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We can make a difference, whether it's make positive change on the changing climate or helping indie Celtic musicians get their music heard on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #710. Subscribe now! Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, The AML Trio, Fourth Moon, Brendan Hayes/Fergal Scahill/Padraig Rynne, Heather Alexander, Ghost Of A Banshee, Whiskey Faithful, Olivia Barrett, Rebecca Winckworth, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Crikwater, Phoenyx, Stinky Ocean Kelpie, Journey North, Celia Farran GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2025 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create this year's Best Celtic music of 2025 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now! You can follow our playlist on YouTube to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2-3 weeks. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06-Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira "Passport to Mettabee" from Here to Stay 4:13-WELCOME 6:16-Adam Agee & Jon Sousa "Coppers and Brass / Munster Buttermilk" from Ceol na gCarad 10:15-The AML Trio "Brennan on the Moor" from Sons Of Erin's Isle 12:18-Fourth Moon "Prater Park" from Ellipsis 18:42-Fiona Tyndell "Airdí Cuan" from Éinin An Cheóil 22:34-FEEDBACK 25:27-Heather Alexander "Brannigan's Special Ale" from Midsummer 27:53-Ghost Of A Banshee "I Bid You Farewell" from Along The Rural Trail 30:56-Whiskey Faithful "Roamin' in the Gloamin'" from Roamin' in the Gloamin' 33:20-Olivia Barrett "The Sparkle Horse" from Elsewhere 35:32-Rebecca Winckworth "Dusk Starts to Fall" from Chapters of Time 39:06-Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh "Banks of the Nile" from daybreak: fainne an lae 43:27-THANKS 45:50-Phoenyx "King of Elfland's Daughter" from Keepers of the Flame 49:12-Crikwater "Angels' Share (Live)" from Live in Buffalo 53:08-Stinky Ocean Kelpie "Kerry Polka Donks" from single 55:31-Journey North "Bannockburn" from Journey North (Revisited) 1:01:38-CLOSING 1:02:29-Celia Farran "I'll Tell Me Ma" from The Bard of Armagh:  A Tribute to Tommy Makem 1:04:46-CREDITS The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and our Patrons on Patreon. 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Send a text or comment!MY NEW NORM Pocast- S5 E9Guest: Sean AzzaroEpisode: I Used To Be ItalianHost: Barry Scott YoungAUDIO and VIDEO episodes available.-VIDEO LINK:https://youtu.be/La3f9BjGyAU?si=Z78DDXW-kTjb6j6_BEARANOOGA PRODUCTIONSp   r   e   s   e   n   t   s  :In this episode, Sean Azzaro shares his story with us. Sean is a husband, dad, grandfather, pastor, and musician who loves his Savior, his family, his job, and going without socks.  Heis the lead pastor at an amazing place called River City Community Church, which really is a church for real life. Sean is the founding pastor of River City. He and his wife, Lauri, began the fellowship in their home with four other families, and have seen it grow into an amazing, vibrant, Christian community.As a musician, Sean sings music for the soul. Call it folk, gospel, or something all its own...it is music that speaks to the spirit! As the son of Irish folk legend, Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, his acoustic folk roots run deep, and it comes through in every song he plays. Sean is a singer/Songwriter, storyteller, and ordained minister.  He says of himself, "I am a husband, dad, grandfather, pastor, and musician who loves his Savior, his family, his job, and going without socks.  I am also lead pastor at an amazing place called River City Community Church, which really is a church for real life!"Episode Resources:www.reallife.orgwww.reachingforreallife.orgmynewnorm.buzzsprout.com/ / YouTube.com/@mynewnorm

