Podcast appearances and mentions of mark o'connor

Are you in your 20s and trying to figure out what you can do to improve the quality of your life? In this 20th episode, we talk to Mark, a good buddy of mine here in Vietnam and we basically talk shop about our experience during our Personal Development Journey. Mark wrote his own songs back in Ireland and got picked up by a local radio station, 2 years later he was MC on massive festivals in Croatia before he moved to Vietnam where he is starting his own business. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/56FiDRf6ntE Follow him on: https://www.instagram.com/trippygorilla/

Episode 169: He's known worldwide as a consummate virtuoso on the fiddle and the violin, but Mark O'Connor's first instrument was actually the guitar. After starting his music life with classical and flamenco style lessons, the Seattle teen branched into traditional fiddle and acoustic guitar. After making the groundbreaking Markology when he was 16, O'Connor realized he had bursitis in his elbow and he gave up the guitar to save his fiddling. After more than 40 years winning Grammy Awards and making waves in country, bluegrass, jazz and classical music, O'Connor picked up the guitar again and made a series of recordings that became the new Markology II. We talk about the long journey back. Also, mandolinist Joe K. Walsh, one of the many alums of O'Connor's famed, scene-making fiddle camps, talks about the new acoustic scene today and his new quartet album.

Brand new from Mark O'Conner - Markology II. You can hear this entire project all this week on Southern Branch Bluegrass on The Artist Spotlight Segment with Host - Danny Hensley. Join us at 12 Noon eastern and enjoy some brand new tunes on www.sbbradio.org & 91.7 FM Community Radio. Quick direct link to the station stream -https://station.voscast.com/5c2bf0e47fbe8/

Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous trailblazing ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux,and others. Darol is at home in many of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent! Darol has performed and taught all over the world with musicians such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, David Grisman, David Balakrishnan, Tracy Silverman, Mark O'Connor, Phillip Aaberg, Mark O’Connor, and Stephane Grappelli, to name a few. In addition to performing all over the world, he has recorded and produced scores of important recordings and has been a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. He can be heard on NPR’s “Car Talk” theme (along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice) and was also the violinist on the soundtrack of the popular Sim City computer games. An Associate Professor Emeritus at the prestigious Berklee School of music, Anger now runs an ambitious online fiddle school at ArtistWorks.com and is a regular guest at Berklee's Roots Music program. You can take lessons with Darol at artistworks.com/fiddle-lessons-darol-anger. Darol is interested in 5-string violin technology and has built two of his own. Learn more at darolanger.com If you enjoy this podcast, please take a second to like, comment, subscribe, and SHARE this with all your friends. Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform a tribute to the unique sound of American music with their Signature Series III concert on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 7:30 PM, inspired by the Figge Art Museum’s exhibition For America . This intimate string trio performance will be available for a limited socially distanced audience at the Figge as well as via digital access/live streaming. Emily Nash, Associate Concertmaster and violinist; Bruno Silva, violist; and Kit Pollen, Associate Principal and double bassist for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra , will perform works by three American composers. The first portion of the program features Silent Moon by Augusta Read Thomas, three movements written for violin and viola which evoke the stillness of winter. After a brief pause, the tempo and style will change with six selections being played by the composers Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor - bluegrass/folk compositions hailing from their Appalachia Waltz album in 1996 and from

Possibly the most successful and prolific country session guitarist of all time, Brent is at the top of the list of Nashville cats. You've heard him playing on literally hundreds of hit records. Greg and Brent get into what it's like to be a studio musician in Nashville, Brent's journey, and of course, his guitars and gear!1:35 - Andy Wood’s Woodshed Guitar Experience, and what it was like for Greg and Brent to perform and attend during COVID-19.2:55 - Brent’s time playing with the Mark O’Connor and The New Nashville Cats5:28 - The magic of the thumb-pick, how Brent came into his playing style, and depth of learning found in early country guitar.10:18 - What inspired Brent to move to Nashville, and how his transition into session work bloomed into quick success19:45 - When in a session, it’s important to know what type of color palette to use when going to paint, you dig? Amps, guitars, pedals, gear - when and where how to use what.23:47 - Brent’s telecaster that Fender replicated, how he came by it, and a few of Brent’s early guitars.29:42 - What brought Brent to play a B-Bender35:06 - How sessions have changed over the years42:05 - How musicians get paid during sessions - then and now45:34 - Touring vs studio musician, and advice for new guitar-slingers looking to make a buck in Nashville52:00 - Some good ol’ guitar storiesTotal Length: 63:56

على الرغم من تحذير مكتب الأرصاد الجوية من وجود فرصة متزايدة بنسبة 70 ٪ للظروف الجوية القاسية مثل العواصف والأعاصير بسبب ظاهرة النينيا ، يكشف بحث جديد أن 9 ملايين أسترالي (45٪) لا يعرفون ماهو النينيا,51% ليسوامستعدين له .تفاصيل اكثر يخبرنا عنها المدير الوطني لشركة اليانز مارك اوكونور. • Bureau of Meteorology warns we are most at risk of severe rain and storms this summer, due to La Niña, but majority of Aussies believe bushfires are still the biggest threat (67%).• New research from Allianz reveals almost half of Australians (45%) don’t even know what La Niña means, and are not preparing for the wild summer ahead. Mark O'Connor, National Manager at Allianz Australia gives an insight into this new research.

Mark is my younger brother, professionally he works as a Land Surveyor and Project manager based in Christchurch. Mark Has represented Southland, The University of Otago and New Zealand Universities in Rowing as well as trialing for NZ Age Group squads and Winning the Under 18 Single at the NZ Secondary Schools Regatta, Maadi Cup. Mark is currently commissioning two builds in Napier and Palmerston North which means we have monthly catch ups where we hit the gym, make a good dinner and share in awesome conversation over a bottle of fine Hawkes Bay wine. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b1g0c/ Donate: https://movember.com/m/stagryan?mc=1 Modern Pirate Discount Code: stagroar = 10% https://www.modernpirate.com.au/discount/stagroar Sponsor: https://waiket0.pruvitnow.com/nz/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestagroar/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stagryan/ Twitter https://twitter.com/stagryan Snapchat @stagryan Website https://www.stagroar.co.nz/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WaiKeto/ Blog https://stagryan.com/

