank you to all fellow Radio and Arts Festival volunteers and to all the contributors and listeners to ‘A Flow of Words'.

Było tak, że Bóg chciał wyłonić króla wszystkich ptaków. Postanowił, że zwycięzcą ogłosi stworzenie, które wzniesie się najwyżej. Wystartowały wszystkie ptaki. Słabsze, po kolei, zmęczone odpadały od stawki, aż w przestworzach pozostał tylko orzeł. Wygrał? Bynajmniej. Kiedy w końcu orzeł, zmęczony i pewny wygranej, zaczął zniżać lot, spod jego skrzydła wyłonił się przebiegły strzyżyk i świeży, wypoczęty wzleciał wyżej. Mały ptaszek wygrał. Ale została mu łatka oszusta. Historii przynoszących temu maleńkiemu ptakowi o potężnym głosie niesławę funkcjonuje w tradycji ludowej cały komplet, w różnych miejscach, w Irlandii, Anglii, Szkocji, Walii, na wyspie Man, czy wreszcie we Francji. Nie ma tam strzyżyk łatwego życia. Raz do roku urządzane jest polowanie na te ptaki, zwieńczone czymś na kształt festiwalu. A w Irlandii w wieku XIX, w czasach wielkiego głodu słowo strzyżyk nabrało nowego znaczenia. Stało się symbolem wykluczenia, biedy, desperacji ale równocześnie determinacji, woli przetrwania i solidarności. Posłuchajcie opowieści o strzyżykach z Curragh, kobietach które życie zmusiło do handlu własnym ciałem, które wbrew przeciwnościom losu potrafiły w zimnych jamach zbudować namiastkę domu i ciepła rodzinnego, oazę solidarności. Posłuchajcie opowieści o „The Curragh Wren”, strzyżykach z równiny Curragh.     Audycja zawiera utwory: “Hela'r Dryw”, w tle, wyk. Mabden Folk Band, muz. trad. „The Wran Song”, wyk. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, sł. i muz. trad. „The Cutty Wren”, wyk. Royston i Heather Wood sł. i  muz. trad. „Hela'r Dryw”, wyk. Fernhill, sł. i muz. trad. „ he Curragh Wrens”, wyk. Jane McNamee, sł. muz. Vinnie Baker „ he Curragh Wrens”, wyk. Plúirín Na mBan sł. i  muz. Cathy Jordan „Hunting the Wren”, wyk. Lankum, sł. Ian Lynch muz. Lankum

"Smoke Two Joints" - Sublime"On the Road Again - Live" - Willie Nelson"Lookin' Out My Backdoor" - Creedence Clearwater Revival"Oo-De-Lally" - Roger Miller"Fuck You I'm Drunk" - Bondo"I've Been Everywhere" - Johnny Cash"Mountain Dew" - The Clancy Brothers w/ Tommy Makem"Cherry Bomb" - John Mellencamp"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers"Because I Got High" - Afroman"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - The Beatles"Puff, the Magic Dragon" - Peter, Paul, & Mary"The Big Rock Candy Mountain" - Harry McClintock"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" - John Denver"Galway Girl" - The Kilkennys"End of the Line" - Traveling Wilburys"Blowin' in the Wind" - Bob Dylan"If I Ever Leave this World Alive" - Flogging Mollyhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dJj7sm6RvIwf3zpckxwZF?si=9532f4eb7dbd42f6

Hiba's wedding dresses that were mailed from Pakistan two months ago have still not arrived. Listeners celebrate The Clancy Brothers and their music.

Our Global Irish conversation with award-winning author Jane Delury centers on her second novel Hedge, a bildungsroman of an Irish American woman in her forties named Maude pursuing a career in the esoteric field of garden history, looking for clues in the past under the mounting challenges of the present.The theme of bringing a garden back to life threads through this novel of marital strains, infidelity, family secrets, personal discovery, endurance, and perseverance. Along the way, Jane leaves hints of her Irish roots, with mentions of porter cake, St. Patrick's Day, the Clancy Brothers, and Maude's family home in a neighborhood known as “Little Ireland.”  Jane tells Irish Stew of her family roots in Cork, Mayo, and Sligo, her trips to Ireland, and her pride in her Irish citizenship.We discuss the symbolism of the garden, her literary influences, her love of short stories (she has one coming out soon in the Georgia Review), her first novel The Balcony and her experience publishing with the innovative Zibby Books.And she drops a few intriguing hints about what's coming next, mentioning a “thing” she's working on that she realizes is evolving into a novel and how she's writing something new about her Irish Catholic upbringing.Her Seamus Plug is a call to support the exceptional work of Strength to Love II, a community-based program on a 1.5-acre Baltimore farm offering workforce development and employment to community residents and citizens returning from incarceration.So, join our compelling conversation with novelist Jane Delury, read Hedge, and stay tuned for what Jane has coming next!LinksWebsiteTwitterInstagram

In this episode we look at how the growth of Irish towns and cities was tied to a clean source of water at the time of the Vikings - and how that same water used for the brewing of beer by the Franciscans in later years. We then chat about the explosion in the Irish population in the early 1800s, the easy availability of alcohol and the associated social disorder. This led, in turn, to the emergence of the Irish temperance movement.We also have some Irish drinking songs to help us along the way. I do hope you enjoy!Music featured in this episode:"The Rare Auld Mountain Dew" performed by Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers."Johnny Jump Up" performed by Christy Moore."Whiskey You're the Devil!" performed by Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers.Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

In this episode we look at how the growth of Irish towns and cities was tied to a clean source of water at the time of the Vikings - and how that same water used for the brewing of beer by the Franciscans in later years. We then chat about the explosion in the Irish population in the early 1800s, the easy availability of alcohol and the associated social disorder. This led, in turn, to the emergence of the Irish temperance movement.We also have some Irish drinking songs to help us along the way. I do hope you enjoy!Music featured in this episode:"The Rare Auld Mountain Dew" performed by Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers."Johnny Jump Up" performed by Christy Moore."Whiskey You're the Devil!" performed by Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers.Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

Hello Friends, I'm very excited to announce that Tourism Ireland has signed on for another year to support the The New York Irish Hour!  We have a great show for you that will feature some of our Performers  that will be at The East Durham Irish Festival.  There are also new releases from Patrick Feeney and Des Willoughby.  In Part 2, I had a chance to catch up with Roisin Clancy and her husband Ryland.  Roisin is Bobby Clancy's from the Clancy Brothers daughter.  Each year in the first week of June for the last 15 years is The Clancy Brothers Festival in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary.  We had a great chat about it.  Enjoy!Part 1: Celtic Cross, Get Up Jack (ED Irish Festival), Michael Londra, Patrick Feeney (New Single), Me !Part 2: The Clancy Brothers, Interview with Roisin Clancy & her husband Ryland, The Clancy Brothers, Interview with Roisin Clancy & her husband Ryland continued, The Narrowbacks (Seamus Pick)Part 3: Des Willoughby (New Single), Screaming Orphans (ED Irish Festival), Susan & Gerard (ED Irish Festival), Dee Reilly (ED Irish Festival), Raymond Coleman (ED Irish Festival)AndySupport the show

What is probably America's best-known song about the Netherlands — “The Dutchman” — was written by a man who had never been there.“The song has in it almost everything I'd ever read or heard, in school and in the library, about Holland,” composer Michael Peter Smith told a fan in 2010, about 40 years after he wrote the song at the very start of his career.Did he ever consider singing it in Holland? Oh, hell no!“Can you imagine,” Smith said, “the reception a Dutch singer would get in New York City with a song in Dutch called 'The American'?”Unconditional Love“The thing is,” Smith added, “it isn't really about a country or its denizens, is it? It's about these older people's day and how she takes care of him and how they sing together and how quickly everything is past and forgotten. They truly could be anywhere, yes?” Yes, of course. Anyone who listens to it knows “The Dutchman” has little to do with windmills and canals and everything to do with the unconditional love of Margaret and the sweet little husband who is drifting away from her.Enter Steve Goodman“The Dutchman” — the best known song by Smith, who died in 2020 at age 78 — came to prominence in 1972 when it was released as the opening track of Steve Goodman's second album, Somebody Else's Troubles. A few years earlier, Goodman had become entranced with the song when he heard Smith perform it at a club in Miami. Goodman went back every chance he could just to start memorizing it. Subsequently, his rendition became an instant FM radio hit at a time when FM was rich territory for original and innovative “adult contemporary” music. Over the years, Smith always credited Goodman for giving his songs a much higher visibility. (Steve recorded a second Michael Smith classic — “Spoon River” — on a subsequent album, Incidentally, The Flood also regularly performs “Spoon River,” as reported in this earlier Flood Watch article.)The Liam Clancy Connection While Steve Goodman is central to the Michael Smith story, the composer actually had a different singer in mind for the ultimate performance of “The Dutchman.”“The only person I ever flat out asked to sing this song,” said Smith, “was Liam Clancy, the great Irish singer. I knew it'd be good for him and I was right. Bless him, he sang it for almost 40 years, and made it sound like a Clancy Brothers tune.”Liam, who Bob Dylan once called "the greatest ballad singer of all time,” recorded it with Tommy Makem in 1983.Our Take on the TuneWe always loved Liam's version, but the song already was familiar to us from Steve Goodman's recording. Roger Samples, falling deeply in love with all of Goodman's albums, learned the song in the mid-1970s and taught it to the rest of us. Then for a decade or so, Rog sang it to our harmonies. Later on, when Rog moved away, the song lingered behind, Charlie taking over the vocals.Since then, every configuration of The Flood has regularly played “The Dutchman”, often at the end of a particularly sweet evening of music and stories. Lately, Charlie has given the song this new spin by adding a bit of mellow banjo to the mix.A Flood FootnoteBy the way, “The Dutchman” also plays an important part in a choice bit of Flood Lore, as Charlie can relate in a little two-part story. Click the button below to hear what happens when a guitar player starts thinking about his thumb: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

W drugiej połowie XVIII wieku w Anglii wybuchła rewolucja – przemysłowa. Intensywna industrializacja gospodarki wymagała znacznego zwiększenia możliwości transportowych. Anglicy ruszyli do poprawy starych i budowy nowych kanałów żeglugowych. Ten czas niektórzy nazywają canal manią. Do lat 30 XIX wieku wybudowano w Wielkiej Brytanii blisko 4 tys. mil kanałów. Wymagało to ogromnego nakładu ludzkiej pracy, większość robót była wykonywana ręcznie. Przemysł budowy kanałów zatrudniał dziesiątki jak nie setki tysięcy robotników. Kanały były nazywane navigations. No i właśnie najpierw zaczęto nazywać budowniczych Navigators, później te nazwę skrócono do Navvy. Osiemnasty wiek i rewolucja przemysłowa to czas rozwoju silników parowych. Kiedy już maszyny parowe rozkręciły się w fabrykach, kiedy statki z silnikami parowymi przeszły pierwsze próby, nastał czas by wykorzystać nową technologię w transporcie lądowym. W 1830 roku powstała w Anglii pierwsza linia kolei żelaznej i zaraz nastała nowa mania – railway mania. W niespełna stu następnych latach wybudowano na wyspach ponad 20 tysięcy mil dróg żelaznych. A kto wybudował? Przede wszystkim robotnicy. Ich z rozpędu też nazywano Navvy bądź, co ciekawe, również Navigators. Nie tylko z rozpędu, w początkowej fazie byli to przecież ci sami robotnicy co budowali kanały. Część z nich, jako wykwalifikowana kadra rozjechała się po świecie by zasilić projekty inżynierskie na innych kontynentach, ale większość ruszyła pracować przy budowie kolei. Stanowili wysoce wykwalifikowaną siłę roboczą. Z jednej strony posiadali unikatowe umiejętności techniczne wysadzania skał, formowania koryta kanału, formowania nasypów i tym podobne, z drugiej byli niezwykle odporni na ciężkie warunki i obciążenie pracą, jeden Navvy potrafił przerzucić dziennie 20 ton ziemi. Ocenia się, że nowy robotnik pełnowartościowym Navvy stawał się dopiero po roku pracy. Powszechna opinia głosi, że większość Navvy stanowili Irlandczycy, którzy uciekali z ojczyzny przed biedą. Nie do końca to prawda. Z rejestrów wynika, że Irlandczyków było wśród Navigatorów mniej więcej 30 % ale byli jedyna znaczącą grupą etniczną poza miejscowymi. Grupę liczną, te 30% to w szczytowym okresie grubo ponad 60 tys. robotników. I to Irlandczycy zostawili w kulturze trwały ślad po tej grupie zawodowej. Jak na znaczenie i liczebność Navvy pozostało po nich niewiele piosenek. A co wiemy o samych Navvy? Stanowili odrębną specyficzną grupę zawodową. Częste zmiany miejsca pracy nie sprzyjały zakładaniu rodziny. Toteż większość Navvy to byli kawalerowie. Nie budowano dla Navvy osiedli mieszkaniowych, o nie. Tam gdzie były prowadzone prace inżynierskie powstawały chaotyczne osiedla prowizorycznych domków zwane shanty town (to dla tego Anglicy mówiąc o morskich pieśniach pracy mówią sea shanties, żeby nie mylić z tymi domkami właśnie). Zarabiali całkiem dobrze, ale pracę mieli bardzo ciężką. Rodzin zazwyczaj nie mieli, czasu wolnego mało, cóż pozostało? No oczywiście alkohol. Pili dużo. Byli ponadprzeciętnie silni. To jak już się upili to się awanturowali. Opinia o Navvy była paskudna ale sami uważali się za elitę świata robotniczego. Takie życie.   Sail-Ho     Audycja zawiera utwory: „Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore”, muzyka: trad. „Navigators” , wyk. The Pogues, słowa: Phillip Gaston, muzyka: Shane MacGowan „Paddy Works on The Railway”, wyk. The Maguire Brothers, słowai muzyka: trad. „The BillyCock Hat”, wyk. Don Bilston, słowa i muzyka: trad. „Pit Boots”, wyk. Louisa Killen, słowa i muzyka: trad. „Navvy Boots”, wyk. Clancy Brothers, słowa I muzyka: trad. „McAlpine's Fusiliers”, wyk. The Dubliners, słowa: Dominic Behan (prawdopodobnie na podst. Martina Henrego),  muzyka: trad. „Jacket Green”  

In a follow-up to our recent episode about traveling from Cobh to Ellis Island - we head back to the Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork and hear 7 stories of emigration from this very spot to many places around the world. Many thanks to Jack Walsh and all the team at the Cobh Heritage centre for this fascinating tour - and 7 fascinating tales (none too tall)!With lots of great Irish music and song along the way! Enjoy!Music featured in this episode:- A Ship from Cobh: "The Irish Rover - sung by The Dubliners and The Pogues.- A Place in Cobh: "The Holy Ground" - sung by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.- A Man from Cobh: "The Contender" - sung by Finbarr Wright.Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

In a follow-up to our recent episode about traveling from Cobh to Ellis Island - we head back to the Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork and hear 7 stories of emigration from this very spot to many places around the world. Many thanks to Jack Walsh and all the team at the Cobh Heritage centre for this fascinating tour - and 7 fascinating tales (none too tall)!With lots of great Irish music and song along the way! Enjoy!Music featured in this episode:- A Ship from Cobh: "The Irish Rover - sung by The Dubliners and The Pogues.- A Place in Cobh: "The Holy Ground" - sung by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.- A Man from Cobh: "The Contender" - sung by Finbarr Wright.Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

Our own Patrick goes through his record library and selects five albums by Irish artists sure to enhance your St. Patrick's Day. Included are songs from The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, The Pogues, John McCormack, The Villagers and Van Morrison.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or   other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

Hi Friends, Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Let's celebrate this great day for the Irish by cranking up The New York Irish Hour!  In this 51st episode I've featured the some of the most epic Irish recordings in history.   Part 1: Ruby Murray, Mike Denver, The Clancy Brothers, The Irish Rovers, Me! Part 2: The Young Wolfe Tones, Jim McCann, Luke Kelly & The Dubliners, Paddy Reilly, The Wolfe Tones Part 3: The Willoughby Brothers, Ed Shereen, Nathan Carter, Steve Earle & Sharon Shannon, Olivia Douglas, Paddy NoonanEnjoy..Andy CooneySupport the show

In this episode we trace the origins of Carina's Irish grandfather - Bartholomew Cronin. He died well before she was born and she only recently realised how little she knew of his early days, the wider family and his final resting place". So, join us as we look to solve this mystery - with plenty of journeys, unexpected turns, twists and interesting characters along the way.We've arranged the show in the following 5 parts - with music and songs of County Cork along the way:Part 1: Introduction: Who was my Irish grandfather, where was he born, reared and buried - and many more questions!Song: "The Macroom Lassies" performed by Jackie Daly and Séamus Creagh.Part 2: Finding Bartholomew in the Records and a trip to the place he lived and worked.Song: "The Bold Thady Quill" performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.Part 3: Success! A Journey to the Place my grandfather was born, lived his early years and is buried.Song: "The Banks of The Lee" performed by Arkady and The Voice Squad.Part 4: Traveling back to the deep roots: Gougane Barra and the start of an Irish family dynasty.Song: "The Parting Glass" performed by The Voice Squad.Part 5: Wrapping up: My Closing thoughts and the journey so far!Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carinabehind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

In this episode we trace the origins of Carina's Irish grandfather - Bartholomew Cronin. He died well before she was born and she only recently realised how little she knew of his early days, the wider family and his final resting place". So, join us as we look to solve this mystery - with plenty of journeys, unexpected turns, twists and interesting characters along the way.We've arranged the show in the following 5 parts - with music and songs of County Cork along the way:Part 1: Introduction: Who was my Irish grandfather, where was he born, reared and buried - and many more questions!Song: "The Macroom Lassies" performed by Jackie Daly and Séamus Creagh.Part 2: Finding Bartholomew in the Records and a trip to the place he lived and worked.Song: "The Bold Thady Quill" performed by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.Part 3: Success! A Journey to the Place my grandfather was born, lived his early years and is buried.Song: "The Banks of The Lee" performed by Arkady and The Voice Squad.Part 4: Traveling back to the deep roots: Gougane Barra and the start of an Irish family dynasty.Song: "The Parting Glass" performed by The Voice Squad.Part 5: Wrapping up: My Closing thoughts and the journey so far!______________Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carinabehind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .

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Listen to the audio liner notes from several musicians on the Irish & Celtic music Podcast #585. Willowgreen, Poitin, Amelia Hogan, Kinnfolk, Boston Blackthorne, Téada, Barrenhart, Altan, Brad Tuck, Lúnasa, Sue Spencer, Marc Gunn, Enda Reilly, The Chivalrous Crickets GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Subscribe and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06 - WELCOME 1:16 - WILLOWGREEN - A PIRATE HIDEOUT Willowgreen performs traditional, contemporary and original music from Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, Canada, U.S.A. and the rest of the Celtic music world. Their signature vocal style combined with instrumentation including harp, hammered dulcimer, bodhrán, guitars, button accordion, whistles and mandolin appeals to audiences of all ages. Jim Ofsthun bio: Jim is an original member of Willowgreen, and a talented vocalist and instrumentalist with international performances on Irish bodhrán, guitar, button accordion, and whistles. He is also a member of McInnis' Kitchen, and of Eira. He has family connections to the music through Ireland and Newfoundland, and is considered one of the top producers in Irish music in the Midwest. 4:37 - Willowgreen “Crocker's Cove Reel” from Willowgreen 7:34 - POITIN Poitín are an award-winning traditional Celtic band from Pilsen in the Czech Republic. They explore all forms of Celtic music but are firmly grounded in the pub session tradition and like nothing better than sitting round a table in the corner of a cosy pub playing old favourites about tarry sailors, merry maids and drunken nights. Poitín have performed at festivals across Europe in Italy, France, Poland, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic. As the album says, it's 'one for the road', to go with you and keep you company in your car or on your bike, and this Celtic world music will take you from Ireland to Argentina, from England to Egypt, from Brittany to the Czech Republic and beyond. 15:44 - Poitin “Claudy Banks” from One For the Road 17:58 - AMELIA HOGAN - TAKING FLIGHT Amelia Hogan is an impeccably authentic singer of Celtic music and her heart comes through in honeyed tones on Irish, Scottish, British, and American styled vocals. She sings in the Irish music tradition of Sean-Nós, or “old style” as well as accompanied. Amelia also plays bodhran and a small 22 string Welsh lap harp, and tours internationally to global acclaim. Amelia Hogan sings both traditional and contemporary folk music with lilting graces and subtlety. She'll weave a mysterious old magic that takes the listener out of time and place. She transports audiences with haunting melodies, holding them close, and stirs ancient spirits with an evocative storytelling presence. 24:07 -  Amelia Hogan “Taking Flight” from Taking Flight 26:19 - FEEDBACK 28:24 - KINNFOLK Josh and Julie Kinn weave bouzouki, bodhran, and smooth vocal harmonies in their Celtic folk music from the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Kinnfolk have played at festivals and listening rooms throughout Virginia and beyond. In 2021, Kinnfolk was one of 10 bands--representing 10 countries from across the globe--selected to be part of the inaugural Robinson Emerging Artist Showcase hosted by the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival. As their notoriety has expanded worldwide, their music has been featured on podcasts and radio programs across the globe. 39:51 - Kinnfolk “The Hat Song” from The Knotted Circle 45:15 - BOSTON BLACKTHORNE - FISHING Boston Blackthorne has been performing with the same core members for over 25 years. Their sound is a unique blend of traditional Celtic and Americana in a driving format - more rock than the Clancy Brothers, more folk than the Dropkick Murphys - while sharing some of the traditional repertoires of both. They are proud of their deep songwriting bench - the original songs of Boston Blackthorne have won several national and international songwriting competitions including first place in the International Narrative Songwriting competition and honorable mention in the International Songwriting Competition. The band's sound is centered around powerful vocal harmonies and lead vocals shared by several of the members.  Between the 5 core members instrumentation includes fiddle, 4&5 string banjo, harmonica, 6&12 string guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, bass and drums 50:26 - Boston Blackthorne “Fishing over the Lusi” from Single 54:40 - ALTAN - FAVORITE SONG OF MAIRÉAD NÍ MHAONAIGH You can hear more stories by the Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh on show #580. Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. The group were primarily influenced by traditional Irish language songs from Donegal and have sold over a million records. The group were the first traditional Irish group to be signed to a major label when they signed with Virgin Records in 1994. The group has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Enya, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, and many others. 57:29 - Altan “An Mhaighdean Mhara” from Island Angel 1:00:17 - ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 PLAYLIST? ATLANTA IRISH DANCE BY BURKE AND CONNOLLY Earlier this year, I wanted to learn more about Irish dance. I contacted one of the co-founders of Atlanta Irish Dance by Burke and Connolly. Emma Burke is a certified Irish dance teacher and internationally certified Irish dance adjudicator, which allows her to judge Irish dance competitions world wide. During her Irish dancing career, she competed all over the world, winning titles throughout. Atlanta Irish Dance is the Premiere Irish Dance Academy in Georgia and one of the top Irish Dance Companies in the United States. They have an exciting performance based program run through their 501c3, in which they produce lively crowd-pleasing performances for crowds across Atlanta.  Their dancers and teams are ranked 1st in the Region, 2nd in North America, and among the top 10 in the World. We talked a little about their Feis they do each year and Irish dance costumes. I'll break that up with some dance tunes. Feis vs Feisana from Atlanta Irish Dance 1:04:11 - Téada “Jigs - The Women of Monaghan / Nancy Hynes' / Tap the Barrel” from Coiscéim Coiligh / As the Days Brighten 1:08:13 - COSTUMING WITH IRISH DANCE 1:14:31 - Barrenhart “Haste To The Wedding/Drowsy Maggie/Harvest Home” from Celtic Grass 1:16:10 - THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST 1:17:10 - BRAD TUCK - THE RED VIOLIN Born in Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland, Brad developed a love for music early in his life. Residing in St. John's, Brad is the drummer for a staple of the traditional Newfoundland music scene, Shanneyganock, and began a solo career in 2018 with the release of his first album "On These Waters". Brad was nominated for Traditional Artist of the Year at the 2018 & 2022 MusicNL Awards, and has released three full length albums, one EP and two Christmas singles. 1:20:14 - Brad Tuck “The Red Violin” from Stages Colin Farrell of Lunasa told a story back in show #579. 1:25:15 - LUNASA - THREE REELS Lúnasa is a traditional Irish music group, named after Lughnasadh, an ancient harvest festival. They tour and perform internationally, and have recorded a number of albums of both traditional and contemporary Irish instrumental music. 1:27:06 - Lúnasa “Morning Nightcap = McLeod's Farewell/Morning Nightcap/The Malbay Shuffle” from The Story So Far 1:31:17 - SUE SPENCER - MUSIC UNDER THE STARS Sue grew up singing Newfoundland and Irish folk songs with her family, and comes by her Irish roots through Newfoundland.  Her driving guitar style and signature smile will lift your spirits.  Sue has been nominated multiple times for the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Hall of Honour Award.  She also performs internationally as part of Willowgreen and McInnis' Kitchen. 1:34:43 - Sue Spencer “Tickle Cove Pond” from North Shore 1:38:59 - CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS 1:39:32 - MARC GUNN John Sharkey White II requested my version of “Peggy Gordon” in the last episode of the podcast. Obviously, I am the host of this podcast. But I'm gonna read my current bio on my website like I've done with others. Marc Gunn is a Rhythm & Folk songwriter who fuses Irish and Scottish folk songs with pop culture. One brewery called it Sci F'Irish music. His musical weapon of choice is the autoharp. He breathes acoustic Rock and Roll into this folk instrument and adds a bellowing taste of rhythm & blues. Gunn found musical inspiration performing Irish drinking songs. He learned the art of performing at Renaissance faires and from his childhood idol, Elvis Presley, who said, “You've got to put on a show to draw a crowd.” His concerts are fun filled with sing along songs that get the audience's feet tapping. And now for my song… I first heard the song “Peggy Gordon” from a cassette of Irish Drinking Songs I found at Half-Price Books in Austin, Texas. I learned most of my early Irish song repertoire from that album, songs like “Whiskey in the Jar”, “Big Strong Man, “Wild Rover”, “Bog Down in the Valley” and lots more. Their version of “Peggy Gordon” was short, but memorable. I played it on and off for many years. I remember singing it at a pub in Switzerland when I met Heidi and Stef of the Celtic band Bow Triplets. In July 2009, I met my future wife, Gwen, while touring in Virginia. We had this whirlwind romance and began talking on the phone every day and went to see each other as much as possible even while I was out on tour. I was completely mesmerized by her. A few weeks later, I was back in Austin. I was scheduled to record my next studio album with Rich Brotherton. He's an incredible engineer and had done some brilliant work for Ed Miller and lots of top-notch artists in Texas. I was having trouble singing the song. I was pitchy and my voice lacked any real emotion. The lyrics have this great feeling of love and longing. Which is exactly the feeling I was having with Gwen so far away. And so… I closed my eyes, focused on Gwen, and sang. To this day, I still tell people it is one of my best recordings. Because I feel like I nailed it. And then to top it off, Rich Brotherton added some absolutely beautiful guitar work, as he did throughout that album. It is definitely one of my warmest and lushest and best-produced albums. 1:42:07 - Marc Gunn “Peggy Gordon” from The Bridge 1:46:26 - ENDA REILLY Enda Reilly is a folk singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dublin, Ireland. Firmly rooted in the Irish tradition with songs that strive for a better future, Enda Reilly's work invites you to see the world from his varied and unique perspective through each new song and project. From busking on Grafton Street to the National Concert Hall, Enda has performed on countless stages in his hometown of Dublin and beyond. 1:50:46 - Enda Reilly “Christmas True” from Christmas Is With Us 1:54:07 - CLOSING 1:54:22 - THE CHIVALROUS CRICKETS – LORD OF MISRULE The Crickets explore the roots, branches and crossroads of Celtic and English folk and American Old Time music. With equal attention to exhilarating performances and academic rigor, they bring to the stage boldly reimagined arrangements of standards and originals with traditional influence. With a particular focus on song repertoire, they're known for their rich vocal harmonies and fascinating textural blends incorporating over 15 instruments, both modern and ancient. They're a family band comprising two sisters, two couples and childhood friends. Four of their members are full-time classical musicians as well. 2:02:23 - The Chivalrous Crickets “The Lord of Misrule” from A Chivalrous Christmas The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show is supported by our Patrons of the Podcast on Patreon. Subscribe to get bonus podcasts and vote in the Celtic Top 20. Visit our website to subscribe to the podcast. You'll find links to all of the artists played in this episode. You'll get access to our Best of this Year Playlist. You can subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free plus, you'll get 7 weekly news items about what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. And best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage. Finally, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME CELTOPHILE TO IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic musician and podcaster. We are here to cherish our diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. If you hear music you love, please email artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times and chapters for each song when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. So you can skip around. And if you are a Song Henger on Patreon will get a music-only episode. Once again, we are doing a different sort of show. This is not the usual format. I collect stories from artists about the songs they write or play. It's sort of like the Liner Notes behind some of their songs. Much like what I do on my Pub Songs & Stories podcast. I'm excited to share this nice bunch of stories as we finish up 2022. If you're in a Celtic band and would like to talk about a song or tune that you play, drop me a line. I'll get you instructions and I'll get you on the show next year. ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 PLAYLIST? Every week this year, Miranda and I compiled the latest Celtic Top 20 votes. We updated a playlist on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. These are all of the top voted tracks of the year. And so it's a pretty fantastic playlist that will stick around. We have a new playlist coming in 2023. Again, all due to your voting. You can help these artists out by following the playlists and adding tracks you love to your playlists. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out who was added this week. Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Because of Your kind and generous support, this show comes out at least four times a month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. As a patron, you hear episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, and a private feed to listen to the show.  All that for as little as $1 per episode. You can also get music-only episodes as a Song Henger. A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Meghan Walker, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $10. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month. Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. In 2023, we're going on a Celtic Invasion of County Mayo in Ireland. We're gonna explore the area and get to know Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com When you make a per-episode pledge on Patreon, I plan to charge 4 episodes per month. But sometimes I forget. Other times, I charge for the show on the wrong date like I did this past month. As a result, the podcast income was short this month. Thankfully, our Patrons of the Podcast are just incredible. They donated money and bought CD and digital downloads in my store to help cover the loss. Thank you SO much for your generosity, as always. Asa Swain wrote: "Dear Marc, Thank you for playing “Banjos we have heard on high” in the Nov 28 episode (of the Celtic Christmas Podcast). It made me smile in delight. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas season. Thanks for sharing beautiful Celtic music with us year round. I've been listening to your show for about 15 years, I got a chance to chat with you at the online Boskone you attended in 2020. (On zoom) You talked about how wonderful traveling was. I haven't travelled overseas since 2019 (because of COVID), but in December my wife and I are going to spend a week exploring Iceland. We're very excited. (we'll only have 4.5 hours of sunlight each day, but we hope to see the northern lights) . All the best."

