Podcasts about traditional irish music

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 41:30

Welcome to Season 5 of The TradFest Podcast. On Today's podcast we chat to English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player Ralph McTell. An incredible interview not to be missed. Ralph will be performing as part of TradFest Temple Bar 2022 on Thursday Jan 27th @ 8Pm in The National Stadium. Don't miss it. Book your tickets today.

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TradFest Podcast - with The Henry Girls

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 32:24

This week we chat to The henry Girls.

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TradFest The Podcast - Episode 4 Zoe Conway and John McIntyre

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 40:58

On this week's podcast, eclectic folk duo Zoe Conway + John Mc Intyre tell us about their creative process and their unique project collaboration with Julie Fowlis and Éamon Doorley, that fuses old and new Gaelic poetry and music from Ireland and Scotland – sounds intriguing! Never miss a Note, Follow us on Social Media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

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TradFest Podcast - Episode 3 The Paperboys

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 42:27

Kieran chats to “the only rocking Celtic/Mexican/Bluegrass/Roots/Ska/Pop band you know” - the Paperboys from Vancouver, Canada! Tune in to hear about the unique and thriving culture of trad music in British Columbia, and the craft of melding Irish trad with Mexican folk.Never miss a Note, Follow us on Social Media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

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TradFest The Podcast - Episode 2 with The Black Feathers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 35:36

This week Kieran chats to Ray Hughs and Sian Chandler from UK based Folk/Americana crossover duo The Black Feathers. They talk about their musical background, playing together, their TradFest Temple Bar 2019 performance, the band name and so much more. Enjoy some tunes from the band too. Never miss a Note, Follow us on Social Media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

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TradFest The Podcast - Episode 1 with The Remedy Club

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 38:34

This week Kieran chats to Aileen & KJ better know as The Remedy Club on how they met, their musical influences and what led them to evolve their sound from Blues to Americana. Here's a chance to get to know them ahead of their 2022 performance at TradFest Temple Bar 2022 in LoSt LaNe Dublin! Never miss a Note, Follow us on Social Media: FacebookTwitterInstagram

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Ian Lynch's anthology of traditional Irish music

Brendan O'Connor

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 11:14

Lankum's Ian Lynch talks about the resurgence of interest in Irish songs and his podcast "Fire Draw Near".

Irish Multi-Instrumentalist Seamus Egan and Stephen Winick

World Music Institute - WMI PLUS at Home

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 64:07

An At Home conversation with multi-instrumentalist, composer and co-founder of Irish American super group Sólas, Seamus Egan, who played traditional Irish instruments and chatted with folklorist Steve Winick about the importance of Mick Moloney and the Irish music scenes of Philadelphia and New York throughout his career, as well as the serendipitous genesis of co-writing the soundtrack to "The Brothers McMullen" with Sarah McLachlan.More about Seamus Egan: https://seamuseganproject.comTo rent WMI's Seamus Egan Project Vimeo On Demand concert: https://bit.ly/SeamusEganConcertSeamus Egan's Spotify Playlist

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The Culture File Weekly April 3rd: Facsimelies of Mirth & Other Kind Strategies

RTÉ - Culture File on Classic Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 28:49

This week, Custy's Traditional Irish Music shop sails through the pandemic, Rob Long has some lessons in the execution and timing of the courtesy laugh, comedian Marise Gaughan gets around to missing the irritation of other people, and "drop culture" in the shape of Lil Nas X x MSCHF's shoe collaboration, featuring a drop of human blood.

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An evening of Traditional Irish Music from Drumshanbo

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 7:23

Drumshanbo Irish Music Course will host an online Traditional Irish Music Concert on Tuesday 23rd March at 8pm. It's all in aid of local charity STOP. Course tutor Mossie Martin spoke to The Francie Boylan Show about it. For more see https://www.facebook.com/drumshanbotradcourse and to donate see www.idonate.ie/tradcourse

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Robin Hill's Eclectic City' Episode 23

Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City'

Play Episode Play 56 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 18:41

A musical journey from the Sahara to Ireland to a wonderful land to a song recorded in Wigan and back to Ireland...

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Part 2: Janet Harbison - The Story of Camac's “Janet” Harp, tips to playing Harp in Irish Music Sessions and more…

HarpSong™️: Moon Over the Trees Music and Theatre Productions®

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 77:43

Land, landscape, history, and music…Janet Harbison is one of the most well respected celebrators of the Irish Harp and Traditional Irish Music. She has had a profound influence on the harp and trad community teaching some of the most well known harp players in the tradition like Grainne Hambly, Michael Rooney, and Laoise Kelly.Her new solo album, “By Strangford Water” is a collection of Janet's compositions. There is also a companion book of the compositions on this album available on Janet's website. We discuss her relationship with Camac harps and the story behind the making of the Camac “Janet” harp, how to interpret slow airs on the harp, and other interesting topics.Janet likes to remind players that when playing a slow air, knowing the text and how you can tell the story of that song through the music is so integral to your musical interpretation. ”We have detached the music from the story. It's turning the meaningful music that connects us as a community into something totally superficial and sugary.”-Janet Harbison (on interpreting a song) Janet is so proud of her many students who have gone on to teach and perform. “To be their teacher was a privilege.” Performers and educators like Gráinne Hambly, Laoise Kelly, and Michael Rooney continue to share the tradition with a new generation of harp players. What does it mean to learn music in the tradition?“The way people are learning now, mostly is in workshops by rote. It's learning by ear, but it's not traditional. To be traditional is to start with the basics and then to evolve the arrangement yourself using a free form of ornamentation and variation and accompaniment. None of that should be present.”-Janet HarbisonJanet believes that a musician should be able to converse with and, “be in community with the [other] players otherwise “You're limiting yourself”.“It's a natural thing for a student to emulate their teachers, but it shouldn't be that they only can play what they've been formally taught, by ear or by any other means. It's about teaching somebody a language so they can speak it. And that they feel confident to commune with it with the other tradition makers. For me that's the purpose behind teaching.”-Janet HarbisonPlaying Harp in Irish Traditional Music Sessions“Harp players have a unique opportunity to do the traditional stuff in a traditional way that is still also ahead of the fashion, if you like.”-Janet Harbison On Accompanying:“It's all about dressing up and dressing down any piece of music…The tune is the story and the accompaniment is the fluff. “-Janet HarbisonSession EtiquetteJanet encourages harpists to play with the best musicians you can find, not to play in slow sessions, but go and try to stretch yourself. You don't have to play every note, but let your playing breathe and get into the feel of the music. Janet reminds us to “Watch how the musicians look at each other and the unspoken communication”. Harpists and Poets“The harpists had a partnership with the poets. The poets composed the epic verse. [The verse] would never be performed without the harper providing the emotional impact in the music of the suantraí, geantraí and goltraí.”-Janet HarbisonAccording to tradition, there are three types of Irish melody – suantraí, geantraí and goltraí. Suantraí (lullaby) was a tune that put you to sleep, geantraí caused laughter or merriment, whereas goltraí brought the listener to tears.www.livinglanguage.com/blog/Janet is passionate about training and teaching traditional Irish Harp and believes that, “Irish harp music should have a much higher profile in harp music worldwide.” LINKSJanet's Website: www.janetharbisonharp.comThe History of The Belfast Harp Orchestra: www.irishharporchestra.com/history/short-history-of-the-belfast-harp-orchestra/Janet and Grainne Hambly performing, “Bright New Morning” at The Somerset Folk Harp Festival in 2019:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSc7qcqg1KAThe Camac “Janet” Harp: www.camac-harps.com/en/harps-en/lever/janet/

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Part 1: Janet Harbison - Music Telling the Story of Our History

HarpSong™️: Moon Over the Trees Music and Theatre Productions®

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 58:18

moonoverthetrees.com https://www.janetharbisonharp.com/Janet Harbison is one of the most well respected celebrators of the Irish Harp and Traditional Irish Music. She has had a profound influence on the harp and trad community teaching some of the most well known harp players in the tradition like Grainne Hambly, Michael Rooney, and Laoise Kelly.Her new solo album, “By Strangford Water” is a collection of Janet's compositions. The one you are hearing in the background is the title track from the album. A meditation on the country and landscape of Northern Ireland. There is also a companion book of the compositions on this album available on Janet's website. Janet and I covered quite a bit of information in our chat so I decided to break this interview into two parts. In this episode we discuss her new album, her development of courses to train teachers of traditional Irish music, Northern Ireland during Brexit and COVID, the history of the Belfast harp Orchestra as well as her involvement in the peace process in Northern Ireland. In Part 2 of this interview we'll get into her relationship with Camac harps and the story behind the making of the Camac “Janet” harp and other interesting topics.

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Gan Ainm - Kiss My Arts: Episode 233

Leitrim Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 36:47

Today’s guests for Kiss My Arts are a local young trad band from South Leitrim and North Roscommon who join Mary Blake to have a chat about how they got into music, the last two years together and even play a few tunes. Gan Ainm are Katie Moreau (flute & tinwhistle), Louise Gaffney (concertina & tinwhistle), Tara Noone (concertina & vocals) and Fiachra Guihen (guitar & harp). All of these young musicians started playing as children with the Pádraig Sweeney School of Traditional Irish Music and are well established on the local trad music scene having played at numerous venues around the county over the last two years. Earlier this year, the band entered and won the North West Talent Contest and they are now promoting their debut album 'Across Lands' recorded with the help of Paul Gurney in Real World Studios in Longford.

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Kilfenora Céilí Band Virtual Concert

Clare FM - Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 7:46

A very special online show of Traditional Irish Music, Song & Dance by the Fabulous Kilfenora and amazing guests, featuring the wonderful voice of Edel Vaughan and spectacular dance performances by The Gardiner Brothers & Sinéad Neylon. This is the first time ever that you will be able to watch the Kilfenora Ceili Band perform LIVE from the comfort of your own home or even while you are on the go. The concert will be broadcast live on Sunday August 23rd at 9PM. Tickets are €10. Gavin Grace speaks to band member Garry Shannon...

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Cormac Begley and the Concertina Feeling Space

TherapyTalks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 41:24

The wonderful Cormac Begley talks to Chris, from his hideaway in West Kerry, about the importance of music to him, and how the concertina is his therapy and his passion. He talks about Psychology and we get to hear him play some amazing tunes as well.

