Podcast appearances and mentions of maeve gilchrist

Join us on a magical journey with the exceptionally talented harpist, singer and songwriter Adria Jackson as she unveils the hidden magic and versatility of the harp. Discover her serendipitous path to mastering this majestic instrument, from her early encounters to memorable performances in unique settings like a shipping container and the grandeur of a Lieutenant Governor's residence. Adria's ambition to transcend the boundaries of classical music is truly inspiring, as she draws influence from legendary artists like Loreena McKennitt. But the enchantment doesn't stop there! Dive into the vibrant world of folk music with the extraordinary Maeve Gilchrist. From her captivating performances on shows like Jools Holland to innovative compositions using loop pedals, Maeve's talents will captivate your imagination. Celebrate the rich heritage of Nova Scotia's folk scene and honour Helen Creighton's legacy in preserving Canadian folk music.

Today on Travel Notes, we are featuring the American Railroad project by the Silkroad Ensemble in anticipation of their show at the Charleston Gaillard Center on November 19th. Today's special guest, celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist takes us behind the scenes of this monumental project.Silkroad's American Railroad project highlights untold stories and amplifies unheard voices from the communities who actually built the transcontinental railroad, addressing past injustices and providing a more truthful account of global diasporic contributions to the creation of the American Empire. We also listen to two tracks off of their upcoming album, The American Railroad album which comes out on November 15th.Tickets to American Railroad at the Charleston Gaillard CenterSilkroad WebsiteMaeve Gilchrist WebsiteTravel Notes WebpageTravel Notes Instagram

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In this episode: Listen to a conversation between your host Nadje Noordhuis as they explore the many facets of Nadje her endeavours: from writing music for herself and others, to playing her own work and in the many famous bigbands, to teaching at Berklee College of Music About Nadje Noordhuis Described as "one of the most compelling voices to emerge on her instrument in recent years" (Dan Bilawksy, All about Jazz), Australian-born based trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis possesses one of the most unforgettably lyrical voices in modern music. Her deeply-felt, clarion tone and evocative compositional gift meld classical rigor, jazz expression, and world music accents into a sound that is distinctively her own.Noordhuis was one of ten semi-finalists in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition and was selected as a Carnegie Hall Young Artist in 2010. Based in New York since 2003, she is a member of the multiple Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, Grammy-nominated Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, and the Grammy-nominated Anat Cohen Tentet. Her eponymous debut jazz quintet album featuring Grammy nominees Sara Caswell and Geoffrey Keezer was released to critical acclaim in 2012. Her 2015 contemplative duo album of miniatures with pianist Luke Howard, Ten Sails, has garnered much international attention, with around ten million streams on Spotify and YouTube. Her 2017 album, Indigo, with vibraphonist/synthesist James Shipp was premiered at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival in Australia.Noordhuis' latest album, Gullfoss, features Maeve Gilchrist (harp), Jesse Lewis (guitar), Ike Sturm (bass), and James Shipp (synthesizers and percussion). They came together in Switzerland over three nights of live performance to record an album originally released on vinyl for Newvelle Records, and now available digitally on Little Mystery Records. ⁠Instagram⁠ / ⁠Facebook⁠ / ⁠YouTube⁠ About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠ Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivienne-aerts/message

In the inaugural episode of This Is Physics, the Physics Magazine podcast, LGBTQ+ physicists talk about how their sexual or gender identities affect their careers and suggest actions that could improve the current climate. Podcast host Julie Gould speaks with the following guests: Tim Atherton (he/him), a soft matter physicist at Tufts University, USA; Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (she/they), a cosmologist at the University of New Hampshire, USA; Yasmeen Musthafa (they/them), a Junior Scientist at TAE Technologies; Ramon Carrillo Bastos (he/him), a condensed-matter physicist at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico; Jan Eldridge (she/her), an astrophysicist at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.This podcast is part of a series of Physics Magazine pieces on the experiences of LGBTQ+ physicists. See also: Viewpoint: Making Physics Inclusive to LGBTQ+ Folks, Q&A: Seeking Diversity When Faced with Adversity, and Opinion: Wanted: LGBTQ+ Allies.Music credit: The Sandhunter, by Maeve Gilchrist, performed by Maeve Gilchrist (harp) and Nic Gareiss (percussive dancing).Produced by Julie Gould.

With her recent Grammy nomination, Arooj Aftab has made headlines as the very first Pakistani woman to be nominated for the gilded gramophone. While the Best New Artist nomination may be a geographical success, Aftab spoke to Cheryl Waters about how “art can transcend geographical location” and how access to art and the ability to cultivate relationships with other artists is why she's called New York home for the past 15 years.  Aftab's latest record, Vulture Prince, is the third from the Berklee College of Music alum and sees her taking influence from South Asian classical music, jazz, and minimalism for a soothing and spiritual record that deserves every ounce of praise. Her four-song set for KEXP with guitarist Gyan Riley and harpist Maeve Gilchrist showcases her transcendental work. Recorded 09/24/2021. Baghon Main Suroor Diya Hai Mohabbat Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With her recent Grammy nomination, Arooj Aftab has made headlines as the very first Pakistani woman to be nominated for the gilded gramophone. While the Best New Artist nomination may be a geographical success, Aftab spoke to Cheryl Waters about how “art can transcend geographical location” and how access to art and the ability to cultivate relationships with other artists is why she's called New York home for the past 15 years.  Aftab's latest record, Vulture Prince, is the third from the Berklee College of Music alum and sees her taking influence from South Asian classical music, jazz, and minimalism for a soothing and spiritual record that deserves every ounce of praise. Her four-song set for KEXP with guitarist Gyan Riley and harpist Maeve Gilchrist showcases her transcendental work. Recorded 09/24/2021. Baghon Main Suroor Diya Hai Mohabbat Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis hails from Australia but makes her home in New York, where she performs both as a bandleader and as an in demand sideman with leaders like Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue and Anat Cohen. A finalist in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, her new genre-bending quintet with Maeve Gilchrist (celtic harp), Jesse Lewis (electric guitar), Ike Sturm (electric bass), and James Shipp (synthesizers, percussion) coolly blends acoustic and electric instruments, seamlessly weaving her melodious compositions with threads of improvisation. Featuring her pure toned trumpet with electronic effects, this group released an album recorded live in Switzerland, as part of a vinyl-only box set on Newvelle Records in 2019. Lucky for us, this album, Gullfoss, was digitally released on Little Mystery Records in September 2021. It is hands-down one of my favourite releases in 2021-love at first listen. I was delighted to hear it, immediately reach out to Nadje, and have her generously agree to be a guest on the podcast. Show Notes: Tracklisting: - Migration - Gullfoss - Seven Miles - Silverpoint - Indian Pacific https://www.nadjenoordhuis.com/ Theme music by The Respect Sextet Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe to The Jazz Session's YouTube Channel Support The Jazz Session by becoming a member at Patreon. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus episode of “The Insider”, a spin-off interview series where Nicky chats to jazz industry insiders (broadcasters, artist agents, label heads, journalists) about the nuts and bolts of the business.

Trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis hails from Australia but makes her home in New York, where she performs both as a bandleader and as an in demand sideman with leaders like Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue and Anat Cohen. A finalist in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, her new genre-bending quintet with Maeve Gilchrist (celtic harp), Jesse Lewis (electric guitar), Ike Sturm (electric bass), and James Shipp (synthesizers, percussion) coolly blends acoustic and electric instruments, seamlessly weaving her melodious compositions with threads of improvisation. Featuring her pure toned trumpet with electronic effects, this group released an album recorded live in Switzerland, as part of a vinyl-only box set on Newvelle Records in 2019. Lucky for us, this album, Gullfoss, was digitally released on Little Mystery Records in September 2021. It is hands-down one of my favourite releases in 2021-love at first listen. I was delighted to hear it, immediately reach out to Nadje, and have her generously agree to be a guest on the podcast. Show Notes: Tracklisting: - Migration - Gullfoss - Seven Miles - Silverpoint - Indian Pacific https://www.nadjenoordhuis.com/ Theme music by The Respect Sextet Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe to The Jazz Session's YouTube Channel Support The Jazz Session by becoming a member at Patreon. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus episode of “The Insider”, a spin-off interview series where Nicky chats to jazz industry insiders (broadcasters, artist agents, label heads, journalists) about the nuts and bolts of the business.

Multitalented and generous come to mind when I think of Sharon Thormahlen. Sharon is a sought after multi-instrumentalist, composer, teacher, arranger, and is part of the duo that heads up Thormahlen Harps. Many folks in the harp world may recognize the Thormahlen name for their outstanding line of harps, ukuleles, guitars and more made in the pacific northwest of the United States. Maeve Gilchrist, Rhett Barnwell and Sarah Deere-Jones are just a few of the amazing artists who love their Thormahlen harps. I met Sharon and Dave Thormahlen at The Somerset Folk Harp Festival. As in 2020, the festival also took place online again this year this. This year Kathy DeAngelo, the festival's director, created an online experience that allowed festival goers to meet up with friends online. There was also a “virtual vendor hall” that allowed the vendors to chat with festival goers and take us around their workshops. Here's a video from The Thormahlen vendor booth where Dave and Sharon discuss their harps and Sharon's sheet music that are for sale on their website. Sharon started out playing folk music on the guitar. Later when her band needed a bass player she took up the upright bass that she played in the band, The Swing Beans, with her husband Dave. Sharon and I discuss how the harp came into her life and how she has used it in music therapy. Sharon also gets to be the first person to play every newly built Thormahlen harp. She strings every harp that Dave makes, helping the newly built harps find their voices. Sharon's compositions for the harp are available on the Thormahlen website. In the interview you can hear Sharon's performance of her composition, “Alpenglow” from her songbook, “Moon Over the Mountain”. Sharon's newest book, Melodías del Arpa, which are arrangements of Latin American Music for Lever Harp, is a collaboration with Paraguayan harpist, Nicolas Carter. Sharon and I also spoke about how she and Dave and a Canadian harp maker are helping luthiers of the "Guayabo" sociocultural project construct harps in Cuba. I hope this interview inspires you to create, play, and explore.LINKSSharon Thormahlen: www.thorharp.com/pages/sharonThormahlen Harps: www.thorharp.comInternational Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen: folkharpsociety.org/folk-harp-journalluthiers of the "Guayabo" sociocultural project in Cuba: reuters.screenocean.com/record/1423641Canada Cuba Luthier Solidarity Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/Canada-Cuba-Luthier-Solidarity Maeve Gilchrist: www.maevegilchristmusic.comHarpSong™️ Podcast interview with Maeve Gilchrist: www.moonoverthetrees.com/podcast/creating-a-pool-of-beauty-that-we-can-draw-on-an-interview-with-harpistcomposer-maeve-gilchristNicolas Carter: www.nicolascarter.comHarpSong™️ Podcast interview with Nicolas Carter: www.moonoverthetrees.com/podcast/interview-with-nicolas-carter-paraguayan-harpistRhett Barnwell: www.seraphimmusic.comSarah Deere-Jones: www.sarahdeere-jones.co.ukThe Somerset Folk Harp Festival: www.somersetharpfest.com