Thanksgiving is all about heading home to be with family & friends, breaking bread and being thankful for all of our blessings and we're doing just that right here on Windy City Irish Radio studios this week.  It's songs of the big meal, thanksgiving, heading home and family featuring music from Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers, Brendan Moriarty, Barleyjuice, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Walsh, Mark Howard, John Mock and Stuart Duncan, Ashley Davis, Danny O'Donnell, Sina Theil, Stree Lights Project, Celtic Women and the great Luke Kelly!  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

In this episode we look at two types of storyteller. First, we have the "bard" who composes songs to honour the deeds and exploits of the great (and not so great) among us. In this case, a certain gentleman called "Thady Quill" had a song composed in his honour which has lived on long past himself.We then move on to a storyteller who was immortalised in the book "The Tailor and Ansty". With plenty of Irish music and song to keep things lively along the way from the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Enjoy!

In this episode we look at two types of storyteller. First, we have the "bard" who composes songs to honour the deeds and exploits of the great (and not so great) among us. In this case, a certain gentleman called "Thady Quill" had a song composed in his honour which has lived on long past himself.We then move on to a storyteller who was immortalised in the book "The Tailor and Ansty". With plenty of Irish music and song to keep things lively along the way from the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Enjoy!

Tunes: Ross McNaughton Playing Freeland Barbour's tune: Pitlochry Highland Games Smollet Holden: Baltioura, What Call Have you to me Ned, The Yellow Stockings, The Cruskeen Lawn, Round the World For Sport, The Hermit of Killarney, Big Bow Wow, She is the Girl that can do it, Drimindoo O'Farrell: Adieu, Adieu Thou Faithless World, The Cruskeen Lawn The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: Cruiskeen Lawn. Thomas Crocker: The Hermit of Killarney, The Weavers: Kisses Sweeter than Wine Edward Bunting: The Black Cow David Sear: Drimindown Lead Belly: If it wasn't for Dicky +X+X+X+ If you are interested in composing a tune for the Pitlochry Highland Games follow the link here: https://www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk/ You can scroll down to find the rules and where to submit your entry. Don't forget you can buy Podcast merch here at https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag If you want to watch the Regency House Party it is hosted on youtube in the US, not sure of the availability elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZlGrTbZHg&list=PLA41E10951CB748DD +X+X+X+ Smollet Holden: Pretty Great Resource for the Publishing going on in Dublin in general: http://www.dublinmusictrade.ie/ http://dublinmusictrade.ie/node/211 +X+X+X+ A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs: 1807ish: Baltioura: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: What Call Have you to me Ned: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: Yellow Stockings: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) +X+X+X+ The Cruskeen Lawn 1969: The Cruiskeen Lawn from The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: version: https://youtu.be/aOOjMkt88hU 1808: The Cruskeen Lawn: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion Volume III: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf 1807ish: The Cruskeen Lawn: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) Sung Versions from Ottawa Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STLmNrXsks +X+X+ 1807ish: Round the World For Sport: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2CSmollet) https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:AroundtheWorldforSport(4) +X+X+X+ Hermit of Killarney 1797: Account of Visiting “Roman's Island” from George Holmes' Sketches of some of the southern counties of Ireland, collected during a tour in the autumn, 1797, in a series of letters: https://archive.org/details/sketchesofsomeof00holm/page/122/mode/2up 1806: Adieu Adieu thou Faithless World From O'Farrell: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779930 1807ish: The Hermit of Killarney: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1839: The Hermit of Killarney from Thomas Crofton Crocker's Popular Songs of Ireland https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459208/page/n199/mode/2up +X+X+ 1807ish: Bigg Bow Wow: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: She Is the Girl that Can do it: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) +X+X+X+ Drimindoo 1951: Kisses Sweeter than Wine, by the Weavers: Information on this track came from Here: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/KissesSweeterthan_Wine 1807ish: Drimindoo : from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1959: Drimindown (Roud 2712) David Sear: (1959) - David Sear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUNTSsECxnI 1937: If It Wasn't for Dicky: from Lead Belly: I couldn't actually find out where this recording originally came from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDx-l6HL8GQ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! 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Easter has a double meaning in the Irish Community.  Deeply rooted in Christian faith, Easter Sunday celebrates the risen Christ.  And it commemorates the anniversary of the Easter Rising; Ireland's long fight to regain their freedom.  So, today on Windy City Irish Radio we celebrate the anniversary of the risen Christ and Ireland rise to freedom with music from Orla Fallon, Liz Carroll, Ronan Hardiman, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Patrick Cassidy, The High Kings, The Wolfe Tones, The Elders, Kennedy's Kitchen, The Saw Doctors, and Steve Goodman.  Check us out live on 750AM WNDZ and live streamed on Global Irish Radio at www.globalirishradio.com or available on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Happy Easter!!

With the high holy days of the St. Patrick's Day season upon us, there's plenty to celebrate in the Windy City Irish Radio studios and in the Windy City with parades on the northside, southside and downtown, pubs open, music performed and lots of dancing, singing and merriment all to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, ol' Maywan Succatt, that's right, old St. Patrick himself.  Join Mike and Tim for an hour of celebration to Ireland's favorite saint with music from the Irish Rovers, The Pogues, Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Screaming Orphans, Cherish the Ladies, Niamh McElduff, and so much more.  Happy St. Patrick's Day from Windy City Irish Radio!