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Episode 42-The Long Arm of the Irish Tradition

Irish Music Stories Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 57:51

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

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Episode 51: Caity Brennan Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 89:49

On growing up with traditional Irish music, on taking ownership, on finding festivals, on 92.7 Fresh Fm, on Austral and creating a dance party, and losing yourself at Woodford Folk Festival . Way, way back in June last year we caught up with Austral during the National Celtic Festival. During that interview we said we'd love to sit down and chat with Caity Brennan. Well, 12 months and one global pandemic later, we've finally done it and it's everything we'd hoped it would be. In this episode Caity plays: Roll Out The Barrel / Christmas Eve / Castle Kelly The Orphan / Princess Nancy Dr. Gilbert's / Siobhan O'Donnell's The Sheiling Song Original composition followed by two reels. During our chat we drop a few names and many of those have also appeared on the Blarney Pilgrims. To make life a little easier we thought we'd list them here for your clicking pleasure. Caity's Dad, Jack Brennan (Uilleann pipes, whistle): https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/31 Caity's partner, Angus Barbary (Fiddle): https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/16 Caity's band Austral: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7 Also, as mentioned in the episode, Austral just reached their pozible target which means there'll be an album coming sometime down the road - Watch this space! In the meantime here's a cracking video clip of the band recorded from last year's Lake School of Celtic Music Song and Dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3Ztlftarg If the playing during the episode doesn't convince you that Caity and Austral can bring the (MF) ruckus, then check out this instagram clip of them at the Melbourne Vic Night Markets earlier this year. https://instagram.com/p/B5reS3Egvet/ To keep up with Caity and Austral you can follow them here: Website: https://www.australband.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austral.music/ And most importantly, you can buy Austral's music here (including a craicin' live version of Hoedown Throwdown lifted from the episode we recorded last year: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/ I think that's about it for this week, Right, go on. Goodluck! Darren & 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

Episode 50: Ciaran Kelly Interview (Accordion and Melodeon) The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 83:59

On accordions, melodeons, the push draw and The Pure Drop; Portrush sessions at the Harbour Bar, Ballycastle sessions at The House of McDonnell. The snug. Athlone. The borderlands of Fermanagh, Coleraine and Ceili House. And Coronation Street even gets a mention. As in - and I'm paraphrasing - 'Now and again something might have been taped over with an episode of Coronation Street.' Ciaran's archive, which he shares on a daily basis, is astonishing. A seemingly endless treasure trove of clips featuring startling hair from the 1980s, large spectacles, fancy shirts and amazing players. Here's a typical example. Give it a whirl - but don't expect to get any work done. This is the original internet rabbit hole: https://www.facebook.com/100010917466155/videos/1092797731094132 Ciaran, thanks again for a really thoughtful conversation, and a great set of tunes: The Four Courts and Paddy Taylor Polkas Sport Jig (Peadar O'Riada) The Bucks of Oranmore The Showman's Fancy and The Galway Hornpipe. To follow Ciaran on Facebook go here:https://www.facebook.com/ciarank1 To follow Ciaran on Instagram go here: https://www.instagram.com/ciaranckp/ Or look for @ciaranckp Darren mentions 'Disintegration Loops' by William Basinski. Completely hypnotic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI This episode is our 50th - and like the 49 before it, it's free to download or stream from everywhere you get podcasts: Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/50 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/36t2q2d Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TrpEQL We'd also like to say a huge thank you to today's episode sponsor, Ceol.fm. This is a bloody brilliant service. So do yourself a favour and head over there and check it out. www.ceol.fm Until next week, Darren & 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

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Episode 49: Ewen Baker Interview (Fiddle)

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 104:41

'When you're playing with other people...and you get that feeling that is above and beyond life, in a sense. Where you just go, this is why I exist. This is as happy as this bunch of cells can be, right now, on this planet.' If there's a better way to spend an hour and a bit of your day than listening to this week's episode with Ewen Baker, I've not heard of it. Ewen's a fiddle player, arranger, multi instrumentalist and teacher, and he takes us on a journey to find the music-induced tingly feeling, via The Oils, J. S. Bach and Kerry Slides; St Anne's Reel and The Bushwhackers; collaboration and individualism; coming to terms with our own imperfections but still getting stuff done. And we don't even get around to talking about working with songwriters, at which Ewen's an acknowledged master. Still, it gives us an excuse to do a second episode down the line. In this episode Ewen plays the following tunes: Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife Brian Boru's March St Anne's Reel Sheehan's Reel The Australian Waters Mama's Reel Ewen's collaborated with a huge range of musicians over the course of his career, but it was only a couple of years ago that he released his first CD, ‘The Inch Before The Saw.' As in, the only thing in life you really need to be worrying about is…'the inch before the saw.' You can find the CD here, and as we say in the episode, it's a cracker: https://ewenbaker.com.au/store 'It's a session in your speakers.' Ewen's collaboration with Paddy Fitzgerald, Jack Brennan and Geoff McArthur is called Lisnacrieve, and you can find the gofundme page here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/paddy-fitzgerald-cd As always, the episode is free to download or stream from everywhere you get podcasts: Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/49 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fM61MG Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2T1il26 We'd also like to say a huge thank you to today's episode sponsor, Ceol.fm. This is a bloody brilliant service. So do yourself a favour and head over there and check it out. www.ceol.fm Ewen, thanks for a cracking chat. And with that, we're away. Darren & 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

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Episode 48: Merran Moir Interview (Smallpipes, Whistle)

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 81:36

On ABC song books, on the south-western coast of Victoria, on Scottish cèilidhs, on the highland pipes, on learning and teaching and on the understanding of air. This interview has been a long time coming and it was everything we hoped it would be. Thanks so much for your time, your patience and your beautiful tunes Merran. If you'd like to contact Merran about lessons or having a tune down Warrnambool way then please follow her here: https://www.facebook.com/merran.moir In this episode Merran plays: Sound of the Sun / Vivian's Jig The Family Set - Kyle's Waltz / Margaret McLachlan / New Year in Noosa Devil in the Kitchen / The Fairy Dance / Humours of Tulla Unnamed Air (Merran's original composition) The Longford Collector / Castle Kelly / name missing As always the episode is free to download or stream from everywhere you get podcasts: Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/48 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/35CprPF Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3caCZnT We'd also like to say a huge thank you to today's episode sponsor, Ceol.fm. This is a bloody brilliant service. So do yourself a favour and head over there and check it out. www.ceol.fm Right that's it, see you next week. Enjoy! Darren & 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

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Episode 47: Mick Doherty Interview (Fiddle)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 65:55

There's a single story or a thousand stories in this week's episode. The story of Mick Doherty, Donegal fiddle player of the famed Doherty family of tinsmiths, travelers and musicians. The story of his father's music, and of his grandfather's music. And woven in and around it all the figure of Johnny Doherty - Mick's uncle - one of the iconic Irish fiddle players, a tinsmith himself, and traveling man. Johnny was the subject of a documentary in 1972, a film called Fiddler on the Road. Produced by Ulster Television, it's a fascinating document of a moment in his life and, like all the best documentaries, it shifts a little each time you watch it. In fact, if you watch really closely, you'll notice how with the passing of time the film itself has assumed a strange, elastic quality. So the background behind Johnny as he plays seems to sway in places and elongate and contract, as if it's about to come loose from its moorings. Listen to Mick speaking of his uncle Johnny, and that effect is amplified. Fiddler On The Road: https://bit.ly/3bMLQfx Mick Doherty recorded his one and only CD in partnership with his student and friend Rob Zielinski, of Perth, Western Australia. Mick lived in WA until his death in 2014, and we have Rob to thank for the tunes preserved on that CD, the echoes of Mick's father and grandfather in the playing, and for the recordings that make up today's episode. In collaboration with Rob, in 2009 Kevin Bradley at the National Museum in Canberra recorded five separate sessions in conversation with Mick, sessions covering his life story, family history and musical lineage. It's thanks to them we have this treasure to share with you today. Truth be told, Mick's speaking voice is a long, unspooling melody itself, with a cadence and rhythm that carry within them the man as he was in 2009 and the lives he had lived up to that point. We've re-arranged some segments of the original archive recordings so they play sequentially in this episode. And we feel it's true to the spirit of Mick's story, his voice and his playing. If you'd like to dive into the entire series of recordings, go here: https://bit.ly/3bZ1dBi And please check out Mick Doherty's CD recorded with Rob Zielinski. It's essential listening really: https://www.robertzielinskimusic.com/shop And as we mention during the show, our heartfelt thanks to Kevin Bradley and Rob Zielinski for all their help with this episode. We hope you're all keeping well, and we'll see you next week. Darren and Dom ... Well, we know it's a tough time so we hope you can hang in there with us, and we'll do the same for you. So 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.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com www.facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast https://www.instagram.com/blarneypilgrimspodcast/

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Episode 30: Smash Hits 2019 - Volume 2 - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 54:13

Part two of our "best of" episode featuring nothing but tunes and songs of 2019. As the year closes out, we'd like to thank all our guests for their time and tunes. Without you, none of this would be possible. The tunes and songs in this episode are: 02.08 - As The Crow Flies - Liz Carroll 05:35 - Donal Og - Kate Burke 10.05 - (Too Big For Ya) Boots - Michelle Doyle and Mickey O'Donnell 15.00 - The Town Of Uranquinty - Tony O'Rourke 17.18 - Untitled Jigs - Davydd McDonald and Kit Joyce 20.38 - The Musical Priest - Angus Barbary 21.43 - Mullingar Races - David Game 23.04 - The Home Ruler / Kitty's Wedding - Tony O'Rourke 26.15 - Untitled Jigs - Ciaran O'Grady and Kate Burke 28.41 - The January Man - Mark Willson 32.07 - The Golden Keyboard - Ado Barker 33.34 - The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary - Tony McTigue 38.04 - Untitled Reels - Davydd McDonald and Kit Joyce 40.02 - Untitled - Ciaran O'Grady and Kate Burke 43.50 - John Doherty Tune - Tracey McKeague 44.42 - She Moved Through The Fair / Danish Song / Borders Tunes - Sarah Wade 47.22 - Untitled Reels - Jim Dalton 48.42 - Clan O'Grady March - Ciaran O'Grady 50.31 - That's Right Too/The Leading Role - Liz Carroll ... Again, thank you to all our listeners. We hope you'll join us again next year for more tunes and craic. ... As we mentioned in the episode, we have big plans for 2020 and without your monetary support none of that would be possible. So thank you to all our patrons. If you'd like to round out the year by becoming a patron, then please head over to patreon.com/blarneypilgrims and hit the, "Join $2 Tier" button. You can also bump up your pledge amount to a higher number if you're so inclined. ... Right that's it, see you all in 2020! Enjoy! Darren & Dom

