The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast
A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music.
We found 4 episodes of The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast with the tag “donegal”.
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Episode 47: Mick Doherty (Fiddle)
April 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
doherty, donegal, fiddle, irish, irish music podcast, irish traditional music, john doherty, johnny doherty, mick doherty, perth, rob zielinski, traditional irish music
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.
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Episode 40: Rob Zielinski (Fiddle)
March 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
andy davey., clare, dermot byrne, donegal, fiddle, hughie doherty, james byrne, junior davey, mick doherty, mickey mor, perth, rob zielinski, sean doherty
On Mick Doherty, on Hughie Doherty and on Mickey Mor. On growing up in Perth, on Donegal style and on Clare Style. On Sean Doherty, on Dermot Byrne, on James Byrne, Junior Davey and on Andy Davey. On returning to Australia and recording and archive his life-long friend and mentor. An incredible story.
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Episode 28: Tracey McKeague (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast
December 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 36 mins
donegal, dublin, fiddle, homesickness, riverdance; trinity college, strabane, tracey mckeague
Music in Strabane; Donegal fiddle playing; life before Riverdance; Trinity College and Dublin; homesickness and music
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Episode 17: David Game (Fiddle) - The Blarney Pilgrims Traditional Irish Music Podcast
October 1st, 2019 | 50 mins 13 secs
canberra, david, donegal, fiddle, game, guildford, mandolin, sydney
'It's kind of like falling in love or something... you just gotta do something about it. So I bought a mandolin.' David Game on being smitten, rare Irish albums of the 1970s, Donegal fiddling and musicians of sessions past in Sydney and Canberra.