Irish dance is a many splendored thing, with numerous social, performative, and competitive modes. Dancers Kieran Jordan and Liam Ó Scanláin, the Glencastle Irish Dancers, and accordion player Jimmy Keane help detangle a few of the musical threads in Irish dance today.
Whether you already enjoy dancing a few steps—or you don't know the difference between a jig and a reel—these conversations speak about the joy of community, and of movement with music.
There’s plenty of music here, too. Music and much more at IrishMusicStories.org
Episode 77-The Bunch of Keys
Episode 76-The Power of the Local Pub
Episode 75-Betting on the Punters
Episode 74-Leaning in and Branching Out
Episode 73-Fruitful Fells Part Two
Episode 72-Fruitful Fells Part One
Episode 71-Missed Manners
Episode 70-Navigating Tech and Writing Tunes
Episode 69-Tea, Turf, and Wooden Spoons
Episode 68-20 Years of BCMFest
Episode 67-Hunting for Wren Tunes and Tales
Episode 66-Up in Smoke
Episode 65-Cutting Routes and Tracing Roots
Episode 64-O’Farrell’s Trip to Texas
Episode 63- Juice Box Sessions
Episode 62-Daughters, Maids, and Boys
Episode 61: Rounding up the the Tunes
Episode 60-Selma and Rose
Episode 59-Shortcut to the Heart
Episode 58-The Astonishing Adventures of Shannon Heaton
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