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From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony @omaniblogPaul O'Mahony in kitchen with "CHILE, SPAIN, SWEDEN, IRELAND & HYDE'S". #DecPodPoMo Day 10/31This was recorded on 10th December 2024. Paul with Gustavo & Corrine in kitchen
Paul:
Oh my goodness, what a treat. I'm sitting in my kitchen drinking coffee with this amazing couple. By the way, they're not a couple but an amazing two people who come to carry a sofa out of my house before my wife comes back here. what is this man Gustavo, born in Chile - I have no idea how long he lived there - took himself off to Sweden to study industrial design. Can you believe he comes to Ireland in the middle of h...
2024-12-1009 min
TA Tech UnboxedEp17 - Why Your Next Talent Acquisition Strategy Should Include AI - Ben from Jobs ASIBen O'Mahony sheds light on how AI can be a game-changer for talent acquisition in an industry ripe for innovation.
Discover the AI revolution in TA with us.
🎙 Episode 17 of TA Tech Unboxed breaks down barriers 😬:
Chris Haslam and Darren, with Ben O'Mahony, dive deep into the transformative power of AI in the recruitment industry, debunking myths and showcasing opportunities.
📽 Takeaways that will inspire you to innovate:
Unpacking the myths surrounding AI in recruitment
The real-life impact of AI on talent acquisition strategies
How technology can empower teams to make better, fairer hiring decisions
https://www.jobsasi.com/
2024-03-0659 min
Lusk AC PodcastEpisode 14 - Aidan O'Mahony, Safety Whilst Running and Meet our Men's CaptainOn this episode we talk to former Kerry senior Gaelic Footballer Aidan O'Mahony. Aidan, a 5 time All-Ireland winner with Kerry, is also a community guard. He talks to us about his enjoyment of running, his charity work with CRY and also offers some valuable advice on how best to keep safe whilst exercising and running. We also meet Lusk AC men's road running captain, Keith Green. He discusses his involvement with the club, some memorable races and the many benefits of being an active member of an athletics club.https://luskathleticclub.iehttps://cry...
2023-11-211h 11
The Tom O Mahony Show216 - Darren MatthewsThis week I'm delighted to be joined by comedian, podcaster and hurling enthusiast Darren Matthews to talk the marvelous anomaly that is his Newry comedy club and that time he drunkenly had to judge a Vietnamese comedy competition.Limelight Show: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/461484/2132027DARREN'S SHOW LINK:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-tasting-with-a-comedian-2-beer-harder-tickets-241108731707To support the show and access todays video and a rake more Patreon exclusive content why not follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/tomomahonybuckshotBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-o-mahony-show--3262059/support.
2022-02-0448 min
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastNuala Kennedy Interview (Flute, whistle, singing)An absolute stoater! A Great Session = 'The maximum fun possible, every night!' From Dundalk to Belfast, and finding freedom in Edinburgh. Hamish Henderson and the wild nights in Sandy Bell's. Mike One-Shirt and Luke Plumb; Deaf Shepherd and the great encouragers like Cathal McConnell. The consolations of music. House sessions in Venice Beach, meeting the daughter of the man who wrote Thíos Cois na Trá, and so much more. Awesome.
In this episode Nuala plays and sings...
Kitty Gone A Milking
Táimse Im' Chodladh
The King's House (Scottish retreat march)...
2021-03-231h 44
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJimmy Mullarkey (Accordion)'I could play reels all night if I knew enough of them.' Country Sligo in the '50s and '60s, to London then Sydney. Father, mother and uncle playing the fiddle, learning at country house dances and 'having a go myself.' Ceili House on Radio Athlone, and looking forward to Friday night house dances. Falling in love with the accordion. Listening to the greats of the London scene; learning the box, digging trenches and labouring; Kentish Town and Holloway Road. Plenty of work in Sydney, and getting out and about playing for dancers.
In...
2021-03-151h 03
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastGráinne Brady Interview (Fiddle)From Cavan to Glasgow. Party houses and late night tapes. Finding your feet in sessions that suit. Creating your own space to play. The Navvy poet Patrick MacGill, The Road Across The Hill, Newcomer and The Children Of The Dead End.
In this episode we play:
The Road Across the Hills
Newcomer
By and By
Atone
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2021-03-051h 14
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAngela Usher Interview (Banjo, whistle, tenor guitar)Tin whistle with Marian Egan (Flannery) in Hulme. Touring New Zealand and Australia. First banjos and joining Curragh. Toss the Feathers and choosing work over the road. The social side of learning. Joe and Jack Cooley and the lost tapes from America. The Love of Lucia, Kitty’s Twelve Roses and The Gort Mile.
In this episode Angela plays:
Port Chuilinn / The Munster Buttermilk / Bobby Casey's (Banjo jigs)
The Coalminers / Patsy Toughey's / Finbar Dwyais (Tin whistle set)
Flat Water Fran / Little Fair Cannavans (Tenor Guitar)
The Rainy Day / My Margann / Coleman's Cross (Ba...
2021-03-011h 32
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastEnda Murray Interview (Songs of the Last Convict Ship)Irish Fenian rebellion prisoners and the songs of the last convict ship to Australia. Ned Of The Hill, John Boyle O'Reilly and Exile In The Kingdom. The Stardust Hotel and the birth of Drogheda Boxing Club. The London squat scene, Jamaican sound systems and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Secret Family Recipes and looking back at tradition with rose tinted glasses. No Bother.
In this episode we hear:
O'Niell's March
Last Rose Of Summer
Freedom - Exile In The Kingdom
Ned Of The Hill
Goodnight Sweetheart
Make...
2021-02-222h 09
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMaċa Interview (Fiddle, guitar, bodhran)Buying your first guitar with your confirmation money. Playing 182 tunes in two hours. Winning Réalta agus Gaolta. Cutting your teeth in Raglan Road Orlando. Finding a mentor in Kíla's Rónán Ó Snodaigh. Translating the craic. Avoiding the abyss of lockdown and a casual Disney Princess flex.
In this episode Maċa play:
Devil's Den
Something Blue
Feel Like Home
Call On You
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2021-02-151h 32
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastShane Lestideau Interview (Fiddle, baroque violin, violin d'amore)Finding Michael Jackson in the Blue Mountains after ten years in a Buddhist Bush community. A year of four hour nights. Mozart with a Sligo lilt. Ten hour train trips for one hour lessons. Scottish baroque music, modal tunes, violin d'amore, and combining art music and folk music.
Catch Shane Lestideau in Queenscliff during the Boxwood Festival from the 19th to the 21st of Feb 2021. Joining Shane at Boxwood are Maggie Carty, Máirtín Staunton, Andy Rigby, Aifric Boylan, Chris Norman and Coral Reid.
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2021-02-072h 04
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAidan Crossey Interview (Mandolin)Stiff Little Fingers, punk rock, rebel songs and finding your tribe. Getting your head shard. Good listening makes good music. An Achill Island session and a musical awakening. Losing good friends and finding solace in music. GameStop, countercultures, DIY creativity, Inflammable Material, and of course, The Irish Mandolin... 1-2-3-4!
