Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music and the bigger stories behind it, like how important, ancient songs and little short folk ditties lodge in the heart, not the ears… or the eyes. In this episode, fiddle player Séamus Connolly shares early experiences of playing and collecting Irish music, and also recent challenges and insights. Also woven into the show are a few thoughts from Louis de Paor about tradition and innovation, and how the structure of old ballads and poems can resonate today.
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For playlists, transcripts, links to videos, companion essays, and to contribute to this project, please head to IrishMusicStories.org.
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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Ian Bittle, Finian McCluskey, John Ploch, Brian Benscoter, Chris Murphy, Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, David Vaughan, Suezen Brown, Paul DeCamp, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, Gerry Corr, Jonathan Duvick, Sean Carroll, Isobel McMahon, John Kerr, Charlie Durfee, Bob Suchor, Maureen Callanan, Margaret Sloan, Donna Kolojeskie, Mark Haynes, Michael Schock, Rachel O’Meara, and Jock Harkness.
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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