Boston producer Brian O’Donovan made a lot of space for Irish music and culture. He was dedicated to sharing it widely. And though he presented music on formal stages and through his WGBH broadcast “A Celtic Sojourn,” casual, public Irish music sessions were ever important and enduring for him. This beloved leader lifted up traditional music, and just going out to the pub is a pretty powerful way to remember him.
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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, 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, Bob Suchor, Finian McCluskey, Rick Rubin, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, Ian Bittle, and Chris Murphy
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 08-Miss McLeods Reel at 113
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
Episode 01-Trip to Sligo
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