In this episode Aidan plays:
My Singing Bird / The Bird In The Bush
Junior Crehans / Nightcap
McQuillans Hill (Original)
Michael Gregory's (Original)
Kilnamona Barndance (From the playing of Martin Hayes)
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2021-02-011h 50
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastRus Bradburd Interview (Fiddle)Digging into tunes. Paddy Jones. The Draoicht. Sports and music, and finding your place in both. Coaching basketball in Ireland and the Tralee Tigers. Carl Hardebeck, The Blind Bard of Belfast. The fiddle as an old person's instrument. Sliabh Luachra. Padraig O'Keeffe. Paddy on the Hardwood. Slow airs in sessions and New Mexico polkas.
In this episode Rus plays:
Westfort Gals
The Pikeman's / Down The Glen (Marches)
Farewell To Whiskey / The Dark Girl In The Blue Dress
Leaving Lerwick (Paddy Jones Slow Air)
Kerry Polka / Purple Lillies
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2021-01-222h 10
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastBarry Kerr Interview (Uilleann pipes, flute, singing)The Liam O'Flynn Award. Digging into the Irish Traditional Music Archive. Ulster hunting songs and mummers. Hare coursing. Life in Lurgan County Armagh. The Ceili House and legend of Seamus Tansey. Prehistoric cairns and building on the tradition. The magic of the session and finding inspiration in the music.
In this episode Barry Plays:
The Holy Trinity Reels: Clancy from Clare / The Rambles of Ennis / Master Rowesome’s
Of Sportsmen Bold
The Chicken Gone to Scotland / Unnamed tune from Fintan Vallely
Johnny Henry's
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2021-01-171h 19
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAoife Kelly Interview (Concertina)We ARE the source.' John Kelly of Capel Street and Scattery Island. Hiding the fiddle under your jacket in Dublin in the rare oul times. Strange hornpipes, slip jigs, slides. Patsy Geary, Jimmy O'Donahue and Kilfenora's three bakeries. The memory palace and preserving a life. Ireland, Australia, Tommy Potts posters and the evocative power of seagulls. Searching out the music in Darwin. Sydney, Melbourne and going back home.
Also, maybe young kids shouldn't listen to the intro of this ep. There's a bit of Santa chat in there they might wanna miss.
Thanks to...
2021-01-061h 49
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSMASH HITS 2020 (PART 3)A bit of beach time, and the third of our compilations from the year of 2020. Featuring Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Una Monaghan, Jason Rouse, Emma Lewis, Joanie Madden, Rita Farrell, Daithí Gormley, James Keane, Tara Howley, Sean Lally, Cathy Custy, Hajime Takahashi, Catherine McEvoy, Ciaran Kelly, Cameron Mather, Áine Tyrrell, Sean Mathews, Liam Thomas Bailey, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Tola Custy and Tola Custy live with Ado Barker.
The tunes (I think we've got 'em all...)
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh - Kitty Lie Over
Una Monaghan - Nana Nora's and The Clean Player
Jason Rouse - The Fa...
2021-01-041h 25
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSMASH HITS 2020 (PART 2)Ahh, the week between Xmas and NYD. Sure what else would you be doing but watching classic TV and making best of 2020 lists.
Here's part 2 of our SMASH HITS 2020 to help you through.
Don Meade -The Haunted House and The Lark on The Strand
Shannon Heaton - P. Joe Hayes Number 2, The Cottage in the Grove and The Mother and Child Reel (with Matt Heaton)
Elaine O'Sullivan - Toss The Feathers and Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band
Caitlin NicGabhann - Slip Jigs: Na Ceannabhain Bhana, Bean Phaidin, Nead na Lachan
Hajime Takahashi...
2020-12-221h 27
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSMASH HITS 2020 (PART 1)All the best of the tunes and songs from the last year of Blarney Pilgrims Podcast. And by way of thanks, the conferring of titles on the Patron Saints who've supported the podcast over the last year and a half.
'Out of the blue, maybe thirty, forty birds come and they all start singing beautiful, that was the feeling it had like, you know...'
Thank you, above all, to the musicians who were so generous to chat with us over the past year.
Featured in this episode...
Karen Dolan - Calliope...
2020-12-201h 09
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJoanie Madden Interview (Whistle)The legend. 'We just kept climbing up that mountain.' The hardest working woman in folk music. Hearing Mary Bergin and the beginnings of a career in the entertainment business. New York, the drive to succeed and picking up the phone thirty times a day to get a gig. Balls, weddings, county dances, and the circuit. An American in Ireland. Tour(s), interrupted. 'It's a tough old racket.' Keeping going and being present for the opportunity.
And the tunes!
The Palm Tree (Billy McComiskey) and a tune from Brendan Mulvihill
The Cat's Meow
2020-12-131h 28
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastRita Farrell Interview (Uilleann pipes, flute)So much in here: piping as meditation and not setting fire to the old Ganley flute. Starting on the whistle but falling for the pipes despite the danger. The eternal conversation: reeds, drones and regulators. The session spaces of Belfast, open piping closed piping, Tommy Reck and saying 'I Love You' to Liam O'Flynn. Being a girl and running an all female session. A room tuned to G Minor, the Drogheda connection, the five string banjo and 'Lovely Leitrim.' Oh. And Robbie Williams and Graham Norton too. Bish Bash Bosh. What a treat.
The tunes:
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2020-12-071h 59
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastLiam Thomas Bailey Interview (Fiddle, five-string banjo, singing)Stories of a life in music, so far. Ancient tunes and new ones, losing a loved one and finding her again through tunes. The Irish connection. Out of The Wind, Into the Sun: depression, loss, and the therapeutic power of psilocybin mushrooms. Recovery into music. All of everything in a single tune. 'Keeping myself in the air as an artist.' Country song-smithing, Darren's unending love of pop, Dom's unending love of neon COLD BEER signs. The road, the weight, a writer not writing. Bruce Springsteen, Cillian Vallely, Jon Bon Jovi and a little bit o' John Denver.
2020-11-302h 21
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDarren O'Mahony, Dominic Black, Gerry McKeague and a Huge Thank-You (5-string banjo, guitar, singing)A chat to mark passing the 100K download mark, with Gerry McKeague of Belfast and Geelong. About what we've learned so far and where we're going. Seriously great fun, and a lovely chance for us to think out loud about what this all means to us. And to say thank to all of you who've travelled with us this far.
Tunes:
Darren plays Sandy River Belle and Morphine
Dominic sings Please Tell My Brother
and
Gerry sings Sailing Southwards from Rathlin Island
During the episode Darren spoke about his good friend...
2020-11-231h 54
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTara Howley Interview (Whistle, concertina and uilleann pipes)Kilfenora; the nervous you get playing in front of ten people, worse than playing in front of a thousand. Leaving your ego at the door. Being happy with what you're doing, being happy within yourself. First hearing the pipes and the trials of competition. Restless creativity, and finding your way to Riverdance. Managing social media and the inner self. (And a Burmese Mountain Dog called Saoirse).
The tunes:
The Cat's Meaow (Joanie Madden) and Ward's Jig
The Three Kilfenoras
A Slow Air...
Queen of the Fair
and
Two jigs
...
2020-11-161h 58
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMichael Walsh Interview (Flute, whistle, singing)" 'England gave me everything I ever wanted.' " The Quarehawk. Big Tom, Margo, the Manchester scene; Irish, English, and in-between. A love of England and making a whole out of two halves. Grieving, and crafting an album. Fathers, sons, boys, men. Asturias, the flute and identifying as one thing or another. Getting Kepa Junkera to play on your album. And so much more. Brilliant stuff.
