> Shannon: Mike Rafferty was a flute player from Galway who emigrated to New Jersey. But then we picked up a tune that you had showed me right before everything shut down-a version of The New Mown Meadow by Mike Rafferty So the first time we played tunes in your backyard, you know we played some tunes and that was great. And after, you know, a year and a half of just feeling like it wasn’t safe to do anything, all of a sudden it felt safe. And then other stuff just comes up.Īfter not playing together for almost a year and a half, we had this back porch session. Every time we meet up, we’ll play some old faves. She and I have played lots of tunes together. > Shannon: That’s fiddle player Ellery Klein. I find it super cool and one of the magic things about community playing. But then there’s also this mutual memory of the tune. And sometimes they’ll play a tune you haven’t thought of in a while, or played in a while and you get to practice it, brush it off. And one is, of course, the obvious one on the surface which is someone plays a tune and you play it with them. > Ellery: There’s two things that happen when I go out and play tunes. [ Music: “D Chimes,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories And what they mean for all the players and the punters. About how they’re organized, musically and socially. That was a story about Irish music sessions. So This is Irish Music was a piece that I wrote to capture some of the feelings and images that my guests had talked about in Episode 3. It’s a deeper dive into a poem that I aired back in Season One. I know that even the deeply trad curious don’t always have time for an entire episode. Try adding that unnecessary creative constraint to your project, Ira Glass.Īnyway, 45 minutes (and 51 seconds) can be hard to find in a busy day. So no matter the length, nearly every episode’s run time has ended in 51 seconds. As regular listeners know, even with highly edited episodes, most of my stories end up between 40 and 50 minutes long… And 51 seconds [ Music: “Fun with Colin,” from In Transit The show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. > Shannon: I’m Shannon Heaton… and this is Irish Music Stories. > Eoin O’Neill: Bouzouki player, radio host, and music mentor who grew up in Dublin and lives in Clare > Nigel Heaton: young announcer for Irish Music Stories > Tommy McCarthy: London-born fiddle player of Irish parents who opened the Burren Pub in Somerville, Massachusetts > John Coyne: Limerick-born singer and bouzouki player, now making his home in Melrose, Massachusetts > Andy Xuhang: Instrument maker, musician from Beijing, China > Gregor Brinkschulte: Banjo and guitar player in Germany > Brian O’Donovan: Cork native based in Boston who works in public broadcasting and music production > Ellery Klein: Boston-based fiddle player and teacher who toured with various Irish groups and teaches a myriad of fiddle styles > Shannon Heaton: flute player, singer, composer, teacher, and host of Irish Music Stories
This Irish Music Stories episode aired August 10, 2021 Annotated guide to “So This Is Irish Music”
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