Jeff Picker’s debut solo album With the Bass in Mind is being released on October 9th.  This album reimagines the contemporary string band, drawing on the harmonic, metric, and improvisational intrigue of his jazz background, while never straying too far from the front porch.   Past podcast guest Michael Thurber connected us to chat about this cool project.  We dig into how the pandemic has been for him, what it’s like touring with artists like Ricky Skaggs, Mark O’Connor, and Sarah Jarosz, making the move from New York City to Nashville, his pivot from jazz into roots music, and much more. Be sure to follow Jeff on Facebook and Instagram, and pre-order his debut solo album on bandcamp, iTunes, and Amazon!   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle! Check out my Beginner's Classical Bass course, available exclusively from Discover Double Bass!   Thank you to our sponsors!   Ear Trumpet Labs - They make hand-built mics out of Portland, OR and they have an excellent mic for upright bass called Nadine. The Nadine is a condenser mic with a clear natural sound and incredible feedback rejection. This mic is a completely new design -- the head mounts in between the strings above the tailpiece with a rubber grommet, and the body securely straps to the tailpiece with velcro elastic. A 14-inch Mogami cable connects the two parts making it easy to place on any bass. It’s durable and holds up to the demanding needs of the instrument while offering excellent sound quality. Ear Trumpet Labs is offering a free t-shirt just for Contrabass listeners with the purchase of a mic, just visit EarTrumpetLabs.com/contrabass to claim yours and check out the Nadine!   Practizma - The Practizma practice journal is packed with research based strategies to turn your ho-hum practice into extraordinary practice.  Develop your curiosity, discipline, creativity, daring, tenacity and zen.  Take a journey with four elements each week: goal setting, reflection prompt, action challenge, and journal pages to track your practice.  Curious? Download the introductory chapter of the journal for free - this gives you an idea of what it's all about.   Modacity - Are you a practice-savvy musician? Get Modacity – the music practice app that organizes, focuses, and tracks your progress.  Recorder… metronome… tone generator… timer… note taking… Do away with the random assortment of music practice apps in your arsenal. Modacity™ combines all the tools you need into one easy to use, music practice tool.  Organize, focus, and reflect on your practice – motivating you to increase retention in less time.  Modacity has a special offer for Contrabass Conversations listeners that includes lifetime access to the app.   Contrabass Conversations production team: Jason Heath, host Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing Mitch Moehring, audio engineer Trevor Jones, publication and promotion Krista Kopper, archival and cataloging theme music by Eric Hochberg Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

Mary J Blige, Jay Z, Ellie Goulding, Brett Young, Avril Lavigne, Rush, Bono, Chris Martin, Mark O’Connor, Richie Havens, Joan Baez and Don McClean are a few of the popular artists and musical luminaries that cellist, composer, arranger, performer, session player and musical ambassador, Jacob Szekely, has shared the stage with as a featured performer/ solo cellist. Jacob’s music has had airplay on radio and TV, and made several year end top ten lists for JazzEd, International Review of Music and several others. Jacob has also conducted over a hundred residencies and master classes across the US at UCLA, Cal Arts, The Berklee School of Music and many others.

Ep. 111: Joe Deninzon, violinist. “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin” Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan. Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” because of his innovative style on electric seven-string violin. Joe has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Phoebe Snow, Everclear, Ritchie Blackmore,, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Robert Bonfiglio, Les Paul, and as a soloist with the NY City Ballet and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Joe is the lead singer and violinist for the progressive rock band, Stratospheerius, which has released five acclaimed CD’s. He can be heard on over a hundred CD’s and jingles as a violinist and string arranger. A BMI Jazz Composer’s grant recipient and winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, he has written a solo piece for violinist Rachel Barton Pine, which will be featured on her upcoming CD. In 2015, Joe premiered his “Concerto for Seven String Electric Violin and Orchestra” with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra. His original music has been featured on CMT, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, National Geographic, the Travel Channel, the History Channel, and the Will Ferrell/ Adam McKay- produced film “Virginity Hit.” Joe is also a member of the Sweet Plantain String Quartet, which combines Latin Jazz with hip-hop and Classical music, and has toured throughout Europe and the U.S. Joe has also released a CD with his Acoustic Jazz Trio, titled “Exuberance.” As an educator, Joe has taught rock violin at Mark O’Connor’s String Camp and Mark Wood’s Rock Orchestra Camp, and made repeated appearances performing at the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where he co-founded the Grand Canyon School of Rock in 2006, an annual program for local high school students. He regularly travels as a clinician and has contributed articles to Strings, Downbeat, and Making Music Magazine. In 2012, Joe wrote a book on electric violin techniques for Mel Bay Publications, entitled Plugging In. Joe recently made the Downbeat Critic’s pole for jazz/rock violin, and Chris Haigh’s recent book, Discovering Rock Violin lists one of Joe’s recorded solos among the “Top 20 greatest rock violin solos of all time.” Joe holds Bachelor’s degrees in Violin Performance and Jazz Violin from Indiana University and a Master’s in Jazz/Commercial violin from Manhattan School of Music. In this episode we talk about Joe's early start in classical music, journey to jazz and rock, online teaching, Frank Zappa, his Concerto for Seven String Electric Violin and much more! For more information about Joe Deninzon please visit: https://joedeninzon.com © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

Ep. 110: Sharon Isbin, guitarist. Grammy Award winner & founder of the Juilliard Guitar Dept. Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin was named the 2020 Musical America Worldwide Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist ever to receive the coveted honor in its 59 year award history. Soloist with over 200 orchestras, Isbin has performed in the world’s finest halls. Winner of the Toronto, Madrid and Munich ARD Competitions, Germany’s Echo Klassik and Guitar Player’s Best Classical Guitarist awards, she performed in Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed, at Ground Zero for the first internationally televised 9/11 memorial, the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 Grammy Awards. The documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations across the U.S. and abroad, won the ASCAP Television Broadcast Award. Recent highlights include a commission for her by Carnegie Hall, a 21-city Guitar Passions tour with jazz greats Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo, sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and her most recent Carnegie Hall appearances included collaborations with Sting and in recital with Isabel Leonard. Isbin’s catalogue of over 30 albums, from Baroque, Spanish/Latin and 20th Century to crossover and jazz-fusion have sold nearly a million copies and reflect her remarkable versatility. Her two latest releases in May 2020 of world premiere recordings of music composed for her are Affinity featuring Chris Brubeck’s acclaimed concerto for guitar and orchestra, and Strings for Peace, with India’s legendary Amjad Ali Khan in a program of ragas for guitar, sarod and tabla. Her 2019 release with the Pacifica Quartet, Souvenirs of Spain & Italy, debuted at #1 on Amazon and #2 on Billboard, and her Grammy-winning Journey to the New World with guests Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor spent 63 consecutive weeks on top Billboard charts. Isbin’s Dreams of a World earned her a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist, making her the first classical guitarist to receive the award in 28 years. Her recording of concerti composed for her by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun was honored with a Grammy, and her Rodrigo Aranjuez with the New York Philharmonic, their only recording with guitar, received a Latin Grammy nomination. Author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, Isbin has premiered over 80 works written for her by some of the world’s finest composers, and directs the guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School, which she created in 1989. In this episode we talk about Sharon Isbin's new albums, working with composers, competitions, passion for new music, numerous collaborations and advice to young musicians. She also speaks about transcendental meditation, recent work with Chris Brubeck, work with non-classical artists and much more.   For more information about Sharon Isbin please visit: http://www.sharonisbin.com © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

This week, Lingy, Stokesy and Scotty are joined by member of the leadership group and dashing defender Mark O'Connor, and James Kelly drops by to share some of his favourite stories from his time at the cats. Plus, we look at the prospect of footy coming back in July and answer your fan questions. All this and more on this week's episode of To the Final Bell!