Episode 29: Smash Hits 2019 - Volume 1 - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 56:29

Part one of our two "best of" episodes. This episode features nothing but tunes and songs from our previous guests, and it's an absolute belter! As the year closes out, we'd like to thank all our guests for giving us their time and tunes. Without you, none of this would be possible, so a heart felt thank you to you all. The tunes and songs in this episode are; 08.11 - Fisherman's Day - Gerry McKeague 11.58 - Whistler At The Wake - Corinn Strating 13.15 - Newry Town - Jamie Molloy 16.31 - Con Cassidy Tune - Jamie Molloy 18.44 - The Green Gowned Lass - Mary MacNamara & Eileen O'Brien 21.14 - Stór Mo Chroí - Maggie Carty 24.10 - Pat Rainey - Daoirí Farrell 27.26 - Hoedown Throwdown - Austral 30.37 - Tunes - Beth - Beth McCracken 35.57 - Maudabawn Chapel - Kevin Burke 37.17 - London Town - Kevin Burke 40.17 - Lucy's Fling - Kevin Burke 41.43 - Ten Thousand Miles Away - Bush Gothic 45.03 - The Rambling Pitchfork - Chris Fitzgerald 46.15 - The Jolly Beggarman - John Carty 50.04 - The Boys From Dooley Gate - Sean Mathews 53.36 - The Sligo Maid - Paddy Fitzgerald 55.01 - Gerry Crossing To France - Paddy Fitzgerald ... Thank you to all our listeners. We hope you're enjoying the ride as much as we are. We can't wait for next year. ... Finally, a massive thank you to all our patrons. It really mean so much when people chip in. And as we mentioned in the episode, we have big plans for 2020 and without your monetary support none of that would be possible. If this is the week you'd like to become a legend, then please head over to patreon.com/blarneypilgrims and hit that "Join $2 Tier" button. P.S. You're also more than welcome to bump that $2 pledge up to a higher number if you're inclined ; ) ... Right that's it, see you next week for The Blarney Pilgrims - Smash Hits 2019 - Volume 2 Enjoy! Darren & Dom

Ireland and Japan

The Irish Passport

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 58:41

Islands on opposite sides of the world with deep differences, and surprising similarities! Naomi O'Leary and Tim Mc Inerney explore the thriving traditional Irish music scene in Tokyo, reporting from a session in a downtown pub where dozens of Japanese musicians meet to play jigs and reels, many of them speaking in Irish accents. Ireland's ambassador in Tokyo Paul Kavanagh tells us why Japan is the biggest investor in Ireland in the Asia-Pacific and us why economic relations are set to get stronger. Featuring the voice of Sister Paschal O'Sullivan, the last Irish missionary nun in Japan, who taught generations of the Japanese elite including the current Empress of Japan. We interview her cousin France 24 journalist James Creedon, director of a recent documentary about her life, 'Thanks to your Noble Shadow'. And how do you translate James Joyce's Ulysses into Japanese? We hear from Professor Kazuo Oikawa, a teacher of Irish literature and culture to students of Waseda University and author of 'The Harp and Green', who tells us why Ireland has some surprising historical overlaps with his native Hokkaido. Featuring the track 'Fogs' by Tokyo trad band O'Jizo, the Toyota Ceili Band, and the session musicians of The Old Rock pub in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Special thanks to Kozo Toyota and Aisling Braiden. For bonus episodes, support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport. Featuring editing by Alan Meaney http://alanmeaney.ie/ . Season 3 of The Irish Passport podcast is made with the kind support of Biddy Murphy, online sellers of genuine Irish goods. Check them out on www.biddymurphy.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @PassportIrish. Support this podcast

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Episode 18: Tony O'Rourke Interview (Banjo, guitar) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 65:43

Recorded live at the 2019 Guildford Banjo Jamboree. Banjo player and guitarist Tony O'Rourke chats with us about the consolations of melody, Johnny Connolly's melodeon, the invention of white-out and The Monkees. To find out more about Tony's Irish Guitar Podcast go here. https://irishguitarpod.com/ Thanks again for your time Tony. Also thanks to the Guildford General Store for allowing is to record onsite during the Guildford Banjo Jamboree. You can find those guys here: https://www.facebook.com/guildfordgeneralstore Enjoy! Darren & Dom ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

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Episode 17: David Game Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 50:13

Thank you so much to David Game for your time and lovely tunes. Also a huge thanks to the Guildford Corner Store for the use of your back room to record in. The tunes played in this episode are: The Mountain Road (Trad) The Rose in the Heather (Trad) Paddy's Trip to Scotland (Trad) Mullingar Races (Trad) For more info on the Canberra Irish Club go here: https://www.irishclub.com.au/ For more info on Comhaltas Canberra go here: https://www.facebook.com/Comhaltas-Canberra-580450142467295/ ... Dom's notes: I really love this conversation. We very easily found our way into the stuff that gets me going - the ephemeral nature of the experience of playing music, the naming and honoring of players we used to listen to, and - of all things - The Brass Fiddle. I have no certain memory of how I came across that CD of Donegal fiddle music that we talk about. But on first listening to it, I remember I was blown away by its elemental nature. It's not just that the recordings are plain and true. It's that the playing itself is completely unfussy and unafraid. In fact, what it is, now that I think about it, is authentic. It IS what it is. Doodley Doodley Dank is the Con Cassidy track David hums, I think. I thought I was cool having that rarity of a CD that I got from who knows where, but as if to prove our point about how you can get everything everywhere now, you can listen to The Brass Fiddle on Spotify. So I'm slightly less cool now. Anyway, check it out. Since we started the Blarney Pilgrims, one of the revelations me and Darren have had is that the fiddle is an intensely physical instrument. The music is born of friction, which goes some way to explain the appeal of the instrument maybe, and the seemingly endless variety that's audibly apparent between different players. Even if they share the same background, draw on the same regional style of playing, no two people sound the same. And I wonder is it my imagination, or is the fiddle unique in how it allows players to express themselves with such individuality, because as Chris Fitzgerald says, playing it is a wrestling match. And then I wonder if other bowed instruments have the same quality. And I'm thinking about Jordi Savall, the amazing Catalan musician who plays the viola da gamba. If you've never heard that guy's music, you're missing out. His 1988 album Les Voix Humaines will blow your mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpOO-7cyt0 I was introduced to this by two great friends, Jon and Mary Pritchard, when they lived in London, I lived in Scotland and we would spend every weekend we could manage hanging around drinking, eating and just having a completely beautiful time. As I did with Darren at the Banjo Jamboree in Guildford, Victoria. David, thanks for taking time out from the festival to talk to us. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

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Episode 16: Angus Barbary Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 53:30

The National Museum of Australia video where Angus plays his great-great grandfather's violin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGPfZXdA Angus plays fiddle with Caity Brennan, Connor Hoy and Rhys Crimmin in the band Austral which we caught up with in a previous episode. It's a banger, and definitely worth checking out. You'll find it here when you're ready: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7 To Follow Angus on social go here: https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/gus.barnaby To buy Austral's music, including "Hoedown Throwdown" go here: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/ Again, thanks so much for your time Angus. ... Now, here's Dom's notes. Angus' first tune, The Musical Priest, is one of the first tunes I ever learned. Me and Tony Murray used to play it as a whistle two-fer, with little fragments of harmony wound in and around the main strands of the melody. It's a session staple, anchored around the B natural that gives it a sort of wintry quality, I always think. But as Angus plays it, it has a warmth to it and, as he says himself, a swing. Anyway, when I was 16 or 17 that was a tune we'd play in The House Of McDonnell, more usually known as ‘Tom's' after the owner, Tom O'Neill. Our first regular gig as a band, in the tiny back room that'd regularly be crammed – and I mean crammed – with people down from Belfast for the holidays, or from Corrymeela (a sort of retreat center outside town where Catholic young people from troubled parts of the north could get together with Protestant young people from troubled parts of the north for cross-community groping sessions. Heavy petting for peace. ‘See? We ARE actually all the same after all!') One of the youth workers accompanying them one night wore a mini skirt made from a black bin liner, and black leggings. I was entranced and frightened in equal measure. ‘So THAT'S why mum and dad are always talking about how dangerous it is in Belfast...' Then for some reason I can't remember, that gig ended. I was distraught, in a teenage kind of a way. And as was my habit in those days, I'd dive headfirst into my grief by lying on the dining room floor of our house with my head between the speakers of the ITT stereo system we'd inherited from Mrs Buntane, a friend of my dad's. On the first Friday night after we no longer had a gig, in the throes of my despair, I was listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin (probably the most embarrassing thing I have yet admitted to in these notes to date) when I got a phone call to say we'd been asked to play in the Boyd Arms instead. Seriously? I was ecstatic. In the Boyd Arms' front room with its curved wall behind us, beside the fireplace, we played quiet Friday nights when a few punters would stick their heads around the door then head into the main bar, and other nights where you could hardly move for the people. It was great. Without that chance to play every Friday night, and the other gigs that came from it, I have no idea how I'd have spent my teenage Friday nights. Oh, wait, yes I do. Listening to Barclay James Harvest Live in Berlin. Anyway, me and Darren often talk about having the chance to listen to players at close quarters and how cool that is. And that's true – there's something very unique about having the opportunity to really listen to a player working through a tune on their own. It's dramatically different from the habitat of a session – it's exposed and honest, a human being articulating what a tune is about for them, in that moment. Thanks again, Angus Barbary. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 15: Michelle Doyle and Mickey O'Donnell Interview (Harp & fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 65:04