The tunes:
Quarehawk (from Michael's album of the same name)
The Boys of Bluehill and the Stockport Hornpipe
The Visitor (from Quarehawk)
The Shores of Loch Bran
...
2020-11-091h 55
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCaitlín Nic Gabhann Interview (Concertina)Jig songs, syncopation and keeping away from the funky chicken tunes. Playing out til 4 in the morning with your dad on a Fleadh Saturday night. The magic of Donegal, chancing your arm for a Riverdance audition and not talking to Maria Carey at the pyramids. Finding your own musical voice. Battering, sets and the beauty of West Clare dancing. Youth trad Tinder, the elusive high G# and teaching the concertina to learners across the world.
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2020-11-022h 04
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSean Mathews Interview (Sean-nós, twelve string guitar, lap dulcimer)From Ballsgrove to Dooley Gate. Drogheda singing group to Marcelo Bielsa. Innovating and finding your voice. Halloween, bonfires, fireworks, hash and Scrumpy Jack. Parochial Kavanagh, Jinx Lennon, Blindboy Boatclub and the rise and fall of the commuter belt.
This is Sean Mathew's second appearance on the podcast and it's bloody good for the soul I tell ya! Most of the chat is based around Drogheda but really, everything that is said in here will apply to most large towns.
In this episode Sean sings:
Sweet Dooley Gate
Annan Waters
Welcome To Ballsgrove
2020-10-241h 58
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastEoghan Ó Ceannabháin Interview (Sean-nós, concertina, flute)Mitching classes to work on your music. Sean-nós: 'My granny would have just called them songs.' Tradition and change, art and technique and the soul of the thing. Writing in English, writing in Irish. Activism, collectivity and music as barriers against despair.
The tunes:
Two reels - The Green Bunch of Rushes and The Merry Sisters of Fate
Tá na Páipéir dhá Saighneáil
A song Eoghan learned from his father and grandmother - Meiriceá
The Monaghan Jig
and
Eoghan's song, The Deepest Breath
You can fin...
2020-10-121h 38
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCli Donnellan Interview (Fiddle)The elusive nya! Making tunes your own, ornamentation and phrasing and the old East Clare style. Francie Donnellan, Seamus Bugler, Martin Woods and a tune by the stove. Learning, loving, leaving the music, and returning. 'Songs My Father Sang,' the journey, knowing yourself and the truth in music.
The tunes Cli plays this week:
The Corner House and The Glen Allen (two reels)
The Binder Twine (Lifted from the 'Songs My Father Sang' album)
Caisleán An Óir
The Trip To London
and The Legacy (written by...
2020-10-091h 33
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMary McEvilly-Butler Interview (Fiddle)A Supergroup at the National Celtic Festival. Remembering and forgetting the names of tunes. Ballintubber, County Mayo and musicians in the house. The freedom of the open road, to Boston and Australia. Maintaining a love of kids even when you've been teaching for twenty years or so, and fostering a growth mindset - in children, and yourself.
Thanks to Una McAlinden of the National Celtic Festival at Portarlington for giving us the opportunity to hang out in 2019 when we first met Mary. And thanks to Mark Butler for his technical help with the recording.
The...
2020-10-051h 55
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastÚna Monaghan Interview (Harp, samples)The hornpipe is the rebel, the wink, the wee pocket of mischief. Electronics, samples, rhythms. The harp, and the influence of Janet Harbison. Performing for others and performing alone. Art and listener responses. The Star Factory, mapping Belfast, engineering in sound. Gender, power, Mise Fosta and equal representation in the music business in Ireland.
Úna's website is the place to go for more info about her life and work (very cool stuff to discover):
http://www.unamonaghan.com/
The first three tracks we listen to together are from Úna's album, 'For', which you can buy...
2020-09-282h 05
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJames Keane Interview (Accordion) Part 2'Know when you've landed.' A first trip to New York and painting the town with Joe Burke and friends. Bill Fuller's ballroom empire, The Woodworm Hotel, and the John Barleycorn. Overcoming adversity and reaching some sort of contentment. Paul Brady, Michael D. Higgins and staying with the music.
The tunes in this episode, recorded beautifully by Kate O'Connell:
The Lament for the Battle of Aughrim
The Stone in the Field, The Steeplechase and The Coolfada
Jimmy Giblin's, Throw It Across and The Humours of Tuama
James is the...
2020-09-181h 13
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJames Keane Interview (Accordion) Part 1The legend. A photo of a photo, pictures within pictures. Father's shift work at Clondalkin paper mill and growing up in Drimnagh. Memories of those that are gone, embedded in the tunes, and bringing them back each time you play. Ceoltóirí Chualann, not letting on that you play the diddley-eye stuff and midnight gigs at the age of 11. 'That quiet part of the world' and the Dublin folk revival scene of the '50s and '60s. Thirteen gigs in the one night and remembering the McPeakes of Belfast.
James is the recipient of the 2020 Irish Ar...
2020-09-141h 43
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastKaren Dolan Interview (Banjo, mandolin)'Philomena Begley on a tractor!' Tuesday night is music night, learning tunes before the oven timer goes off. To fleadh or not to fleadh; to lilt or not to lilt? The players of Mullaghoran, County Cavan and keeping open to as many influences as possible. The banjo, the mando and joys of teaching. An open hearted approach to music and the fun to be had from it. 'I could close my eyes in a gig and not have a care in the world.'
We really hope you get as much enjoyment out of this as...
2020-09-071h 44
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastShannon Heaton Interview (Flute)A Belgian neighbour in Nigeria and a first encounter with the recorder and whistle; traditional music in Thailand and a global musical imagination; Maria Carey, melismatic singing, Paddy Tunney and the Ulster song tradition; Irish music with Chris and Aidan and John, and meeting Matt Molloy. Holding on to a singer so they don't drift away. Composing, teaching and podcasting, constructing a living in music. And, you know, heart and soul stuff - like hope.
So - as you'll know from the chat, Shannon's got a very generous amount of resources and content for players and non...
2020-08-301h 44
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCaoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Interview (Hardanger d'Amore)A pause in pandemic times and what you hear when you hear Seamus Ennis; Phelim O'Reilly, Anton McGowan and doorway street sessions; holding onto infectious rhythms from youthful summers. Theoretical physics and musical headspace. 'What is it? What was it?' The irresistible core at the heart of a great session. Schrödinger's Irish tunes, the real music in the solo players and the liberation to be found in lilting. Getting things out of the way as you look for the joy in the music, and falling for the hardanger fiddle.
In this episode Caoimhín plays:...
2020-08-241h 52
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastÁine Tyrrell Interview (Guitar, singing, banjo)Welcome To Country; Ireland, history, emigration; who we are and where we belong. Finding culture, finding your self and finding the courage to take to the road. Away from suburban life and Tupperware. Gender disparity in Irish radio, Robert Kee and Fred Dibnah.
This is such a lovely chat - what better way is there to spend an hour?
Thanks Áine.
