The weekly Irish music session is a specific niche affair, with a particular code of conduct. Gift giving also has its own rules, at least it has in the past. As older customs like traditional Irish music and wedding anniversary gifts have moved to the new world, have things adjusted? Does modern session behavior reflect wider social trends? Etiquette experts Barry Foy and Zina Lee walk me down the aisle of session (and wedding gift) etiquette, just a year before Barry’s Field Guide to the Irish Session celebrates its silver anniversary.
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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, Mike Lagana & Barb Moore, Joe Martin, Melissa Peabody, John Sigler, Randall Semagin, Ron Kral, Isaiah Hall, David Vaughan, Susan Walsh, Matt Jensen, John Ploch, Tom Frederick, Paul DeCamp, Suezen Brown, Jonathan Duvick, Gerry Corr, Mike Voss, Sean Carroll, Isobel McMahon, Lynn Hayes, Bob Suchor, Brian Benscoter, Finian McCluskey, Rick Rubin, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, Ian Bittle, and Chris Murphy
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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 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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