Episode 50-Framing the Stories
Irish Music Stories Podcast
How much power does a backdrop have? As the Irish Music Stories production team works to assemble episodes and bonus materials, Shannon explores the wooded hills of Medford, Massachusetts to find visual and organizational surrounds that look and feel like time-worn jigs, and ballads, and nights of music and dance.
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Episode 49-The Naming of Birds
Irish Music Stories Podcast
After a horrific week of social unrest in the U.S., and as Irish Music Stories begins a major overhaul, host Shannon Heaton offers a meditation on how cataloging and organizing can soothe the soul.
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Episode 48-Between the Tunes
Irish Music Stories Podcast
What’s up with stage banter? And why all the joking around between tunes in a session? Host Shannon Heaton explores the on- and offstage chat that surrounds traditional music with Máirtín de Cógáin, Paddy League, Joanie Madden, Rus Bradburd, Liz Carroll, and Jean-Michel Veillon.
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Episode 47-The Myth of Tragedy
Irish Music Stories Podcast
How do composers conjure melodies in traditional Irish and Scottish styles? Where do the tunes come from, and what do they carry? Composers Liz Carroll, Dáithí Sproule, and Katie McNally discuss creativity, resilience, and the myths behind the music.
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Episode 46-Ancient Tongues, Modern Times
Irish Music Stories Podcast
Learning just a few words in Gaelic is mannerly when visiting Ireland and Scotland. And it can be a way IN to cultural values and humor. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Ciarán Bolger, Michael Coult, Julie Fowlis, Mary Jane Lamond, and Brian Ó hAirt help me understand connections between language and music. And how songs in Irish and Scottish Gaelic transmit emotion, carry history, and lift people up.
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Episode 45-Trad in the Classroom
Irish Music Stories Podcast
There’s no definitive Irish or Scottish music method book. A lot of seasoned practitioners learned their music in kitchens and pubs. So how do they bring that immersive, social learning approach into the classroom? The latest IMS episode features traditional musicians who share ideas about teaching and learning traditional music.
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Episode 44-Not Easy Playing Green
Irish Music Stories Podcast
The topic of sustainable travel for touring musicians has been reframed, as Covid-19 has cancelled most music live music events for an unforeseeable amount of time. But as activity kicks up again, conversations about responsible, viable, grateful travel—and conservation—remain vital. The latest IMS episode features traditional musicians who advocate for marine ecosystems, planet conscious travel, and the health bees.
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Episode 43-From the Fringe to the Fore
Irish Music Stories Podcast
Hear how the banjo came into common acceptance in Irish circles from Daniel Neely, Enda Scahill, and Martin Howley… and check in with the joys and challenges of outsider status from harpist Maeve Gilchrist, cellist Natalie Haas, and saxophone players Susan Lindsay and Isaac Alderson.
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Episode 42-The Long Arm of the Irish Tradition
Irish Music Stories Podcast
Persistent infections like Covid-19 … and social injustice.. and racism… loom large. And still, these little Irish jigs and reels are forming bridges across oceans. What happens when people fall in love with a foreign music culture and pull themselves out of their comfort zones to travel and learn to play? Learn about the perspective Irish music has offered players on five continents.
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Episode 41- Transplanting Tradition in the Land of the Trees
Irish Music Stories Podcast
What do rampant evictions, military ship collisions, and Christmas trees have to do with jigs and reels? Learn how Gaelic culture resonated in Canada’s “New Scotland,” and down in the Boston States, from singer Mary Jane Lamond and fiddle players Troy MacGillivray, Andrea Beaton, Alasdair Fraser, Katie McNally, and Lee Cremo.
info_outlineLearning just a few words in Gaelic is mannerly when visiting Ireland and Scotland. And it can be a way IN to cultural values and humor. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Ciarán Bolger, Michael Coult, Julie Fowlis, Mary Jane Lamond, and Brian Ó hAirt help me understand connections between language and music. And how songs in Irish and Scottish Gaelic transmit emotion, carry history, and lift people up.
There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below.
And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami (with Tomoaki Hatekeyama) HERE
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Music Heard on IMS Episode 46
All music traditional, unless otherwise indicated
Song: “Déirín Dé - The Last of the Light,” from Blackthorn: Irish Love Songs - An Draighneán Donn: Amhráin Grá
Artist: Susan McKeown
Song: “A Mhairi Bhoidheach,” from Lan Duil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Song: “Puirt-À-Beul Set: Fodor Dha Na Gamhna Beaga” from Gach Sgeul / Every Story
Artist: Julie Fowlis
Tune: “Chimes,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh,” from Local Ground
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
Song: “Liontar Duinn an,” from Down the Green Fields
Artist: Bua (feat. Brian Ó hAirt)
Song: “Dh’ eirich mi moch madainn cheòthar,” from alterum
Artist: Julie Fowlis
Song: “Báidín Fheilimí,” Irish Songs We Learned at School, Ar Ais Arís!
Artist: John Spillane
Tune: “Dark Low Jig,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Bb Intro Groove,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “An Mhaighdean Mhara,” from Island Angel
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
Song: “Live Clip,” from The Burren Pub
Artist: High Time
Song: “An Tiarna Randal,” from Sunda
Artist: Hightime
Tune: “Grupai Ceol Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Slip Jig Dreams,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Enach Cuain,” from The Road From Connemara
Artist: Joe Heaney
Song: “O Conamara,” from Live at Dean Cetner-Performing Arts
Artist: Hightime
Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Washington Post March,” from Have A Little Faith
Artist: Bill Frisell
Song: “Dh’èirich Mi Moch Madainn Cheòthar,” from alterum
Artist: Julie Fowlis
Tune: “After Hours Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow),” from The Best of Altan - The Songs
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
Song: “Touch the Sky,” from Brave (Original Score)
Artist: Julie Fowlis
Tune: “Chimes,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “A ghoul leig dhachaigh dam nmhàthair mi,” from Gach Sgeul / Every Story
Artist: Julie Fowlis
Song: “A Mhorag 's Na Horo Gheallaidh, from Lan Duil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Song: “Air a' Ghille Tha Mo Rùn (It is the Lad that I Love),” from Seinn
Artists: Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac
Song: “Chi Mi Na Morbheanna,” from Mouth Music
Artist: Talitha MacKenzie
Tune: Tune For Mairead & Anna Ni Mhaonaigh,” from Liz Carroll
Artists: Liz Carroll and Dáithí Sproule
Tune: “Seinn O,” from Suas e!
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Tunes: “Ifearnáin,” (Boys of Ballisoaire) from Suna
Artist: Hightime