Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast

A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music.

About the show

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 last episode (Ep 94) of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast for now. We've come to a point where we've both decided to take a long pause and focus on a few other things. Knowing how much the podcast means to you all, it's a decision we've been really reluctant to take. What we DO know is how massively grateful we are for every text, every thumbs up, every raised eyebrow of support we've had over the past two years. You are all legends, and we're forever in your debt. Thanks especially to everyone who's become a Patron Saint and supported us through the toughest of economic times, and thanks most especially to the musicians. To those who have been so generous to share their tunes and stories with us, and to those who've welcomed us into pub sessions and festival gatherings and house sessions and campsite sessions. Wherever in the world we've chatted with players of the music, we've been made to feel like lifelong pals. It's a testament to the open heartedness of the communities who keep the music going wherever they are, and we can't thank you all enough. We hope this archive will remain of use to people even as we're taking a pause. So - please do stay in touch, don't be a stranger, and if you see us out and about, do say hello. And we'll see you when we see you. Dom and Darren.

December 31st, 2019 | 54 mins 13 secs

December 24th, 2019 | 56 mins 29 secs

December 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 36 mins

donegal, dublin, fiddle, homesickness, riverdance; trinity college, strabane, tracey mckeague

December 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 20 mins

ciaran o'grady, concertina, dublin, english folk, francis droney, identity, irish, luton

December 4th, 2019 | 54 mins 47 secs

November 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins

banjo, irish banjo music, irish music australia, irish traditional music, last jar, melbourne, tony mctigue, trad

November 19th, 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins

mark, spoons, unaccompanied singing, wilson

November 12th, 2019 | 58 mins 47 secs

brisbane, camp, competitive dance, davydd mcdonald, fiddle, kit joyce, line dance, liz carroll, quasitrad, riverdance

November 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins

american, carroll, creative, expectations., fiddle, fiddling, irish, liz, process; competitive, rhythm

October 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins

ado, barker, canberra, ennis, fiddle, gerry mckeague, irish music; yehudi menuhin, learning by ear, sessions, stephane grappelli

October 22nd, 2019 | 44 mins 36 secs

October 15th, 2019 | 59 mins 43 secs

burke, canberra, ciaran o'grady, concertina, dadgad, donal og, druth, guitar, kate, luke plumb, singing, songwriter, trouble in the kitchen

October 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins

banjo, guitar, johnny connolly, melodeon, melody, the monkees, tony o rourke

October 1st, 2019 | 50 mins 13 secs

canberra, david, donegal, fiddle, game, guildford, mandolin, sydney

September 24th, 2019 | 53 mins 30 secs

angus, banger, barbary, classical, dance, fiddle, groove, hoedown, melbourne, socio-spatial, swing, sydney, throwdown, trad

September 17th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins

awareness, celtic, fiddle, harp, hike, michelle doyle, mickey o'donnell, new zealand, osteoporosis, pozible