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Host Paul Trenwith is a founder member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70's to the mid-90's, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical 'jack-of-all-trades', playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish ...
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70 minutes of good Irish traditional music, from some of Ireland's top musicians and singers mostly on their own and indie labels. All of which are distributed and promoted by the first indie company to specialize in Irtrad. All titles are available via mail order from www.copperplatemailorder.com Payment through Pay Pal. Check out the web site for sound samples and details on over 100 great titles. Presented by Alan O'Leary formerly of CMR Radio and Spyda Radio and driving force behind Copp ...
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The show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Host Shannon Heaton talks to musicians, dancers, and scholars about where Irish music has been, where it's going, and what it means to so many people around the globe. Whether you already play fiddle or know dance steps, or you don't know anything about traditional music, the emphasis of this show is creativity, community, and heritage.
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The glasses clink and the talk and laughter grow louder. In the corner of the pub, musicians sit and play traditional dance tunes that make your feet want to stomp and slide. Join fiddler Meg Wobus Beller as she brings you along into the world of fiddling and traditional music, from bow-grips and double stops to Old-Time tunes and Irish jigs.
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Step into the world of Irish fiddling with "Find Your Lilt," the podcast where your fellow fiddler, Hannah Harris, guides you through the ebbs and flows of mastering the real feel of Irish music.
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Off the Menu

Charles Coulombe

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The perfect mix between funny, crazy, and edifying. This is a podcast with author and historian Charles Coulombe and his interlocutor Vincent Frankini who talk about a variety of topics on history, philosophy, and culture, offering opinions that you won't dare find in mainstream media. We're cultured but crazy.
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Celtic Christmas Music

Christmas Music Lover and Celtic Musician, Marc Gunn

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If you love Christmas and Celtic music, you should be subscribed to this podcast. It is absolutely free to subscribe. It features over 30 hours of great Celtic Christmas music from all the top Celtic podcasts online. Every few days from the beginning of December until Christmas, the Celtic Christmas Podcast shares with you the Christmas music and entertainment from various Celtic podcasts online. This podcast features a wealth of Celtic Christmas craic for your holiday pleasure.
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Windy City Irish Radio

Tim Taylor & Mike Shevlin

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Windy City Irish Radio, hosted by Tim Taylor and Mike Shevlin on Sunday afternoons from 12 noon to 1pm CST on WNDZ 750AM Chicago, ties current events to Irish culture through music, books, theater and the arts.
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The House of Plenty is a Traditional Irish Music Podcast. Join Tom Kenna and guests, for chat, tunes and craic from the world of Irish traditional music. Based in Ireland, we will chat with professional and amateur musicians that have a national and international reputation. We'll introduce you to local legends and entertaining characters. We'll meet tune makers, instrument shapers, ground breakers, movers and shakers, trailblazers, fundraisers, dancers, chancers, rascals and rogues......Eve ...
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The Rolling Wave celebrates all that is great about Irish Traditional music. We speak to musicians, delve into archives, showcase new releases and visit some of the many traditional music festivals taking place around the country. The Rolling Wave podcast brings you some of our best interviews and features. For rights reasons the music here is shorter than in the original broadcast. To listen to the full version go to www.rte.ie/radio 1/the-rolling-wave and click on the relevant date. Listen ...
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In this series some of the major participants in the Irish folk music revival, as well as a number of the leading scholars in the field, reflect on developments in Irish music over the course of the twentieth century. Series Editor: PJ Mathews. Scholarcast theme music by: Padhraic Egan, Michael Hussey and Sharon Hussey. Development: John Matthews, Vincent Hoban, UCD IT Services, Media Services.
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Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast

Darren O'Mahony, Dominic Black

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The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast is a weekly journey to the heart of Irish music. We interview players of Irish music about how they first came to the music and the place it occupies in their lives now. We use the word ‘heart’ intentionally, because heart is what this music, and the people who play it, are all about. It’s a funny, warm and often unexpected journey – and the tunes are crackin' too. NOTE: Hey there - it's Darren and Dom here. So...we want to let you know that last week was the las ...
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Dirty DubCast

Musical Rants with Bazza Ranks.