Hi! Thank you for being here with me today on HarpSong™️. Today, April 22nd 2021, marks the first official anniversary of the podcast. That's the date I uploaded the pilot episode. I didn't know where it would take me, but it's really kept me in touch with so many artists from around the world. Many have become good friends of mine. Some I've seen more of this year, thanks to zoom and the podcast, then I've seen before the strange year 2020 entered our lives. And it's those friendships and collaborations with these amazing folks that inspired me to start this podcast. I'm also sharing a list of upcoming festivals and events with you today. When I'm coordinating the concerts at The Somerset Folk Harp Festival, when we are in person, I start contacting the performers months in advance. This is where my music performance background meets up with my theater directing and theater tech background. I love helping performers feel comfortable on the festival stage, with their sound checks, lighting, and timing of their sets. (Yes, I'm the one giving the performers the five minute signal. Believe me, most times I want them to keep playing, but after a long day of workshops a two plus hour concert needs to stay on schedule.) After the day's workshops are over and everyone's had a chance to drool over the ballroom filled with harps to buy, people grab a bite to eat, get changed and head to the concert. While all that is going on after the last workshop has ended and we have finished at the lunchtime concert stage, the concert staff gets to work on prep for the evening festivities. This usually starts with us trying to figure out what to eat that will be quick. Sometimes I'll run out and get Thai or Indian food or pizza for the concert crew. That's when we can start soundcheck and that's where I get to chat with the artists and oftentimes share with them some of the local take out. We swap stories of songs and of performing, of tours and teachers and after the concert oftentimes an adult beverage and some snacks. Everyone brings a little something like cheese and crackers, or fruit and we put it on a table for all of us to share. This is where luthiers talk to artists and sound technicians about the harps and amps, etc, and exchange ideas, this is where one person picks up a guitar and another their harp or a flute or concertina and just starts playing music and sharing stories. It's where new ideas happen and friendships are born. What does this have to do with the podcast? Well, I feel so fortunate to get to have conversations with these amazing people and I wanted to share some of that candidness and inspiration, laughter, and commadardarie with you. Workshops are great, but you really don't get a chance to ask in-depth questions of the artist, and concerts are amazing, but, as I mentioned before, there's really not enough time for telling stories on stage if you want to have time to play some songs. Originally I wanted this podcast to cover harp, jazz, rock and roll, education, and theater...basically all of the things that got me to create my company Moon Over the Trees. But, when Kathy DeAngelo, the head of the Somerset Folk Harp Festival, decided to put the festival online in 2020, I thought it was the perfect time to start the podcast by interviewing the harpist and harp makers at the festival. So, HarpSong™️ was born. I have met so many wonderful people through this podcast and I continually make more and more connections in a never ending stream of sharing and discovery. I would love it if you could subscribe to the podcast. When you write a review be sure to email me at info@moonoverthetrees.com so I can send you some thank you merch. Also, head on over to my youtube channel where I've started to put videos of interviews, concerts, and songs. Please subscribe to the youtube page. As soon as we reach 100 subscribers I'll be able to customize the YouTube url for the page. I'm also starting a Choose Your Harp Adventure set of lessons. I loved those choose your own adventure books when I was a kid, so I'm developing a series of classes where you will be able to choose your own harp journey of learning. Be sure to sign up for more info on the lessons page on the website. Join me over on Patreon where you'll be able to listen to uncut interviews, get access to lessons, and interact with the Moon Over the Trees Community. Check out the HarpSong™️ Facebook Podcast group and the Moon Over the Trees Music and Theatre Productions® FB page. I also created another podcast called, Beat Your Heart Out™️, where I interview rockabilly, jazz, rock, and punk artists from around the world. Later this year I will also be launching a Theater podcast. Whew! That's been a busy year! And thanks to all of you I've been able to make it grow even more. Speaking of a lot going on,Hi! I've put together a list of upcoming harp festivals. Please include any that you'd like me to list for others to know about. Send me an email at info@moonoverthetrees.com or find me over on Instagram @harpsongmoonoverthetrees or pinterest. I'll have all of these listed in the show notes. Here's what I have so far:The St. Louis Tionol (tin-awl) “Gathering for the purpose of sharing” is going virtual this year!Join us April 22-25https://www.tionol.org/Gulf Coast CruinniúJune 18-20https://gulfcoastirish.org/Ailie Robertson's Summer Harp Festival 18-20 June Ailie, Maeve Gilchrist, Erik Ask-Upmark, and Michael Rooneyhttps://www.ailierobertson.com/summe.../summer-harp-festivalThe Ohio Scottish Arts School (OSAS) June 28-July 2, 2021https://ohioscottishartsschool.com/The Somerset Folk Harp Festival July 22-25, 2021https://www.somersetharpfest.com/July 25-29The Festival of Early Irish Harphttps://festival.irishharp.org/ Common Ground on the Hill June 28th - July 2nd | July 5th - 9th | July 12th - 16thhttps://www.commongroundonthehill.org/class-category/harpFestival Interceltique de Lorient August 2021https://www.brittanytourism.com/.../festival.../Colmcille 1500 eventshttps://colmcille1500.com/english/Colmcille1500, of which Ruth will be participating in, celebrates the life and legacy of Colmcille or Columba,1500 years from his birth. It promotes the heritage of the saint whose abbey of Iona linked Ireland and Scotland and beyond. You can find information here about the events,heritage, educational resources, and suggested themes.https://colmcille.net/colmcille-1500/ The music you are listening to in the background is Nancy Hurrell playing Carolan's Concerto on her Egan Irish Harp. Check out my recent interview with Nancy. Before that I was performing Blessed Be that Maid Marie, The Butterfly, and my friend Tom Clark's composition entitled, “Jimmy Stewart”. So, again, thank you so much for listening and all of your positivity and support this past year. My upcoming guests include: Ann Heymann, Siobhan Armstrong, Karen Loomis, Eileen Gannon, Sharon Thormahlen of Thormahlen Harps, and more… I'd love to hear from you, so please stay in touch.

Season 2 Episode 1Opening the Harp Chakra - The PodcastBringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music...and talking with the artists that create it...Hosted by Jay MichaelsFor the first episode episode of season 2 we are delighted to spend some time with Maeve Gilchrist. We chat about her background, online lessons & workshops, and we enjoy some music from her most recent album The Harpweaver.Maeve’s website: www.maevegilchristmusic.comYouTube: https://youtube.com/user/maevegilchristmusicFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/maevegilchristmusic/—————————————————————If you have questions or guest suggestions, please email Jay Michaels: openingtheharpchakra@yahoo.comIf you would like to make a financial contribution to help support the production of this podcast (any amount is appreciated):PayPal.me/harperminstrelVenmo.com/harper-minstrelSupport the show (https://PayPal.me/harperminstrel)

Scottish-born Maeve Gilchrist writes and plays new music for an old instrument: the Celtic harp, or Lever harp. Gilchrist is a curious innovator who has played, performed, and recorded with the prog-folk quartet DuoDuo and the Grammy-winning Silkroad Ensemble. In her own original music, some of it drawn from a folk and traditional music well, she has worked on sonic explorations of Celtic harp as a rhythmic instrument, which is hard to do because of the Lever harp’s limited ability to control the sustain of a note. (But Gilchrist has found a way to trick the ear by muting the strings with nylon stockings!) She performs her original compositions, including “The Harpweaver” based on poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay, with the Rasa String Quartet, remotely, for the podcast. Setlist: “The Harpweaver” Chris Stout's “Compliments to the Bon Accord Ale House” / “Ancestral Mud” “The Calm” with guitarist Colin Hearn. The Harpweaver by Maeve Gilchrist

Episode 148: Dirk Powell has build a Grammy-winning career by standing out in all aspects of folk and roots music. He's an outstanding fiddler and banjo player, a singer and songwriter, a curator and producer. And he's made marks in three related realms of music - Appalachian, Cajun and Celtic. Now the Louisiana-based Powell has turned back as he periodically does to recording his own music, and he's released When I Wait For You, a rangy album of songs that dip into new territory. Also, as we say farewell to our latest theme music, I meet the artist behind it, Scottish harpist Maeve Gilchrist. 