First off, thanks to Mickey O'Donnell and Michelle Doyle for doing their interview with approximately two hours advance notice. They don't hang about, those two. Please go here to support their osteoporosis awareness campaign: https://www.mickeymichelle.com/bone-health.html And so. The Harp. When I was at Uni my mates used to laugh at the fact that my passport had 'the Guinness symbol' on the front cover. I'd never really given it much thought up until then, the fact that the passport and the extra stout shared the same symbol. What was the actual mechanism by which the image of a harp ended up on the Irish passport, I wonder? Who decided? There must have been a committee. And given the tendency for committees to be agonizing and infuriating, and given the tendency for Irish republicans to disagree amongst themselves from time to time, I'm sure the decision wasn't arrived at easily. Come to think of it, humans in general have a great talent for separating themselves into different sects over pointless passions. I mean, I worked in a place once where there was a long running and spectacularly ill-tempered series of arguments about whether there should be an electric kettle in the new tearoom that people could switch on 'as and when' they need to make a cup of tea, or one of those giant shiny urns that keeps the water at a constant temperature of 3000 degrees so you can scald yourself instantly without having to wait for a minute and a half. So it'd be no surprise if deciding on the harp was a cause of angst in the early days of the Republic. I looked it up in these antique things I have in my house called reference books, like an intellectual might do. But there was nothing there so I googled it and found this piece from The Irish Post, written by Mary Louise O'Donnell: https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/history-irish-harp-symbol-ireland-57038 Giraldus Cambrensis how are ye! And then there's Turlough O'Carolan. He was blind, a traveling harper and composed a whole rake (I just realized I don't know how to spell that word right) of tunes that are really quite strange to my ear. They have a European feel to them in places, quite elaborately ornamented, and as I think about it now there were two of his tunes I learned to play early on: Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór (The Little Fairy Hill and The Big Fairy Hill) and Fanny Power (emphasis on the second word.) I mentioned Alan Stivell's 'Renaissance of the Celtic Harp' in our chat with Michelle and Mickey. It's one of those records that has the power to pull me back, in what feels like an almost physical experience, back to my youth. (I know, I know, I say that every week, but it's true, that really does happen to me every week, more than one time...it's a wonder I can get out of my scratcher at all some days...) Anyway, the image I have of that album is of a cover with some sort of seascape on the front, kind of ghostly and weirdly Celtic-y, even though at that time I had no idea what that was even about, and still don't really. There were only five tracks on it and one of them took up the whole of Side 2 and had pretty much every 'trad' instrument I'd ever heard of crammed into it, and several I hadn't. And there was another track called 'Ys' that had sea sounds and whistles and a sort of ambient feel to it. It was weird, man. I was introduced to that record by a radical priest who had arrived in our town. When I say radical, I mean he had long hair and a beard and a dog, and talked like a normal human being. And he told me there was this cool thing called General Absolution that meant you didn't have to actually go to confession, you could just have forgiveness bestowed upon you, kind of like having the holy water scattered on you at Easter but without you actually having to show up. He was great. He lent me Van Morrison's 'It's Too Late To Stop Now' (which I still have), 'Meddle' by Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen's 'Songs From a Room' and loads of other music that was a lot more interesting to me at the time than the Celtic harp. And yet, true story, diving once again through the boundless depths of Spotify one day looking for stuff to send to Darren, what did I find but that very album. And when I listened to the first few seconds of 'Ys,' with the waves and the opening notes and the harmonics, I was, like I say, pulled back towards my youth. That album was released in 1971 and even today it sounds pretty out there. Even when you're not stoned out of your gourd. You should give it a listen sometime. On the way back from the interview with Mickey and Michelle, Darren and me were wondering how people so young have such confidence. Then we realized it's probably at least in part because they're ridiculously talented, and that's kind of lovely to witness. And truth be told, I think we were both a tiny wee bit jealous at the excitement and enthusiasm and joy they have for what's ahead of them - the music and the work and the travel. As a couple of cynics, we found it pretty inspiring. Michelle, Mickey, thanks for the chat, and for the chance to listen to you play. Michelle and Mickey's website and socials are here: www.mickeymichelle.com www.instagram.com/mickeyandmichelle www.facebook.com/mickeymichellemusic Also the Pozible crowdfunding campaign for their debut album finishes on Wednesday the 18th at 8pm. And here's the link for that: https://www.pozible.com/profile/michael-odonnell-3 Enjoy! Darren & Dom ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 14: Paddy Fitzgerald Interview (Accordion, Lilting) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 85:18

When we started talking about creating a podcast, Paddy Fitzgerald's name was pretty much at the top of the list of people we knew we had to talk to. After months of planning we finally got the chance to sit down together and Paddy was every bit as charming and insightful as we'd imagined him to be. Paddy, thanks so much. Not just for your time here in this podcast, but for the decades of dedication to the music, your kindness and your influence on countless players from all over the world. For anyone that would like to follow Paddy, please keep an eye on the Last Jar's session page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2221430788122520/ Enjoy! Darren & Dom ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 13: Sean Mathews Interview (Unaccompanied singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 68:12

Sean Mathews talks to Darren, a fellow Drogheda man, about the music, life, shyness and belonging (or rather, the feeling that you don't). In many respects this episode sums up why we started this podcast. Sean, thank you so much for this. This is really special. In this episode Sean sings: The Boys From Dooley Gate (Trad) Thorneymoor Woods (Trad) The Pope's Children (Original) Days of our Prime (Original) To follow Sean you'll find him here: https://www.facebook.com/sean.mathews.92 https://twitter.com/seanymathews To buy his new album go here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/seanmathews3 You can also stream it from here: https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07VYW1RVW spotify:album:30RUK8Hue1HbbN8V1U8F6E https://music.apple.com/au/album/dreaming-is-allowed/1475193841 ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 12: John Carty Interview (Banjo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 67:23

Banjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more. While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes. The tunes played in this episode are: The Jolly Beggerman/(unknown)/Paddy McGinty's Goat The Jug O' Punch/Eddie Kelly's The Geese in the Bog Peelers Creek/(Unknown - Verona Ryan Tune) To follow John Carty go here: https://www.facebook.com/Johnpatrickcarty https://twitter.com/johncartymusic To buy his amazing albums go here: http://www.johncartymusic.com/music.asp Thank you so much for your time John, and congrats again on the award. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

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Episode 11: Chris Fitzgerald Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 59:34

‘The Session is about what's created during The Session.' So I'm (me, Dom) sitting in The Last Jar on a Wednesday night, and the session is slowly coming to life. I've hidden myself away in a corner so I can listen, tentatively join in here and there, and hopefully not make an arse of myself. But mainly, I'm listening. And something happens…how can I describe this without it sounding over the top? Like, there are these simultaneous impressions washing around me. I've only been in Australia a few months, don't feel like I know many people, I'm shy, introverted. And I'm hearing this music that's familiar, yet distant because of how long it's been since I played in any dedicated way. And there's the smell of the beer and the rhythms of the chat and while I know rationally that I'm in Melbourne in 2018, in my blood – seriously, I don't really talk about ‘blood' type stuff but that's what it felt like – in my blood I have these fleeting moments when feel like I'm in Ballycastle, in the Boyd Arms on a Friday night and it's 1985. I mean, it's so intense, and so momentary, I'm here, I'm there, I'm lost, I'm back again. And really, it's totally brilliant. I mean, it's so hard to walk back out into the everyday world after such that experience. Catching the train home seems so mundane after you've been set alight by this music all around you, and yet, that echoing music in your head is what you carry with you. And that's why this stuff matters in the first place – because we it carry out into the world and hopefully that makes the world infinitesimally better somehow, even if you can't put it into words, even if politics is shit and fascism's on the march. Playing music, listening to music - it's not quite manning the barricades but you have to hope and believe in your heart that it's at least one tiny, tiny act of resistance. One tiny, tiny way of making a stand. Thank you to Chris Fitzgerald and all the musicians at The Last Jar for their generosity and for… the tunes. ‘The Session is about what's created during The Session.' And thanks too to everybody who's gone to patreon.com/blarneypilgrims and subscribed – we're so grateful for your help in keeping this podcast rolling. I'm tempted to try out some oul' public radio pledge drive lines from my past life in Seattle like, ‘You listen differently when you're a subscriber.' But I won't. If you can subscribe, great, and if you can't that's OK too. Thank you for listening. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

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Episode 10: Bush Gothic Interview (Fiddle, double bass, percussion, vocal) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 60:05