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Production duo, Dirty Dubsters are DJ’s Jay Sharpe & Bazza Ranks aka Jason Rymer & Barry O Brien, purveyors of reggae inspired bass music and culture. In a chance meeting in Dublin back in 2005 at POD nightclub. Australian born Jason, was peddling mixtapes of breaks and beats and got chatting to Barry who was handing out flyers for the Irish Capitals club nights. Sparked by their passion for music, it was very soon after that, the DJ’s linked up and began making music as a duo. Seizing oppor ...
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UCDscholarcast provides downloadable lectures, recorded to the highest broadcast standards to a wide academic audience of scholars, graduate students, undergraduates and interested others. Each scholarcast is accompanied by a downloadable pdf text version of the lecture to facilitate citation of scholarcast content in written academic work. Series Editor: PJ Mathews Scholarcast theme music by: Padhraic Egan, Michael Hussey and Sharon Hussey. Development: John Matthews, Brian Kelly, Vincent H ...
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! In this conversation, Hannah and Anne discuss band dynamics and the differences between Irish traditional music and bands that play Irish music. They explore the definition of the Irish feel and the importance of communication and vision in a band. They also touch on the evolution of their own band, Tri…
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 476 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Lunasa: Union St Session/Boys of 25/Cabin in the Woods. Live in Kyoto 3. Dennis Cahill & Martin Hayes: Lane to the Glen/Fahy’s. Welcome Here Again 4. Le Chéile: Connemara Jig…
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Recently I tried to play jazz. It got me thinking about jazz, so I share some thoughts about playing jazz as a violinist, how I approach it, what it's like, how I practice, and how I take a solo. The tune is Ed Weaver's Cluck Old Hen. In the words of my friend Shane, it's a "nice, meditative tune". Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen a…
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I’m delighted to be delving into my CD’s again, and I think I’ve come up with some gems for you. Great bluegrass from the likes of JD Crowe, The Dillards, Sawmill Road, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Sister Sadie and Joe Mullins; a new original opening track from me with Jean-Luc Leroux, and a track from Cliff Waldron that didn’t make it into last week’s sh…
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Podcast 295 presented by Alan O'Leary July 2024 www.copperplatemailorder.com 1.Danu:The Garsun Who Beat His Father.All Things Considered. 2. McCarthy Family: The Tempest/The Steam Packet. The Family Album 3 Bobby Casey: Colonel Fraser/Toss the Feathers. The Spirit of West Clare 4. Danu: Bridget Donahu…
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Have you thought about playing the mandolin? You could do worse. Welcome back to our regularly scheduled episodes, featuring a bunch of Old-Time tunes for the rest of June and July. We get caught up and talk about the mandolin. You may already know this, but the mandolin is tuned the same as a fiddle. Interesting! This week the tune is Shippensport…
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Starting summer vacation this week so I'm replaying an episode I recorded in December of 2022 about double stops and drones. I'll be back next week with Old-Time tunes. My course for double stops and drones can be found here. This episode covers how Megan helps her students learn to play double stops and drones and presents a setting of Tail Toddle…
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Copperplate Time 475 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Paddy O’Brien, Seamus Connolly & Charlie Lennon: Mayor Harrison’s Fedora/Johnny Cronin’s Fancy. Banks of the Shonnon 3. Charlie Lennon: The Reel of Bogey/Ravelled Hank of Yarn. Turning The Tune4. Charlie & Ben …
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! In this episode, Hannah discusses performance anxiety in Irish traditional music. She shares personal experiences of feeling frustrated and nervous while playing in front of others. Hannah explores the fear of making mistakes, sounding silly, and being a beginner in a space where one feels they should b…
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This week I have a conversation with Irish fiddler Ellery Klein. Ellery Klein performs across New England with the fiddle, flute, and guitar trio Fódhla and nationally with the three-fiddle Celtic powerhouse group, The Bow Tides, whose debut album, Sailing On, was released in 2022. She also teaches fiddle to all ages in the Boston area and beyond. …
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http//www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 474 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Patrick Street: Bring the Baby Back/Paidin O’Rafferty. Live from Patrick 3. Cillian Vallely & David Doocey: Big Pat’s/Scotch Mary/Oot Be Est Da Vong Bush. The Yew & The Orchar…
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! Jim Lindroth shares his backstory of how he got into Irish music through classical percussion. He discusses the influence of his classical training on his Irish playing, particularly in terms of technique, sound, and color. Jim also talks about his preparation for the Fleadh Cheoil competition and how h…
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Let's talk about playing harmonies on the fiddle. How can you get started with learning and playing harmonies and how do you get better at coming up with them on the fly? Our tune this week is the Irish single reel in D, Stoney Steps. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on Y…
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Podcast 294 presented by Alan O'Leary June 2024 www.copperplatemailorder.com 1.Danu: The Garsun Who Beat His Father. All Things Considered. 2. Danu: The Highest Hill in Sligo/Garrison Road/Reichswall Forest.When All is Said & Done. 3 Island Eddy: The Castle/The Nightingale. Island Eddy 4. Danu: Farewe…