There’s no definitive Irish or Scottish music method book. A lot of seasoned practitioners learned their music in kitchens and pubs. So how do they bring that immersive, social learning approach into the classroom? In this episode, June McCormack, Michael Rooney, Alasdair White, Caroline Keane, and Tom Delany share ideas about teaching and learning traditional music. There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below. And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami (with Tomoaki Hatekeyama) HERE  * * * * * * * Thanks to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Finn Agenbroad, David Vaughan, Brian Benscoter, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Randy Krajniak, Jon Duvick, Suezen Brown, John Ploch, Joel DeLashmit, Chris Murphy, and Joe Martin Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 45all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tune: “Sabai Sabai,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “99 High,” from The Blue DressArtists: Shannon Heaton, Maeve Gilchrist, Paddy League Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “McIntyre's Fancy,” from Hup TermonfeckinArtists: June McCormack, Michael Rooney Tune: “Hometown Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “G Chimes,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “D Mutey Big Build,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Graf Spey,” from Draíocht Artists: June McCormack and Michael Rooney Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Macalla Suite,” from Gradam Ceoil TG4  Artist: National Folk Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Michael Rooney Tune: “Farewell To Erin, The Morning Star,” from Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo & HarpArtist: Oisin Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheal O'Ruanaigh Tune: “Capt Murdo Kennedy of Kyle, South Uist Golf Club” from An Clar GealArtist: Alasdair White Tune: “Cairistiona Chaimbeul” from Back of BoisdaleArtist: Joe Peter MacLean Tune: “Quickstep & 9/8 Marches,” from James Duncan MackenzieArtist: James Duncan Mackenzie Tune: “Kenny Gilles of Portnalong, from Scotland’s Big Session videoArtists: Lauren MacColl and Ewan MacPherson Tune: “The Hairy Angler Fish…” from Room Enough for AllArtist: Battlefield Band Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “John Kelly's, Old Concertina Reel,” from Never Say Goodbye, Say Good LuckArtists: Caroline Keane and Tom Delany Tune: “Métro Blues,” from Never Say Goodbye, Say Good LuckArtist: Tom Delany Tune: “Modal Groove,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “John’s Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Mickey Callaghan's Slide/Winnie Hayes’s Jig,” from Kitty Lie Over Artists: Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Tune: “The Murroe Polka / The Taur Polka / Mick Duggan’s Polka, from ShineArtist: Caroline Keane Tune: “Slip Jig Dreams,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Abbey Reel,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Reavy's - The Milliner's Daughter,” from Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo & HarpOisin Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheal O'Ruanaigh Tune: ‘Ballybrolly Jig #1 (The North Star), from RubaiArtist: Flook

The role of instruments in Celtic traditions can be fickle: newer voices (like the tenor banjo) are increasingly popular on festival stages; while ancient ones (like the harp) still hang on the outskirts when it comes to modern group projects. Find out how the banjo came into common acceptance in Irish circles from Daniel Neely, Enda Scahill, and Martin Howley… and learn about joys and challenges of outsider status from harpist Maeve Gilchrist, cellist Natalie Haas, and saxophone players Susan Lindsay and Isaac Alderson. There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below. And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami (with Tomoaki Hatekeyama) HERE  * * * * * * * Thanks to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Pat Wilcox, Soomee Han, Ken Doyle, Stephanie Reeve, Finn Agenbroad, Mark Haynes, David Vaughan, Gerry Corr, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Randy Krajniak, Jon Duvik, and Suezen Brown. Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 43 Tunes: “The Big Reel Of Ballynacally/The High Hill/Flash Away The Pressing Gang,” from Sunny Spells And Scattered ShowersArtist: Solas Tune: Professor Cherry, from Ports of CallArtists: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Tune: “D Chimes,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Taste of Gaelic,” from The Cabin SessionsArtists: Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright Tune: “February Bright,” from 20 Chandler StreetArtist: Maeve Gilchrist Tune: “Zayante,” from Home RecordingArtist: Alfredo Rolando Ortiz Tune: “G Meditation,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Harp Glissando demonstration,” from How to play Glissandos on the Harp Artist: Christy-Lin Tune: “Waimea Rising,” from Vignette Artists: Maeve Gilchrist & Viktor Krauss Tune: “The Castlebay Scrap/Stuarts Rant,” from Play On LightArtist: Síleas Tune: “The Blue Dress,” from The Blue DressArtists: Shannon Heaton & Maeve Gilchrist Tune: “Tom Maguire's Fancy, The Flogging Reel,” from Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo & HarpArtists: Oisin Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheal O'Ruanaigh Tune: “Following the North Star,” from Freedom HighwayArtist: Rhiannon Giddens Tune: “The Miller Of Drone/Pauline Conneely's/Finbar Dwyer’s,” from An Traidisiún BeoArtist: Angelina Carberry Tune: “Medley,” from live footage from 1928 (presented by Vitaphone) Artist: Fabulous Ingenues Tune: “Seamus Connolly's/Brid Harpur’s,” from Traditional Music From Doolin Co. ClareArtist: Kevin Griffin Tune: “The Rookery,” from Music class at 2014 Milwaukee Irishfest Summer SchoolArtist: Martin Howley Tune: “The New Irish Barn Dance,” from 1929 recording Artists: The Flanagan Brothers Tune: “Sailor on the Rock,” from Fleá Ceoil (1964 recording from Gael Linn)Artist: Barney McKenna Tune: “Bill Cheatum / Kitchen Girl,” from Live in GalwayArtist: We Banjo 3 Tune: Martin Wynnes #2 / Martin Wynnes #1 / The Coalminer,” from Roots of the Banjo TreeArtist:  We Banjo 3 Tune: “Splendid Isolation,” from At the RacketArtist: At the Rocket Tune: “Mutey Big Build,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Siege of Ennis No. 3,” from B Side of Copley Record #9-178 Artist: Johnny Powell and his Irish band Tune: “Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria,” from Bach: Goldberg Variations (For Saxophone Quartet)Artist: Danish Saxophone Quartet, Christian Hougaard, Torben Snekkestad, Jørgen Ole Bove & Per Egholm Tune: “Rhythm Is Our Business,” from 1935 Hits (Remastered)Artist: Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra & Willie Smith Tune: “Abbey Reel Meditation,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Heartstrings Theme,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Song: “Sixteen Jolly Ravers,” from From the Green to the BlueArtist: The Lindsays Tune: “Sabai Sabai,” from Irish Music Stories Production musicArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Aunt Jane’s Trip to Norway,” from The Blue DressArtists: Shannon Heaton & Maeve Gilchrist Tune: “Jane’s Reel,” from Simon Chrisman & Wes CorbettArtists: Simon Chrisman & Wes Corbett Tune: “Stah Wahs,” from banjo outtakeArtist: Matt Heaton