First off, thanks to everybody who's nipped over to https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims and subscribed to the podcast. If you've not yet done it, and have been meaning to, there's never been a better time. Your reward will be great in heaven. And thanks. Now, this episode is a slight departure for us in that nobody mentions Planxty. Not once. And there's less of a strictly traditional Irish feel to this one. But basically we had a chance to record Bush Gothic at Portarlington, so we said ‘Yes please.' If you're not yet familiar with them, Bush Gothic reimagine traditional songs - from Australia, Ireland, England, wherever they find them - in the deepest sense of that word ‘reimagine.' What happens when that happens? Songs are suddenly visible in new light, with new contours and meanings evident. It's pretty amazing. You think about words you've heard maybe hundreds of times before in a whole new way. And as I mention in the intro to the episode, they leave space in their arrangements, so you can really hear the songs, the music, unfurl. So listen, with headphones if possible, cos this is seriously beautiful music. And here's some things to get you going after you're done listening: Darren mentions one of the band's films, which you can see here – their version of the (I think) English song, Jim Jones: https://bit.ly/2H3JUBP Then there's the toxic masculinity of Kenneth McKellar. (I know, right?) Here he is singing ‘The Wee Cooper of Fife', the song I referred to…nickety nackety noo… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcH0qtyvbQE …The Ould Triangle, as sung by Brendan Behan… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7red9Rw4450 …and following on from our chat about Burns, some thoughts on the great Scottish poet as a ‘Weinsteinian Sex Pest': https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jan/24/robert-burns-was-the-beloved-poet-a-weinsteinian-sex-pest …and a suggestion that Veronica Forrest-Thomson might be a poet more worthy of your attention: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/jan/25/burns-night-celebrates-the-wrong-scottish-poet-robert-burns So, why were we (me and my pals) celebrating Burns, as discussed in the episode? At the time I took shelter in the notion that what I felt we were celebrating was not Burns the man, with his qualities and his failings, but the idea of Burns. A man, a poet, a romantic and an espouser in verse of liberal ideals of the kind found in ‘A Man's A Man For A' That': Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave – we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that. Our toils obscure and a' that, The rank is but a guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that… Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That Man to Man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a' that. Sung, in an amazing, emotional moment, by Sheena Wellington at the official opening of the Scottish Parliament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hudNoXsUj0o But maybe my explanation was a cop out, I'm not sure. Also, I've just realized, I fell in love with Burns's song Now Westlin' Winds, as recorded by Dick Gaughan, at the same time as I fell in love with a girl who didn't fall in love with me. If you're looking for the poem from which the song derives, it's called Song Composed in August, and it's gorgeous: http://www.robertburns.org/works/31.shtml Check out that nature imagery ya bas. Here's Dick Gaughan's version: https://bit.ly/2H5cK4L So I'm sure my unrequited teenage love had something to do with something. And, finally, you can't ignore the fact that if nothing else, Burns Night is a great excuse for a massive, ceremonial piss-up in the middle of winter. So there's that. And then there's the English band The Unthanks: http://www.the-unthanks.com/about/ I first came across their music through their…what…heart-stopping version of the King Of Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fL3E8FRxiw …which sends shivers through me every time I hear it, and puts me in mind of both Elbow, and Kate Rusby's ‘My Young Man,' which is also completely heart-stopping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AjblYI9KEY And finally, Darren references Turkey In The Straw and the debate that comes and goes in the Old Time world, I suspect, about whether it's possible to unweave a melody from the words it has traditionally been attached to. This is the NPR feature on the song's origins: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you?t=1565685084013 I wonder too, as Jenny says, if there are some songs, melodies – whatever – that we should just bury once and for all, because they're so damaging. Which, when all's said and done, seems fine to me. Jenny M Thomas, Dan Witton and Chris Lewis, thanks again. Bush Gothic's live filming is happening on Monday September 2nd at the Retreat Hotel in Abbotsford. You can get tickets here: https://www.facebook.com/events/the-retreat-hotel-abbotsford/music-clip-filming-concert-bush-gothic/898136590560546/ And you can get hold of their albums at their bandcamp page: https://bushgothic.bandcamp.com/ ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

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Episode 9: Kevin Burke Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 124:02

In Portland, Oregon, Kevin Burke made me (Dom) a cup of tea and we sat in his living room for two hours on a sunny, Friday afternoon, and talked. It was delightful. What did we talk about? Being a boy in post war London; learning the fiddle from a lady called Ms. Kristofferson; bumping into Joe Burke at JFK after trying and failing to get Arlo Guthrie's phone number from Directory Enquiries, and so much more. Including Michael Coleman. ‘That chap,' said Ms. Kristofferson, ‘he really finds the soul of his instrument.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ZJVV1CGz4 Some of the other players Kevin mentions... ‘Probably the most shocking, the most uplifting and inspiring – like in the old fashioned sense of the word, awesome – was a guy called Brendan McGlinchey. I was completely awestruck when he sat down and started playing.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rd-I25-eQ Liam O'Hara from Sligo. Tommy and Ted McGowan and Tommy and Eddie Corcoran from Gortin. And most of the Liverpool Ceili Band. And if you want to get a really good feel for the vibe of that time in London when Kevin was growing up, get your hands on this collection. You'll hear many of the musicians Kevin mentions, including Lucy Farr and Eddie Corcoran: https://www.propermusic.com/shop/TopicRecords/view/226749-various-artists-it-was-great-altogether-the-continuing-tradition-of-irish-music-in-london-3cd And Joe Burke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erbFXptMpD4 This version of Paddy Tunney singing The lowlands of Holland is, as we discussed, mind blowingly beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KjyRVd926s Kevin played the following tunes: 1 Maudabawn Chapel, written by Ed Reavy, after whom there's now an annual festival. Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/EdReavyTradFest/ 2 The Sailor on the Rock. ‘It's the first tune I learned just from hearing at a session. A fella called Con Curtin and and fella called Edmund Murphy played it one night. And I went home and I found I could play it, just from hearing them play it. And I was thrilled, that's the first time that ever happened to me.‘ You can find out more about Con Curtin and the ‘Sliabh Luachra' style of playing here: http://concurtin.com/ 3 Morrison's Jig, which Kevin has just re-recorded with John Carty for his new album ‘Sligo Made' 4 Paris Nights, by Cal Scott 5 London Town, written by Kevin Burke and Cal Scott and 6 Lucy's Fling, from the playing of Lucy Farr As will happen, I was hoking about looking for clips of the McGowan brothers when I came across this, featuring Seamus Tansey and James Murray. It's pretty funny, entitled ‘Sligo Flute Controversy!' – worth a gander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1m1KMtIjWA One last thing - thanks to Ruby Hoy for her help in making this episode happen, and to Bronnie Griffin. And thank you Kevin Burke. ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 8: Beth McCracken Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 53:42

Playing from the page, versus playing by ear, Beth McCracken talks about her transition from classical flute to traditional Irish music. Through her personal story, Beth highlights just how different these two worlds can be. Thanks again to Beth for taking the time to sit down with us. Also thanks to Declan Simpson for the accompaniment, maybe next time you'll join us in the hot seat? The session Beth mentions is on in the Drunken Poet on Friday evenings. You can find out more about that here: https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpoetmusic/ Finally, thanks again to Una McAlinden for the chance to record on location at the National Celtic Festival. ... If you liked this episode and think you got a dollar or two's worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 7: Connor Hoy and Austral Interview (Uilleann pipes, fiddles, guitar, didgeridoo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 45:18

Uilleann pipes and sub-drops. Connor Hoy and Austral share their infectious energy live at the National Celtic Festival. Let's start off with who Austral are: On uilleann pipes and whistle we have Connor Hoy, on fiddle, bouzouki and vocals we have Angus Barbary, on fiddle also we have Caity Brennan, and finally, on guitar, didgeridoo (didgeribone?), cajon, tambourine and other assorted wizardry we have Rhys Crimmin. To follow Austral and to witness the magic for yourself go here: www.australband.com www.facebook.com/australmusic/ www.instagram.com/austral.music/ To buy Austral's music, go here: https://australtradmusic.bandcamp.com/album/austral ... We were so lucky to have a chance to spend an hour with these four at the National Celtic Festival. They even brought a few beers with them. And we started off chatting with Connor about his background because he was in from Adelaide, and it was a good chance to nab him. But the chat soon wondered on to some more other areas - specifically, the momentum and dynamics the band work so hard to create during their live gigs. And which they totally pulled off in front of our audience at the Bendigo Bank Community Room. And as is customary in Blarney Pilgrim interviews, we scored a direct hit on the Planxty Bingo - the first mention of Liam Og O'Flynn, piper and whistle player, and towering figure in traditional music. (The current tally, since you ask, is something like Andy Irvine 572 mentions, Donal Lunny 16, Liam O'Flynn 1, and Christy Moore 1.) So Liam O'Flynn - a carrier of the (uileann) piping tradition into the modern era, through his Planxty work and solo projects. One of which was a double header with poet Seamus Heaney at the Royal Concert Hall (I think) in Glasgow. I was there (I think.) On a cold autumn night listening to Liam play unaccompanied, and Seamus Heaney read - that's an intensely lyrical experience. It's hard to put into words (which doesn't mean I won't give it a shot...heh...) But it was...what...the traditions playing off each other seems too narrow a way of describing it, even though that's what was going on. But there was a tonality to it, the combination of the tone of Liam O'Flynn's pipes, and the timbre of Heaney's voice, his intonation and rhythm and swing. In fact, the common ways of describing music and poetry - tone, rhythm, swing - give you an idea of what it was like. One of those experiences that echoes through your system for a long time after. So hearing Connor mention Liam O'Flynn's impact on him as a young player was really great. And it's always cool to hear the uileann pipes at close quarters. They really work in a room setting - very different to the (Scottish) bagpipes, which a friend of mine used to play in a tiny stone cavern of a bar years ago as a party piece after we finished our main set. Sending the tourists reeling ecstatically out into the night air with ringing ears and blood thundering around their beery bodies. Awesome, fearsome. And it was so, so great to have a live audience with us - thank you everyone who came along. Including Connor's grandmother, who we'll be chatting with in a future episode. She joined us on stage for a quick tune, and we're really excited about talking to her when we make it to Adelaide in the months to come. Look out, too, for an interview with Angus from the band in a future episode, and with Caity too. Thanks again to Austral. Find them when you can, and go see 'em - they're not to be missed. And thanks also to the National Celtic Festival, and Una McAlinden in particular, for the chance to record on location. ... If you liked this episode and think you got a dollar or two's worth from it, then please pledge $2 an episode over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. 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. Right, that's it for today. www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 6: Daoirí Farrell Interview (Bouzouki, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 65:35

From a teen growing up in Crumlin in the 90s, to touring the world as a multi-award winning solo artist, Daoirí Farrell shares his incredible journey with us and treats us to a few tunes along the way. To follow Daoirí, and more importantly, to buy his CDs, you can find him here: http://daoiri.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DaoiriFarrell/ ... Where do you start? Maybe the obvious place, the place I first came across his music thanks to a tip from my good mate from Ballycastle, Alex Campbell: his version of The Creggan White Hare. This is the song me and Darren refer to in our intro, a song which at the time of writing has a meagre 1,287,874 views on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPI_tHNjS78 I first heard The Creggan White Hare on the Dick Gaughan / Andy Irvine album 'Parallel Lines.' Which, to be honest, is an album I've never loved. I mean, what's not to love about a collaboration like that? I love Andy Irvine's music, I love Dick Gaughan's music. It should be my all time favourite. And yet, somehow it doesn't quite work for me. Though it does have a very stately version of Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' There's something about Daoirí's version of 'The Creggan White Hare' that I prefer. It's more robust, or something. I mean, it's unstoppable. That's what it is. It has a sense of fate about it. It's existential, man. As for The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes...you can find it on the Planxty album After The Break.There's some interesting info here about possible origins: https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thepursuitoffarmermichaelhayes.html We also chat at the end of our interview about 'Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Jimmy Faulkner, Live In Dublin' - an album I first heard thanks, also, to my pal Alex Campbell. I can remember the cover of that album so clearly, and trying to decipher the newsprint while sitting on Alex's bed. We'd listen over and over again, trying to learn the chords of 'Hey Sandy,' until his mum took pity on us and arrived up with a plate of ham sandwiches and mugs of tea. God love her, she had the patience of a saint. Anyway, it's another album that's worth hunting down if you've not heard it already. https://www.discogs.com/Christy-Moore-Donal-Lunny-Jimmy-Faulkner-Live-In-Dublin/release/2219545 Thanks again Daoirí.

