Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast

Episode 33: Tola Custy Interview (Fiddle)

January 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 59 mins

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Clare born fiddle player Tola Custy on how Irish music nearly died and how his father and others of his generation saved it. About out of tune whistling, the woman who bossed the Tulla Céilí Band, Radical Comhaltas, the waltzes in his head and much else besides. Epic.