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

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

Everything changes. But what do you do when your career, your life, your joy, comes to an end because everything must change. We're talking about the life of a scallop diver in Lamlash Bay. You can learn all about it today on Pub Songs & Stories #282 0:17 - Marc Gunn “Favor of a Dance” from Come Adventure With Me Favor of a Dance | West Side Story Meets Firefly Inspired by the Firefly episode “Shindig” 3:14 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Sci F'Irish musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com or Just send me an email to follow@celtfather. New Poll: What are your favorite songs on St Patrick's Day Songs for Kids? New Merch Bundle: CD, Album Pin, Poster and Songbook for $90 8:28 - UPCOMING SHOWS MAR 9: Senoia Beer Company, Senoia, GA @ 7-10 PM MAR 17: Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 3-7 PM MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX MAR 28: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert w/Brobdingnagian Bards @ 8 PM MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX Make sure you check the calendar on the Marc Gunn homepage to see the latest list of performances. 9:29 - The Byrne Brothers "P Stands for Paddy" from The Boys of Doorin JOIN THE CLUB The show is brought to you by my supporters on Patreon. If you enjoy this podcast or my music, please join the Club. You get something new every week. It could be bonus podcasts, downloadable songs, printed sheet music, blogs, or stories from the road. Plus, you'll get access to videos like my Coffee with The Celtfather video concerts. Email follow@celtfather ! If you can't support me financially, just sign up on Patreon for free. Special thanks to our newest and returning patrons: Laura Belle, Michelle Powers, James Regan 12:43 - THE STORY OF MYRA'S LAMENT FOR LAMLASH BAY I plagiarise songs into local events..the one I sang last night I wrote at 3 AM in the morning. My wife had been in hospital 100 miles away, for two months, and the chorus came to my head when I was feeling sorry for myself. Simultaneously, the Government had decided to ban us clamming in Lamlash Bay. I'd sustainably hand picked scallops there for 34 years. The trawler/dredgers were destroying the habitat, and they wanted to ban them. But they done us in as well… a Federal hammer to crack a wee nut!!!! So, the song is called “Myra's lament for Lamlash Bay”…Lamlash is at the Isle of Arran. Tommy Makem inspired my plagiarism with “The Boys from Killybegs.” Killybegs is a fishing port in Donegal, Ireland..Dun Na Gael…. The Fortress of the Stranger. Tommy famously sang and played banjo with the Glancy Brothers.. Sgheirs:- Gaelic..reefs pronounced “skerries. clams”:- generic term in Scotland for bivalve shellfish..we fish for scallops..Pecten maximus Sound:- navigable stretch of water between two pieces of land in this case formed by the Tarbert shore and Isle of Arran. Thole :- Lalands Scots (old Scots) my work they won't accept or tolerate. Dole:- Un-employment register Listen to the original version of the song on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #85. Myra's Lament for Lamlash Bay lyrics Liam Griffin, music Marc Gunn There are scallops in the sea, put there for you and me By the Lord who reigns from heaven above. And the divers catch and sell, but we won't go to hell, We treat the sea with joy, respect and love. * There's a wild and rolling sea bringing me back home to ye. To yer bed that's dry and crisp and woman warm And our lovin' knows no harm when I hold ye in my arms. When the Boys from Lerags Glen come rollin' home. There are rocks upon the shore, There are sgheirs even more* And the trawlers they are dredging to and fro' But the diver's in the gully, for the seabed we don't sully Hand pickin' is the way I chose to go. But today the sea is calm and the boat is full of clams** And swiftly we have cleared KilBrannon Sound..*** Sacks of scallops stacked up high All our divers safe and dry And soon for Lerags Glen we're homeward bound. But now a new day's dawned and time is moving on and conservation is a game that they al play and my work the cannot thole and I'm told to sign the dole No more from Lerags Glen go to the sea. 23:37 - Marc Gunn “Myra's Lament for Lamlash Bay” from Come Adventure With Me 27:22 - CREDITS Thanks for listening to Pub Songs & Stories. This episode was edited by Mitchell Petersen. You can follow and listen to the show on my Patreon or wherever you find podcasts. Sign up to my mailing list to learn more about songs featured in this podcast and discover where I'm performing. Remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment. Have fun and sing along at www.pubsong.com! #pubstories #lamlashbay #obanscotland  

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

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

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

Dear Friends,My apologies for the delay in getting out my 64th New York Irish Hour.  Enjoy!AndyPart 1The Tumbling Paddies, The Murphy's & Michael English (Latest Single), Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfetones, Screaming Orphans (New Release) Me (my latest album release)Part 2Liam Clancy & Tommy Makem, The High Kings, Mick Thomas (Comedy Relief), Kendel Moody (New Single), Darren Kiely (New Single / Seamus Pick)Part 3Jim McCann, Jim McCann, Tiny Green Island (Debut Single), The Druids, Carl Corcoran & Claire Heffernan (New Single)Support the showComedian Mick Thomas!

Welcome to season 4! Now this is a topic that makes me wanna sing! Get ready to go on a journey down drunkin' memory lane as we dive into the history and invention of something very close to my liver, on this episode of Technology Time Machine. On one end of the spectrum, some people like beer for the buzz. On the other hand, some people like the drink for the opposite reason. That is, it makes them feel relaxed. Whichever way, the bottom line is that many people like beer as it brings on a pleasurable feeling. Resources Years and years of intoxication! Beer In Front Podcast Roll Out the Barrel - The polka was composed in 1927 by Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda. Sung by Michael J Maione. Beer Beer Beer - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Sung by Michael J Maione. ⁠⁠⁠Follow the host on X (Formally Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠ @TECHTM_Podcast Disclaimer: The Technology Time Machine podcast serves as a platform for open discussions and conversations on various topics. Please note that the personal opinions expressed by the host during the podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcast as a whole or its affiliated individuals or organizations. The host's opinions are based on their own experiences, knowledge, and perspective at the time of recording. We encourage listeners to approach the podcast with an open mind and engage in critical thinking, forming their own opinions based on the information presented. The Technology Time Machine podcast strives to provide diverse perspectives and encourages respectful dialogue among listeners. It it also meant to be a form of entertainment. Technology Time Machine is a MICRO BREAK podcast production. Michael J Maione - Creator/Producer Michael J Maione - Host --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technologytimemachine/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technologytimemachine/support

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

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

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

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

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

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

 The Flood started doing this song about 1979, right after Roger Samples and Charlie Bowen learned it from a beloved album, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, released in 1976.Rog always said he thought the melody was buried in the very genes of Irish people, adding, “Every time we do that song, I feel like the ghosts of my ancestors come into the room!” "Salley Gardens"has been in The Flood's repertoire ever since, even tucked away among the tunes the band recorded on its first album two decades ago.  This current version — with solos by Dan Cox and Sam St. Clair — was recorded in a recent jam session just to be our gift today. Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

In Floodlandia, we celebrate this day by channeling the grand, green spirit of William Butler Yeats. We do several songs based on verses by this beloved Nobel laureate. Our favorite is “Down by the Salley Gardens,” which Yeats published in his 1889 volume The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems.In notes about the work, Years once said the poem was "an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself."In fact, Yeats's original title of his poem was "An Old Song Re-Sung.” Precisely what old song Yeats was thinking of we don't really know, though researchers think it might have been a now-obscure ballad called “The Rambling Boys of Pleasure.” That song's first verse spoke of lovers meeting in a garden, then added, “She bade me take life easy just as the leaves fall from the tree / But I being young and foolish, with my darling did not agree."Yeats' poem wouldn't appear under today's better known title until it was reprinted in a 1895 volume.But What's a Salley Garden?To find out, let's start with a “where.”As Yeats' notes suggest, the location of the poem is the banks of the river at Ballysadare, and that happens to be where the residents used to cultivate trees to provide roof thatching material.That material was known locally as “salley” or “sally,” a form of the Standard English word "sallow," i.e., a tree of the genus Salix. And that is close in sound to an Irish word, saileach, which means “willow.”What About the Melody?We don't know what, if any, tune Yeats had in mind for his poem, but in 1909, Irish composer Herbert Hughes, who also was a frequent arranger of folk songs, set the verse to a traditional air called "The Maids of Mourne Shore.” While over the years other different melodies also have been applied to the poem (notably by composers Rebecca Clarke and John Ireland in the 1920s), today it is usually to the tune of "The Maids of Mourne Shore" that most performers sing and play it.The earliest recordings of the song were in the 1940s by John McCormack, Peter Pears and Kathleen Ferrier. Our Take on the TuneThe Flood started doing this song about 1979, right after Roger Samples and Charlie Bowen learned it from a beloved album, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, released in 1976.Rog always said he thought the melody was buried in the very genes of Irish people, adding, “Every time we do that song, I feel like the ghosts of my ancestors come into the room!”“Salley Gardens” has been in The Flood's repertoire ever since, even tucked away among the tunes the band recorded on its first commercial album two decades ago.This current version — with solos by Dan Cox and Sam St. Clair — was recorded in a recent jam session just to be our gift today. To Continue Your St. Pat CelebrationWant a bit more of the Old Sod for St. Patrick's Day 2023? Sure (and begorrah)! Just link in to the St. Patrick Blend in our free Radio Floodango music streaming service.Erin go Bragh, y'all! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

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

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

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

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

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

Marty Kelly has been working in Chicago's music scene for over 40 years and prides himself on collaborating with friends, family, and other talented Chicagoans. Marty Kelly set lists include a vast library of Classic Acoustic Rock Hits from the '70s to today. Having been raised in an Irish household, MK&F also play Irish acoustic songs ranging from Tommy Makem to Christy Moore. Originally of The Heat, Marty talked with Paul and Ray about then and now.