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https://www.patreon.com/ainetyrrellmusic
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2020-08-171h 50
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTheresa O'Grady Interview (Banjo, tenor guitar, mandolin)Sunday morning sessions at The Coach and Horses, Finsbury Park; summer road trips to Ireland and back, via relatives' houses, Fleadhs, sessions and the Holyhead ferry; learning to play in Anne Caulfield's house in Luton; competing and adjudicating; becoming a teacher of music and recording your first album. All that AND Barings Bank. Nick Leeson how are ye!
You can probably tell from the tape, this was a LOT of fun. Thanks Theresa.
Theresa's album, BANJO'ista, is a gem. Get it here, on her bandcamp page:
https://theresaogrady.bandcamp.com/releases
To...
2020-08-102h 11
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastElaine O'Sullivan Interview (Accordion)Teenage musicians, crackin the floor in a Drogheda pub and the Wednesday of the Fleadh; passing on the music; community and tunes in Hull, Leeds and the Coventry; the Holyhead night ferry; an English accent in border country, Crossmaglen sessions and the accordion as passport.
Elaine plays these tunes:
Two jigs - Kitty's Rambles (from Vincent Tighe) / Willie Coleman's
Two hornpipes: The Western / The Galway
Toss the Feathers / Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band
O'Carolan's Draught / Flagstone of Memories (Vincent Broderick)
Apples in the Winter / Eddie Kelly's (from Hugie Gallagher)
You...
2020-08-031h 36
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDaithí Gormley Interview (Accordion)It doesn't get better than this.
'A good reel would wipe the cobwebs off his heart.' Last Night's Fun and Joe Cooley, a -kick-you-in-the-chest-kind-of-accordion-player.' Looking for the ghosts of James Morrison and Michael Coleman on the streets of New York City. Translating the music of the fiddle into the language of the box. A grandmother's recordings a treasure trove for the aspiring Daithí Gormley and the chancey nature of recording in the studio.
'There's only one trick to becoming a great musician - you figure out what you're not able to do, and d...
2020-07-271h 37
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJason Rouse Interview (Uilleann Pipes)Discovering the uilleann pipes on a road trip to Donegal; oils on metal; generative art and music; not settling in Northern Ireland; MIDI pipes and the Cardiff scene; restoration and the mysterious conversations which only pipers understand.
Thoughtful and engaging stuff.
In this episode Jason plays:
The Rocks of Bawn followed by Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from The Fair
Two reels, one of which is Scotch Mary
An unnamed tune and...
When The Cock Crows It Is Day
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2020-07-211h 28
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastKevin Crawford Interview (Flute, whistle)Taking on the old tunes. Records on the wall. The art and laughter of Michael Grinter. The Teetotallers, that Gort Tape and the Irish music scene in 80s Birmingham. Living in America. The birth of Lúnasa. And the rise and rise of TV snooker and Irish music. Gold.
The incredibly talented and generous Kevin Crawford joins us for a mammoth chat down the line from Brooklyn, New York. Honestly the man is as good a storyteller as he is a player. You're in for a treat with this one.
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2020-07-142h 07
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAifric Boylan Interview (Fiddle)Competing in your first Fleadh, hearing the ocean in the music and searching out the rarest old tunes. Learning from older players, driving to sessions with your dad and a road trip to a Belfast terraced house in search of a fiddle.
In this episode Aifric plays:
The Golden Castle / Mickey Callaghan's Fancy
Rolling in the Ryegrass and Woman of the House (Thanks Jond from the session.org for your help with the names)
O'Donnell's Lament
The Battle of Aughrim
Fitzgerald's / An Paistin Fionn (The Fair Haired Child)
To listen...
2020-07-061h 38
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastLuke Plumb Interview - Part 2 (Mandolin and singing)'The artist is like a blind caterpillar at the end of a leaf reaching out into the darkness.' Staring The Reaper Down. Life in music, Shoogelnifty and Sandy Bell's in Edinburgh. All night sessions in Borneo, Pretty Peggy-O and teaching Andy Irvine bouzouki parts to an audience including...er...Andy Irvine.
In this episode Luke plays:
The Log Cabin and Bean A' Ti Ar Lar
Pretty Peggy-O
The Battle of the Somme (Retreat March)
The Cornerhouse, The Lady's Pantalettes and The Bird in the Bush
To listen, stream or...
2020-06-281h 52
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastLuke Plumb Interview - Part 1 (Mandolin, singing)The real deal. Part one of two. Incredible playing and great chat: the painters of ancient Egypt and the joy of playing in an orchestra; De Danaan, Planxty and Schubert; Martin Carthy and Nic Jones and the thrum of existential rhythm.
Truth be told, we don't have much to add to this show - it'll all in the tape. Next week: Shooglenifty and living in Scotland, the moments in a gig that a musician lives for, coming home to Australia and recording an album with Andy Irvine.
In this episode Luke plays:
Three jigs...
2020-06-241h 01
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMáirtín Staunton Interview (Flute)The northern flute style; working the bar at Matt Molloy's pub; capturing songs for posterity; on sean-nós singing, music as a release; life in Boston, and the regional sound of Melbourne
Again, this interview was a long time coming. We had actually planned to record it the week Covid hit so we pulled the plug. Now fast forward 12 weeks and we finally got to sit down, face-to-face, with Máirtín, and believe us, it was worth the wait.
In this episode Máirtín plays:
The Lobster (An Gliomach)
Tripping Up Th...
2020-06-171h 10
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDon Meade Interview (Harmonica)Irish tunes on the harmonica - seriously awesome. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Eddie Clark, New York's Irish music scene in the '80s; Bill De Blasio's busted progressive cred and The Catskills Irish Arts Week.
Don Meade on Irish tunes on the harmonica, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Eddie Clark, New York's Irish music scene in the '80s, and The Catskills Irish Arts Week.
Seriously amazing music this week with Don.
As always you can listen or download from the usual spots:
Our site: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/53
2020-06-101h 44
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastKen Fleming Interview (Banjo, accordion, guitar and singing)Accordion tunes in the 90 degree heat. On the '80s Cowboys and Irish music in Dallas, Texas. On De Danaan kicking up a dust storm; the Charlie Piggott route to falling in love with the banjo and struggles in learning to play. The O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat and the sweetness of playing music with your kids.
Ken Fleming's such an easy going guy, but when you hear his story you'll realize he's driven. I mean, you can't get an Irish music festival up and running in Texas without some amazing combination of vision, commitment and a willingness t...
2020-06-021h 34
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCaity Brennan Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastOn growing up with traditional Irish music, on taking ownership, on finding festivals, on 92.7 Fresh Fm, on Austral and creating a dance party, and losing yourself at Woodford Folk Festival .
Way, way back in June last year we caught up with Austral during the National Celtic Festival. During that interview we said we'd love to sit down and chat with Caity Brennan. Well, 12 months and one global pandemic later, we've finally done it and it's everything we'd hoped it would be.
In this episode Caity plays:
Roll Out The Barrel / Christmas Eve / Castle Kelly
2020-05-261h 29
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCiaran Kelly Interview (Accordion and Melodeon) The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastOn accordions, melodeons, the push draw and The Pure Drop; Portrush sessions at the Harbour Bar, Ballycastle sessions at The House of McDonnell. The snug. Athlone. The borderlands of Fermanagh, Coleraine and Ceili House. And Coronation Street even gets a mention. As in - and I'm paraphrasing - 'Now and again something might have been taped over with an episode of Coronation Street.'
