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 21-Fifty Shades of Gender Equality
Episode 20-Trad Music Summer Camp
Episode 19-Fiddle in the Windy City
Episode 18-Wax Cylinders to the World Wide Web
Episode 17-Why Willie and Mary Matter
Episode 16-Pushing All the Right Buttons
Episode 15-Heartbeat of Irish Music
Episode 14-Dance Hall Days
Episode 13-The C-Word
Episode 12-Season Two Preview
Episode 11-Return to Sligo
Episode 10-Cuppa Tea with Daithi Sproule
Episode 09-Want of Wit
Episode 07-The Piper
Episode 06-The Backer
Episode 05-Handed Down
Episode 04-Cuppa Tea with McKinneys and McCarthy
Episode 03-Every Tuesday at Nine
Episode 02-Cuppa Tea with Karan Casey
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