Loch Lomond - jedna z największych atrakcji turystycznych Szkocji, największy zbiornik wodny na wyspach brytyjskich – po polsku: jezioro Wiązów. Ponad 7 tysięcy hektarów wody, upstrzonej licznymi wyspami, pięknie położonej wśród wzgórz i pagórków uskoku Highland Boundary Fault, uskoku nie byle jakiego – oddzielającego Lowlands od Highlands. Jezioro słynie ze swych malowniczych, pięknych brzegów, jak mawiają Szkoci The Bonnie Banks O'Loch Lomond. O, i tytuł piosenki sam się objawił. The Bonnie Banks O'Loch Lomond jest jedną z najbardziej znanych szkockich pieśni folkowych. Pieśń powstała prawdopodobnie w XVIII, pierwszy raz opublikowano ją w 1841 roku. Jej autor jest nieznany. Tekst refrenu jaki dzisiaj jest śpiewany, prawdopodobnie nie jest pierwotnym tekstem. A sama piosenka na pozór jest całkiem niewinna. Opowiada o tęsknocie kochanków. Ale właśnie – niewinna na pozór. Większość źródeł łączy powstanie „Loch Lomond” (tak w skrócie się ja tytułuje) z wydarzeniami po klęsce Jakobitów pod Culloden i upadku ich ostatniego powstania. Najbardziej mroczna hipoteza jako podmiot liryczny pieśni opisuje ukochaną młodego Jakobity uwięzionego przez Anglików. Po bitwie pod Culloden Anglicy wzięli do niewoli wielu Szkockich buntowników i zabrali do Londynu by ich tam osądzić. W ślad za jeńcami do Londynu ze wszystkich zakątków Szkocji ruszyli ich bliscy. Procesy oczywiście były pokazowe. Wyroki można było przewidzieć, choć rodziny pewnie do końca miały nadzieję na cud. Wszystkich buntowników skazano na śmierć. Ale tego Anglikom było mało - ku przestrodze - ciała straconych bądź ich strzępy zostały wywieszone na słupach wzdłuż dróg pomiędzy Londynem a Glasgow. Rodziny wracały więc do domów w makabrycznej, podwójnej procesji. Drogą, dołem, „lowroad”jak mówi refren, wracali żywi, główna drogą, górą, „highroad” w ślad za nimi szła procesja martwych ciał wywieszonych na słupach. I o tym opowiada refren piosenki, młoda dziewczyna śpiewa: „Ty pójdziesz górną drogą, ja pójdę dolną, dotrę do Szkocji przed tobą, ale już nigdy nie spotkam się z mym ukochanym, na pięknym brzegu Loch Lomond.” Interpretacji niskiej i wysokiej drogi jest jeszcze parę. Niektórzy twierdzą że podmiotem lirycznym jest młody Jakobita, dla którego „lowroad” to wybór egzekucji, „highroad” to wyrzeczenie się lojalności wobec Księcia Karola i życie w niewoli. Inna teoria przywołuje z kolei jako niską drogę, podziemną trasę dla wróżek i innych magicznych stworzeń, którą dusze Szkotów zmarłych na obczyźnie wracały do ojczyzny. Niewykluczone że piosenka nie byłaby dziś tak popularna, gdyby pozostała jedynie jej mroczna, buntownicza wymowa. Ale istnieje jeszcze jedna, odmienna wersja tekstu, w której wątek romantyczny jest zdecydowanie na pierwszym planie, choć słowa refrenu są w zasadzie takie same. Sami Szkoci postrzegają ja już zdecydowanie jako piosenkę miłosną. No i Bonnie Banks O'Loch Lomond jest popularna nie tylko w Szkocji. Szkoci swoje piosenki często dzielą z Irlandczykami. I tak jest w tym przypadku. Nieznany irlandzki artysta napisał nowy tekst do Szkockiej melodii. Tekst był przekazywany ustnie z pokolenia na pokolenia. W 1934 roku Josephine Beirne i George Sweatman nagrali piosenkę pod tytułem „My Bonnie Irish Lass”. A pod tytułem „Red is The Rose", w latach 60, piosenkę spopularyzował Tommy Makem. Tym razem nie ma drugiego dna, „Red is The Rose” jest o miłości, z tym że nie do końca szczęśliwej. W ostatniej zwrotce młody chłopak ubolewa, że musi rozstać się z ukochaną, gdyż cała jej rodzina wyjeżdża z Irlandii. Taki los… Sail Ho, Audycja zawiera utwory: „Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond”, w wykonaniu Elli Roberts; słowa muzyka tradycyjne „Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond”, w wykonaniu The Corries; słowa muzyka tradycyjne „Red is The Rose” w wykonaniu Liama Clancy'ego; słowa muzyka tradycyjne.