Ciaran's archive, which he shares on a daily basis, is astonishing. A seemingly endless treasure trove of clips featuring startling hair from the 1980s, large spectacles, fancy shirts and amazing players. Here's a...
2020-05-201h 23
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastEwen Baker Interview (Fiddle)'When you're playing with other people...and you get that feeling that is above and beyond life, in a sense. Where you just go, this is why I exist. This is as happy as this bunch of cells can be, right now, on this planet.'
If there’s a better way to spend an hour and a bit of your day than listening to this week's episode with Ewen Baker, I’ve not heard of it.
Ewen’s a fiddle player, arranger, multi instrumentalist and teacher, and he takes us on a journey to find t...
2020-05-121h 44
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMerran Moir Interview (Smallpipes, Whistle)On ABC song books, on the south-western coast of Victoria, on Scottish cèilidhs, on the highland pipes, on learning and teaching and on the understanding of air.
This interview has been a long time coming and it was everything we hoped it would be. Thanks so much for your time, your patience and your beautiful tunes Merran.
If you'd like to contact Merran about lessons or having a tune down Warrnambool way then please follow her here:
https://www.facebook.com/merran.moir
In this episode Merran plays:
Sound of t...
2020-05-061h 21
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMick Doherty Interview (Fiddle)There's a single story or a thousand stories in this week's episode. The story of Mick Doherty, Donegal fiddle player of the famed Doherty family of tinsmiths, travelers and musicians. The story of his father's music, and of his grandfather's music. And woven in and around it all the figure of Johnny Doherty - Mick's uncle - one of the iconic Irish fiddle players, a tinsmith himself, and traveling man.
Johnny was the subject of a documentary in 1972, a film called Fiddler on the Road. Produced by Ulster Television, it's a fascinating document of a moment in his l...
2020-04-291h 05
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastHannah Harris Interview (Fiddle)On the Swannanoa Gathering with Finn Magill, on ethnomusicology, on the difference between Irish and Celtic, on her time in Cork and finding lock-down inspiration in Quarantunes.
Hailing from North Carolina and now residing in North Michigan, Hannah Harris is a wonderful fiddle player and ethnomusicologist. Hannah recently recorded her first album which hopefully will be released in the coming weeks.
In this episode Hannah plays:
Alice's Reel / Maudabawn Chapel
Citi na gCumman
The Blarney Castle Hotel Set (If someone knows the names please send them in thanks)
John Brosnan's...
2020-04-211h 24
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDarragh Ó Héiligh Interview (Uilleann Pipes)On the creation of Ceol FM, on equal access; on finding the pipes, on creating community and space for upcoming players, and on seeing a need and acting on it.
Darragh Ó Héiligh is a phenomenal uilleann pipe player from Drogheda. He has tirelessly worked to grow and share Irish music, not only within his town with Music At the Gate, but also nationally and internationally with his innovative digital radio station Ceol FM.
As you'll hear in the episode Darragh is a great man for playing the tunes but the names escape him. So with...
2020-04-161h 20Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCameron Mather Interview (Banjo)Cameron Mather's a Sydney based banjo player and singer. He joined us down the line to talk about the strange, difficult moment we're all facing. About isolation and its challenges; his love of Irish music; hardcore training to compete in the Fleadh; the Sydney session scene and the beauty of being a teacher.
In this episode Cameron plays:
Fredd Finn's / Brady's (Brady's from the playing of John Williams)
Peach Blossoms (Barn Dance)
The First Pint / The Flying Wheelchair (two jigs, from the playing of Kevin Crawford)
Fergal O’Gara’s / The Bag of Spud...
2020-04-081h 27
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJeremy Keith Interview (Mandolin)Jeremy Keith is the founder and keeper of thesession.org, probably the greatest irish music resource in the world. And this episode hopefully has something of the generous essence of that archive. We flow, from The North as a different planet to Galway as the centre of the '90s slacker world. From the one-tune-a-week origin of thesession.org and managing an online community to the richness and value of constancy. AND we have the first ever Blarney Pilgrims mention of Scullion. (What took us so long?) Beautiful.
Jeremy plays the following tunes:
Junior Crehan's (Jig)
2020-04-011h 20Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDarren, Dominic, Uncle Leo and Sean MathewsAn unexpected journey in the company of Darren, Dom, Dom's Uncle Leo, Sean Matthews and the bean an tí in Carberry's, Drogheda.
With the world full of strangeness at the minute, it seems apt that we'd find ourselves chatting about all sorts of unexpected things in this week's episode: unaccompanied singing as Mount Kilimanjaro; the people who gave us our first taste of Irish music; searching for your own voice; Take The Floor, Bowie, Aztec Camera and The Raggle Taggle Gypsy. Sneaking the remote control away from your dozing dad. And probably the greatest heckle ever, from a...
2020-03-241h 31
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastEmma Lewis Interview (Fiddle)Emma Lewis on how tunes connect us all. On being a woman in the traditional music scene, travels in Ireland and random festival invites. On friendships and learning tunes and on returning home to Australia.
Emma plays the following tunes:
East Clare Reel / Martin Wynne's Number 4 / The Liffey Banks
Dwyer's Jig / O'Sullivan's March / untitled jig
The Old Wooden Bridge / The Road to Ballymote / The Mayo Lasses
The Drunken Tinker / Tie The Bonnet / O'Donnell's Sligo Maid (or The Glendowan Fancy)
Thanks Emma, for a great afternoon's chat and playing.
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2020-03-171h 28
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastRob Zielinski Interview (Fiddle)Today's episode is, in part, the story of Rob's friendship with the Donegal fiddle player, Mick Doherty. It's the story of Rob's quest to both learn the music and preserve something of Mick's playing for posterity. It's about playing with sweetness and 'thundering out the tunes.' About accidental discoveries and epiphanies. And it's about learning and teaching with generosity in your heart.
It's a beautiful story from Perth to Donegal and back again.
In this episode Rob plays:
Black Mare of Fannett / The Yellow Heifer
Mickey Mor's March / Corn Rigs
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2020-03-091h 16
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCatherine McEvoy Interview (Flute)On Growing up in Birmingham, on the Sligo-Roscommon style, on slowing down Seamus Tansey records, on the Birmingham Ceili Band and Táin Ceili Band, on Peig McGrath, on women in traditional Irish music, on piano accompaniment and on Michael Grinter and Rudall and Rose flutes.
In this episode Catherine plays:
East of Glendart / The Green Fields of Woodford
The Boys Of The Lough / The Devils of Dublin
Grace's Hornpipe (Original)
The Lad from Mt Kisco / Dominic's Farewell to Cashel
Bánchnoic Éireann Ó
Thanks you so much Catherine for your ti...
2020-03-021h 15
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJoe Fitzgerald Interview (Accordion, singing)The great Joe Fitzgerald, of east Clare and Melbourne. On first hearing his mother play the melodeon. On drovers, the bush, and working with his father. On lost players: Mick Minogue, Mrs Brady, Mrs Purcell and Frank MacNamara. Growing old and the curative power of music and song. 'Strange thing I have...I was born in Galway. I was raised in Clare. We lived just inside the parish of Ogonnellow, but I went to school in the parish of Bodyke and played my hurling there...and I have Ireland and Australia. So I have two of everything, and I l...