Mark O'Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 55, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys, seven CMA awards as well as several national fiddle, guitar and mandolin champion titles. His distinguished career includes representing the United States Information Agency in cultural diplomacy to six continents and performing in front of several U.S. presidents including being invited to the White House by President Ronald Reagan to perform as a teen. In this podcast we talk about O'Connor's groundbreaking violin concertos, passion for education through the O'Connor Method, collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, his mentors, American string playing and much more. Fascinating conversation with visionary whose approach to music and education has brought millions of people to the world of classical music and beyond. For more information about Mark O'Connor please visit: https://www.markoconnor.com/home   © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

Mark O'Connor, founder of Piani Luimní, joins #WeAreLimerick host Cian Reinhardt to talk about Piani Luimní, why he chose to start the event, and what it can bring to the city #KeepingLimerickPosted Producer/host: Cian Reinhardt Intro/outro: Drops of H2O (The Filtered Water Treatment) by J.Lang Ft: Airtone dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 (c) 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

Kerry’s current top AFL player - Mark O’Connor, one of Ireland’s most prominent ice swimmers Nuala Moore, Honouring the five men with 8 All-Ireland Senior Football Medals, the ongoing battle to finance and develop Gaelic Games in the county, Issues with new GAA rules, & Kerry boxer Kevin Cronin going full time

French-born, NYC-based jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, a leading player and improviser in "gypsy jazz," has recorded with mandolin legend David Grisman, toured with master violinist Mark O’Connor, and famously wrote a theme song for a Woody Allen film, Midnight In Paris. The Gitane guitar company has even named a model after him.  Wrembel honed his "gypsy jazz" skills in Roma campsites in the French countryside and has championed music of the brilliant Belgian-born Romani-French guitarist Django Reinhardt, hugely influential for his small ensemble works with the violinist Stephane Grappelli in the Hot Club all-string band in the 1930's. Guitarist Stephane Wrembel brings his small ensemble to perform impressions of Django Reinhardt tunes, and hopefullly Wrembel’s original compositions, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik Set list: Tea For Two Apocalypse Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs) Watch the session here: 

VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known Emmy-winning recording engineer and composer Clarke Rigsby for more than fifteen years. Clarke is the founder and owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ. As a leading recording engineer and artistic collaborator, Clarke has worked in studio settings and/or live performances with such artists as Joe Alessi, Glen Campbell, Alice Cooper, Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Peter Erskine, Bob Freedman, Steve Gadd, James Galway, Waylon Jennings, Wynonna Judd, Paul McCartney, James Moody, Lewis Nash, Mark O’Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Phil Smith, Tower of Power, Travis Tritt, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, and many other greats. At the start of December, Clarke joined Russ to discuss the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.) Learn more about Clarke Rigsby here:https://tempestrecording.com/about/Learn more about his Tempe, AZ, studio here:https://tempestrecording.com/studio/Learn more about some of the people, places, and technologies mentioned in the podcast here:Jimmy Cobb – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_CobbDavid Foster – https://davidfoster.com/story/Lewis Nash – https://www.lewisnash.com/Lucas Pino – https://www.lucaspino.com/David Sax – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_SaxStevie Wonder – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_WonderTower of Power – https://towerofpower.com/MIM Music Theater – https://mim.org/mim-music-theater/The Nash – https://thenash.org/Pro Tools (by Avid) – https://www.avid.com/pro-toolsThanks for listening!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!Website:https://www.valleyjazz.org/Social Media (Facebook):https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/About The Host:Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, with assistance from Larissa Johnson, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Alice Randall, a Harvard-educated novelist, professor, and songwriter, is the only African-American woman to have written a #1 country hit. She joins us to talk about her career as a songwriter and so much more EPISODE DETAILS: PART ONE  The guys chat about why Paul has been M.I.A. and announce a new contest for a personalized signed copy of Lamont Dozier's new autobiography. PART TWO - 7:13 mark Scott gets together with Alice Randall in Nashville to find out why her dad was so driven to highlight women's contributions to music; how she concluded that country lyrics are the modern day equivalent of metaphysical poetry and 17th Century Puritan sermons; the encouragement she received from Hal David; why she spent hours studying lyrics in the basement of the Country Music Hall of Fame; the reason that Steve Earle cussed her out; why it's harder to be a woman in country music than to be black; and her theory that country music should be defined as three chords and four specific truths. ABOUT ALICE RANDALL Alice Randall is a Harvard-educated African-American novelist who lives in Nashville and writes country songs. Along with Matraca Berg, Alice co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s chart-topping single “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl),” making her the first—and, so far, only—African-American woman to write a #1 country hit. Additionally, she co-wrote Mo Bandy’s Top 40 hit “Many Mansions,” as well as Judy Rodman’s “Girls Ride Horses, Too,” which was the first Top 10 written by either Alice or her co-writer, future Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Mark D. Sanders. After forming an early songwriting partnership with Steve Earle, Alice went on to have her songs recorded by a long list of artists, including Holly Dunn, Marie Osmond, Glen Campbell, Jo-El Sonnier, Walter Hyatt, Pat Alger, Matraca Berg, Radney Foster, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crystal Gayle, and Hank Thompson. Along with Mark O’Connor and Harry Stinson she wrote the groundbreaking “Ballad of Sally Anne.” Alice is a New York Times Bestselling novelist who has authored The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, Ada's Rules, and the forthcoming Black Bottom Saints, which is partially inspired by her formative years in Detroit. In addition to her fiction writing, Alice teamed with her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, to write Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family. She is currently a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University where she teaches a number of courses, including Country Lyric in American Culture. She was featured in Ken Burns’ acclaimed Country Music documentary spotlighting the often-overlooked contributions of African Americans to the genre’s development. Not only does she write songs, but Randall thinks deeply about, and is deeply moved by, the literary value of song lyrics.   

Louise chatted to Lorna whose currently starring in Darklands as Donna. Darklands, a sombre new Irish crime drama created by filmmaker Mark O'Connor. Monday's on Virgin Media One 10pm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The latest podcast sees Adrian Dunbar talking Blood, Line of Duty, and the search for stars of the future in the Virgin Media Discovers short film contest. We also pick the brains of Graeme Souness and Brian Kerr as the UEFA Champions League kicks off, get the lowdown on brand new drama Darklands from writer and director Mark O'Connor, and loads more! 