Tunes: Ross McNaughton Playing Freeland Barbour's tune: Pitlochry Highland Games Smollet Holden: Baltioura, What Call Have you to me Ned, The Yellow Stockings, The Cruskeen Lawn, Round the World For Sport, The Hermit of Killarney, Big Bow Wow, She is the Girl that can do it, Drimindoo O'Farrell: Adieu, Adieu Thou Faithless World, The Cruskeen Lawn The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: Cruiskeen Lawn. Thomas Crocker: The Hermit of Killarney, The Weavers: Kisses Sweeter than Wine Edward Bunting: The Black Cow David Sear: Drimindown Lead Belly: If it wasn't for Dicky +X+X+X+ If you are interested in composing a tune for the Pitlochry Highland Games follow the link here: https://www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk/ You can scroll down to find the rules and where to submit your entry. Don't forget you can buy Podcast merch here at https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag If you want to watch the Regency House Party it is hosted on youtube in the US, not sure of the availability elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZlGrTbZHg&list=PLA41E10951CB748DD +X+X+X+ Smollet Holden: Pretty Great Resource for the Publishing going on in Dublin in general: http://www.dublinmusictrade.ie/ http://dublinmusictrade.ie/node/211 +X+X+X+ A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs: 1807ish: Baltioura: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: What Call Have you to me Ned: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: Yellow Stockings: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) +X+X+X+ The Cruskeen Lawn 1969: The Cruiskeen Lawn from The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: version: https://youtu.be/aOOjMkt88hU 1808: The Cruskeen Lawn: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion Volume III: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf 1807ish: The Cruskeen Lawn: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) Sung Versions from Ottawa Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STLmNrXsks +X+X+ 1807ish: Round the World For Sport: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2CSmollet) https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:AroundtheWorldforSport(4) +X+X+X+ Hermit of Killarney 1797: Account of Visiting “Roman's Island” from George Holmes' Sketches of some of the southern counties of Ireland, collected during a tour in the autumn, 1797, in a series of letters: https://archive.org/details/sketchesofsomeof00holm/page/122/mode/2up 1806: Adieu Adieu thou Faithless World From O'Farrell: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779930 1807ish: The Hermit of Killarney: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1839: The Hermit of Killarney from Thomas Crofton Crocker's Popular Songs of Ireland https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459208/page/n199/mode/2up +X+X+ 1807ish: Bigg Bow Wow: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1807ish: She Is the Girl that Can do it: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) +X+X+X+ Drimindoo 1951: Kisses Sweeter than Wine, by the Weavers: Information on this track came from Here: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/KissesSweeterthan_Wine 1807ish: Drimindoo : from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1959: Drimindown (Roud 2712) David Sear: (1959) - David Sear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUNTSsECxnI 1937: If It Wasn't for Dicky: from Lead Belly: I couldn't actually find out where this recording originally came from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDx-l6HL8GQ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Easter has a double meaning in the Irish Community.  Deeply rooted in Christian faith, Easter Sunday celebrates the risen Christ.  And it commemorates the anniversary of the Easter Rising; Ireland's long fight to regain their freedom.  So, today on Windy City Irish Radio we celebrate the anniversary of the risen Christ and Ireland rise to freedom with music from Orla Fallon, Liz Carroll, Ronan Hardiman, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Patrick Cassidy, The High Kings, The Wolfe Tones, The Elders, Kennedy's Kitchen, The Saw Doctors, and Steve Goodman.  Check us out live on 750AM WNDZ and live streamed on Global Irish Radio at www.globalirishradio.com or available on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Happy Easter!!

At precisely 10:33am CST, Spring arrived in Chicagoland and across the land but it's most evident in the Windy City Irish Radio studios.  The windows are open, the daffodils are ready to poke through the defrosting soil and the music is lively.  Breath in the fresh spring air and while you're handling the  spring cleaning, crank up the tunes!  We usher in Spring's arrival with music that will restore that spring in your step featuring The Waterboys, All Folk'd Up, a classic from Tommy Makem, Maria Kelly, CMAT, Christy Moore, Declan O'Rourke, Glen Hansard, Michael McDermott and Sharon Shannon.  And the music world lost a great one this past week -- singer, songwriter, Pete St. John.  We honor Pete's legacy with songs from the High Kings, Luke Kelly, and the Mickey Finns.   Open the windows and let the spring breeze roll on with Windy City Irish Radio on WNDZ 750AM or live streamed at www.globalirishradio.com or on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

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

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

This week on Windy City Irish Radio we feature new music from We Banjo 3, House of Hamill Sharon Shannon and Jig Jam, who return to the states for a performance at Chicago Gaelic Park.  And we have a lot of classics from Lunasa, Paul Brady, Atlan, Mundy, Roisin O, Ashley Davis, Eleanor McEvoy, The Whileaways, and we celebrate Tommy Makem's 89th birthday!  It's all right here on Windy City Irish Radio.  Tune in to WNDZ 750AM or live streamed on www.globalirishradio.com or on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

It's Independence Day!! From sea to shining sea AND across the pond, Irish eyes are smiling as the Windy City Irish Radio lads celebrate our nation's birthday. George Washington himself declared that without his Irish comrades the Revolutionary War would not have been won. So many years later, the heroes of the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolutionary War looked up to the ideals of the new America as hope for fostering the same freedoms from Britain that the U.S. had secured. Tune in today for this tribute to the profound contribution of the Irish in America with music from the great Jimmy Cagney and the Yankee Doodle Dandy himself, George M. Cohan, a tribute to America and the Man in Black from Eileen Ivers, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones,  Byrne and Kelly, Pearl River favorites Girsa, Daniel O'Donnell The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, The Waterboys, Minnesota's Wild Colonial Bhoys, Frank Patterson, U2 and the King, ELVIS PRESLEY. Listen to Windy City Irish Radio every Sunday afternoon from Noon - 1PM CST on WNDZ 750AM Chicago and on Global Irish Radio - GIR.ie And check out this week's podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com or right here https://www.buzzsprout.com/16863/8806559