2020-02-261h 19
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastHajime Takahashi and Kaoru Sumitomo Interview (Guitar and Fiddle)The Mountains of Pomeroy with Eileen O'Brien at 4 in the morning, the session as a conversation, finding your own style, Junji Shirota, Japanese folk songs and Good Times in O'Hara's
In this episode Hajime and Kaoru play:
The Mountains of Pomeroy
O'Carolins Dream
Rolling In The Ryegrass / Dairy Maid / Heather breeze
Slieve Russell / Munster Jig
Bonny Blue Eyed Nancy / untitled
(Untitled set to end)
To keep up to date with Hajime go here:
https://www.facebook.com/hajime.takahashi.108
https://twitter.com/hajimeruhajime?lang=en
To ke...
2020-02-181h 07
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSean Lally Interview (Uilleann Pipes)Floating Tionóls, learning traditional Irish music, temperamental reeds, South American Shaman, growing up in Manchester, the importance of learning on a good instrument and carrying on a cultural tradition.
In this episode Sean plays:
The May Morning Dew / Humours of Ballyloughlin
The Blackbird / Colonel Fraser
Statia Donnelly
The Maid of Mt Cisco
As mentioned, Sean has shared many great docos and links with us over the last few months. You'll find the ones mentioned in this episode here:
COPPERS AND BRASS: The Piping Tradition of Irish Travellers: h...
2020-02-111h 13
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCathy Custy Interview (Concertina)Concertina player Cathy Custy on quietly slipping into a session after not playing in public for many years. On gently making a space for music in her life again. On growing up, leaving Ireland and making a home elsewhere. On the challenges of teaching adults to play simple tunes well, and how a teacloth covering the sandwiches in a cafe in Palmerston North nearly changed her life.
From Dominic: Cathy and me sat in a darkening room in the Melbourne twilight as we recorded this chat, after a long, sunny summer's day. I don't know if anything...
2020-02-051h 21
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJody Moran Interview (Whistle, Banjo, Lilting and Piano Accordion)Finding a set of Uileann Pipes in Yackandandah, VIC; getting your eyes gouged and goolies grabbed in the south of France; winning at the Fleadh when you're eleven; lilting, teaching your children to play at a young age. And getting to know and love Australia.
A beautiful, thoughtful conversation with the incomparable Jody Moran. Recorded at the Koroit School of Celtic Music and Dance.
Jody plays these tunes:
Sliabh Galgua (Air)
Two reels: The Little Beggarman and The Pigeon on the Gate
Tabhair Dom Do Lámh (Give Me Y...
2020-01-281h 13
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTola Custy Interview (Fiddle)So - when it comes to this episode, we're nearly lost for words. It's engrossing. A deep dive into a sea teeming with life.
Clare born fiddle player Tola Custy talks about how Irish music nearly died and how his father and others of his generation saved it. About out of tune whistling, the woman who bossed the Tulla Céilí Band and Radical Comhaltas. Growing up in a house divided - Kevin Burke fans on one side, Frankie Gavin fans on the other. He talks about Asturian fiddle playing and Irish fiddle playing; the James Goodman manus...
2020-01-221h 59
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastGeoff McArthur Interview (Mandolin, Guitar, Singing)Lunasa disturb the sleeping Geoff McArthur, Martin Hayes bewitches him, and hey presto - Geoff falls in love with Irish music. We also talk songwriting, teaching and mentoring young musicians at the Lake School of Celtic Music, Song and Dance in Koroit. And he sings a song and makes us cry. Can't ask for more than that.
In this episode Geoff plays:
If There Weren't Any Women In The World (barn dance)
The Peacock's Feather (hornpipe)
Sparkle and Shine (song)
The Wise Maid (reel)
Free Trade Hill (song)
The Cornerhouse (reel)
2020-01-151h 14
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJack Brennan Interview (Uilleann Pipes)Recorded at the Lake School of Celtic Music Song and Dance in Koroit, Victoria, Jack Brennan of Adelaide talks to us about finding the pipes, The French Resistance, catching serial killers, Leo Rowsome, Coppers and Brass and loving your instrument.
In this episode Jack plays:
Garrett Barry's Jig
The Blackbird
Mrs McLeod's Reel
Sí Beag, Sí Mór
Cape Clear
Throughout the chat, Jack also mentions Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU) and if you'd like to find out more about them you can find them here: https://pipers.ie/
2020-01-081h 07Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSmash Hits 2019 - Volume 2 - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastPart two of our "best of" episode featuring nothing but tunes and songs of 2019.
As the year closes out, we'd like to thank all our guests for their time and tunes. Without you, none of this would be possible.
The tunes and songs in this episode are:
02.08 - As The Crow Flies - Liz Carroll
05:35 - Donal Og - Kate Burke
10.05 - (Too Big For Ya) Boots - Michelle Doyle and Mickey O'Donnell
15.00 - The Town Of Uranquinty - Tony O'Rourke
17.18 - Untitled Jigs - Davydd McDonald and Kit...
2019-12-3054 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSmash Hits 2019 - Volume 1 - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastPart one of our two "best of" episodes. This episode features nothing but tunes and songs from our previous guests, and it's an absolute belter!
As the year closes out, we'd like to thank all our guests for giving us their time and tunes. Without you, none of this would be possible, so a heart felt thank you to you all.
The tunes and songs in this episode are;
08.11 - Fisherman's Day - Gerry McKeague
11.58 - Whistler At The Wake - Corinn Strating
13.15 - Newry Town - Jamie Molloy
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2019-12-2456 min
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTracey McKeague Interview (Fiddle)Music in Strabane; Donegal fiddle playing; life before Riverdance; Trinity College and Dublin; homesickness and music.
Thanks for this great chat Tracey. Also thanks to Gerry McKeague for the lovely accompaniment.
In this episode Tracy plays:
The Boys of Blue Hill, The Home Ruler
John Doherty’s or Petticoat Loop
Gráinne's Jig
The Tax Max Mazurkas
The Cobbler's Daughter
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
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2019-12-181h 36Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCiaran O'Grady Interview (Concertina)Growing up in Luton, meeting Francis Droney, the anatomy of the concertina, English Folk music, and many many thoughts on identity, home and what "being Irish" means.
Ciaran is currently working on a solo album with Aifric Boylan, Kate Burke and Graeme Newell and as soon as we hear news about it we'll let you know. We can't wait!
Thanks for such an insightful chat Ciaran. It was a real pleasure.
(Apologies the mics were running a little hot during the tunes)
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
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2019-12-111h 20Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSarah Wade Interview (Scottish Small Pipes, Recorder)We never even got to the concertina. But we did cover a lot of other ground with Sarah, from learning to enjoy music and figuring out your identity as a musician to the temperament of reeds, the vicissitudes of recorders, baroque and early music and the early connectivity of Danish pipe bands. Lovely stuff.
Sarah plays the following tunes:
She Moved Through The Fair
followed by a a Danish song called (in English)
In The Depths of the Forest There's Calm and Peace,
followed by two hornpipes from the Scottish borders
2019-12-0454 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTony McTigue Interview (Banjo)Music is the opposite of work. Learning and re-learning how to play. And practicing as far away from the rest of your family as possible. A cracking chat with banjo player Tony McTigue.