TBJ119: Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording on Paul McCartney, Steve Gadd and his Most Improved Player trophy Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording has acquired a reputation amongst his peers for being “musically militant.” Nuff said. From his site: Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording has acquired a reputation amongst his peers for being “musically militant.” Today, technology often overshadows or masks (or invents…) true musical talent, and although Clarke has the tools to “fix it in the mix,” he’d rather let music come from the musician and not the machine. Clarke combines his technical savvy and musical talent with his engineering and production experience giving his clients the appropriate combination for producing a first-rate project. Since 1980, Clarke’s recording history would be called diverse. Clarke has worked with such artists as Paul McCartney, Joey DeFrancesco, Glen Campbell, Ike Turner, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Billy Taylor, Hal Blaine, David Grisman, Jimmy Smith, The Phoenix Boys Choir, The Four Tops, Bobby Hutcherson, Don Edwards, James Moody, Rex Allen, Waylon Jennings, Frank Gambale, Alice Cooper, James Galway, Boston Brass, Brownie McGee, Tower of Power, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Joe Alessi, Phil Smith (New York Philharmonic), Mark O’Connor, Peter Erskine, El Chicano, Honey Boy Edwards, UNM Wind Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Eric Burdon, Snuff Garrett, Lee Hazlewood, R. L. Burnside, Little Milton, Bo Diddley, Harvey Mason, Warren Jones, The Ahn Trio, The Arizona State University Marching Band, Bill Conte, River City Brass. With old pals Tim & Willy (KMLE Radio..) he’s done projects with a “who’s who” list of country music stars including Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Steve Wariner, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Billy Dean, Wynonna Judd, Dierks Bentley, Blake Sheldon, Colin Raye, Clint Black, Phil Vasser, Little Big Town, Travis Tritt, Trick Pony, Lee Ann Womack, Terri Clark, along comedians Frank Caliendo and Tim Hawkins, among many others. In this fun and lively discussion, we cover: Andrew's birthday! Clarke's start in the music business From L.A. to Phoenix Deciding to stay in Phoenix due to the L.A. scene in the early 80's Building his studio The joys of dealing with the city government Clarke and Paul McCartney on top of a bus Working with Phil Ramone Working with Sam Pilafian How they met "It's called development" Working with Steve Gadd and Joey DeFrancesco Boston Brass working with Steve Gadd Andrew actively ignoring Clarke's video Sweaty Lance Gadd's process Steely Dan stories How he got started doing brass recordings How the recording process is a learning opportunity and makes you a better musician Recording the River City Brass Band Freaking out at the green Eating at Rizzo's on Clarke's 50th birthday The Revenants Winning an Emmy Doing a jazz record with Frankie Valli His "Most Improved Player" trophy Working with Tower of Power Tower of Power and the ASU Marching Band Teaching at ASU Recording for musicians The impact of new technologies Bison TSA Agents Awkward segues Gadd AF Band LINKS: Tempest Recording Clarke's Sam tribute Want to help the show? Here are some ways: Help others find the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes. Show us some love on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Help us pay the bills (and get regular bonus episodes!) by becoming a Patreon patron. Show some love to our sponsors: The brass program at The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University and Parker Mouthpieces (including the Andrew Hitz and Lance LaDuke models.) Buy Pray for Jens and The Brass Junkies march at The Brass Junkies online store! Tell your friends! Expertly produced by Will Houchin with love, care, and enthusiasm.  

This month’s (short!) podcast covers the the following articles from the Association newsletter: Brother Peter's editorial, Daniel O'Leary's reflection on Lent, and a book review by Mark O'Connor. More information on Martin Laird's book can be found in the link below: https://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Light-Contemplation-Transformation-Liberation/dp/0199379947

In this week's episode, we're featuring Reba McEntire's second album for MCA: "My Kind Of Country" (1984). After being plucked from the rodeo arena in 1974, Mercury Records took McEntire and turned her into a recording professional. Her signing with MCA in the early 80s was meant to cement her as a country superstar. However her first MCA release stalled. Reba was no fool - sensing a shift away from the post-Urban Cowboy polish, she rejected the country-pop offerings being pushed by the executives and instead, went digging in her own record collection for inspiration. She pulled out some of the best that the 50s and 60s had to offer, enlisted producer Jimmy Bowen, added fiddlers Johnny Gimble and Mark O'Connor along with steelers Sonny Garrish and Doyle Grisham. With that team, "My Kind Of Country" was born and Reba was afforded two singles for two Number One hits. With that team, Jimmy Bowen (who also produced George Strait around the same time) collaborated with Reba and her gut instinct for traditional country and did indeed cement McEntire as a bona fide country star. Highlights include two Ray Price covers in "I Want To Hear It From You" and "Don't You Believe Him", a revamped version of Carl Smith's 1956 hit "Before I Met You" and the reserved lovelorn ballad "How Blue".

While performing at the Wintergrass Music Festival in Bellevue, Washington, Mark O’Connor takes time to revisit the memories of his childhood growing up in Seattle and those who taught him the language of music, such as the legendary Texas-style fiddler, Benny Thomasson.

With three Grammys, seven CMA awards, and numerous national fiddle, guitar, and mandolin champion titles to his name, Mark pays tribute to his mother and her dedication to his musical gifts and his well-being as a person. He also speaks passionately about his method for teaching young people the violin.  

Today we talk to Mark O'Connor from Inclusion Ireland about a disturbing report on how some special needs children are treated at schools.Dr Bernadette McMahon from the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice tells us how some families are struggling to make ends meet. Photographer John Hooton has brought out a new book entitled 'Ireland, the way we were' We get an update from the Kilcumper Graveyards Association and Michellle Carpenter the CEO of Rowing Ireland is encouraging people to come along to welcome home the victorious rowers. We end the show with our weekly movie review from Mark Malone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest today is 3-time GRAMMY winner, 6-time Country Music Association Musician of the Year, violinist, composer and educator Mark O'Connor! As solo recording artist he has sold over 2 million CDs. In 2000, O'Connor won the GRAMMY for “Best Classical Crossover Album” for “Appalachian Journey” with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer. In 2009, O'Connor won a GRAMMY for “Best Instrumental Soloist performance (without orchestra)” for “Journey to the New World”. The O'Connor Band took home the 2016 GRAMMY for “Best Bluegrass Album” for their debut album “Coming Home”. As a session musician he has appeared on over 500 albums recording with numerous artists such as Dolly Parton, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Randy Travis, The Judds and many more. He is the founder of the O'Connor Method, a new method for strings which the New Yorker has called “an American grown rival to the Suzuki Method”. Christopher Dzengelewski and I talk to Mark about how he developed his remarkable musical ability from childhood, his revolutionary Mark O'Connor String Method that's all the rage amount violin students, his views on music education and much, much more!