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 473 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Tommy Fitzharris & Donal McCague: White Fairy/All About Weaving/The Prince’s Feather. The Bank of Turf 3. Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry: Pidgeon on the Gate/The Drawing Roo…
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When you’re making an instrument, you’re forming something that can be used to design a melody. Or a musical life. This episode follows a precious flute’s unexpected journey. And flute makers Patrick Olwell and Eamonn Cotter, piper Colleen Shanks, and fiddle players Bob Childs and Pat O’Connor talk about what it’s like to carve an approach as music…
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! Hannah sits down for a chat with fellow fiddle teacher, Charlene Adzima, who shares her journey into Irish music, her experience with Suzuki training, and her approach to teaching. The conversation explores the intersection of classical and folk music, the importance of creativity, compassion, and consi…
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Andrew VanNorstrand performs with his brother Noah VanNorstrand and Chris Miller in the Faux Paws, a contemporary folk band that plays fiddle tunes and original songs with just about the best groove around. The Faux Paws are making an album and you can get involved and find out more here. The time window is closing soon! Andrew grew up playing fidd…
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This episode looks at the ballad Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man aka An Old Man Came Courting Me aka Never Wed an Old Man aka The Foolish Old Man.TracklistThe Dubliners – Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old ManThe Clancy Brothers – An Old Man Came CourtingPat McNamara – Never Wed an Old ManSam Larner - Maids When You’re Young Neve…
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! In this episode, Hannah Harris discusses her experience of combining classical music and traditional Irish music in a concert. She reflects on the success of the collaboration and explores the factors that contributed to its success. She emphasizes the importance of having musicians who are familiar wit…
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If you're a reader and a fiddler, here are some recommendations for books from children's books to YA and general fiction that feature fiddlers and fiddling. Some of these books have even been known to inspire folks to pick up the fiddle! Kids books: Mole music Just Enough and Not Too Much Fiddling Sam Nina’s Waltz A Fiddle for Angus YA or chapter …
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 472 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Patrick Street: McKenna’s Jigs. Live from Patrick Street 3. Island Eddy: Larry Redican’s/The Leitrim Lilter. Island Eddy 4. Solas: Pastures of Plenty. Reunion 5. Niamh Ni Cha…
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Aoife speaks with musician and writer Seán McElwain about his new book ‘Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It’. The books tells the story of James Whiteside who collected music in the Sliabh Beagh region, an area on the border between Northern Ireland and the south straddling counties Fermanagh and Monaghan in the late 1900s.…
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Love what you're hearing? Send Hannah a text! Hannah Harris introduces her new podcast, Find Your Lilt, where she aims to have deeper conversations about Irish traditional music. She shares her background as a classical violinist who found her passion for Irish fiddling and her journey in the music scene. The podcast will cover various topics relat…
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We talk about the personalities of the different major and minor keys. What makes C sound so different from A on the fiddle? Why do players try out a tune in different keys, and how do the keys lay out on the instrument? Our tune is the Irish E minor reel Maid of Mt. Kisco. Love this one! Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscri…
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Fire Draw Near Episode LIV features wrens, bitterns and cailleachaí.Roisin El Cherif - Siúil a RúinDavid Murphy – Sean O'Duibhir a GhleannaDave Van Ronk – Luang PrabangWire Worms – The Cutty WrenThe Young Tradition – Byker HillThin Lizzy – SitamoiaMeaigí Nic Dhonncha – Cailleach an AirgidStiofán Ó Cualáin – Cailleach an AirgidDavid Power – The …
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 471 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Reeltime: Master McDermott’s/The Plough & The Stars/Dillon Brown. Reeltime3. Drunken Gaugers: Doherty’s/Munster Reel/The Hare’s Paw. The Drunken Gaugers 4. Andy Irvine/Patric…
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This is my second conversation with Rachel Eddy, since I forgot to record the first one! We talk about finding flow in fiddling, learning tunes off recordings (or not), remembering tunes, singing, some great stories about Rachel's dad and his fiddle journey, and some ideas for fiddle students to help relax and get balanced while playing. Rachel Edd…
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http://www.copperplatemailorder.com Copperplate Time 470 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Donal Lunny Sult Band: Connaught Heifers/The Hunter’s Purse. Spirit of the Music3. Altan: An Gasúr Dána/An Ghirseach Dholba/Ril na mBreac Beadai Donegal 4. Delores Keane & Mi…
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This episode looks at the song Paddy Works on the Railway aka Paddy on the Railway aka Poor Paddy aka Fillimiooriay aka Paddy Works on the Erie aka Pat Do This, Pat Do That.TracklistThat Clancy Children – Paddy on the RailwayThe Pogues – Poor PaddySalty Dick – The ShaverMark Page – Paddy Works on the RailwayEwan MacColl – Paddy Works on the Railway…
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