Persistent infections like Covid-19 … and social injustice.. and racism… loom large. And still, these little Irish jigs and reels are forming bridges across oceans. What happens when people fall in love with a foreign music culture and pull themselves out of their comfort zones to travel and learn to play? Learn about the perspective Irish music has offered Guillermo Del Val Rodriguez, Santiago Molina, Gregor Brinkschulte, Alasdair Fraser, Rolf Wagels, Kerstin Otten, Brent Cassidy, Andy Xuhang, Alex Navar, hatao, Geoffrey Lim, Ted Cizadlo, and Andy Linton. There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below. * * * * * * * Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Ryne VanHorn, Dan Kaufman, Finn Agenbroad, Rex Edwards, Michael Craine, Bruce Douglas, Nancy Kearney, Paul Fackler, Art Costa, Linda Hammond, Chris Murphy, David Vaughan, Gerry Corr, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Randy Krajniak, Jon Duvik, and one anonymous donor. Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Read about the Irish flute mask (mentioned in the episode) by Lisa Danforth HERE And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami, with support from Tomoaki Hatekeyama HERE. * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 40 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tune: “Migratory,” from tricolor BIGBANDArtist: tricolor Tune: “The Flight of the Earls (El Vuelo De Los Condes),” from Brotherhood of Stars (A Irmandade Das Estrelas) Artist: Carlos Nuñez Tune: “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel,” from Living Room recordingArtist: Guillermo Del Val Rodriguez Tune: “The Golden Ticket,” from The Western StarEric Merrill Tune: "Para Ani,” from Historia Artist: Santiago Molina with Félix Pérez guitar Tune: “Foliada!” from Ports of CallArtists: Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Tune: “G Meditation,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Heartstrings Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Masters of Consequence,” from HorizonArtist: Cara Tune: “Bb Intro,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “44 Mill Street,” from The Blue DressArtist: Shannon Heaton, Maeve Gilchrist, Paddy League Song: “Ich weiß ein fein brauns Mägdelein,” from DuoGudrun Walther & Jürgen Treyz Tune/Song: “Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow” Artist: Droichead Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Nocturne,” from Songs From a Secret GardenArtist: Secret Garden  Tune: “Larry Lavin’s Choice,” from Galleon Flute Demo VideoArtist: Blayne Chastain Tune: “Planxty Fitzgerald,” from Traditional Irish Music on pipa guitar, live at Bray Mermaid Arts Centre Artists: Liu Fang and Michael O'Toole Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton “Midnight Walker,” from Celtic Graces: A Best of IrelandArtist: Davy Spillane “Desvairada,” from Brazilian Choro he posted on YouTube (used with permission) Artist: Cillian King Tune: “月をさがして” (Looking for the Moon) from Songs of Raindrops and BreezeArtists: hatao & nami Tune: “Grupai Ceol Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Polkas,” from Mapo FMArtist: Seul-Ki and Ceoltoiri Korea Song: “Runaway,” from Forgiven, Not ForgottenArtist: The Corrs Tune: “Belle of the South Shore,” from B&BArtist: tricolor Tune: “D Mutey Big Build,” from Production Music for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “Out on the Ocean,” from Live In SeattleArtists: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill Tune: “Woo Dr Hythm,” from This is How we FlyArtist: This is How we Fly Tune: “The Banshee, Swinging on a Gate,” from Live at the Welsh DragonArtist: Wellington Slow Session Tune: “Twins' Dance Party / Sylvia's & Mikey's Reels,” from RavenArtists: John Williams & Dean Magraw

Join us for the Hands Up for Trad Afternoon Show with Mike Katz & Alasdair White, Maeve Gilchrist and Ali Levack first broadcast on Wednesday 20th May live on Facebook for fun, chat and music. If you enjoy these podcasts please support our Patreon www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad

