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_outlineWhat happens when ‘trad’ musicians are ALSO fluent in non Celtic traditions? When you’re dealing with cultural traditions (with all the music and the community and social expectations), how do you manage without fumbling or getting sacked? Host Shannon Heaton explores the art and sport of playing on different teams with Paddy Panayotis League, Maeve Gilchrist, Andrew Finn Magill, Hanz Araki, and Nicole Rabata. And revisit February 3rd, 2019… Superbowl 53…. the day Boston, Massachusetts made history.
Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below.
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Special thanks to Asa Duffee, Sharon Murphy, Kevin Doyle, Mark Haynes, Lynn Cox, David Vaughan, Gerry Corr, Brian Benscoter, and Joe Garrett for supporting this episode. for supporting this episode. And thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music.
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Music Heard on IMS Episode 27
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated
Tune: “My Love is in America,” from dearga
Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton
Tune: “D Big Build,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “Crowley’s,” (reel), from Milton Ceili
Artist: Joey Abarta (pipes), Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Natasha Sheehey (accordion), Devin McCabe (piano), Paddy League (drums); field recording by Kieran Jordan
Tune: “Travel Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “Midnight Sojourn Intro,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “Sarki Syrto,” from Traditional Music and Songs From Kalymnos
Artists: Paddy Panayotis League, Irene Karavokiros & Michalis Kappas
Song: “Roisin Dubh,” from The Man of Songs
Artist: Paddy Tunney
Tune: “Dark Low Jig,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Song: “Asa Branca,” from O Nordeste Na Voz de Luiz Gonzaga
Artist: Luiz Gonzaga
Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “99 High,” (polka by Randal Bays) from The Blue Dress
Artist: Shannon Heaton
Tune: “Waimea Rising,” from Vignette
Artists: Maeve Gilchrist & Viktor Krauss
Song: “Gringo De Sunga,” from Brazilian Strings Trio
Artists: Ted Falcon, Andrew Finn Magill & Nando Duarte
Tune: “Grupai Memories,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Song: “A Beautiful Ending,” from Branches
Artist: Andrew Finn Magill
Tune: “Travel Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” from November 9 2013 Veteran’s Day Parade
Artist: Camas High Marching Band, recorded by daveincamas, licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License
Song: “Valentine O’Hara,” from Foreign Shore
Artist: Hanz Araki
Song: “E Ten Raku,” from Field Recording
Artists: Koto 5 & Koto 6
Tune: “ Come West Along the Road” (Reel), from Field Recording
Artists: Various Session players, recorded at a house party in Melrose, Mass
Song: “Our Captain Cried,” from At Our Next Meeting
Artist: Hanz Araki
Song: “Mon Ran Dawk Kam Tai,” from Tell You in Earnest
Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton
Tunes: “Armorica/Laridé/Les Vieux Loudéacs,” from Armorica
Artist: Nicole Rabata
Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Song: “Nansai Og Ni Obarlain,” from Triptych
Artists: Laura Risk, Kieran Jordan & Paddy League
Song: “Um a Zero,” from Benedito Lacerda e Pixinguinha
Artists: Benedito Lacerda e Pixinguinha
Tune: “Aunt Jane’s Trip to Norway,” from The Blue Dress
Artist: Shannon Heaton
Tune: “Bb Intro Groove,”from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton guitar
Song: “The Creel / Out the Door and over the Wall,” from The Missing Liberty Tapes
Artist: Paul Brady
Tune: “Imperial March,” from The Auburn University Marching Band, Highlights of the 1998 Season
Artist: Auburn University Marching Band & Dr. Richard D. Good