Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast
A weekly journey to the heart of Irish music.
Displaying all 7 Episode of Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast with the tag “singing”.
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Episode 85: Barry Kerr Interview (Uilleann pipes, flute, singing)
January 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
flute, singing, uilleann pipes
The Liam O'Flynn Award. Digging into the Irish Traditional Music Archive. Ulster hunting songs and mummers. Hare coursing. Life in Lurgan County Armagh. The Ceili House and legend of Seamus Tansey. Prehistoric cairns and building on the tradition. The magic of the session and finding inspiration in the music.
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Episode 78: Liam Thomas Bailey Interview (Fiddle, five-string banjo, singing)
November 30th, 2020 | 2 hrs 21 mins
depression, fiddle, five-string banjo, irish music podcast, liam bailey, psilocybin mushrooms, psychedelics, singing
Out of The Wind, Into the Sun: depression, loss, and the therapeutic power of psilocybin mushrooms. All of everything in a single tune. 'Keeping myself in the air as an artist.' The road, the weight, a writer not writing. Bruce Springsteen, Cillian Vallely, Jon Bon Jovi and a little bit o' John Denver.
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Episode 75: Michael Walsh Interview (Flute, whistle, singing)
November 9th, 2020 | 1 hr 55 mins
chat, flute, hawk, interview, kepa junkera, manchester, michael walsh, quare, quarehawk, singing, whistle
" 'England gave me everything I ever wanted.' " The Quarehawk. Big Tom, Margo, the Manchester scene; Irish, English, and in-between. A love of England and making a whole out of two halves. Grieving, and crafting an album. Fathers, sons, boys, men. Asturias, the flute and identifying as one thing or another. Getting Kepa Junkera to play on your album. And so much more. Brilliant stuff.
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Episode 72: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Interview (Sean-nós, concertina, flute)
October 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 38 mins
concertina, eoghan ó ceannabháin, flute, irish music podcast, meiriceá, sean-nós, singing, the deepest breath, the green bunch of rushes, the merry sisters of fate, the monaghan jig, tá na páipéir dhá saighneáil, voice
Mitching classes to work on your music. Sean-nós: 'My granny would have just called them songs.' Tradition and change, art and technique and the soul of the thing. Writing in English, writing in Irish. Activism, collectivity and music as barriers against despair.
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Episode 52: Ken Fleming Interview (Banjo, accordion, guitar and singing)
June 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 34 mins
accordion, banjo, guitar, ken fleming, singing, the north texas irish festival, the o'flaherty irish music retreat
Accordion tunes in the 90 degree heat. On the '80s Cowboys and Irish music in Dallas, Texas. On De Danaan kicking up a dust storm; the Charlie Piggott route to falling in love with the banjo and struggles in learning to play. The O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat and the sweetness of playing music with your kids.
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Episode 38: Joe Fitzgerald Interview (Accordion, singing)
February 26th, 2020 | 1 hr 19 mins
accordion, east clare, irish, joe fitzgerald, melbourne, singing, traditional
The great Joe Fitzgerald, of east Clare and Melbourne. On first hearing his mother play the melodeon. On drovers, the bush, and working with his father. On lost players: Mick Minogue, Mrs Brady, Mrs Purcell and Frank MacNamara. Growing old and the curative power of music and song.
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Episode 19: Kate Burke Interview (Guitar, singing)
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
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Kate Burke on late nights when the music takes over; on Bela Bartok's graphic notation; on bush fires, sneaky pints and DADGAD.