If you were to ask me about Maeve Gilchrist, the words that come to mind are musical, encouraging, masterful, literary, and a player who has the unique balance of technique and vision. A chat with Maeve is as inspiring as seeing her perform and can't but help make you want to contribute to what Maeve discusses as the, “idea of creating a pool of beauty that we can draw on when times are bleak. I think any student picking up any instrument can do that for themselves if they attack their practice in the right way”.ON TEACHINGMave loves performing and composing, but is also a passionate teacher,The biggest gift I can give as a teacher is the gift of encouraging the student to utilize their own imagination in creating a practice regime that is perfect for them. Because nobody knows our playing better than we know our playing.I asked Maeve what learning an instrument entails for anyone who has not had the opportunity to learn an instrument, “It's a combination of math and imagination and discipline”.We discussed teaching music and how important it is to let the instrument sing:If you can have a practice which is covering the fundamentals in a way that's building technique and general musicality why wouldn't you also want to incorporate creativity into that practice.HARP TALKHarp Talk was created by Maeve to bring harp players together to discuss the instrument and chat about songs and inspiration. It is an online meeting place for harpists of all sorts geared towards musical growth and cultivating community. The next episode will be this Saturday May 16th and is presented every other Saturday. www.facebook.com/pg/harptalkTHE SOMERSET FOLK HARP FESTIVALMaeve has been teaching and performing at The Somerset Folk Harp Festival since she graduated from Berklee College of Music and has been wowing audiences ever since. The Somerset Folk Harp Festival takes place every July in Parsippany, NJ. This year due to COVID-19 the festival is going to be held completely online. All 120+ workshops and numerous concerts will be available from the comfort of your homes. The festival is one of the largest of its kind in North America and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. http://www.somersetharpfest.com/You can check out past performances on the festival's youtube channel. Here's Maeve's performance at the 2017 festival. This is her original song, “City in the North” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dZqyT11Vrs&list=PL9D65C1CB3E5F87C4&index=23MAEVE'S BOOK: Rhythm and Hand Separation ExercisesMave has a wonderful book of hand exercise etudes to help with technical issues and rhythm to free up your harp playing, but I think it is a great help to any musician, especially pianists who want to work on separating hands and rhythms.https://harpcolumn.com/music/all-music/artists/maeve-gilchrist/rhythm-hand-separation-exercises-etudes-book-1/ON PRACTICINGThe biggest gift I can give as a teacher is the gift of encouraging the student to utilize their own imagination in creating a practice regime that is perfect for them. Because nobody knows our playing better than we know our playing….Music to me is not dots and lines on a page. This music is so alive and it's so full of shape and dimension. Also as a teacher it is so important for me to share with my students how I envision them creating these shapes and breathing life into the music. Because it's all about the music. It's not about me or them. It's about how we can together can bring the music to life through our vehicle of the harp.THE INSTRUMENT AND THE PLAYER'S RELATIONSHIPJust as a garden both sustains us and we sustain the garden, music and our instruments have a relationship that nurtures both the musician and the instrument as well as the listener. Even someone new to their instrument can create beauty right from the start and allow the instrument to speak. Maeve envisions how, “the tiny sounds of the earth” would sound. A leaf falling to the ground, the sound of new flower shoots as they come out of the ground in the spring, etc. And she believes that, “the instrument [provides] for the player”.By teaching everything and by playing everything with this ideal of creating something beautiful it doesn't just answer the question of why in the music, for me it answers the question of why am I doing this at all. Why is there music? It's such a deep question. And if even the most beginner musician or the most beginner harp player can start their journey with the harp with this answer to why, it will bring them places they'd never dream of otherwise.WHY MUSIC?Whether we are playing music, teaching, or dreaming we all long, especially in times of great sadness, to create:I love this idea of creating a pool of beauty that we can draw on when times are bleak. I think any student picking up any instrument can do that for themselves if they attack their practice in the right way.WORDS AND MUSIC“But really, as a songwriter, the only thing I do is make jewelry for the inside of people's minds. That's it.” -Tom WaitsI spoke to Maeve about her newest album coming out later this year. It is called, “The Harp-Weaver” and is based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Words and music are so linked together”. Maeve discusses her experience visiting Millay's home, Steepletop, in upstate New York in the podcast.Maeve's collaborations are magical whether she's performing with dancers Nic Gareiss and Colin Dunne or The Silkroad Ensemble, or Esperanza Spalding, to name a few Or composing for a small ensemble or an orchestra.INSPIRATIONAL MUSICIANSA small portion of musicians who have inspired Maeve in how they transport us with their sound. It's about the soul and spirit of the playing.Nina SimoneTom WaitsJonie MitchellAlice ColtraineYo-Yo MaTraditional MusiciansFrankie GavinMartin HayesKathleen Loughnane (Maeve's Aunt)Baroque period of music in IrelandMusic Hall musicIsobel Mieras EIHFI hope you enjoy this episode and are just as inspired as I am to create.Maeve's Websitewww.maevegilchristmusic.comHarp Talkwww.facebook.com/harptalkSilkroad Home Sessions Maeve's Performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ55DGoe4XATurlough O Carolan pieces discussedLoftis JonesMr. ConnorElenor PlunkettEdna St. Vincent Milay's homeSteepletop http://www.millay.org/visitsteepletop.phpThe Edinburgh International Harp Festivalhttps://www.harpfestival.co.uk/

Hear 37 harpists from Music Generation Laois practise a song ahead of their big performance in the Dunamaise Arts Centre under the guidance of Maeve Gilchrist.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened the lines to ask our listeners: Should younger generations set our moral compass? John Huet and John Phillips, the creative duo behind The Uncornered Photo Documentary Project, spoke about their project on the Boston Common. Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses President Donald Trump's changing stance on gun reform. Rupa Shenoy, reporter for The World, joined to discuss her multi-part series on slavery. TV expert Bob Thompson explained the CBS-Viacom merger. Naturalist Sy Montgomery talked about two gay penguins in the Berlin Zoo trying to hatch an egg of their own, and other animal-related headlines. Celtic Sojourn's Brian O'Donovan and harpist Maeve Gilchrist previewed the first annual Rockport Celtic Festival.