Tony plays the following tunes:
The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary
The Green Mountain / The Road to Rio / and something Tony can't remember the name of
The Moving Cloud
and
A Barn Dance Set
Thanks for taking time out of the Sunday session Tony. And thanks for the intro chat Lisa Phillips.
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2019-11-271h 15Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMark Wilson Interview (Unaccompanied singing, spoons)Wallpaper factories; snowy German winters; yoga gurus and music as therapy. From his childhood home in Kildare, to finding comfort in song, Mark tells us how he found the music and about the role it plays in his life today.
In this episode Mark sings:
James Connolly The Irish Rebel
The January Man
Miss Mcguire
Castle Kelly's
Far Away in Australia
The Banks of the Moy
Thanks so much for time, stories and lovey songs Mark.
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
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2019-11-191h 10Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDavydd McDonald Interview (Fiddle - with Kit Joyce on accordion)Line dance; Riverdance; competitive dance and finding the fiddle. How Davydd McDonald found the music via his feet.
Approaching midnight, in a tiny cabin, nestled in the rolling hills of the Otway Ranges, Davydd McDonald and Kit Joyce take time away from the QuasiTrad Tunes Camp session to talk all things dance and music.
For anyone looking for tunes in Brisbane check out:
https://www.facebook.com/GilhooleysBrisbane/
https://www.facebook.com/BrisbaneTradSession/
Or to follow Davydd on Facebook go here:
https://www.facebook.com/davydd.mcdonald
Enjoy!
2019-11-1258 min
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastLiz Carroll Interview (Fiddle)Liz Carroll takes some time out from the QuasiTrad Tunes Camp. Along the way she plays us some tunes, demonstrate some basics, and chats to us about her incredible journey through the music.
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
To buy Liz's records or follow her, go here:
https://www.lizcarroll.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Liz-Carroll-230562170312283/
To find out more and follow QuasiTrad, go here:
https://quasitrad.com/
https://www.facebook.com/quasitrad/
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2019-11-061h 12Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAdo Barker Interview (Fiddle)The mystery of Irish music; Yehudi Menuhin playing the shit out of Stephane Grappelli arrangements; late night sessions in Canberra and Ennis; the fear of learning to learn a tune by ear; and Six Degrees of Gerry McKeague.
Truth be told this is the second ever episode we recorded. Back when Darren had a strictly non-speaking role. For a long time we thought it wasn't right, then upon revisiting, we realised what a cracker it is.
Ado plays the following tunes during the episode:
The Golden Keyboard
The Oak Tree
The...
2019-10-281h 09Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJim Dalton Interview (Mandolin, Banjo)Mandolin and banjo player Jimmy Dalton of Waterford joins us this week to talk about leaving Ireland, foundry work, Cardiff sessions and leaving your banjo at home. Oh, and Bush Bands, mandolins and marches.
Jimmy runs a monthly session in Geelong at the Sir Charles Hotham. To find out more about this session shoot us a message and we'll pass your details on to Jimmy.
Once again, thanks so much for your time and tunes Jimmy, it was a pleasure.
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
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2019-10-2244 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastKate Burke Interview (Guitar, singing)This conversation is a real slow burn, and we LOVED recording it. You're in for a treat.
Here is the translation Kate mentions, a version of Donal Og that's startling and strange in the ways that only really great translations can be. (He said, knowing very little about translations, really). (Though I'll correct myself and say that it's probably true that really bad translations can be startling and strange too...)
Donal Og
It is late last night the dog was speaking of you;
the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh.
2019-10-1559 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastTony O'Rourke Interview (Banjo, guitar) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastRecorded live at the 2019 Guildford Banjo Jamboree. Banjo player and guitarist Tony O'Rourke chats with us about the consolations of melody, Johnny Connolly's melodeon, the invention of white-out and The Monkees.
To find out more about Tony's Irish Guitar Podcast go here.
https://irishguitarpod.com/
Thanks again for your time Tony.
Also thanks to the Guildford General Store for allowing is to record onsite during the Guildford Banjo Jamboree. You can find those guys here: https://www.facebook.com/guildfordgeneralstore
Enjoy!
Darren & Dom
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2019-10-081h 05Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDavid Game Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastThank you so much to David Game for your time and lovely tunes. Also a huge thanks to the Guildford Corner Store for the use of your back room to record in.
The tunes played in this episode are:
The Mountain Road (Trad)
The Rose in the Heather (Trad)
Paddy's Trip to Scotland (Trad)
Mullingar Races (Trad)
For more info on the Canberra Irish Club go here: https://www.irishclub.com.au/
For more info on Comhaltas Canberra go here: https://www.facebook.com/Comhaltas-Canberra-580450142467295/
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2019-10-0150 min
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastAngus Barbary Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastThe National Museum of Australia video where Angus plays his great-great grandfather's violin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGGPf_ZXdA
Angus plays fiddle with Caity Brennan, Connor Hoy and Rhys Crimmin in the band Austral which we caught up with in a previous episode. It's a banger, and definitely worth checking out. You'll find it here when you're ready: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/7
To Follow Angus on social go here:
https://www.facebook.com/australmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/gus.barnaby
To buy Austral's music, including "...
2019-09-2453 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMichelle Doyle and Mickey O'Donnell Interview (Harp & fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastFirst off, thanks to Mickey O'Donnell and Michelle Doyle for doing their interview with approximately two hours advance notice. They don't hang about, those two. Please go here to support their osteoporosis awareness campaign:
https://www.mickeymichelle.com/bone-health.html
And so. The Harp.
When I was at Uni my mates used to laugh at the fact that my passport had 'the Guinness symbol' on the front cover. I'd never really given it much thought up until then, the fact that the passport and the extra stout shared the same symbol. What was...
2019-09-171h 05Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastPaddy Fitzgerald Interview (Accordion, Lilting) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastWhen we started talking about creating a podcast, Paddy Fitzgerald's name was pretty much at the top of the list of people we knew we had to talk to. After months of planning we finally got the chance to sit down together and Paddy was every bit as charming and insightful as we'd imagined him to be.
Paddy, thanks so much. Not just for your time here in this podcast, but for the decades of dedication to the music, your kindness and your influence on countless players from all over the world.
For anyone that...
2019-09-101h 25Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastSean Mathews Interview (Unaccompanied singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastSean Mathews talks to Darren, a fellow Drogheda man, about the music, life, shyness and belonging (or rather, the feeling that you don't). In many respects this episode sums up why we started this podcast.
Sean, thank you so much for this. This is really special.
In this episode Sean sings:
The Boys From Dooley Gate (Trad)
Thorneymoor Woods (Trad)
The Pope's Children (Original)
Days of our Prime (Original)
To follow Sean you'll find him here:
https://www.facebook.com/sean.mathews.92
https://twitter.com/seanymathews
2019-09-031h 08Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJohn Carty Interview (Banjo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastBanjo in Irish music, where "the session" was born, musical accents and so much more.
While in Drogheda to receive The Flanagan Brothers' Award, John Carty stopped past Darren's Mam and Dad's to sit down, chat and play us some tunes.
The tunes played in this episode are:
The Jolly Beggerman/(unknown)/Paddy McGinty's Goat
The Jug O' Punch/Eddie Kelly's
The Geese in the Bog
Peelers Creek/(Unknown - Verona Ryan Tune)
To follow John Carty go here:
https://www.facebook.com/Johnpatrickcarty
https://twitter...
