Jun 12, 2018
Why do old ballads endure? Does it make sense to sing about Willie and Mary, when our playgrounds are filled with Ozzies and Loxleys? Do we really need to say “my love is like a red, red rose,” or can’t we use a modern metaphor and call her really hot? Laura Cortese, Cathy Jordan, Sam Amidon, Robbie O’Connell, and Karan Casey help host Shannon Heaton explore old ballads in a dating app era.
There’s plenty of music here, too. Credits below.
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Special thanks to Brian Benscoter, Pat Wilcox, Mike Schock, Billie Neal for supporting this episode. And thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music.
There’s plenty of music here, too. Credits below.
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Music Heard on IMS Episode 17
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated
Song: “Lovely Annie,” from Tell You in Earnest
Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton
Song: “Shanagolden,” from The Thrush in the Storm
Artist: Dervish (Cathy Jordan singing)
Song: “Sabai Sabai”
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Low Hum,” from California Calling
Artist: Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
Song: “Heartstrings Theme,” from Production Music Made for
Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Banks of Red Roses,” from Happy
Daze
Artist: Karine Polwart with the Battlefield Band
Song: “After Hours Theme,” from Production Music Made for
Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Jersey City,” from Nic Gareiss & Emma
Beaton
Artists: Nic Gareiss & Emma Beaton
Song: “Lily-O” from Lily-O
Artist: Sam
Tunes: “Jackie Coleman’s Reel” from Music at Matt
Molloy’s
Artists: Matt Molloy and co.
Song: Streets of Derry” from Bright Sunny
South
Artist: Sam Amidon
Song: “Pretty Fair Damsel” from I See the
Sign
Artist: Sam Amidon
Song: “The Green Gowned Lass,” from Thrush in the
Storm
Artist: Dervish
Song: “Érin Grá Mo Chroí,” from Midsummer’s
Night
Artist: Dervish
Tune: “The Rolling Wave,” from Thrush in the
Storm
Artist: Dervish
Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music Made for Irish
Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Once There Was a Little Girl” from Children’s Songs
and Stories
Artist: Ed
McCurdy
Song: “The Keeper of the Songs,” Live at
WGBH
Artist: Robbie O’Connell
Song: “The Winning Side,” from The Rights of Man: The
Concert for Joseph Doherty
Artists: Robbie O’Connell, Mick
Moloney, Jimmy Keane
Song: “Siúil Arun” AKA Johnny’s Gone for Soldier, from
Solas
Artists: Solas
Tune: “Slip Jig Dreams,” from Production Music Made for
Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton
Song: “Ae Fond Kiss,” from Ships in the
Forest
Artist: Karan Casey
Song: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” from I Am…. Sasha
Fierce
Artist: Beyoncé