Toni is currently filming the role of Lisa Devers in Joe Murtagh’s CALM WITH HORSES directed by Nick Rowland for Film 4 / DMC films. She recently appeared as Bridget Cleary in a new play by Margaret Perry PORCELAIN directed by Cathal Cleary for the Abbey Theatre. Further recent credits include Runt in Enda Walsh’s DISCO PIGS for Reality Check Productions (Best Ensemble Irish Times Theatre Awards 2018) and Robin in WE WERE MONSTERS presented as part of the Bram Stoker Festival 2017. Previous stage appearances include Donal Ryan’s SPINNING HEART directed by Paul Brennan at the Gaiety Theatre, BUG directed by Jed Murray for The Corps Ensemble and CLOSE TO THE SUN written by Stephen Darcy, staged at Smock Alley theatre as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2017. Recent film credits include action/drama CARDBOARD GANGSTERS directed by Mark O’Connor for Five Knight Films and short films TWELVE written by Tracey Martin (RedBear Productions), SMITHY & DICKIE-BOY by writer/director Hannah Quinn for Savage Productions and psychological horror short film HEN directed by Janna Kemperman. Further film and television appearances include Lucy O’Loughlin in RTE’s acclaimed medical drama THE CLINIC (Parallel) directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, Zara in renowned feature drama WHAT RICHARD DID directed by Lenny Abrahamson for Element Pictures and Angela in NOBLE written and directed by Stephen Bradley for Destiny Films. Toni also plays diva “Eva Valentine” in Amanda Bunker audio novels CHAMPAGNE KISSES & CHAMPAGNE BABES.

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, celebrated Scottish & Oldtime acoustic music explorers Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with this dynamic musical duo. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Roger Fountain performing the traditional fiddle tune “Bill Cheatham.” Writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the curious history of Dogpatch USA, a unique theme park in the Ozarks for 25 years. The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling", and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Over the last 18 years of creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world, they have truly set the standard for fiddle and cello in traditional music. They continue to thrill audiences internationally with their virtuosic playing, their near-telepathic understanding and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physical presence of their music. Fraser has a concert and recording career spanning over 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, radio and television credits, and feature performances on top movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic, etc.). In 2011, he was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, is one of the most sought after cellists in traditional music today. She has performed and recorded with a who's who of the fiddle world including Mark O'Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Irish supergroups Solas and Altan, Liz Carroll, Dirk Powell, Brittany Haas, Darol Anger, Jeremy Kittel, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, and many more. This seemingly unlikely pairing of fiddle and cello is the fulfillment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser. His search eventually led him to find a cellist who could help return the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music, where it stood for hundreds of years before being relegated to the orchestra. The duo's debut recording, Fire & Grace, won the coveted the Scots Trad Music "Album of the Year" award, the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy. Since its release, the two have gone on to record four more critically acclaimed albums that blend a profound understanding of the Scottish tradition with cutting-edge string explorations. In additional to performing, they both have motivated generations of string players through their teaching at fiddle camps across the globe. https://alasdairandnatalie.com/bio In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Roger Fountain performing the traditional fiddle tune “Bill Cheatham,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. From his series entitled “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles the curious history of Dogpatch USA, a unique theme park in the Ozarks for 25 years. The second of a three part series, this episode chronicles the development of an Ozark theme park based on the famous cartoon “Li’l Abner,” created by cartoonist Al Capp.

John Connors is an Irish actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist well known due to playing Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series "Love/Hate" and his latest film which he co-wrote the hugely successful "Cardboard Gangsters" Directed by Mark O'Connor. Connors was born in 1990 in London, United Kingdom to an Irish traveller family, but moved back to Ireland with his family when he was 11 months old. John took up acting when he was 20 years old on the advice from his younger brother Joseph in a bid to help John with his own battle with depression. John is a three time Irish boxing champion and a four nations boxing gold medalist.

This week, oldtime, bluegrass, and psychograss pioneers Darol Anger & Mike Marshall recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with these legendary instrumentalists. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark originals Bob & Kay Blair performing the traditional song “Red Green.” Fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, his Duo with Mike Marshall, and others. He has performed and taught all over the world with musicians such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, Edgar Meyer, Bill Frisell, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Tim O’Brien, The Anonymous 4, Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, Mark O’Connor, and Stephane Grappelli. Today Darol can be heard on NPR’s “Car Talk” theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. He was also the violinist on the phenomenally popular Sim City computer games. In addition to performing all over the world, he has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers’ residencies and grants. He has been a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. He is an Associate Professor at the Berklee School of music. Mike Marshall made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 20 with jazz violin legend Stephane Grappelli as a member of the David Grisman Quartet. In 1985 he would perform in that famed hall with his own classical ensemble The Modern Mandolin Quartet in 1985. Mike has been at the forefront of New Acoustic music for over 40 years having been the founding member of many groups including the Montreux Band, Psychograss, Choro Famoso and The Anger Marshall Band. Between 1999 and 2003 Mike collaborated with Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Sam Bush on two separate projects. These groups toured the U.S.A. extensively and performed at the Aspen Music Festival, San Francisco Performances and Chamber Music at Lincoln Center, NY. Both ensembles were nominated for Grammy Awards for their Sony Classical releases. In 2014 Mike was nominated for his third Grammy Award for his recording with the Turtle Island Quartet. Currently Mike is touring with German mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg. The two have released two cds on the Adventure Music label and have performed at the Carmel Bach Festival, The Savannah Music Festival, the Bach Haus Liepzig, Germany and the Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival in Colorado and have been soloists with the New Century Orchestra under Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Orchester l’arte del mondo from Cologne, Germany. He currently directs the Mike Marshall School of Mandolin through the ArtistWorks on-line educational company where he is teaching hundreds of mandolinists from around the world. Mike splits his time currently between his home in San Francisco, CA and Wuppertal, Germany where his wife, Caterina Lichtenberg holds the position of mandolin professor at the Cologne Music Conservatory. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark originals Bob & Kay Blair performing the traditional song “Red Green,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” because of his innovative style on seven-string Viper electric violin. Joe has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Phoebe Snow, Everclear, Ritchie Blackmore, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Robert Bonfiglio, Les Paul, and as a soloist with the NY City Ballet and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Joe is the lead singer and violinist for the progressive rock band, Stratospheerius is also a member of the Sweet Plantain String Quartet, which combines Latin Jazz with hip-hop and Classical music, and has toured throughout Europe and the U.S. As an educator, Joe has taught rock violin at Mark O’Connor’s String Camp and Mark Wood’s Rock Orchestra Camp. Track list: (Intro)Take Your Medicine - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Excerpts from Dream Diary, Concerto for Electric Violin - Joe Deninzon • The Simpsons - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Live Wires Album •Chunga Changa - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - The Adventures of Stratospheerius Album •Guilty of Innocence - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Behind the Curtain - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Hysteria - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Dream Diary Cadenza - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Parallel Reality - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • Affluenza - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album • The Prism - Joe Deninzon Live in Matt’s Apartment • The Prism - Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence Album This episode of 'Rockstar Violinist' is generously sponsored by Wood Violins, makers of the Viper electric violin (played by Joe Deninzon) and other fine electric bowed string instruments. Shop the full line of Wood Violins products at www.electricviolinshop.com.

Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music.Ponty was born in a family of classical musicians on September 29, 1942 in France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitted to a prestigious conservatory in Paris, graduating two years later with the institution's highest award, Premier Prix. In turn, he was immediately hired by a major symphony orchestra, where he played for three years.While still a member of the orchestra in Paris, Ponty picked up a side gig playing clarinet (which his father had taught him) for a college jazz band that regularly performed at local parties. It proved a life-changing jumping-off point. A growing interest in the jazz sounds of Miles Davis and John Coltrane compelled him to take up the tenor saxophone. Fueled by an all-encompassing creative passion, Jean-Luc soon felt the need to express his jazz voice through his main instrument, the violin.So Ponty found himself leading a dual musical life: rehearsing and performing with the orchestra while also playing jazz until 3 AM at clubs throughout Paris. The demands of this doomed schedule eventually brought him to a crossroads… so he made a choice and took a chance with jazz, with a powerful sound that distinguished himself with be-bop phrasings and a punchy style influenced more by horn players than by anything previously tried on the violin.His notoriety grew with remarkable leaps and by 1964, at age 22, he released his debut solo album. Since that time Ponty has been recording and touring the world with his own groups and has done collaborations with other great musicians including Allan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, West African musicians, Bela Fleck, Lalo Schifrin, Chick Corea and Return To Forever IV, violinists Nigel Kennedy, Mark O'Connor, L. Subramaniam from India, singer Jon Anderson from Yes, and his daughter pianist-singer-composer Clara Ponty. Jean Luc has also performed his music with symphony orchestras in the U.S.A, Canada, Japan, Western and Eastern Europe, Brazil and Russia.http://ponty.com/ 

This week we welcome back an old friend in director and writer, Mark O'Connor. When we spoke to Mark in 2016 (chapter 48) and John Connors (Chapter 43) we heard about a project called "Cardboard Gangsters". Fastforward to today and Cardboard Gangsters is the highest grossing Irish film of 2017 and is entering its 6th week in Cinemas across the country.  Mark tells us about the project and what goes into producing a film like this. We hear of his admiration for John Connors who he co-wrote the movie with and for those listening overseas Mark gives an update on an international release.  Of course there's the usual chat and waffle from the lads and Mark gives his prediction for Mayweather McGregor.  Cardboard Gangsters in cinemas across Ireland now, check local listings, head along and support Irish Film.  WTSpod is brought to you by Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, go to www.fitzpatrickcastle.com for more.

My guest this week is the incomparable Nashville recording engineer, Bil Vorndick. I first started seeing Bil's name on albums as I was getting into bluegrass, and he seemed to be the engineer on everything coming out by Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas and the rest of the top players of the time. Bil's artistry as a producer and engineer has helped earn his clients over 45 Grammy nominations that encompass 9 that won (among them Alison Krauss’ very first Grammy). He has worked on many albums during his 40 years in music. These include projects for such other Grammy recipients as Ralph Stanley, Marty Robbins, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Mark O’Connor and jazz bassist Charlie Haden. His credits appear on No. 1 albums in 5 different musical genres. I've had the pleasure of working with Bil a number of times and his easy-going manner, incredible knack with acoustic instruments, and attention to detail make him one of the very best in the business. Enjoy my conversation with Bil Vorndick, and please subscribe to the podcast for free on iTunes!

Paul Farren sat down with Mark O'Connor to talk about his latest film Cardboard Gangsters. http://filmireland.net/

Michael Quinn did something so many young people dream of when he became a professional sportsman and signed for Aussie Rules outfit Essendon. Plucked from Longford as an 18 year old, he holds the record for the fastest conversion from GAA to AFL starter, ahead of the likes of Tadhg Kennelly, Marty Clarke and most recently Kerry’s Mark O’Connor. Now 27 years of age, he talks open and honestly about those achievements and what it was like to return to Ireland after experiencing extreme highs at such a young age. This podcast is brought to you thanks to the support of Kelly Bradshaw Dalton, who for over 20 years have been selling, renting and managing property in the greater Dublin area. Be sure to check out their website at KBD.ie.

It's less than a week away from your Celtic Christmas. Enjoy Christmas music from Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, Heather Dale, The Gothard Sisters, The Irish Rovers, Mark O'Connor, Sheri O'Meara, Locklin Road, Legacy with Jim Flanagan, Julia Lane, Catriona O'Leary Welcome to the Celtic Christmas Podcast, helping you celebrate Christmas with Celtic musicians. The Celtic Christmas Podcast is brought to you through the generosity of the Patrons of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Subscribe to the podcast on our Celtic Christmas Music website.   This Week’s Celtic Christmas Music 0:19 "Twelve Days of Christmas" by Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy from A Celtic Family Christmas 4:16 "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" by Heather Dale from Spark 7:36 "Christmas Flower" by The Gothard Sisters from Falling Snow 11:41 "Christmas at The Ale House" by The Irish Rovers from Merry Merry Time Of Year 15:03 "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" by Mark O'Connor from Appalachian Christmas 17:04 "What Child Is This?" by Sheri O'Meara of Locklin Road from Christmas Light 20:55 "Holly Bears a Berry" by Legacy With Jim Flanagan from An Irish Christmas: Songs and Music of West Cork 23:13 "Jesus Rest Your Head" by Julia Lane from Angels We Have Heard On High 26:08 "This Is Our Christmas Day" by Catriona O'Leary from The Wexford Carols You can support this podcast by become a patron of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast or buy one of our two Celtic Christmas albums. While you're there subscribe to Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic podcast news. Subscribe today to download 34 Celtic MP3s for free. Then 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 Celtic Christmas Podcast. Spread the holiday cheer. Like and Share this podcast. Tell your friends to visit CelticChristmasMusic.net. Merry Christmas!

Cellist Mike Block joins Neil for the first episode of Trad Cafe. Known for his pioneering String Camp in Vero Beach, FL and his work with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Mike talks about how taking on new and diverse challenges—like answering Craigslist ads for rock bands in NYC and performing with Mark O'Connor—has transformed him into the multifaceted musician he is today.