What happens when ‘trad’ musicians are ALSO fluent in non Celtic traditions? When you’re dealing with cultural traditions (with all the music and the community and social expectations), how do you manage without fumbling or getting sacked? Host Shannon Heaton explores the art and sport of playing on different teams with Paddy Panayotis League, Maeve Gilchrist, Andrew Finn Magill, Hanz Araki, and Nicole Rabata. And revisit February 3rd, 2019… Superbowl 53…. the day Boston, Massachusetts made history. Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below. * * * * * * * Special thanks to Asa Duffee, Sharon Murphy, Kevin Doyle, Mark Haynes, Lynn Cox, David Vaughan, Gerry Corr, Brian Benscoter, and Joe Garrett for supporting this episode. for supporting this episode. And thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music. Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org   * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 27 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tune: “My Love is in America,” from deargaArtists: Matt & Shannon Heaton Tune: “D Big Build,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “Crowley’s,” (reel), from Milton Ceili Artist: Joey Abarta (pipes), Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Natasha Sheehey (accordion), Devin McCabe (piano), Paddy League (drums); field recording by Kieran Jordan Tune: “Travel Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “Midnight Sojourn Intro,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “Sarki Syrto,” from Traditional Music and Songs From KalymnosArtists: Paddy Panayotis League, Irene Karavokiros & Michalis Kappas Song: “Roisin Dubh,” from The Man of Songs Artist: Paddy Tunney Tune: “Dark Low Jig,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Song: “Asa Branca,” from O Nordeste Na Voz de Luiz GonzagaArtist: Luiz Gonzaga  Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “99 High,” (polka by Randal Bays) from The Blue DressArtist: Shannon Heaton Tune: “Waimea Rising,” from VignetteArtists: Maeve Gilchrist & Viktor Krauss Song: “Gringo De Sunga,” from Brazilian Strings TrioArtists: Ted Falcon, Andrew Finn Magill & Nando Duarte  Tune: “Grupai Memories,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Song: “A Beautiful Ending,” from BranchesArtist: Andrew Finn Magill Tune: “Travel Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” from November 9 2013 Veteran’s Day ParadeArtist: Camas High Marching Band, recorded by daveincamas, licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License Song: “Valentine O’Hara,” from Foreign ShoreArtist: Hanz Araki Song: “E Ten Raku,” from Field RecordingArtists: Koto 5 & Koto 6 Tune: “ Come West Along the Road” (Reel), from Field RecordingArtists: Various Session players, recorded at a house party in Melrose, Mass Song: “Our Captain Cried,” from At Our Next MeetingArtist: Hanz Araki Song: “Mon Ran Dawk Kam Tai,” from Tell You in EarnestArtists: Matt & Shannon Heaton Tunes: “Armorica/Laridé/Les Vieux Loudéacs,” from ArmoricaArtist: Nicole Rabata Tune: “Pound the Floor,”  from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Song: “Nansai Og Ni Obarlain,” from Triptych Artists: Laura Risk, Kieran Jordan & Paddy League Song: “Um a Zero,” from Benedito Lacerda e PixinguinhaArtists: Benedito Lacerda e Pixinguinha Tune: “Aunt Jane’s Trip to Norway,” from The Blue DressArtist: Shannon Heaton Tune: “Bb Intro Groove,”from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar Song: “The Creel / Out the Door and over the Wall,” from The Missing Liberty TapesArtist: Paul Brady Tune: “Imperial March,” from The Auburn University Marching Band, Highlights of the 1998 SeasonArtist: Auburn University Marching Band & Dr. Richard D. Good

9/21/2018 International Day of Peace with members of Silkroad Ensemble In observation of International Day of Peace, the Rothko Chapel presented a performance by members of the Silkroad Ensemble, while in residency at Rice University, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Council. Performing artists included: Shawn Conley, bass; Nicholas Cords, viola; Sandeep Das, tabla; Maeve Gilchrist, harp; Kaoru Watanabe, shinobue flutes, taiko. Set list: Taiko and Shinobue solo by Kaoru Watanabe Vaishanavi by Sandeep Das Harp Solo by Maeve Gilchrist Ostinato 4 ("Yellow Birds") by Maeve Gilchrist In Manus Tuas by Caroline Shaw Bloodlines by Kaoru Watanabe Tarang by Sandeep Das, arr. Silkroad In a Landscape by John Cage Waves of Rush by Aidan O'Rourke, arr. Maeve Gilchrist Together Alone by Kaoru Watanabe The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") is observed around the world each year on the 21st of September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace. To learn more about International Day of Peace, visit internationaldayofpeace.org. About Silkroad Ensemble: Silkroad creates music that engages difference, sparking radical cultural collaboration and passion-driven learning to build a more hopeful world. Yo-Yo Ma conceived Silkroad in 1998 as a reminder that even as rapid globalization resulted in division, it brought extraordinary possibilities for working together. Seeking to understand this dynamic, he began to learn about the historical Silk Road, recognizing in it a model for productive cultural collaboration, for the exchange of ideas and tradition alongside commerce and innovation. And in a radical experiment, he brought together musicians from the lands of the Silk Road to co-create a new artistic idiom, a musical language founded in difference, a metaphor for the benefits of a more connected world. Today, these Grammy Award-winning artists seek and practice radical cultural collaboration in many forms, creating and presenting new music, teacher and musician training workshops, and residency programs in schools, museums, and communities. Silkroad has recorded seven albums. Sing Me Home, which won the 2016 Grammy for Best World Music Album was developed and recorded alongside the documentary feature The Music of Strangers, from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.

How does Irish dance connect with traditional music today? And what’s up with all the different types of social, performative, and competitive trad dance? Kieran Jordan, Liam Ó Scanláin, the Glencastle Irish Dancers, and Jimmy Keane help host Shannon Heaton detangle a few musical threads in Irish dance today. There’s plenty of music here, too. Credits below. * * * * * * * Special thanks to Seán McGinnis, John Kerr, Brian Benscoter, Davy McDonald, and two anonymous donors for supporting this episode. And thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music. Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 08 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tunes: “Mount Phoebus Hunt and The Hunted,” from Cover the buckleArtists: Seán Clohessy, Sean McComiskey, and Kieran Jordan Tune: “Tracing the Lines,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “The Three Sea Captains,” from Cover the buckleArtists: Seán Clohessy, Sean McComiskey, and Kieran Jordan Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tunes: “Reagan’s, Shepherd's Daughter, Rolling In The Hay, Colonel Rodney,” from boholaArtists: Jimmy Keane, Sean Cleland, Pat Broaders  Tune: “The Sand Hunter,” composed by Maeve Gilchrist from Celtic Colours Live, Vol. 2 (2013)Artists: Nic Gareiss, Maeve Gilchrist Tune: “Munster Buttermilk,” from Solo FiddleArtist: Sam Amidon Tune: “Miltown Girls,” from Solo FiddleArtist: Sam Amidon Tune: “Breath, Body, Movement,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: "The Priest And His Boots," from Cover the buckleArtists: Seán Clohessy, Sean McComiskey, and Kieran Jordan Tunes: “Anlon McKinney, Mind the Dresser,” composed by Liz Carroll from Christmas Celtic Sojourn Live 2010Artists: Nic Gareiss, Liz Carroll