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

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

She dressed you, fed you, attended to you're bumps and bruises, counseled and endlessly worried about you.  That's right, we're talking about dear ol' mom and this week we pay tribute to all the moms out there with a special mother's day special featuring music from my mom's favorite, the King - Elvis Presley, as well as Baile an Salsa, Scythian, We Banjo 3, a entire set of cover tunes and songs from the likes of Frankie Gavin & DeDannan, The Screaming Orphans, House of Hamill, and Broken Biscuits.  And music from Rig the Jig, Billy Tracey & The Scope, James Taylor, Damien Dempsey, and the Bard of Armaugh, Tommy Makem, with Liam Clancy!  It's all right here, right now on Windy City Irish Radio with Tim Taylor and Mike Shevlin.  Check out the podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Gowan Lassie! Will ye go? Did John Lennon really play the Uilleann Pipes? If so, who taught him? How is Hollywood ruining the Internet presence of some of our best loved Folk Songs? Why do rural Irish folk still leave saucers of milk on their doorstep at night? And what in the Jaysus is a Piseóg? Find answers to all this and more as we explore the coming of Summer and the world-renowned song 'Wild Mountain Thyme' ! Wild Mountain Thyme Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGwrpb_Sao Notable versions: The Chieftains: https://open.spotify.com/track/35DRXiBTXYVmOBFaevxyW9?si=AuuYvNRRQt2x7ufTiZ3OBg Transatlantic Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Xr52TQhe9VwG6cWNMDETf?si=fQeVjpEbQJqKkpKHdDlMtA The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: https://open.spotify.com/track/71rex1GzvCrF3a1YbhYMSU?si=hloRcB-LQcmM7RVOw1AcaA

We all have that one friend that always have to outdo everyone else! You never know whether if they're telling the truth, of if they're bullshitting. Join Josh and Kristian as they explore The Irish Rover, the most elaborate bullshit drunken bar story ever told. What are "Bales of nanny goats' tails"? What is the soul of an Irish bar? And who's shoving cailíns around the field? Notable versions of The Irish Rover: The Dubliners & The Pouges: https://open.spotify.com/track/1eFIJtN58LoRtqudCoqEg5?si=xA1nNsoSRXunmO-QqHM20g Dropkick Murphys: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ezf7rIpqEU6GwwxBj7Y0R?si=u9cih7JPS-y47ptXBtUXig The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: https://open.spotify.com/track/51Nu3jCu3ffL8OGaHArM51?si=LwFjCPlaRr-x9JyRRPUIEQ

Podcast28: Remembering Bobby Sands, 40th Anniversary of his death on Hunger Strike   After listening, I hope you will feel we have a great show for you today. Y’know, we’ve always been green. When you want to know, where to go, what to do, to be seen, to make a difference, you come here, to iIrish: the Truth & the Pulse of what matters   So, Let’s get to it ~What’s the news today?   Well, the Yeats Tour yesterday was spectacular. Check it out for the online recording, and the next event. On Monday, my niece Lynnie is officially adopted, even though she has already been a member of our family for some time ~ I can’t wait; Tuesday is the Ancient Order of Hibernians Ohio State Convention, virtual this year; Wednesday, the May issue of the OhioIANews comes out, and President Biden addresses the nation; Thursday is the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Irish Immigration presentation (virtual), and Thursday thru Sunday, the NFL Draft is hosted here in Cleveland; Sunday is Eastern Orthodox Easter; Monday the 3rd the new eBulletin comes out; Thursday the 4th is a primary election in many U.S. cities; the 6th is National Day of Prayer, and on our next podcast, St. Pat’s Gaelic Football Club President and Taking the Fields of Glory Columnist Vincent Beach joins us in the studio. On the 21st Podcast, we have new Irish Consul Kevin Byrne joining us.   Whew! Sounds like a great coupla of weeks. There is a varied mix of celebratory and solemn events coming up, for sure, each deserving of our attention. So make plan, if you can. No Regerts!   Have you picked up or read the April issue online yet? I cannot do justice to it, for I believe it is one of, if not the best, issue we have ever compiled. Pick one up at any of our 367 locations; the complete list of all distribution points, sorted by zip code, is on OhioIANews.com. It is free, or see the interactive copy online, with more to the story: more text, more pics, stories that didn’t make the print edition and LARGER Print. Stories on the legendary Sarah Makem, mother of Tommy Makem; Cleveland Irish Baseball in America; The Gaelic Football and Hurling Tournament coming to Cleveland next month; an Illuminating story on The Whiteboys, relative to today’s world; new Toledo Irish Columnist Molly McHugh’s Levi & Lilacs Coffee Pub; and a new occasional feature on Stone Mad, a joint effort by a Cleveland man John Digney and the Dry Wall Association of Ireland to understand and preserve the story of stone walls prevalent throughout Ireland. The walls were not randomly built; you will be very surprised at the meaning and measure taken there. So, what happened on this day in Irish history? On 23 April 1926 –New York novelist J.P. Donleavy was born. He was the son of Irish immigrants. He later moved to Ireland and wrote The Ginger Man, which became one of the top 100 selling books of all time in Ireland. On 29 April 1901 - James Stephens, chief founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, died. On 3 May 1903 - Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington, as Henry Lillis Crosby. On 5 May 1981 – Bobby Sands, the first republican prisoner to go on and to die in the 1981 hunger strike, went home to God.   I would like to tell you a bit about Bobby, and in context, the rest of the 1981 Hunger Strikers. Like everything Irish – the connections go person to person, family, village, generations and across ocean’s wide. The background begets better understanding of who we are, and why it matters. This was NOT the first Hunger Strike utilized by “those insolent Irish” in their fight for freedom from British Rule. To me, it was earned, at a terrible cost. It was the highest cost. I believe it was horribly effective, in producing change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

"Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born." -William Butler Yeats, 'Easter 1916' This weekend we explore a song about what is probably the most significant event in Irish History - The 1916 Rising Join us as we explore thoughts surrounding the public reaction to the rising in 1916, and the shifting mentalities in its aftermath. We discuss WB Yeats, Padraig Pearse, the lovers, the dreamers and me! We also look into the concept of songs being used to preserve and depict martyrdom, the notion of many different songs sharing the same melody, and have a bit of a singsong of our own! Follow us on @tooraloorapodcast and come say hello! Conor McGregor's walkout at UFC 246 to The Foggy Dew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzh9qjLNEc The National Folk Orchestra of Ireland performing Michael Rooney's Macalla 1916 https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=194328385290872&ref=watch_permalink Notable versions of The Foggy Dew: The Chieftains and Sinéad O'Connor: https://open.spotify.com/track/61Tfx6zfjRe7XqJSFrXBR3 Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones: https://open.spotify.com/track/1syYrI5A9kL4sr2mZ5H7d7?si=TtS7qBAMQ0C4ZBn3ZBl1Cg The Dubliners: https://open.spotify.com/track/0P8opaGei1hqbdcSVZQcCG?si=m026JaXoQsqFyhwoCwnF-A The Wolfe Tones: https://open.spotify.com/track/52bGJTusAslWsvpPguiFn6?si=KgsjKaHTSQama-P1L7IeJw The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: https://open.spotify.com/track/3eHHJTz0QbPBd6Qon4cf1h?si=j4Az8fKETUGukXTsgyUeEg

There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TicTok video has taken the world by storm. Never to ignore popular taste, this week on the program we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and of course Stan Rogers. Way, hey, haul ’em away … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-08: Haul Away, Pt.1 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Donogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie The Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / Island Hauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self Produced The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / Columbia Great Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / Sire Bett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidhe's Music McKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self Produced Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways John Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie Jimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True North Lou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / Topic Various / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCA Stan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's Cove Morrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

In our latest Episode we talk to Rory Makem and Donal Clancy, sons of the Folk singers Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy who along with Liam’s brothers, Paddy and Tom are widely credited with popularising Irish Folk music in the United States and creating a boom in Irish Folk music back home in Ireland after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Listen to their fascinating story of growing up around their famous fathers and their own musical journey. They are also joined by Peter Clarke from Brack tours where they talk about their upcoming tour in 2021.

Sean Azzaro is a living testament to divine intervention! Listen to his remarkable story of coincidence (although, he believes there is no such thing) and amazing occurrences that will make your heart spin. Sean is the founding pastor of River City Community Church. He and his wife, Lauri, began the fellowship in their home with four other families, and have seen it grow into an amazing, vibrant, Christian community. As a musician, Sean sings music for the soul. Call it folk, gospel, or something all its own...it is music that speaks to the spirit! As the son of Irish folk legend, Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, his acoustic folk roots run deep, and it comes through in every song he plays. Sean is a singer/Songwriter, storyteller, and ordained minister.