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Episode 5: Maggie Carty Interview (Banjo, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 41:40

Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Victoria, Australia. Maggie Carty joins us for a few tunes and a chat about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. The songs and tunes performed are as follows: The Moving Bogs/Sydney Bogs (please correct me if this is wrong) Lough Erne Shore The Nightingale The Mist Covered Mountains/The Gallowglass Jig Stór Mo Chroí ... So it won't be a surprise to anybody who's listened to a few episodes already that my first acquaintance with Lough Erne Shore, which Maggie Kate sings in Episode 5 of The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast, was via the Paul Brady and Andy Irvine Purple Album...worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiBO1MT65g And here is a great song Maggie performs with John Carty (her dad) and Francis Gaffney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLKI9B67-M The Mist Covered Mountains, which Maggie plays, got me all nostalgic for Scotland as I was listening to her. And bagpipes. So many bagpipes at the National Celtic Festival Australia Official, some of which you can hear floating on the breeze behind Maggie as she's chatting with us on a sunny Saturday morning. And which put me in mind of other sunny Saturday mornings in Stirling, Scotland, when I worked in a wine and whiskey store and would hear two competing pipers busking from either end of the same street. A very interesting phenomenon, the effects of competing bagpipe music floating on the breeze on one's psyche... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72XebBaMeI Louis MacNeice's poem Bagpipe Music (what an accent that guy had - you'd hardly guess he was born in Carrickfergus.) Louis worked for a long time at the BBC, and is fondly remembered by Andy Irvine, who knew him from drinking in The George in London, before he (Andy) found his way to Ireland... https://www.andyirvine.com/bio/chapter1.html Maybe everything, always, eventually comes back around to...you know...Andy Irvine. Louise Mulcahy, one of the Mulcahy sisters who Maggie cites as an influence: https://www.facebook.com/louise.mulcahy.330/ And a fascinating clip of (I think) Bryan Rooney - the Godfather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EopvuL9T8W4 One last note, Maggie was chatting about the London Irish music scene...I'm trying to track down an old BBC Radio 4 docco about just that, so hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to share it with you. Seriously - has a banjo ever sounded so good? Thank you Maggie Kate for a lovely Saturday morning. You can buy Maggie's CDs here: johncartymusic.com/music.asp (BTW, CDs are on sale for €10 with free postage to anywhere in the world for the month of July.) And you can follow her here: www.facebook.com/maggie.carty.3 www.instagram.com/maggiekatemusic/ I (Darren) would like to say a massive thank you to Jim Patton, who, after listening to the episode got in contact with me via Facebook to let me know some more info about Maggie's banjo. So, for those of you interested in such things, here are the deets. It is a Jim Patton Banjo. The tone ring is made from 3/8" square brass tube rolled to fit the rim. And the wood is American black walnut. It's a beautiful banjo! You can contact Jim here: https://www.jpbanjos.co.uk/ And you can follow him here: https://www.facebook.com/jim.patton.946 Thanks again to Una McAlinden for having us at the National Celtic Festival and to everyone that came along to watch and support. Also a HUGE thank you to Dave At Screenwave for becoming a Patreon. You're some sound man Dave! If you want to be sound like Dave, please head over here and shout us a pint - you know we're worth it - www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims

Episode 4: Mary MacNamara & Eileen O'Brien Interview (Fiddle, concertina, lilting) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 55:52

"Nobody listens! Nobody. They think they're listening, but they're not actually listening." Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, two of Irelands greatest traditional players share their love of the music, teaching and the art of listening. Joining Mary and Eileen on guitar is previous guest of the show, Gerry Mc Keague. Gerry, actually just came along to listen but when asked by Mary and Eileen to join in, he jumped at the chance. What a legend. ... Mary and Eileen played a selection of tunes, a couple of which we didn't catch the names of. I mean, it was a festival weekend after all... So the first set of tunes we don't have names for. Eileen lilts, The Wise Maid. Geaghan's and Dan Breen's Third set: The Coming of Spring and The Battering Ram And the last set is Joe Bane's and The Green Gowned Lass Links and extras: Thoughts on the origins of East Clare music: http://www.marymacnamara.net/marys_view.html Here's a great selection of tunes played by Eileen O'Brien's father, Paddy O'Brien. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqOdBdSNl0A&t=125s From 1981, here's Mary MacNamara and Martin Hayes playing John Nauyghton's Reel and Tommy Coen's Reel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F1_0r8a0Og Also if you'd like to know more about Eileen's father, there's a great resourse here: http://www.paddyobrienbook.com/?fbclid=IwAR3OkdxcYh3E1y3hd8bSPTfLlz614CtP0tDRkY5m7V8XjHLbTy6lcdOLMa0 ... Thanks so much to Mary, Eileen and Gerry for your time. We absolutely loved this chat. Also, a big thank you to Una McAlinden and the National Celtic Festival Australia Official for all your support and inviting us to record at your amazing festival. ... You can find Mary here: http://www.marymacnamara.net/ https://www.facebook.com/mary.macnamara.376 And you can find Eileen here: https://www.facebook.com/eileen.obrien.165 ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast

Episode 2: Corinn Strating Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 53:06

Billy Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever. The Andy Irvine song Corinn talks about is this one, I think: 'Billy Far Out' https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/billy-far-out/ We also talk about the song 'O'Donoghues' which is a bloody brilliant chronicling a time and place. When I listen to this it sort of tugs at something in me to do with the optimism of youth, and dreams of a future in music, and stuff like that. Fits pretty sweetly with Corinn's story of chatting with Andy on the train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swQZ_avLX0 And a great interview, Andy Irvine talking to The Second Captains, my favorite sports podcast that ventures into other areas from time to time. From October 2018. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2018/1021/1005709-andy-irvine-profile-folk-awards/ Corinn mentions her friend, flute maker and musician Michael Grinter, who died tragically at the end of 2018. You can find more information about his life and work at his website, here: https://www.grinterflutes.com/ Special thanks to the Last Jar in Melbourne for helping us out with space to record in and chairs to sit on. ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Special Guest: Corinn Strating.

Episode 1: Gerry McKeague Interview (Guitar, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Folk Roots Radio... with Jan Hall

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 56:44

From Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a musical journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to get in touch with Gerry you can reach him at https://www.facebook.com/gerry.keague In this episode Gerry plays the following songs: Fisherman's Day (Written by Brian Connors) Slieve Gallion Braes (Traditional) Voyage for Ireland (Pierre Bensusan) Shipyard Slips (David Wilde of The Men of No Property) Pride of the Springfield Road (Traditional) The Boston Burglar (Traditional) You can catch Gerry and his sister Mary live as “Innisfayle” at the National Celtic Festival on the weekend of the 7th - 10th June: https://www.nationalcelticfestival.com/artists-2019/2019/2/19/gerry-amp-mary-mckeague Thanks to the players and staff at The Last Jar for the jig we use at the opening and closing of the podcast. ... If you liked this episode, please leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, it REALLY helps us getting the podcast out to more people and we absolutely appreciate your help with this. You can also support The Blarney Pilgrims on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast Special Guest: Gerry McKeague.

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Interview - Emily Jean Flack discussing her first EP of original songs "Throwing Shapes"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 32:49

Canadian Singer-songwriter Emily Jean Flack weaves together elements of pop and jazz and her celtic folk roots to produce a piano driven sound that is all her own. The daughter of Denise Flack from Canadian sibling celtic folk band Leahy, Emily splits her time between Dorchester ON and Limerick in Ireland where she has been studying Traditional Irish Music, with a specialization in song. Emily is just about to release her first E.P. of original songs “Throwing Shapes”. The new album was recorded in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with producer Peter Wallace and a group of Irish musicians that included whistle and flute player Brian Finnegan from the band Flook and Limerick based guitarist Marty Barry. Emily Jean Flack joined Jan Hall in the Folk Roots Radio studio to chat about the new album. For more information, visit http://emilyjeanflack.com. MUSIC: Emily Jean Flack “Another Year Gone By”, “Tread Softly” and “Throwing Shapes” from “Throwing Shapes” (2019, Self) CDN.

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Tradfest EP 1 feat live music and interviews with harper Seána Davey, Dubliner's legend John Sheahan with his musical cohort Michael Howard's reworking of W.B. Yeats as you've never heard him before, the amazing voices of The Henry Girls from Inishowen in

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 43:39

The first episode of our weekly Tradfest podcast, presented by Kieran Hanrahan and Ruth Smith and pulsing out from Temple Bar, the heart from Dublin in Ireland to the world every Monday. This show aims to bring you a fresh flavour of Ireland every week as we share our passion for music with you. We focus on Trad, Folk and what we call Trad Without Frontiers as we bring you exclusive live recordings and interviews recorded at our Tradfest festival and also global gig news and new releases. This first show features live music and interviews with harper Seána Davey, Dubliner's legend John Sheahan with his musical cohort Michael Howard's reworking of W.B. Yeats as you've never heard him before, the amazing voices of The Henry Girls from Inishowen in Donegal and our host Kieran Hanhrahan's brother and best man, otherwise known as Mike Hanrahan and Tommy Hayes from Stockton's Wing who combine their life-long love of music and food. All of these acts and many many more play Tradfest in Temple Bar, Dublin and beyond from Jan 23rd to 27th. Tickets and info from Tradfest.ieA bumper first show to kick us off! Get in touch on Twitter @TempleBarTrad Tradfest is produced by @DonalScannell for @BornOptimisticWe'd love to hear from you.Please send us gig info you'd like us to share and new releases you'd like us to feature on the show.

