What’s at the core of Irish dance music? Host Shannon Heaton talks to Eileen Ivers, Nic Gareiss, Marla Fibish, and Jimmy Keane about trad ‘feel’ and how our instruments, our bodies, our intentions, our culture, and even magical forces shape our rhythmic sense.
There’s plenty of music here, too. Credits below.
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Special thanks to Art Costa, Eoin Stan O'Sullivan, Holly Foy and John Hruschka, Peter Bartman, and Brian Benscoter 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 15
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated
Tune: “John’s Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Maid Behind the Bar,” flute rhythm demo
Artist: Shannon Heaton
Tune: “Apples in Winter,” from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas
Artist: Eileen Ivers
Song: “Only Love" from Change of Season
Artist: Daryl Hall & John Oates
Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Paddy Canny’s Toast” from A Sweetish Tune
Artist: Noctambule (Marla Fibish, Bruce Victor)
Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist/Composer: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Man of Few Words” from Foreign Fields
Artist: This is How We Fly
Tune: “Maid Behind the Bar,” quarter-size fiddle demo
Artist: Hannon Sheaton
Tune: “Travel Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist/Composer: Matt Heaton
Tune: “After Hours Theme,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist/Composer: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Yellow Tinker,” from Cormac Begley 2017
Artist: Cormac Begley
Tune: “Boys of Bluehill, Westport Jig,” from Live at the Acadia Trad School
Artist: Jimmy Keane
Tune: “House of Ancestors,” from Volume 1: Sound Magic
Artist: Afro Celt Sound System
Tune: “The Boy in the Boat” (reel), from Rehearsal recording from circa 2008
Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton
