Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast
A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music.
We found 5 episodes of Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast with the tag “mandolin”.
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Episode 87: Aidan Crossey Interview (Mandolin)
February 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 50 mins
aidan crossey, 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!
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Episode 66: Karen Dolan Interview (Banjo, mandolin)
September 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 44 mins
banjo, interview, irish music podcast, karen dolan, 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.'
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Episode 62: Theresa O'Grady Interview (Banjo, tenor guitar, mandolin)
August 10th, 2020 | 2 hrs 11 mins
banjo, mandolin, tenor guitar, theresa o'grady
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!
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Episode 56: Luke Plumb Interview - Part 2 (Mandolin and singing)
June 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 52 mins
andy irvine, luke plumb, mandolin, planxty, shooglenifty, tasmanian
'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.
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Episode 17: David Game Interview (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.