Hear some Irish music from Shannon Heaton's amazing podcast Irish Music Stories. You'll enjoy music from John Williams, Keith Murphy, Kevin Griffin, Eoin O’Neill, Sharon Shannon, Shannon Heaton, Maeve Gilchrist, Paddy League, Karan Casey, John Gannon, Tina Lech, Kathleen Conneely, Sean Clohessy, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Seamus Connolly, Sean McComiskey, Kieran Jordan, Girsa, Liz Carroll, Daithi Sproule, Trad Youth Exchange, McCarthy Family. Listen. Like. Share. Then download 34 Celtic MP3s for Free! http://bestcelticmusic.net/ Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.   Today's show is brought to you by Patrons of the Podcast Your generous pledge of as little as $1 per episode pays for the production of this podcast as well as my time in producing the show. You will enjoy a personal podcast feed where you can listen to the show before regular subscribers, occasional extended editions of the show, and my deepest thanks. When we hit a milestone, you get a 2-hour special. Thanks to our newest patrons. Thank you all for your generosity! Become a patron today!   Notes: * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a musician and podcaster. You can share this show and find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. And you can support this show on Patreon. * CELTIC PODCAST NEWS: Subscribe to Irish Music Stories on Shannon Heaton's website. You'll also find video tutorials on her YouTube channel to learn Irish tunes. * 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   This Week in Celtic Music 0:16 ABOUT IRISH MUSIC STORIES - The stories behind the music 1:04 “Darley’s Reel, the Jug of Punch, Garrett Barry’s Reel” by John Williams from self titled debut 4:30 “Nous Allons a une Fete” by Keith Murphy from Bound for Canaan 7:32 “Seamus Connolly’s” (Jig) by Kevin Griffin with Eoin O’Neill, Sharon Shannon from Traditional Music from Doolin Co. Clare 10:23 “Aunt Jane’s Trip to Norway, It Goes As Follies & Eddie Duffy’s” by Shannon Heaton (flute), Maeve Gilchrist (harp), Paddy League (drums) from Blue Dress 14:58 THE GREAT IRISH SESSION 16:10 “Ae Fond Kiss” by Karan Casey from Ships in the Forest 20:10 “The Luachrachan's Jig / Hardiman’s Fancy” by John Gannon, Tina Lech, Kathleen Conneely and Sean Clohessy from From Tulla to Boston: Live at the Burren 23:42 “Golden Glove” by Matt & Shannon Heaton from Lovers’ Well 28:34 “I’m Waiting for You, The Magpie's Nest, The Thirteen Arches, The Sailor's Cravat” by Seamus Connolly from The Banks of the Shannon 33:26 CHAT WITH SEAMUS CONNOLLY AT BOSTON COLLEGE 35:06 ELEMENTAL EXPERIENCE OF IRISH MUSIC WITH SEAN CLOHESSY 36:07 “The Priest and His Boots” by Sean Clohessy, Sean McComiskey, Kieran Jordan from Cover the Buckle 37:42 “Captain, Captain” by Girsa from A Sweeter Place 41:00 “Tune for Mairead & Anna Ni Mhaonaigh” by Liz Carroll & Daithi Sproule from self titled 44:25 “The Tap Room, Galway Rambler, Mountain Road” by Matt & Shannon Heaton and Dan Gurney from archival field recording 48:51 LURE OF IRISH MUSIC 50:50 “Mug Of Brown Ale, Leg Of The Duck, Munster Buttermilk” by Trad Youth Exchange from From Tulla to Boston: Live at the Burren 52:40 “My Love is in America, The Milliner’s Daughter” by McCarthy Family from From Tulla to Boston: Live at the Burren The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at celticmusicpodcast.com.

In this episode Neil is meets up with harp visionary Maeve Gilchrist to look back at what has already been an incredibly varied musical career. Maeve takes us behind the scenes in her artistic development as she moved from Scotland to the United States and continues to explore new territory for an instrument that should not be underestimated: the Celtic harp, or Clàrsach. 

The Forge (http://www.theforgemusic.com) are a traditional Irish music group, of whom Brian O'Donovan (A Celtic Soujourn - WGBH) says "A new band shows up on the scene and immediately seems destined to make an impact.  The Forge are a bright new name in the American Irish music scene. Paying homage to their traditional roots while creating something new.”  The members, Maeve Gilchrist (harp, voice), Cara Francowicz (fiddle), Nicole Rabata (Irish Flute), and Anna Colliton (Bodhran) are all distinguished as soloists and side musicians on other projects across the musical spectrum, but decided at a session in the wee small hours at a music festival to become a group.  This was a very informational chat for me, as the Forge shed light on their embellishment and arrangement techniques.  Music featured includes selections from the group's website (Dever the Dancer, Sweet Rosemarie, The Blackbird, and  and a set made up of Bold Dougherty/Palm Sunday/The Legacy) plus a selection from Maeve Gilchrist's CD Song of Delight (called "Take off Your Coat") which I included to illustrate Maeve's harmonic invention and way of crafting an intro to a tune.

PETER "PUMA" HEDLUND is considered Sweden's leading traditional player of the modern chromatic nyckelharpa, having won the title World Champion twice, in 1992 and 2000. The nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish instrument that has been played for more than 600 years. Peter just won Sweden's most prestigious folk award, Zorn badge in Gold "for masterpiece, brilliant and tradition consciously key harp playing." MAEVE GILCHRIST is a master of the Celtic harp. She was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, daughter to an Irish mother and Scottish father she grew up immersed in traditional folk music. From thirteen onwards, Maeve was an in demand member on the traditional music scene in Scotland and at seventeen, she received a full scholarships the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She just released her second album 'Song of Delight' that fuses her Scottish roots with the colors and freedoms of jazz. ANDY COHEN will be playing the Dolceola, a small piano-like instrument that was made in 1905. Andy was inspired to follow, study, perform and promote the music of the southeast quadrant after seeing Rev. Gary Davis perform when he was sixteen. He sets are made up of material from before the twenties to about the fifties. DICK BOAK will be performing the traditional autoharp. Dick is bit of a Renaissance man. This Pennsylvania-based artist, writer, woodworker and musicians built and designed geodesic domes in the late 60s and for the past 32 years he has worked at Martin Guitar. He wrote book called 'Martin Guitar Masterpieces' about the formation of Martin's Artist Relations Department and the conception of more than one hundred and forty signature guitar collaborations with the top musical talents of our time. Dick is also a folk musician and will be performing the autoharp on the show.