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Strayaway Child #333

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2017 58:06

You can support Celtic music. Share this show. Then listen to great indie Celtic music from Chambless, Taylor And Muse, Heather Gilmer and Jeff Moore, We Banjo 3, Fiddlinda: Linda Relph, Devils Waterm Alex Sturbaum, Rogue Diplomats, Ryan MacNeil, Charmas, Dark Patrick, In Search of a Rose, Connemara Stone Company, Plastic Paddy, Kilmaine Saints, The Ugly Mugs. http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Listen and share this podcast. Download 34 Celtic MP3s for Free at http://bestcelticmusic.net. Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. TODAY'S SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY... THE CELTIC INVASION OF THE ISLE OF SKYE I'm going to Scotland in 2018, and I want you to join me. We will experience the Isle of Skye, where the Bonnie Prince Charlie fled with the aid of Flora MacDonald after the defeat of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Isle of Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides. Some call it one of the most-beautiful islands in the world. You can join our small group of invaders as we get to Know the region through its culture, history, and legends. Subscribe to the mailing list to join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ NOTES * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic and Geek musician and podcaster. This podcast is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. Thanks to Hank Woodward who increased his per episode pledge this week. An extra special thanks to my Celtic Superstars: Bryan Brake, Nancie, John Bilderback, Kevin Long, Annie Lorkowski, Derek Lineberry, Lynda MacNeil, John Sharkey White II,, Theresa Sullivan, Shawn Cali * CELTIC PODCAST NEWS I would greatly appreciate it if you would become a patron of the podcast. Whenever we hit a milestone, I bring you a two-hour special. Please sign up today at http://patreon.com/celticpodcast THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:34 "The Greenland Set" by Chambless, Taylor And Muse from Live at NTIF http://jilchambless.weebly.com 7:14 "Glen Cottage #2/Glen Cottage #1/Mick Duggan's (Polkas)" by Heather Gilmer and Jeff Moore from Traditional Irish Music 11:40 "Two Sisters" by We Banjo 3 from String Theory 16:24 "Strayaway Child" by Fiddlinda: Linda Relph from There & Then - Here & Now 19:39 "High Germany" by Devils Water from Treading the Marches 23:15 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 23:36 "Soundcheck Set" by Alex Sturbaum from River Run Wide 28:27 "Mary Mac/Drunken Sailor" by Rogue Diplomats from Whiskey Picnic 31:38 "Combo Number Three" by Ryan MacNeil from Shuffle 34:08 "My Brother Sylvest" by Charmas from Songs of the Sea 36:35 "Morfa'r Frenhines" by Dark Patrick from Fainne Gael an Lae 39:01 CELTIC FEEDBACK 40:39 "London Days" by In Search of a Rose from Kind of Green 43:29 "Saorsa" by Connemara Stone Company from Back Home 47:11 "Beer from St. James Gate" by Plastic Paddy from Lucky Enough 50:08 "Long Shot Nag" by Kilmaine Saints from Whiskey Blues & Faded Tattoos 54:58 "Shall Ye Go Far" by The Ugly Mugs from The Ugly Mugs EP VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20. It's easier than ever to do. Just list the show number, and the name of one or two bands. That's it. You can vote once for each episode help me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2017 episode. I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK: What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com James Slaven emailed a couple photos regarding the Thin Veil episode: "Hey, Marc! Great episode this week! Halloween is my favorite time of the year, and you outdid yourself on the song picks for this year's Halloween episode. Listened to it while baking my annual loaf of Barm Brack, the traditional Irish bread of Halloween, although without the bits and bobs inside, as no one eats it but me. I also found a Barm Brack drink recipe that I tried. Irish whiskey, egg, all-spice and more. Interesting! Not sure if I'll make it again. Keep up the great work!" I got an anonymous text: "Good morning Marc from aboard the MV Coho as I head over to Victoria BC listening to the great pre-Halloween episode. Thanks for the great music and adding to the beauty of the trip." Patty Bolan emailed a picture: "Hey! My name is Patty, and I've been playing traditional Irish music for most of my life. For the past three and a half months, I've been on the Pacific Crest Trail hiking from Canada to Mexico. I have under 500 miles, or about two weeks, left now. I've started listening to the Irish and Celtic music podcast, and it's so amazing finding new music while hiking and hearing familiar names and people I'm friends with. Here's a picture of me listening while coming down Mt. Whitney!" The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

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398a Traditional Irish Music; Being Irish; Belfast

Travel with Rick Steves

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2017 52:00

Give yourself an authentic Saint Patrick's Day as friends from Ireland demonstrate how traditional folk music continues to play an important role in their lives on a level that everyone can enjoy. Explore the sights of Ireland's second city, Belfast, and hear how Northern Ireland has outgrown its reputation for sectarian violence. We'll also have pointers on what it really means to be Irish. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Seán Ó Sirideán Episode 11 Traditional Irish Music Podcast

Seán Ó Sirideán's Irish Tradional & Folk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 42:07

Episode 11 of the Seán Ó Sirideán Traditional Irish Music Podcast

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Work and Dance #280

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2016 57:46

Crank up the podcast so you can dance while you work with indie Celtic music from Doolin', Heather Gilmer and Jeff Moore, Mary Jane Lamond, Pitch the Peat, Hugh Morrison, Grafton Street, MacTalla Mor, Los Paddys de Las Pampas from Come Home, Atlantic Wave, Doug Folkins/Molly Hogans, The Gleasons, The Muckers, The Wild Irish Roses, Enter the Haggis, Ennis Sisters. Do you support Celtic music, then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Subscribe today to download 34 Celtic MP3s for free. Please rate the show on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. And remember to Vote in the Celtic Top 20 to help me create next year's Best Celtic Music 2016 episode. Today's show is brought to you by Celtic Invasion Vacations Travel will change your life. It opens your eyes to the mysterious and makes historical events come alive. In 2017, you can experience the culture, history and legends of Brittany with the next Celtic Invasion Vacation. You'll join a small group of 8-10 invaders who love Celtic music and culture like you, and who love to travel. Brittany is one of the seven Celtic nations and is located in Northwest France. The Breton language is related closely to Welsh and Cornish. Subscribe to the mailing list to join a Free Webinar in November on "Breaking Down the Celtic Travel Barrier". Join the invasion at celticinvasion.com Notes: * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. * I want to send out a big thanks to the patrons of the podcast. Your generous pledge of as little as $1 per episode pays for the production of this podcast as well as my time in producing the show. You get a personal podcast feed where you can listen to the show before regular subscribers, occasional extended editions of the show, and my deepest thanks. When we hit a milestone, you get a 2-hour special. We are $14 away from Two Amazing, ON FIRE Hours of Celtic music by some of the HOTTEST Celtic artists Burning It Up online! Join now and I'll also send you a free Irish & Celtic Music Podcast bumper sticker and CD in October. A super special thanks to our newest patrons: Robert Buck, Pete Alexander, Mark McCaffrey, Rebecca, Hans Schutz, and to Jodie Purgahn who raised her pledge to the Song Henge level. Become a patron today because you love Celtic music. * If you joined me on Facebook over the past couple o'weeks, you would've read a bunch of Celtic Music Spotlights. If you ever wanted to find out more about the bands in the show, these short features are both informative and fun. Plus, this week, we posted a list of upcoming Celtic festivals for the next month. I'm hoping that will be a new regular feature. * I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK: What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening, or from one of your trips to one of the Celtic nations. Call 678-CELT-POD to leave a voicemail message. That's 678-235-8763. Amy Sherman wrote in our shownotes: "Hi Mark! Just wanted to say that your podcast has meant a lot to me the past 5 years! We recently moved to a family home in the Mississippi Delta, built in the early 1800's. It is an ongoing project to get it ship shape, and your weekly gift to us is always something to look forward to. We all (husband and toddlers included) listen to each podcast at least twice while we work and dance! Thanks again!" This Week in Celtic Music 0:23 "The Road to Gleanntan" by Doolin' from Doolin' 3:40 "Glen Cottage #2/Glen Cottage #1/Mick Duggan's (Polkas)" by Heather Gilmer and Jeff Moore from Traditional Irish Music 8:07 "Mairi Bhan Dhail As Eas" by Mary Jane Lamond from Storas 13:35 "An Leanbh/Kilavil/Jerry's Beaver's Hat" by Pitch the Peat from Far From Home 18:07 "Prisoner Song" by Hugh Morrison from Prison Ballads 22:21 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 23:20 "Remember Me My Friend" by Grafton Street from Descendants of Immigrants 26:58 "Mouth Music Set" by MacTalla Mor from Jacob's Ladder 29:02 "My Friend Ger" by Los Paddys de Las Pampas from Come Home 32:23 "Dvorak in Donegal" by Atlantic Wave from Craic'd 37:08 CELTIC FEEDBACK 38:02 "Black Velvet Band" by Doug Folkins/Molly Hogans from Another Last Call 41:18 "Let It Go" by The Gleasons from Let It Go 43:33 "Maid of Amsterdam" by The Muckers from The Muckers 46:17 "Bodhran Mohr" by The Wild Irish Roses from Fill Yer Boots, Man! 49:04 "Gasoline" by Enter the Haggis from Casualties of Retail 54:03 "Still Single" by Ennis Sisters from Lessons Learned VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20. It's easier than ever to do. Just list the show number, and the name of one or two bands. That's it. You can vote once for each episode help me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2016 episode. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at celticmusicpodcast.com.