Od „As I Roved Out” zaczyna się mnóstwo irlandzkich piosenek. Jest wśród nich pewna obfitość historii o dziewczętach, które zaufały mężczyznom by zostać na końcu porzucone. Przynajmniej trzy piosenki posiadają tytuł „As I Roved Out”. Powstały w XIX wieku lub wcześniej. Zachowały się do dzisiaj dzięki ustnym przekazom, pierwszy raz zapisane zostały miej więcej w połowie XX wieku. Znamy je dzięki ikonom irlandzkiego folku. Tommy Makem „As I Roved Out” nauczył się od swojej matki Sarah, która była znaną pieśniarką i kolekcjonerką ludowych pieśni. Jego piosenka opowiada o tym jak żołnierz spotyka na swej drodze młodą dziewczynę. Dziewczę ma ledwie 17 lat, on ją uwodzi a ona zaprasza go na noc do domu. Mieszka z mamą ale zaklina się, że mama nic nie usłyszy. Pomyliła się. Mamusia przypadkiem usłyszała parę. Wytargała dziewczę za włosy i obiła leszczyną. Do konsumpcji związku nie doszło, ale spotkanie nadszarpnęło reputację dziewczyny. Na pytanie o plany matrymonialne żołnierz odpowiedział, że już na to za późno gdyż jest żonaty. Ciekawą wersję „As I Rove Out”, z zespołem Planxty, śpiewał Andy Irvine. Najsmutniejsą ze wszystkich. Nauczył się jej od wielkiej postaci Irlandzkiego folku, Paddy'ego Tunneya, który z kolei usłyszał ją od swojej matki - Bridgid. W tej wersji mężczyzna spotyka swoją miłość sprzed lat. Dziewczyna ma żal do byłego kochanka, że ją porzucił i ożenił się z inną dla ziemi. Mężczyzna odpowiada, że żałuje i będzie żałował tego do końca życia ale nie miał wyjścia. Najweselszą wersję piosenki śpiewa Christy Moore. Nauczył się jej od podróżującego pieśniarza Johna Riley'a. U Christiego znowu żołnierz spotyka młodą dziewczynę. Ale tym razem dziewczyna jest bardzo ochocza i przejmuje inicjatywę. Zaprasza chłopaka do domu. Stawia mu niedwuznaczne propozycje. Nie zmienia to jednak faktu, że liczy na dłuższy związek i jak zwykle na koniec jest rozczarowana. Wszystkie opisane wersje opisują dziewczynę uwiedzioną i porzuconą przez mężczyznę. Nie opisują czym nasz niewdzięcznik ujął dziewczynę. I tu z pomocą przyszła nam nasza nieodżałowana Monika Szwaja. Pani Monika napisała wspaniały polski tekst do „As I Roved Out”, do melodii śpiewanej przez Christiego Moora. Jej tekst pokazuje dobitnie jak mężczyzna zdobył serce dziewczyny. Tekst trochę przeleżał w szufladzie, ale latem 2000 roku, na przekór pandemicznym obostrzeniom skrzyknęła się grupa polskich muzyków uprawiających różnego rodzaju folk, od muzyki peruwiańskiej przez szanty do country. Nazwali się Folkowa Brać i nagrali porywającą wersję „Tylko Ja”. Dzieło zaprezentowali w mediach społecznościowych. Ja od pierwszych nut zakochałem się w tym wykonaniu. Sail Ho Audycja zawiera utwory: "As I Roved Out", słowa i muzyka: tradycyjne; w wykonaniu: The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Andy Irvine'a z zespołem Planxty, Christy Moor z zespołem Planxty, „Tylko ja”, słowa: Monika Szwaja, muzyka: trad. „As I Roved Out” w wykonaniu „Folkowej Braci” w składzie: instrumenty perkusyjne, vocal - Janusz YANO Wawrzała (Chudoba, Sierra Manta) zamponas, quenas, akordeon, vocal - Marek Kaim (Varsovia Manta, Sierra Manta) gitara basowa - Jakub Bejda (Grupa Furmana) gitara, drumla, vocal - Arkadiusz KOSMOS Wąsik (Stonehenge, Duet Liryczny ABC) banjo, vocal - Jacek ZIELIK Zieliński skrzypce - Maciek Paszek (Carrantuohill) harmonijka ustna i vocal - Andrzej Trojak (Grupa Furmana) gitara i vocal - Arkadiusz BOMBEL Wiech (Turnioki) concertina, kości i vocal - Marek Szurawski (Stare Dzwony) @jarasaseasongi znajdziesz na Facebooku i YouTube

A February in NYC is cold, so let's duck out of the snow-filled Village streets and set our dial on the wireless radio to hear about a month in the professional life of Bob Dylan from 60 years ago. A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week, and throughout the year, we will periodically take a trip on "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. This week, we listen to what Bob Dylan was up to in February of 1962. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in February of 1962 and February of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Rambling, Gambling Willie" better: Townes van Zandt or The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Feb 9th is National Pizza Day in the USA! This is a good time to learn about the "pizza effect." It helps explain why assumptions about the history and development of certain cultural practices and traditions help build hardy historical myths. Learn about the "pizza renaissance" in Italy, the "Hindu renaissance across India, the "Cornish pasty renaissance" in south-west England, and the "Clancy Brothers" or "traditional music renaissance" in Ireland! Listen while enjoying your favorite pizza pie!

Our third annual Christmas episode of HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS. Enjoy the "Nativity" music of some fellow travelers while you either travel or stay indoors this holiday season. This episode includes "20 Pounds of Headlines" where we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, including news about an upcoming online concert of Dylan songs by Chrissie Hynde, a new 4k blu-ray release of THE LAST WALTZ (1978), the 2021 Kennedy Center Honorees and their Dylan connections, and the passing of Wanda Young of The Marvelettes. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page (https://twitter.com/RainTrains) and vote for who did "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" better: The Staple Singers or Bob Dylan? You can listen to the two last years' Christmas episodes by looking up the 12/24/2020 "Noël" & 12/19/2019 "Christmas!" episodes. Merry Christmas everybody!

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The fifth edition of the “Sitting In” miniseries features a new project by international touring Irish musician Dylan Walshe. Steeped in the traditions of folk, Irish, Blues, Singer-songwriter and roots music, Dylan has received wide acclaim from all over, including Dave King of Flogging Molly who has said that “The future of songwriting is safe in the hands of this man.” This episode features Dylan's new music podcast, The Stirring Foot, and the first 20 minutes of a conversation he had with none other than Ramblin' Jack Elliot, who Dylan first met at Tennessee's Muddy Roots Music Festival back in 2015. If you're not familiar with the legendary Ramblin' Jack, you should be. Now 90 years old, he's been described as the "son of Woody Guthrie & the father of Bob Dylan". They talked about trips to Ireland, Europe & the UK, The Clancy Brothers, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Odetta, The Grateful Dead, Margaret Barry, Ewan MacColl, and Woody Guthrie. You can hear the entire show through the tags below, or by searching for “The Stirring Foot” wherever you get your podcasts. Enjoy! Follow on Instagram @dylanwalshe @AmericanSongcatcher Links: The Stirring Foot Dylan's Official Site Ramblin Jack Elliott's Official Site -- Support American Songcatcher! Join the Patreon Community for as little as $3 a month - https://www.Patreon.com/AmericanSongcatcher Send a one-time donation via: Venmo - https://www.venmo.com/AmericanSongcatcher PayPal - https://paypal.me/AmericanSongcatcher --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americansongcatcher/support

Come in from the blistering heat and join the lads as they are set to keep you cool with the sounds of summer from The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Liz Carroll with Jake Charron, Runa, Ashley Davis, The Byrne Brothers, Josh Okeefe, Hothouse Flowers, Cherish the Ladies   and BackWest. Tim and Mike also spin new tracks from Scythian, Sharon Shannon with Jim Murray and Jack Maher, and Maca. Listen to Windy City Irish Radio every Sunday afternoon from Noon - 1PM CST on WNDZ 750AM Chicago and on www.GlobalIrishRadio.com.  You can check out this week's podcast at windycityirishradio.com.