2019-08-271h 07Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastChris Fitzgerald Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast‘The Session is about what’s created during The Session.’
So I’m (me, Dom) sitting in The Last Jar on a Wednesday night, and the session is slowly coming to life. I’ve hidden myself away in a corner so I can listen, tentatively join in here and there, and hopefully not make an arse of myself. But mainly, I’m listening. And something happens…how can I describe this without it sounding over the top? Like, there are these simultaneous impressions washing around me. I’ve only been in Australia a few months, don’t feel like I know m...
2019-08-1959 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastBush Gothic Interview (Fiddle, double bass, percussion, vocal) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastFirst off, thanks to everybody who’s nipped over to
https://www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims
and subscribed to the podcast. If you’ve not yet done it, and have been meaning to, there’s never been a better time. Your reward will be great in heaven. And thanks.
Now, this episode is a slight departure for us in that nobody mentions Planxty. Not once. And there’s less of a strictly traditional Irish feel to this one. But basically we had a chance to record Bush Gothic at Portarlington, so we said ‘Yes please.’
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From Cork with Love AdventureMORE ADVENTURE AT THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 2 Saturday)Welcome
Recorded at Castlerock & Royal Portrush Golf Clubs
In the Castlerock clubhouse after playing golf with a father & son from New York, a bit of our conversation
Welcome back to Royal Portrush at 16:15 on Saturday -
After meeting Miguel Ángel Jiménez & Darren Clarke - Up the 1st hole at 16:25
Paul's on 12th With Jon Rahm & Patrick Reed
On 12th & 13th with Justin Rose & Brooks Koepka
Tommy Fleetwod on 12th hole
With Shane Lowry up 14th hole
Leaving The Open after Saturday, with Shane Lowry 4 shots clear after an amazi...
2019-08-101h 16
Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastKevin Burke Interview (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastIn Portland, Oregon, Kevin Burke made me (Dom) a cup of tea and we sat in his living room for two hours on a sunny, Friday afternoon, and talked. It was delightful. What did we talk about? Being a boy in post war London; learning the fiddle from a lady called Ms. Kristofferson; bumping into Joe Burke at JFK after trying and failing to get Arlo Guthrie’s phone number from Directory Enquiries, and so much more. Including Michael Coleman.
‘That chap,’ said Ms. Kristofferson, ‘he really finds the soul of his instrument.’
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2019-08-062h 04Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastBeth McCracken Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastPlaying from the page, versus playing by ear, Beth McCracken talks about her transition from classical flute to traditional Irish music. Through her personal story, Beth highlights just how different these two worlds can be.
Thanks again to Beth for taking the time to sit down with us. Also thanks to Declan Simpson for the accompaniment, maybe next time you'll join us in the hot seat?
The session Beth mentions is on in the Drunken Poet on Friday evenings. You can find out more about that here: https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpoetmusic/
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2019-07-3053 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastConnor Hoy and Austral Interview (Uilleann pipes, fiddles, guitar, didgeridoo) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastUilleann pipes and sub-drops. Connor Hoy and Austral share their infectious energy live at the National Celtic Festival.
Let's start off with who Austral are:
On uilleann pipes and whistle we have Connor Hoy, on fiddle, bouzouki and vocals we have Angus Barbary, on fiddle also we have Caity Brennan, and finally, on guitar, didgeridoo (didgeribone?), cajon, tambourine and other assorted wizardry we have Rhys Crimmin.
To follow Austral and to witness the magic for yourself go here:
www.australband.com
www.facebook.com/australmusic/
www.instagram.com/austral.music/
2019-07-2345 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastDaoirí Farrell Interview (Bouzouki, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastFrom a teen growing up in Crumlin in the 90s, to touring the world as a multi-award winning solo artist, Daoirí Farrell shares his incredible journey with us and treats us to a few tunes along the way.
To follow Daoirí, and more importantly, to buy his CDs, you can find him here:
http://daoiri.com/
https://www.facebook.com/DaoiriFarrell/
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Where do you start? Maybe the obvious place, the place I first came across his music thanks to a tip from my good mate from Ballycastle, Alex Campbell: his version of...
2019-07-161h 05Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMaggie Carty Interview (Banjo, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastRecorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Victoria, Australia. Maggie Carty joins us for a few tunes and a chat about being immersed in the music all her life, custodianship, and the musicians that made the biggest impact on her playing. The songs and tunes performed are as follows:
The Moving Bogs/Sydney Bogs
(please correct me if this is wrong)
Lough Erne Shore
The Nightingale
The Mist Covered Mountains/The Gallowglass Jig
Stór Mo Chroí
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So it won't be a surprise to anybody who's listened to...
2019-07-0941 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastMary MacNamara & Eileen O'Brien Interview (Fiddle, concertina, lilting) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast"Nobody listens! Nobody. They think they're listening, but they're not actually listening."
Recorded live at the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, two of Irelands greatest traditional players share their love of the music, teaching and the art of listening.
Joining Mary and Eileen on guitar is previous guest of the show, Gerry Mc Keague. Gerry, actually just came along to listen but when asked by Mary and Eileen to join in, he jumped at the chance. What a legend.
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Mary and Eileen played a selection of tunes, a couple of which...
2019-07-0255 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastJamie Molloy Interview (Concertina, guitar, singing)Maori pianos, famine roads, the Aussie bush to sponsored women in the 1830s. Jamie can really tell a story, not to mention his singing, guitar and concertina playing.
As mentioned in the interview, Jamie is one of the performers in The Good Girl Song Project - you can find it here: http://thegoodgirlsongproject.com/
In this episode Jamie plays:
Newry Town (Traditional)
The Curragh of Kildare (Traditional)
Matty (Wally Page)
Two Junior Crehan tunes
Down The Hall on a Saturday Night (Ken McMaster)
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2019-06-061h 18Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastGerry McKeague Interview (Guitar, singing) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastFrom Belfast rock bands to The Boston Burglar, Gerry McKeague takes us on a musical journey from his childhood home in Ireland to Geelong in Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to get in touch with Gerry you can reach him at https://www.facebook.com/gerry.keague
In this episode Gerry plays the following songs:
Fisherman's Day
(Written by Brian Connors)
Slieve Gallion Braes
(Traditional)
Voyage for Ireland
(Pierre Bensusan)
Shipyard Slips
(David Wilde of The Men of No Property)
Pride of the...
2019-06-0556 minBlarney Pilgrims Irish Music PodcastCorinn Strating Interview (Flute) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music PodcastBilly Far Out - How sitting on a train with Andy Irvine at 13 years old can change your life forever.
The Andy Irvine song Corinn talks about is this one, I think: 'Billy Far Out'
https://andyirvinelyrics.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/billy-far-out/
We also talk about the song 'O'Donoghues' which is a bloody brilliant chronicling a time and place. When I listen to this it sort of tugs at something in me to do with the optimism of youth, and dreams of a future in music, and stuff like that. Fits pretty sweetly with Corinn's story...
2019-06-0553 min
10ª Edición Piélagos en Corto.Entrevista a Darren O'Mahony.Entrevista a Darren O'Mahony, productor y director cinematográfico y jurado de la 10ª edición del festival Internacional de Cine de Piélagos.
2019-05-0906 min