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Episode 3: Irish Craic

Make it a Double!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2015 52:56

Hey guys! The Craic is flying in Episode 3 of Make it a Double!: Irish Craic. In this episode we talk Irish Whiskey, Guinness being good for you, Pub life, Irish drinking tunes and of course Irish Craic among a bunch of other things. Craic is the Gaelic word for god times, but as we discuss we begin to learn that it’s more than simply good times it’s the special thing shared between friends that makes it the good times. I talk with Annie Nice from Tir Na Nog, Downtown Raleigh’s Original Irish Pub. She’s a native of Ireland and shares her stories and experiences with us. Learn more and find out what’s going on at Tir Na Nog by visiting them at www.tnnirishpub.com. On Sunday’s, Tir Na Nog hosts a Traditional Irish Music session. Jerry Ryan, who is a regular of those sessions, also joins us to discuss his experiences with Irish Craic. James Olin Oden Joins us. I was extremely excited to have sat down with him. He is a dynamic singer/song writer from Raleigh, NC who plays a vast collection of stirring, Irish, Scottish, English and original songs inspired by Celtic and American traditions. A passionate story teller and captivating instrumentalist. Check out James’ website for more info, listen to his music and watch videos at www.jamesoden.com. He also has a Pandora channel, search James Olin Oden on Pandora to stream his music. Check out the Make it a Double! website for more detailed show notes and pictures from the interview. I’m also on Facebook, search Make it a Double podcast. Give it a like, it’s the best way to get info on up coming shows and guest. If you have any ides or would like to be on the show please reach out. I’d love to hear from you! Thanks for listening, Cheers! Mike

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398 Traditional Irish Music; How to Be Irish; Exploring Belfast

Travel with Rick Steves

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 53:30

Windy City Irish Radio - June 18, 2014

Windy City Irish Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2014 60:23

Super Group and Irish American Heritage Center Salon Concert Performers, Sean Clelland, Dale Dahl and Donald Terao grace the Windy City Irish Radio Studios for a night of Traditional Irish Music. Summer finally arrives to Windy City Irish Radio with a summer solstice tribute from Thin Lizzy as well as music from Gaelic Storm, Synthian, The Kildares, Emmy Lou Harris, Delores Keene, and Mary Black, Brother Crowe, The Cheiftains and Brafferton Village. Listen to Mike and Tim each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240AM Chicago and WCFJ 1470AM Chicago or send us an email, compliment or request to tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com or mike.shevlin@windycityirishradio.com.

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Windy City Irish Radio - February 26, 2014

Windy City Irish Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2014 88:04

"Laissez les bons temps rouler" or "Lig na hamanna maithe dul aghaigh"! However you like to say it, it's Marti Gras Time, Irish-style. Traditional Irish Music and Cajun Music both have roots in the Celtic nations of Ireland and the Brittany region of France. New Orleans, as the second largest port of immigration in the U.S., has a deep rich Irish history from the Irish Channel neighborhood to Pat O'Brien's! Join Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor tonight for their Irish Mardi Gras with music from Beausoliel to Elvis Costello and from Michael Doucet to Nathalie McMaster. Listen live on WSBC 1240AM Chicago and WCFJ 1470AM Chicago Heights. A special 90-minute podcast to follow right after the show. Send requests or dedications to tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com and find out more at www.windycityirishradio.com.

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Windy City Irish Radio - January 8, 2014

Windy City Irish Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2014 60:02

All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, Liz Carroll, stops into the Windy City Irish Radio Studios to debut her new CD "On The Offbeat". Liz shares stories of her new album, her musical influences, stories from her younger days and several live in-studio performances including a special "Irish" tribute to the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, on the anniversary of his birth. Join Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor for an hour of the finest traditional Irish music. Find more information about Windy City Irish Radio at www.windycityirishradio.com or find us on facebook.

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Traditional Irish music

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2010 1:07

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IrishCelticMusic-052.mp3 Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #52 – Feature on Irish Musicians

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2008 62:08

Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. Notes: – The Celtic Top Five. Cast your vote for your favorite song in this show. – Irish and Celtic Music Podcast T-Shirts and Swag. – Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. – Cornish language web radio programme. – Help Bethany study Traditional Irish Music in Ireland! – Marc Gunn's Vacation Tour of Ireland Blog and Ireland Pictures – Post a review on iTunes. – Link to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast This week: “BALLYBROLLY JIGS: The North Star, The Ghost Of Ballybrolly, Mulineira de Santalla d'Ozcos” Flook from Rubai “The Stolen Child” Claire Roche from Dancing in the Wind “Quick Step/Whistling Rufus” Rattle the Boards from The Parish Platform “There Were Roses” Seamus Kennedy from Favorite Selections “Bunch of Thyme” James Connolly “Ballydesmond Polkas” Ken O'Malley from ÓMáille “The Winning Sides” Robbie O'Connell from Never Learned to Dance “The Butterfly & Fermoy Lasses” Bow Triplets from Fair Play to You “Puirt a' Beul” Robbi McMillen from Facade “Poitin Valley” The Logues “St. Brendan Had a Boat” The Elders from Racing the Tide If you enjoy the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, subscribe to the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. This monthly ezine will link you to artists offering free Celtic music downloads. Just visit www.celticmp3s.com to subscribe. We're changing the way you hear Celtic music. Find out more about the artists in this show and in past shows by visiting us at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. While you're there, visit the link for our Celtic Music CD Store on CD Baby. And support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. If you have questions or comments, you can also drop me an email at music @ celticmusicpodcast.com with CELTIC PODCAST in the subject line. And please consider adding a link to the podcast. You can find linking suggestions in the shownotes. THE CELTIC TOP FIVE 5. “Black is the Color” by Jenneth Tolin 4. “Planxty Irwin” by Thomas Patrick Kenny 3. “The Silk Road” by Siren's Song 2. “Rocks of Bawn” by Maidens IV 1. “The Prince of Darkness” by Ed Miller from Lolander

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IrishCelticMusic-050.mp3 Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #50: The Beggarmen, Fire in the Kitchen, Damanta

Irish in America: History and Genealogy

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 59:12

Irish and Celtic music from The Beggarmen, Mrs. Ferris’ Pighouse Collection, Fire in the Kitchen, Damanta, Marc Gunn, LabGraal, Aisling, NUA, Bad Haggis, Gennady Sherman, No Fixed Abode, Ancient Times, Melanie Gruben. celticmusicpodcast.com/50 Underwriting for this program is provided by… SONG HENGE, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com If you enjoy this podcast, then please rate the show on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Subscribe today to download 34 Celtic MP3s for free. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. And remember to Vote in the Celtic Top 20. Vote once for each episode and you can help me create next year’s Best Celtic music of 2016 episode. Notes: – Vote in The Celtic Top Five. Cast your vote for your favorite song in this show. – Irish and Celtic Music Podcast T-Shirts and Swag. – Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. – Join Mage Celtic Music Promotions. – Cornish language web radio programme. – Help Bethany study Traditional Irish Music in Ireland! – Post a review on iTunes. – Link to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. – Celtophilia, Celtic CD Reviews. This Week in Celtic Music “Arturo On The Roof” by The Beggarmen from Newry Town “Newry Town Highwayman” by Mrs. Ferris' Pighouse Collection from Mrs. Ferris' Pighouse Collection “Cuz Teehan's_Drowsy Maggie” by Fire in the Kitchen from The Journey Continues “The Hazel Wood” by Damanta from Alive on Pentecost “Kitty's Rambles/Dowd's 9 Lives/Jenny's Chickens” by Marc Gunn from Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers “La Jument de Michao” by LabGraal from Sacred Edition “George Brabazon set” by Aisling from The Pilgrim's Road “United Ireland” by NUA from Nua “Sleepy Maggie” by Bad Haggis from Wine Dark Sea “Celtic Tunes” by Gennady Sherman from Goodbye, My Dream “Kebab Crazed Nutter” by No Fixed Abode from Clearwater “Full Moon Jigg”by Ancient Times If you enjoy the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, subscribe to the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. This monthly ezine will link you to artists offering free Celtic music downloads. Just visit www.celticmp3s.com to subscribe. We're changing the way you hear Celtic music. Next time we'll have music from Jenneth Tolin, Braia, Shelton, Shauna Burns and Scott Boswell. Find out more about the artists in this show and in past shows by visiting us at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. While you're there, visit the link for our Celtic Music CD Store on CD Baby. And support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. If you have questions or comments, you can also drop me an email at music @ celticmusicpodcast.com with CELTIC PODCAST in the subject line. And please consider adding a link to the podcast. You can find linking suggestions in the shownotes. THE CELTIC TOP FIVE 5. Hiring Fair by Darren Mullins 4. Valparaiso by Siren's Song 3. Faerie Thorn by Brigands' Folie 2. Mary Mac by Carbon Leaf 1. “Irish Fire” by Melanie Gruben

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Traditional Irish Music Scartaglen Kansas City Missouri

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2007 30:30

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Traditional Irish Music Scartaglen Kansas City Missouri

Irish in America: History and Genealogy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2007 30:30

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Celtic Women Special #18: Niamh Parsons, Susan Hamlin, Heather Dale, Rise, Cady Finlayson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2006 58:26

Women are underappreciated in the music world. So we're gonna show women the respect they desere and highlight those Celtic women who are making an impact with Celtic music. Enjoy music from Clandestine, Sarah Dinan, Heather Gilmer, Niamh Parsons, Susan Hamlin, Highland Fling, Heather Dale, Rise, Cady Finlayson, Ali Benson, Paisley Close, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Stonecircle. http://celticmusicpodcast.com Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. SPONSOR - SONG HENGEBrought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legalCeltic music downloads. Find out more at http://www.SongHenge.com Notes - Scott Selhorst from Ohio requested a show dedicated to the Celtic Women. - Podcast is now on Myspace - Celtic Podcast Network - Wanted: Celtic News Writers. Email music at celticmusicpodcast.com - New Frappr Map - VOTE for your favorite song in this podcast - Comments, Song Requests, Call 512-879-6398 This Week in Celtic Music 0:13 "Peggy" by Clandestine from To Anybody At All 4:47 "Flower of Magherally 'O" by Sarah Dinan from From the Ashes 7:20 "The Long Campaign/John Henry's" by Heather Gilmer from Traditional Irish Music 12:27 "The Rigs of Rye" by Niamh Parsons from Heart's Desire 18:49 "Gort na Salean (Salley Gardens)" by Susan Hamlin from Younger than the Sun 21:53 "Jack Broke da Prison Door/Auld Stor Back Again" by Highland Fling from Highland Fling 25:23 "Mordred's Lullaby" by Heather Dale from The Road to Santiago from Secret World of Celtic Rock 31:32 "Wild Mountain" by Rise from Uncertain Wonders 35:27 "Lannigan's Ball/Rambling Pitchfork/Tar Road to Sligo" by Cady Finlayson from Harp and Shamrock 38:54 "She Moved Thru the Faire" by Ali Benson 42:40 "The Fox/Gravel Walk" by Paisley Close from All On A Day 46:59 "Traditional" by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer from Scatter Pipes 53:19 "The Martinmass Wind" by Stonecircle from Winter Sky The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at celticmusicpodcast.com.

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