Tunes: Patrick MacDonald: Fisherman's Song For Attracting Seals, Sister of Loves, Chiu-ri-ruo, Wet is this night and cold. Iain Gelston: Hop Pole, Shields Bar, St. Mary's Hornpipe, Pegwhistle Barn Niel Gow & Sons: The Highland Watch, Now the 42nd Regt or Royal Highlanders O'Neill: Wind That Shakes the Barley Harrison: Largo's Fairy Dance Litten: The Woodford Ship My Setting: Auld Lang Syne, Wind That Shakes the Barley ++++++++++ Please consider joining the Patreon to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag ++++++++++ You can purchase Iain Gelston's New Book Here: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iain-gelston/the-new-shields-garland/paperback/product-4dg4ev.html?page=1&pageSize=4 I bought my Copies of Patrick McDonald's book and Niel Gow and Sons on the same website: McDonald's: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection Gow Book: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-6UDZOB/gows-repository-of-the-dance-music-of-scotland +++++XXXXXX+++++ 1784: Patrick McDonald's Collection. For Sister of Loves, Chiu-ri-ruo and Wet is This Night and Cold are all on Page 1. Fishermans' Song For Attracting Seals is on Page 7 https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0 +++++XXXXXX+++++ 1817 (Maybe?) The Highland Watch, Now the 42nd Regt or Royal Highlanders from “Neil Gow and Sons” on page 1: https://imslp.org/wiki/Gow%27sRepositoryoftheDanceMusicofScotland(Gow%2C_Niel) For the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Singing The Song: https://youtu.be/M-SI8eTGVF4 1900: Wind That Shakes The Barley: From O'Neill (on Traditional Tune Archive): https://tunearch.org/wiki/WindthatShakestheBarley(1)(The) 1815: Largo's Fairy Dance From Reverend Harrison's Manuscript: https://www.village-music-project.org.uk/?page_id=508 +++++XXXXXX+++++ 2021: Hop Pole, Shields Bar, St. Mary's Hornpipe, Pegwhistle Barn are all from Iain Gelston's New Book: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/iain-gelston/the-new-shields-garland/paperback/product-4dg4ev.html?page=1&pageSize=4 +++++XXXXXX+++++ 1802: The Woodford Ship: William Litten's Manuscript: http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Litten/Litten%20Info.html +++++XXXXXX+++++ Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Hello Friends,I hope you enjoy this episode.  We will be featuring some new artists to The NY Irish Hour, The McLean Avenue Band, Dervish with Steve Earle , comedian, Hal Roach and a talented group of young ladies from Edmunds, Washington, The Gothard Sisters.  I would also like to welcome a new segment of my show called "A Seamus Pick".  Seamus Balfe from Limerick is a friend of mine who spends a lot of time in The Catskill Mountains.  I was listening to his Spotify mix up in one of the Bars in East Durham, NY and I loved it.  I asked him to come up with song picks for the upcoming shows.Part 1: Nathan Carter, The Wolfe Tones, The McLean Avenue Band, The Murphys, Patrick FeeneyPart 2: Derek Ryan, Hal Roach, Myself with Larry Gatlin and Ronan Tynan, Bernie Heaney, Dervish with Steve Earle, Richie DwyerPart 3: Yours Truly, Mike Denver, The Gothard Sisters, The Clancy Brothers

On the eve of his 80th, Windy City Irish Radio celebrates singer songwriter, Irish want-a-bee, Bob Dylan's eighth decade Windy City Irish Radio-style with Bobby Zimmerman's finest songs performed by outstanding Irish artists Finbar Furey, Robbie O'Connell, The Clancy Brothers, Doolin, Alison Brown, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Paul Brady, Mary Black, George Murphy and the Rising Sons, Old Blind Dogs, Altan, Joe Chester, and even one from ol' Bobby himself!  It's all right here on Windy City Irish Radio at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Happy Birthday, Bobby!!

It's our annual Bob Dylan birthday episode and this year Dylan is 80, so we have brought along critic and author Michael Gray to mark the occasion. Gray is one of the most important literary critics to write about Dylan and has produced the landmark volumes SONG AND DANCE MAN: THE ART OF BOB DYLAN and THE BOB DYLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, as well as books on Blind Willie McTell, Elvis Presley, and Frank Zappa. Gray has a new book of essays on Dylan out called OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN: SELECTED WRITINGS 1967-2021 available from Route-Online.com. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Moonshiner" better: Roscoe Holcomb or Bob Dylan. There are so many versions of "Moonshiner" that this will be the first week that we do a "Who Did It Better?" tournament that will extend the next two weeks. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Whether dressed in clover or your finest Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it, it's Easter Sunday and Windy City Irish Radio starts off the day with glorious show marking the end of the Lenten season and the start of new beginnings featuring music by Orla Fallon Official Page, Martin Hayes, Hothouse Flowers, Tommy Makem, Dervish, Kennedy's Kitchen, and The Waterboys.  Easter has a slightly different meaning in Ireland and among the Irish diaspora as we commemorate the anniversary of the Easter rising with music by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Aoife Scott, Roisin O, Danny O'Reilly, Roy Buckley, Steve Goodman, Gene Autry, and Judy Garland.  So, put on your Sunday finest, crank up the volume and have a Easter parade all of your own right here on Windy City Irish Radio.  Tune in each and every Sunday afternoon from 12 noon to 1pm at 750AM WNDZ or right here on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Feb 9th is National Pizza Day in the USA! This is a good time to learn about the "pizza effect." It helps explain why assumptions about the history and development of certain cultural practices and traditions help build hardy historical myths. Learn about the "pizza renaissance" in Italy, the "Hindu renaissance across India, the "Cornish pasty renaissance" in south-west England, and the "Clancy Brothers" or "traditional music renaissance" in Ireland! Listen while enjoying your favorite pizza pie!

