Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast
A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music.
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 29 in total of Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast with the tag “fiddle”.
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Episode 49: Ewen Baker Interview (Fiddle)
May 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 44 mins
australia, bush music, canberra, classical, ewen baker, fiddle, irish music, irish music podcast, irish traditional music, kerry slides, lisnacrieve, melbourne, st anne’s reel, the bushwhackers
J. S. Bach and Kerry Slides; St Anne’s Reel and The Bushwhackers; collaboration and individualism; coming to terms with our own imperfections but still getting stuff done. And this: '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.'
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Episode 47: Mick Doherty Interview (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 46: Hannah Harris Interview (Fiddle)
April 21st, 2020 | 1 hr 24 mins
celtic, cork, ethnomusicologist, ethnomusicology, fiddle, hannah harris, irish, michigan, north carolina
On the Swannanoa Gathering with Finn McGill, on ethnomusicology, on the difference between Irish and Celtic, on her time in Cork and finding lock-down inspiration in Quarantunes.
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Episode 41: Emma Lewis Interview (Fiddle)
March 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 28 mins
australia, emma lewis, fiddle, melbourne, traditional
On travels in Ireland and random festival invites; on gender and inequality; on how tunes connect us all; on friendships and on returning home to Australia.
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Episode 40: Rob Zielinski Interview (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 37: Hajime Takahashi and Kaoru Sumitomo Interview (Guitar and Fiddle)
February 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
fiddle, guitar, hajime takahashi, japan, japanese, kaoru sumitomo, kyoto, session, tokyo
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
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Episode 28: Tracey McKeague Interview (Fiddle)
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 23: Davydd McDonald Interview (Fiddle - with Kit Joyce on accordion)
November 12th, 2019 | 58 mins 47 secs
brisbane, camp, competitive dance, davydd mcdonald, fiddle, kit joyce, line dance, liz carroll, quasitrad, riverdance
Line dance; Riverdance; competitive dance and finding the fiddle. How Davydd McDonald found the music via his feet.
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Episode 22: Liz Carroll Interview (Fiddle)
November 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
american, carroll, creative, expectations., fiddle, fiddling, irish, liz, process; competitive, rhythm
The creative process; competitive fiddling; trying people on for size; listening for the rhythm of a session; and playing without expectations.
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Episode 21: Ado Barker Interview (Fiddle)
October 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
ado, barker, canberra, ennis, fiddle, gerry mckeague, irish music; yehudi menuhin, learning by ear, sessions, stephane grappelli
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.