This week Danny & Mero continue to celebrate the borough and Irish film as they welcome writer and director Mark O'Connor to Fitzpatrick Castle.  Mark has given the world some of the best Irish cinema of the past decade with films like Between the Canals, Stalker and King of Travellers all gaining attention internationally. He has launch some of Ireland's best and brightest actors in Peter Coonan and John Connors and his latest offering, Cardboard Gangsters, is due for release this Autumn.  Besides talking all things film the lads also spoke to Mark about his love of skate boarding and martial arts, while Danny talks about his recent trip to see Bruce Springsteen and Mero gives us the low down on how the Ballybrack Bulls faired in just their second season. 

Mark O'Connor tells it as it is about Saido Berahino and the condition of Albion's finishing, plus highlights from the Christmas win over the Magpies

We prepare for Saturday's showdown with the Villa by talking to Jonny Evans and Mark O'Connor and we relive the Saido Berahino goal that separated the sides in the Villa Park clash earlier this season

We've a packed preview programme for you, featuring Head Coach Tony Pulis, Mark O'Connor and Albion FA Cup winner Tony Brown, all looking ahead to what looks set to be a cup tie cracker on Saturday

Mark O'Connor talks us through Saturday's upcoming meeting with Stoke and we listen back to how Albion Radio reported on our 1-0 win at the Britannia Stadium earlier this season. Music: "Eight Nineteen" by Matt Stevens, available from www.mattstevensguitar.com

We look ahead to the Boxing Day clash with Mark O'Connor and bid farewell to 2015's previews with a little help from Bob Dylan. Sort of.

Looking ahead to Arsenal, Darren Fletcher issues a rallying cry to fix our home form, Mark O'Connor praises the appetite shown for extra training and, by way of a diversion, Jonas Olsson talks to us about his international colleague Zlatan Ibrahimovic #WBA Music: "Eight Nineteen" by Matt Stevens, available from www.mattstevensguitar.com

Music* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score.* First up is one of my very favorite recordings of all time: Andromeda from Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. One of the finest bands ever assembled. * The sailors get grumpy to Sito from Pierre Favre and the European Chamber Ensemble. (The end drum loop comes from that piece too). * The guys run off to save the day to Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor doing the Green Groves of Erin.* That turns into, In Threes by Loscil. Notes* Some of the details in here originate from a fine piece that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in May of 1944. You can read it here.* Other solid write ups: From The Book of New York The U.S.C.G. The Fire-fighter's Museum

Albion head to Old Trafford looking for a third straight win there for the first time since the 1950s. Mark O'Connor previews the game and also looks forward to seeing even more from Salomon Rondon #WBA

Albion are on the hunt for a third straight Premier League win, but to get it, they'll have to foil the Foxes. Mark O'Connor helps us preview the game.

Albion look to build on the Sunderland win at Carrow Road this weekend. We talk to Jonny Evans and Mark O'Connor about our prospects at Norwich. #WBA Music: "Eight Nineteen" by Matt Stevens, available from www.mattstevensguitar.com

James Chester reflects on a milestone week with Wales and a tough start to his Albion career, while Mark O'Connor puts our host right on priorities...

Guitarist Jesse Solomon talks about sonic wisdom, corneal abrasions and angry raccoons.

Albion are looking for a dose of deja vu all over again as we visit the scene of one of last season's best days at Selhurst Park. Mark O'Connor and Tony Brown preview the Crystal Palace clash.

We prepare for the visit from Everton with Mark O'Connor on the importance of preparation and Chris Brunt on the satisfaction you get when a plan comes together. Plus we have Albion legends Tony Brown and Ray Wilson looking at the key battles in Monday night's game.

Ahead of our trip to Villa Park, Craig Dawson talks about being a part of Albion's watertight defence while Mark O'Connor is relishing another big derby game #WBA Music: "Eight Nineteen" by Matt Stevens, available from www.mattstevensguitar.com

Mark O'Connor discusses Albion's search for balance and Rickie Lambert recalls his days at St Mary's in our Southampton preview show. Music: "Eight Nineteen" by Matt Stevens, available from www.mattstevensguitar.com

We have frank assessments on our start to the season from Jonas Olsson and Mark O'Connor as we preview Saturday's game at Stoke City

We talk to James Chester, Ben Foster and Mark O'Connor as we look forward to Saturday's trip to Vicarage Road

We talk to Chris Brunt, Darren Fletcher, Mark O'Connor and @mcfc legend Joe Corrigan ahead of Monday night's season opener with City

Mark O'Connor, Sierra Hull, Cardinal Sons, Dave Bing & Ben Townsend, and Ocean Orchestra.

Episode 69: Fiesta! Rachel Barton Pine’s CD Capricho Latino, part 1  Upcoming Events: February 29 – at the American String Teachers Association national conference in Providence, Rhode Island (presentation with Dr. Roland Vamos “Fixed Double-Stops: A Neglected Area of Double-Stop Work”, Carl Fischer book signing, speech and performance with Mark O’Connor at official dinner), March 1 – session “First Position Virtuosity!” at the American String Teachers national conference in Providence, Rhode Island, March 3 – master class and performance at benefit for the Kenosha Orchestra Boosters in Wisconsin, March 8 and 9 – Mozart Concerto No. 1 with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota in Columbia. Inquiries from my Inbox: Tom writes: “Thank you for recording Wohlfahrt. Will you be recording Kayser, Mazas, and Dont?” Amy asks: "Can you please tell me where you found your baroque bow - the one you used to record the lovely little YouTube segment of Partita 3?" Random Musical Thought: Why doesn't anyone ever do the printed rhythm in measures 18 an 26 of the first movement of the Bruch Violin Concerto in G Minor? Main Topic: Part one of an extended version of WFMT’s program “Fiesta!” with host Elbio Barilari. Includes an interview with Rachel Barton Pine about her new CD “Capricho Latino” on Cedille Records, an album of Spanish and Latin American works for unaccompanied violin. Features sample tracks: Asturias (Leyenda) by Albeniz arranged by RBP, Emigrante Celtas and Terra! A nosa! by Quiroga, Sonata No. 6 by Ysaye, and Epitalamio Tanguero by Gonzalez. For more information about Fiesta! please visit http://blogs.wfmt.com/fiesta/ Total playing time: 01:04:27 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com www.twitter.com/rbpviolinist www.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinist www.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com