The Music of Ireland Part 2  In part 2 of The Music of Ireland series, Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite finally get to Ireland! They enjoy the beautiful scenery and learn about some really cool Irish musical instruments. They also discuss some traditional Irish song forms which are also great for dancing. Oh, and who’s that? Mr. Hairylegs?! How did he get to Ireland? Find out in today’s episode! We also got to chat with Marc Gunn, an Irish/Celtic music podcaster and musician. Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqK_DWpRIKS45ICqN3eQ ***Classroom and Homeschool Teachers***  Find our digital resource to help enhance your classroom HERE!   Like us on Facebook!    Mr. Fite Check out original fun and educational music from Mr. Fite at  https://brucefite.com/music and subscribe to Mr. Fite’s YouTube Channel   Mr. Henry Learn music and the piano with Mr. Henry by subscribing to his YouTube channel:  Mr. Henry’s Music World   Marc Gunn’s podcast can be found here: https://www.celticmusicpodcast.com/   Listening Challenge Answers: 2nd instrument 1st instrument 2nd instrument 2nd instrument (Theme Song): Let the music begin in 3, 2, 1... Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite, exploring along with you. Learning music, having fun. That’s what we’re gonna do. Mr. Henry, Mr. Fite love hanging out with you. The Music Podcast for Kids!   Hello and welcome to The Music Podcast for Kids we're your hosts Mr. Henry and Mr. Fite - Music educators extraordinaire! The Music Podcast for Kids is a fun and educational podcast where we learn and explore the best subject ever -  music!     On today’s episode, we are learning about Music of Ireland Part 2. In this episode we continue our journey and even get to interview an Irish music specialist to learn more about music of Ireland.   And now, the music joke of the day. We love jokes, so if you have a joke, please visit our website themusicpodcastforkids.com to submit your joke. And guess what? It doesn't even have to be a music joke; it can be any joke. We will read and enjoy your joke on the podcast and also let everyone know who it came from and where you are in this great big wonderful music world.    Our joke of the day is... Well first we just wanted to say that we have been getting your jokes, which is awesome. So keep them coming. Here are a couple from our listeners. This joke today comes from Niko. Okay what is Beethoven's favorite fruit? Banana banana. Great joke, Niko. This joke comes from Emma. What is the mountain that sleeps forever? Mount Ever-rest.  Make sure to send in your jokes by visiting our website: themusicpodcastforkids.com. A link to the website can be found in the show notes.  And now, the music word of the day. In part one of the Music of Ireland adventure we discussed meter as the music word of the day. We further discuss the meter of music from Ireland in our continuation of the journey today so wanted to recap the word meter. There are many sides to meter, but the one angle to recap on is the combination of how music sounds and its relation to meter. If you hear music that has a marching feel to it, it’s using in meter of 2. If you can hear music that makes you sway back and forth, it can be in a meter of three or a compound meter which we discuss further in today's episode. And music that makes you want to bop your head while you dance is in the most common meter of Western music...meter of 4.  Another word to discuss today is the drone...and not like a drone that flies around and also not like when someone keeps droning on and on and on about their life story- like that one time when I was riding my bike on the fresh new pavement that the pavement guy just put down, such a nice smooth ride on my super sweet bike, so excited to get out on the fresh new, hot blacktop, I didn't even put my shoes on, and of course I had to stop to see something, so as I stopped I hopped off with my bear feet right on the fresh new Hot blacktoooooaaah.   Mr. Q: Hey Mr. Henry!    Me: Oh hey there Mr Quarter, well you scared me.   Mr. Q: Well Mr Henry, you keep droning on and on about your life story while we are trying to learn the music word of the day...drone.    Me: Oh right I got a little carried away with that story...     Mr. Q: Yeah, so about that story Mr. Henry    Me: oh yeah...that story...um…   Mr. Q: Sooooo, you walked on hot blacktop...with no shoes...didn't you Mr. Henry    Me: Ummm well… uhhh..yeah let's get back to the music world of the day: Drone. In music a drone is a note or couple of notes that is held out for a long period of time. The note sustains. Let's take a listen to this drone…. We will learn about this instrument from Ireland today, that has a bottom end note that sustains or is held continuously, as the other notes are played over top  Awesome! And that’s the: “Music Word of the Day!”   Thank you so much for listening. We hope you are enjoying the show so far. Please subscribe to the podcast to receive the latest episodes and leave a review through iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Also get updates on what we are up to Facebook and Instagram by finding us at Music Podcast for Kids. Links will be found in the show notes. On to the show!   And now, the main subject of the day.  Bill: Alrighty then, got some food and ready to roll.    Bruce: Ah great, I'm starving. Well we best get on our way Mr. Hairylegs.    Hairy: Have a great trip!    Bruce: Thanks!    Bill: Yeah thanks Mr. Hairy Legs, oh and sorry again for smacking ya with the sand anchor… whoops...yeah...   Bruce: So how many more days until we reach Ireland…   Bill: Well let me look at the hot air balloon app I downloaded...looks like… hmmm it says no map available for this long of a trip…?    Bruce: What? Oh boy...   Bill: Oh, I’m sure my signal is just weak is all..once we get back up there it’ll kick back in...no worries… here we go!!!    (in a goofy voice) Two Hundred, twenty five days, 4 hours, twenty five minutes, and 32 second…later... 33 seconds...ummm 34 seconds… and… there's..   Bruce: (annoyed) Ok...Mr. Henry….maybe we put the penny whistle away…..phew are we there yet? I’m kinda getting sick of these granola bars.    Bill: Wait a tick! I think I see it….IRELAND   Bruce: Wow...IRELAND. Look at those cliffs?     Bill: Yeah those are the cliffs of moher. See I knew we would make it.    Bruce: Yeah I guess you were right.    Bill: Ok, let's make sure we land this thing nicely…. Lift this thing up... And throw out the sand anchor and…. (throws and hits   Bruce: Look out! (smash)   Bill: . Mr. Harylegs?    Bruce: Yeah Mr. Hairylegs? How did you get to Ireland?    Hariy: Well, when you said you were going to Ireland, I decided to get on a plane to check it out. Been here for almost 6 months now. I love it!    Bruce: 6 months?? You mean we have been in the hot air balloon for 6 months? Mr. Henry!     Bill: Oh yeah, it went by fast though Mr. Fite...time flies when…. your having….fun..hey what's that sound?    Bruce: Wow cool. Those are the uilleann pipes. They are just like bagpipes.     Bill: A yeah bagpipes...that's when you have a bunch of little pipes in a big bag and you shake it around like a percussion instrumen…? Why are you looking at me that way Mr. Fite?    Bruce: Oh boy Mr. Henry...no bagpipes sound like this….. (bagpipe sound).......to play bagpipes you use your air to fill up a bag, then you press the bag with your arm as you place your fingers on different holes to create different notes and sounds.   Bill: Oh cool….I hear a droning sound too.    Bruce: Yeah, exactly. We learned about the drone sound when learning about Music of India, in episode number 7.     Bill: Right! The droning sound is when you have a continuous note or set of notes that constantly play while the melody or tune is performed.     Bruce: Right! We hear a drone in the bagpipes as well.    Bill: The bagpipes and uillena pipes are a little different. To play the bagpipes the musician uses their air to fill up the bag, but the uilleann pipes do not require the musician to blow into the bags, rather there are bellows that are pressed by the arm to generate the air into the instrument.    Bruce: Bellows?     Hairy: Elbows?    Bill: No Mr. Hairylegs….not elbows. Bellows. A bellow is a device that you press together to create a large amount of air. Bellows are found in the uilleann pipes to pump air into the instrument making that cool sound.    Bruce: Pretty cool stuff.    Bill: Oh I hear more music coming from that restaurant over there...let's go check it out.     Bruce: Yeah, lets get some food too!    Bill:  Oh yeah I am starving. (music plays) Boy that music sounds great. Traditional Irish music is known for its storytelling.    Bruce: Yeah for sure and a traditional music session or play along is known in Irish as a seisiun (sheh-shun).    Bill: Sweet looks like there is a violin, acoustic guitar, bodhran and that little box thing with buttons on it?    Bruce: Ahh yes, that's the concertina. The concertina became more popular in a revival of traditional irish music. The concertina is also called a button accordion. There are a bunch of buttons that you press while squeezing the instrument back and forth to make a sound.    Hairy: Makes me want to get up and do a little jig-a roonie   Bruce: Yeah Mr. Hairylegs! Actually a jig is a type of music that has a certain feel, that in “total musical nerd” talk is in compound meter.    Bill (nerd voice): Yes, compound meter or also known as compound time consists of a beat in a measure that is broken up into three separate parts.  The numbers typically associated with compound meter include 6, 9, 12, 15 and more. Theoretically, compound meter could be translated into simple time but the use of….   Bruce: Ok..ok Mr. Henry, that probably went (phew) straight over our heads.    Bill: . ah, yes sorry about that. Maybe we just focus on how compound meter sounds and feels.    Bruce: Yeah, good thinking. We talked about meter as the music word of the day today. Compound meter has a sound like this….. When you hear music in compound time it usually has us swaying back and forth within our movement or dancing.    Bill: Exactly, and the jig was a popular feel in Irish music that allowed people to dance and feel a certain way. Music is pretty powerful in its ability to get people to move and feel great while doing it!     Hairy: Oh yes, I’m feeling happier and happier with this here jig!    Bruce: Nice moves Mr. Hairylegs!    Bill: Oh yeah get it going Mr. Hairylegs! Some of the most popular traditional irish bands are the Dubliners, Chieftains and Clancy Brothers.    Bruce: Yuppers! So if you're ever in the mood for some great music, check out those cats.    Bill: Cats? Ummm. they are not cats Mr. Fite   Bruce: Oh, that's just a figure of speech...back in the day in jazz music they would call a cool musician “cats” which… oh boy...that confused look again...ok forget it.    Bill: Yeah, Well, this has been a pretty cool adventure. So much cool music in Ireland. Let's sit and enjoy the music and food. Then! We will get back home in our hot air balloon.   Bruce: The hot air balloon? Yeah right Mr. Henry, you won't drag me on that thing again.    Bill: Oh come on we can play “What instrument does that cloud look like” the whole way home..it’ll be great, i ‘m getting pretty good at that penny whistle, oh  then we can stop too see Paris, and Italy, and Greenland..oh and I always wanted to see Egypt and….    Bruce: And that's the...Together: Music of Ireland!    The music podcast for kids is brought to you by Mr. Henry's Music World YouTube channel. If you are interested in learning how to play the piano with a fun and engaging curriculum geared towards kids please subscribe to Mr. Henry's YouTube channel called mr. Henry's Music World. Links will be found in the show notes. Again we thank you so much for tuning in. Time for the super duper music challenge. Time to test your ears. Test your ears? I don't think you can really give your ears a test Mr. Henry I mean how do your ears hold a pencil without bleeding? Oh no Mr. Fite, when I say test your ears I mean listening to something and trying to figure it out through hearing it. Oh right of course. Time to play the music podcast for kids super duper music listening challenge. A little bit long of a title? We’ll have to work it out okay onto the challenge. In today’s episode we learned all about the music of Ireland and got to hear some cool instruments that are a part of traditional Irish music, so we wanted to test your listening skills. I'm going to play two examples and you have to guess which instrument is from Ireland. One.  Here is the first instrument. Here is the second instrument. Two. Here is the first instrument Here is the second instrument. Three. Here is the first instrument. Here is the second instrument. Four here is the first instrument.  Here is the second instrument. Check your answers by going to the show notes we hope you did a great job.   Marc Gunn is an American musician and podcaster and known for his performances on an instrument called the autoharp. Marc has and continues his amazing, award-winning podcast called Irish and Celtic Music podcast. It was great to talk with Marc about the music of Ireland, so let's get to the chat!     Hello Marc Gunn, and welcome to the Music Podcast for Kids!    So Mark we always like to start out by asking our special guests about their music background as a child. So what experiences did you have as a child in the school setting and maybe outside of school as well? I didn't do much in school. Most of mine was outside of it. My family both my mom and dad, both played musical instruments so I played the piano. Got lessons for about a year. It didn't take very well, I didn't like to practice nearly enough, but it was a lot of fun. In high school I picked up the guitar and got lessons again outside of school and that cooked a little bit more aside from the problems with my guitar which was it was a really big instrument and cut off the circulation in my arm. So it wasn’t until college I think I really really started nailing down playing the guitar. So as a guitarist who were some of your big inspirations as you began your guitar career. It wasn't so much about playing guitar as it was being Elvis Presley. He was my idol growing up and so I wanted to be a songwriter like him. It wasn't much later that I realized that he didn't write any songs but I fell in love with this music and I I did it. The first thing I started learning was how to play songs by Elvis Presley. And it just went from there. Awesome. So the guitar you were performing in high school you were performing in college, but the instrument that you perform now is the autoharp. So yeah super interested in this instrument and kind of how it works and giving our listeners a little more idea of you know what it looks like and how it's played and things like that. So could you tell us more about the autoharp? Alright yeah the autoharp is a sort of triangular instrument. You usually find it like you know grade school but it's basically a very simple instrument because it's you press a button and it creates a chord and all you do is strum and it creates this gorgeous sound. It's got this very full body. It’s  got five octaves. It’s based on the zither which is a much older instrument and about a thousand years old. But the modern adaptation started the late eighteen-hundreds 1890s. And it's just got  a beautiful sound. And it's so simple to play. And again all you have to be able to do is press a button and strum and that strum will be everything in the cord. And it's just, it just sounds fantastic, it’s gorgeous. And having it being an instrument that is a little easier to play it would be a great instrument for kids to get just to start experimenting with things so yeah yeah that's cool. And actually Bruce I don't know if this was the deal for you, but when I so we're both Marc we’re both Elementary music teachers. Right and so I've been teaching for 15 years. When I first came there autoharps what must have been the rage. Like in elementary school for kids. Well they were like the ukuleles of today. The toughest part of the autoharp is the tuning. There are 36 strings and they go out of tune fairly easily. I spend at least a good 15 minutes making sure that the instrument is in tune before I even start playing. And once it's in tune you know it'll usually last at least a good solid 30 minutes if I’m  not playing it too hard. But sometimes it'll go for the full hour or whatever before I have to sit back down and make sure all the strings are in tune. And you start hearing little notes out of tune in the process. So you went from being Elvis or wanting to be Elvis to Irish and Celtic music. So could you give us some insight on what instruments you might see in a traditional Irish Celtic band? Yeah, so the autoharp is not one. The autoharp is an American folk instrument created in the late 1800s. It’s based on a German design. Popularized through Sears catalog. And it’s not one of the instruments but it is a great singer's instrument, a great folk instrument. If you like to sing its a wonderful instrument to have. Now in the Irish music world typically, you're going to have one of my favorites which is the fiddle, the flute or the Penny Whistle, the Irish the octave mandolin and the mandolin, a derivative of the fiddle. You have also have uilleann pipes which are a form of bagpipes for the Irish. There's the Irish drum which is called the bodhran and those are the types of instruments you usually find in an Irish session. And you’ll also find a guitar. Guitar has become very popular as well. Although there’s usually a slightly different tuning from most guitars. Yeah that's cool. Something that I saw it with I was lucky enough to travel to Ireland and it was like an acoustic Duo and and I guess you could you know this could be all across the world but it was the first time I'd seen it. They had put a microphone inside the case of their guitar and they used that as the like and they would stomp on it. like oh nice yeah. I was like oh that's so cool like I never even thought to do that but it just fit that driving music so well that we find. In the musical styles that are most common in Ireland, you have the Reel and The Jig. and and when that sounds like a very much great tactic for a reel because reels are a  driving four four beats you know. It’s got this really great driving sound. Whereas the Irish jig which has this lilting.  Yeah that's cool.    So, in jazz music players in other following types of form which for listeners that's basically a way of saying like the way the music's organized. Like when you're in that situation as a jazz musician everyone that you can understand where you are in the music and there's a lot of improvisation and even though it may not seem like to a listener watching that it might not seem like you're communicating but there's a high level of communication. Is there something similar in traditional Irish music? New Orleans was interesting to me, was one of the top three immigration spots for the Irish during the potato blight in the 1800s and a huge Irish influence in New Orleans. Which of course New Orleans is also where the place is considered the birthplace of jazz. I have a friend who actually wants to do a research paper on the idea that Irish music was one of the big influencers of jazz because musically yes Jazz has it definitely has a you know a solid form and such. Irish music has a very solid form as well. You know you have  the reels in the Jigs and what not but there is less of the Improv aspect that you find in Irish music than Jazz. Usually what you'll have is a tune and the tune is a Melody that fits into a certain form again reels, jigs, polkas, mazurkas or whatever. They might be you're going to have all these very specific formats and then during the set you might change to a different tune and it might be the same key, might be a different key but it's very different. But at the same time if you know them once you know the melody you know it's very easy to follow along because all the sudden you're in that same format which is again it very much like the Jazz sessions where they might include a little bit more improv and variations and whatnot. In the Irish session you might have a little bit less of that but it's there still the same structure that the Jazz session will have so it's a really interesting comparison between the two I find.    So you have a podcast called Irish and Celtic music podcast. So can you tell us more about the podcast and the mission that it has? So I started the podcast in 2005 in the early early early days of podcasting. Yeah I think it was you know less than a year into podcasting when the podcast started. And the show is a music podcast, it’s like a radio show and it features an hour-long show of music by Celtic musicians. And the idea is to celebrate Celtic culture through music. So now not all of the music is traditional Irish music like I was describing these reels & Jigs and such as a lot of songs is a lot of fun sing alongs which is one of the other big things about Irish music is the ballads and such. And a lot more fusions of traditional Irish songs and tunes with a contemporary music the Celtic Rock genre. And the various many different fusions of that. And so my podcast is centered around again celebrating all of these fusions and making them readily available no matter where you are in the world and no matter what style of Celtic music you have around the world because again there. When the Irish I put out a CD called how America saved Irish music and the idea is basically that did you know all this traditional Irish music came out of Ireland and went to the United States and Australia went to Germany and Italy went to Russia and Japan.    And all these fusions came back and created an almost new style of traditional Celtic music. And such that the you know songs like Danny Boy one of the most famous quote unquote Irish songs is actually a song that was as an Irish Melody but it was written by an English lawyer. But it's become an essential part of Irish music world. And so it's fascinating again, the fusion of these cultures and by bringing them all together we are able to more greatly be able to appreciate and celebrate these different cultures with all the influences that have merged together and the diversity of Celtic music. Yeah that's something. Well Marc Gunn thanks so much for being on the show and that we wish you all the best in the future with your music with your podcast. So thank you so much. Thank you very much. You take care.    Time to wrap it up folks! Thank you so much for tuning in to the Music Podcast for Kids. We hope you enjoy the show, and most importantly, learned something cool today about music. 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Sean Azzaro is a living testament to divine intervention! Listen to his remarkable story of coincidence (although, he believes there is no such thing) and amazing occurrences that will make your heart spin. Sean is the founding pastor of River City Community Church. He and his wife, Lauri, began the fellowship in their home with four other families, and have seen it grow into an amazing, vibrant, Christian community. As a musician, Sean sings music for the soul. Call it folk, gospel, or something all its own...it is music that speaks to the spirit! As the son of Irish folk legend, Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, his acoustic folk roots run deep, and it comes through in every song he plays. Sean is a singer/Songwriter, storyteller, and ordained minister.

Born in suburban Massachusetts, Kim has been singing since the ripe old age of 5. The oldest of eight children in an Irish Catholic family in the Boston suburbs, Kim grew up listening to the music of Clancy Brothers, Jim Croce, and James Taylor. “I didn't know it back then, but traditional Irish music and the 1970s singer-songwriters got deep into my heart, and now influence me in ways I never realized,” says Kim of her musical influences.After teaching herself to play piano while in middle school, Kim picked up a guitar after college. The songwriting bug bit her only after several years of playing covers. “There's something about finding a creative and supportive community that has inspired my muse! The talented musicians in the suburbs of Boston have really inspired me to open up and just let the songs come out.”Writing at a feverish pace for a woman balancing work, motherhood, and family life is now something she can't remember being without. “It's been such a positive influence in my life. My friends ask me how I do it – and I tell them I am actually more balanced as a person now. The hardest part of it all is finding the time to sit still and just be.”In the summer of 2009, looking ahead to the completion of Kim's debut CD, she started talking big goals with fellow singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier. The next thing you know, a conversation went something like this: “You have an album coming out. I have an album coming out. What can we do to help each other? And help other people too? And support the local music we know and love so well? Hey, I know…let's start a record label!!” And so, Birch Beer Records was born.My Own True North, her first full-length CD, debuted in 2009. My Own True North is an acoustic-folk album, recorded at Humming Lake Studio with Seth Connelly. Getting some traction in the local area, in 2010 Kim won Best Female Vocalist at the Worcester Music Awards.Her sophomore effort, the indie-rock, band-driven Here Now, was recorded at Bang-A-Song Studios with Tony Goddess and at RockSalt Studio with Eric Salt, and released in 2013. Kim and Eric co-produced Here Now, with an ear towards lush musical landscapes, layered arrangements, and blending and building harmonies – even though the bulk of the tracks were recorded in live sessions. “One of my favorite comments about this album is that it rocks – but it's still true to my acoustic roots. The songs, the lyrics, and the arc of the story I tell is just as important with this set of songs as it was before,” says Kim. Here Now was nominated for Best CD in the 2014 Worcester Music Awards.In 2014 , one of Kim's newest songs, “When We Are Broken,” was nominated as a finalist in the Eventide Arts 2014 Songfest songwriting competition (Cape Cod, MA), and Kim earned an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Solarfest Songwriting Showcase Competition (VT). 2015 brought a self-imposed songwriting challenge: write a new song every week for the first 3 months of the year. She made it work for 8 weeks. She says: “It was a good run, even if I didn't write all 12 new songs! Writing consistently, trying not to worry over whether or not the new songs are any good, is better than not writing at all. 8 songs is a good start, there's certainly more writing to do, and all the new tunes need work. But, getting myself to write consistently is planting the seeds for what my next recording project can be, and getting those wheels turning again.”And, since it's true that each ending is its own beginning, as Birch Beer Records came to a close, in 2017 Kim – along with Dan Cloutier and Ricardo Barraza – formed The Great Molasses Flood, an acoustic folk-rock band with powerful stories to tell through beautiful harmonies.

Come all ye Dylan and/or Celtic music fans and hear even more songs that influenced many a Dylan tune and lyric while celebrating St. Patrick's Day at a virtual  White Horse Tavern, where Dylan spent many an after-hour night soaking up the tunes & spirit of the Clancy Brothers and others.  Enjoy! Coming soon: Visions of Visions of Johanna.  Learn why Andrew Motion, former poet laureate of Great Britain, considers it the greatest pop lyric ever written.

Come all ye Dylan and/or Celtic music fans and hear the songs that influenced many a Dylan tune and lyric while celebrating St. Patrick's Day at a virtual White Horse Tavern, where Dylan spent many an after-hour night soaking up the tunes & spirit of the Clancy Brothers and others.  Enjoy!