Episode 56-Born for Sport
For many Irish musicians, it can be a tricky and essential game to stay active and find balance between artistic, intellectual, social, and physical p...
Irish Music Stories Podcast
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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.
Episode 55-Written in Mortar
Flute player John McKenna left troves of treasures when he recorded 78 RPMS in the 1920s; Na Píobairí Uilleann in Dublin helped preserve Irish piping;...
Episode 54-Banquet of Collective Wisdom
Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Episodes are often 40-50 minutes long (and 51 seconds). Her...
Episode 53-Songs of Cattle and Copper
For centuries, traditional music in Wales have endured empire, organized religion, and connections with port towns in Ireland, like Wexford and Cork. ...
Episode 52-Garden of Ballads
Plants can be carefully cultivated or can spread naturally. Songs, too, can spread deliberately or accidentally. Here’s a small sampling of just a few...
Episode 51-Depot of Expected Needs
If you want to share music with folks outside of your home, you gotta carry your instruments and gear (unless you’re live-streaming). And if you want ...
Episode 50-Framing the Stories
How much power does a backdrop have? As the Irish Music Stories production team works to assemble episodes and bonus materials, Shannon explores the w...
Episode 49-The Naming of Birds
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...
Episode 48-Between the Tunes
What’s up with stage banter? And why all the joking around between tunes in a session? Explore the on- and offstage chat that surrounds traditional mu...