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Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music.... and the much bigger stories behind it. IMS is about everything--through an Irish music lens.

Whether you already play the fiddle or you know nothing about trad music or dance, I hope you'll join me, Shannon Heaton, as I learn how a band of Boston tweens ended up at a big music competition in Sligo, and what it meant to their families... and as I dig into the darker, sweeter side of Irish humor... and as I explore what learning Irish songs together is really all about.

Meet thoughtful and incredibly charming people in pubs, kitchens, and backstages throughout the U.S., Ireland, and beyond, underscored with toe-tapping and heart-soaring melodies that seem familiar, even if you've never heard them before.

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Episode 33-The Irish Woodshed

Sep 10, 2019

What do the Irish music and dance worlds think about practicing? Fiddle players Fergal Scahill, Finn Magill, and Rose Flanagan; banjo player Martin Howley; cellist Natalie Haas; flute player Nicole Rabata; and dancer Kieran Jordan share thoughts about woodshedding in the trad world.

Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below.

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 33
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tunes: “Tap Room, Mountain Road, Galway Rambler” (reels), from Rehearsal Recording, c. 2009
Artist: Dan Gurney (accordion), Shannon Heaton (flute), Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Sabai Sabai,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Steps: isolated foot track from “Mountain Ramblier,” from Lovers’ Well
Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton with Kieran Jordan (feet)

Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “The Priest And His Boots,” from Cover the Buckle
Artist: Seán Clohessy, Sean Mccomiskey, And Kieran Jordan

Tune: Intro reel groove from Rehearsal Recording
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “G Meditation,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Dark Low Jig,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Horizons,” from Branches
Artist: Andrew Finn Magill

Tune: “Megan & Jarrod,” from Ports of Call
Artist: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Tune: “Mini Thanks,” from Flying Pizzicato
Artist: Stephen Katz

Tune: “Mutey Big Build,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Rockabye by Firelight,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Bill Cheatum / Kitchen Girl / The Donegal Lass,” from Live in Galway
Artist: We Banjo 3

Tune: “The Blackbird,” from Cover the Buckle
Artist: Seán Clohessy, Sean Mccomiskey, And Kieran Jordan

Tune: “Galway Rambler, Mountain Road,” from Live in Germany
Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton with Kieran Jordan

Tune: “Tracing the Lines,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Air Tune,” from Roots of the Banjo Tree
Artist: We Banjo 3

Song: “More than a Feeling,” from Boston
Artist: Boston