Tune in this week to Windy City Irish Radio's special Labor Day tribute. As we all know, the Irish have been instrumental in the Labor movement here in the U.S. since the beginning and were literally the "hands that built America" and boy, do they have the music to prove it. Listen for holiday songs from Christy Moore, The Led Farmers, Jim Sullivan, Solas, Mickey Spain Music, Runa, and the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Tim and Mike also pull out some leftovers from last week's Van Morrison birthday celebration with tributes to the Belfast Cowboy from Hozier, Moya Brennan - First Lady of Celtic Music, and Altan. Join us every Sunday from noon to 1PM on WNDZ 750 AM and catch this week's JAM-PACKED podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com. Let us know what you think of the show and contact us at tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com.

Irish tunes on the harmonica - seriously awesome. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Eddie Clark, New York's Irish music scene in the '80s; Bill De Blasio's busted progressive cred and The Catskills Irish Arts Week. Don Meade on Irish tunes on the harmonica, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Eddie Clark, New York's Irish music scene in the '80s, and The Catskills Irish Arts Week. Seriously amazing music this week with Don. As always you can listen or download from the usual spots: Our site: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/53 iTunes: https://apple.co/2MI9ZJf Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3aFuOPa Don plays the following tunes: The Haunted House and The Lark on The Strand (Jigs) The Green Mountain and Rip The Calico (Reels) The Fiddler's Elbow (Meade) Brosna Slides The Waterford Hornpipe To follow Don go here: facebook.com/don.meade.73 To learn more about the Barney Star and read the articles mentioned in the episode go here: http://www.blarneystar.com/ Love, Darren and Dom -- We know it's a tough time so we hope you can hang in there with us. If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge at any level over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. www.blarneypilgrims.com www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.facebook.com/blarneypilgrimspodcast www.instagram.com/blarneypilgrimspodcast www.twitter.com/BlarneyPodcast

Hockey talk and a bit of the Irish craic with NHL Historian/Author Liam Maguire and Go Hockey Media's Paul C. Cuthbert. Episode 15 - Today on Sticks and Taps Liam regales the audience about a man who was a Stanley cup winner, a penalty minute leader multiple years; labeled a draft dodger, investigated and charged by the FBI, he returns home to his native Montreal where he becomes more legendary off the ice than on it. Today we present, Mr. James Vincent Orlando, better known as, Jimmy Orlando. Sticks and Taps Irish Song of the Week - Our Irish musical salute today is "The Bold Fenian Men" also known as Down by the Glenside as sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. A beautifully worded song with a haunting arrangement that should take any fans of Irish music back to a much earlier time and the struggles.Stay healthy! Get it in to ya! Gidday! Slàinte!

Hockey talk and a bit of the Irish craic with NHL Historian/Author Liam Maguire and Go Hockey Media's Paul C. Cuthbert. Step up to the bar and let's talk some hockey! It's time for Sticks and Taps.Episode 12 - On today's Sticks and Taps, Liam and Paul bookend some Irish talk and music around two great hockey stories. In acknowledging the Detroit Red Wings for being the first American team to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with the anniversary of their 2nd Cup being yesterday ( 1936-1937) Liam has a story about one of the players, Wilfred 'Bucko' McDonald that you need to hear to believe. it spans 30 years and it's amazing.It was also 21 years ago today that Wayne Gretzky played his final game ever. Liam shares some personal Gretzky memories and the boys talk about Wayne coming to the Big Apple during Messier's tenure with New York. Sticks and Taps Irish Song of the Week - We finish with a great Irish song "Brennan on the Moor" performed once again by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem about one of Ireland's most legendary highwaymen, Willie Brennan. Stay healthy! Get it in to ya! Gidday! Slàinte!

It's week 3 of our social distancing broadcasts and we are truly ready to go on with entertaining YOU!! Tune in for and Easter tribute from Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem along with local stalwarts Kennedy's KitchenDerek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones . Join us for a nice little holiday dance party with our guests Frances Black Natalie MacMaster, Scythian and

Hockey talk and a bit of the Irish craic with NHL Historian/Author Liam Maguire and Go Hockey Media's Paul C. Cuthbert. Step up to the bar and let's talk some hockey! It's time for Sticks and Taps.Episode 10 - The lads kick things off with a little bit on the world “state of affairs” and discuss the unknown ahead that we’re all facing together. Then for our NHL History “Story of the Week” Liam takes us on a tour of the last four men including Wayne Gretzky, who were the NHL career goal scoring leaders and some of the anecdotes surrounding their big moments. From Nels Stewart on February 16, 1937 to Rocket Richard on November 8, 1952, Gordie Howe on November 10, 1963 and finally Wayne Gretzky on March 23, 1994, hear some of the more unusual stories in and around their historic moments.Sticks and Taps Irish Song of the Week - Liam introduces us to “Kelly - The Boy from Killanne.”A song written about John Kelly and his fight for Irish freedom in his native area of Wexford during the rebellion of 1798. Today’s version is once again by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, live from Carnegie Hall in NY, St. Patrick’s Day in 1963.Thank you for listening. Slainte!