Today's show is a Celtic Christmas Podcast exclusive featuring Celtic Christmas music from The Gothard Sisters, Mark O'Connor, The Dregs, Brobdingnagian Bards, IONA, Julia Lane, Banshee in the Kitchen, Heather Dale. Welcome to our first ever, Celtic Christmas Podcast exclusive. Each show comes out in December and features 30 minutes of Celtic Christmas music while introducing you to a few facts about the performing artists. If you enjoy the music in this show, support the artists who support this podcast, join their mailing list and buy a CD. Then email them an email to let you know enjoyed them on the Celtic Christmas Podcast. You can find all of the artists in this show on CD Baby, Amazon, or iTunes or through their individual websites. "The First Noel" by The Gothard Sisters from Christmas "Cherry Tree Carol" by Mark O'Connor from Appalachian Christmas "We Be Soldiers Three/Carol of the Bells" by The Dregs from Dreggnog "Little Drummer Boy" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Christmas in Brobdingnag "Gloucestershire Wassail/Can Wassel" by Iona from Mid-Winter Light "Simple Gifts" by Julia Lane from Angels We Have Heard (Beloved Music of Yuletide) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Banshee in the Kitchen from Invite the Light "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" by Heather Dale from This Endris Night

MARK O�CONNOR returns with a brand new album and fiddle method book to play and give the WoodSongs audience a global violin lesson. Mark is the prominent American classical and multi genre violinist and composer. A product of America's rich aural folk tradition as well as classical music, he has melded and shaped his early influences into a new American Classical music, and a vision of an entirely American school of string playing. He has sold over two-million CDs as a solo recording. His collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer received a Grammy Award in February 2001. The O'Connor Violin Method has been widely praised since its debut in fall 2009 as "an American grown rival to the Suzuki method" (The New Yorker). It includes great folk songs, fiddle tunes and classic themes culled from 400 years of traditional American violin playing. It pulls from all regions of North America and from diverse musical styles including classical, folk, Latin, jazz, rock and ragtime. �American Classics,' is a collection of new recordings arranged for violin and piano and performed by O'Connor and pianist Rieko Aizawa. The album features the repertoire on Mark�s new Method Book III. Mark will be performing with pianist Melissa Tong and serveral of the students from Lexington�s Carwile String Studio for a global violin workshop and lesson.

  Host Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian,  will discuss ways to make healthy food tasty! I’ll welcome Jon Burr, who is a food enthusiast, bassist and producer. Jon has worked with with Tony Bennett, Stephane Grappelli, Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio, Buddy Rich, Stan Getz, and many others. His group, Giant Cicada, was recently “Band of the Week” on Indie Bands Blog. Jon is completing “The Improvising Chef,” a lifestyle approach making healthy food tasty. Passionate about the subject, Jon shares his knowledge of flavor balance and the elements of taste, methods of reducing caloric density while maximizing micronutrient intake, while emphasizing living fresh foods at the core of diet. Then we’ll welcome Dr. Pam Popper for a  new segment of “ Ask Dr. Pam!”  Dr. Pam Popper, is a naturopath, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and health, and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum.  "Ask Dr. Pam"features straight talk about hot health issues, healthy food choices and health related concerns. We’ll talk about how to make healthy food taste great! Email her your health related questions directly at: askdrpam@jazzyvegetarian.com Please join us.

MARK O�CONNOR is a multi-Grammy-winning violinist and composer who is widely recognized as one of the most gifted contemporary composers in America, and one of the brightest talents of his generation. He's studied and recorded with some of the 20th Century's greatest musicians, including Stephane Grappeli, Benny Thomasson, and Yo Yo Ma. Along the way, between these many marvelous musical extremes, Mark absorbed knowledge and influence from the multitude of musical styles and genres he studied. Now he has melded and shaped these influences into a new American Classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of string playing. Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia's most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans almost five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this "fingerpicker" style as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel's biggest fans.

Composer and Violinist Mark O'Connor joins your Music Academy host Benton Wunderlich for a great discussion about his successful career, current projects and summer string camps. Music Academy onLive

We’re chatting with jazz bassist Jon Burr on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. In addition to an active career recording and performing original tunes with the Jon Burr Quartet, Jon has toured and recorded with many great jazz masters, including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Horace Silver, Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Stephane Grappelli (from 1986-1997), Sir Roland Hanna, Dorothy Donegan, and Buddy Rich. From 1980 – 1985 he toured with Tony Bennett; he has also worked with Lainie Kazan, Rita Moreno, Barbara Cook, Eartha Kitt, among others. Jon was a founding member of violinist Mark O’Connor’s “Hot Swing” trio, with guitarist Frank Vignola. In our interview, we discuss Jon’s early years on the bass, his time spent touring with Stephane Grappelli and Tony Bennett, his upcoming book “The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass Playing,” upcoming projects, as well as advice for younger players coming up in the business right now. After the interview, we feature “Nobody Said It Was Easy,” one of Jon’s original tunes. Learn more about Jon at his website jonburr.com and his food blog highfibercooking.com, and find him on Twitter attwitter.com/jonburr.

This week, I had the rare opportunity of talking with violinst-composer Mark O'Connor. A classically-trained musician, he's been at the front of contemporary acoustic music for many years...

This week's Contrabass Conversations podcast features the first part of our interview with double bassist Ranaan Meyer. John Grillo (a frequent guest and collaborator on the podcast) and I co-interviewed Ranaan, who is the bassist for the band Time for Three and has had a very interesting and multi-faceted career. In addition to hearing a few musical excerpts from Time for Three, this episode features music from German double bassist Guy Tuneh, Pittsburgh-based singer/songwriter Brad Yoder, Los Lonely Boys, and The Latin Soul Syndicate. Enjoy! Ranaan Meyer bio: Ranaan Meyer, double bassist and composer, began his musical studies at the piano at age 4; at age 11, he took up the double bass (once he was big enough to hold it). He attended the Manhattan School of Music and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2003. Beyond regular appearances with orchestras such as the Minnesota Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mr. Meyer is also increasingly in demand as a composer, creating unique new works for his trio Time for Three as well as for solo bass and other ensembles. Most recently Mr. Meyer completed a commission, “My Zayda? (for Violin, Piano and Double Bass) for the Kingston Chamber Music Festival in Rhode Island. Other recently completed commissions include a solo double bass piece for the Network for New Music, a double bass and harp duet as well as a set of Time for Three pieces for Astral Artistic Services and a Time for Three composition for the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Symphony, “Of time and three rivers?. All commissions have been expedited through the American Composer’s forum. Mr. Meyer, also an accomplished jazz musician, has performed with Jane Monheight, Victor Lewis, Jason Moran, Mark O’Connor, Ari Hoenig, Duane Eubanks, Mickey Roker and many more. Ranaan, at age 19 produced, directed and performed in the very first Washington Township Jazz Festival which was also broadcasted live on Philadelphia’s WRTI. Mr. Meyer, an avid teacher, has held adjunct Double Bass Professorships at both Princeton University and the University of Delaware. He has spent several Summers teaching alongside Hal Robinson (Principal Bass of The Philadelphia Orchestra) at the Strings International Music Festival in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He has also taught at the Intermountain Suzuki Camp in Sandy, Utah and Mark O’Connor’s String Camp in San Diego, California.

The track “First Impressions” is discussed as well as artists Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor.