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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 45-Trad in the Classroom

Sep 8, 2020

There’s no definitive Irish or Scottish music method book. A lot of seasoned practitioners learned their music in kitchens and pubs. So how do they bring that immersive, social learning approach into the classroom? In this episode, June McCormack, Michael Rooney, Alasdair White, Caroline Keane, and Tom Delany share ideas about teaching and learning traditional music.

There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below.

And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami (with Tomoaki Hatekeyama) HERE 

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 45
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tune: “Sabai Sabai,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “99 High,” from The Blue Dress
Artists: Shannon Heaton, Maeve Gilchrist, Paddy League

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

Tune: “McIntyre's Fancy,” from Hup Termonfeckin
Artists: June McCormack, Michael Rooney

Tune: “Hometown Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “G Chimes,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “D Mutey Big Build,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Graf Spey,” from Draíocht
Artists: June McCormack and Michael Rooney

Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Macalla Suite,” from Gradam Ceoil TG4  
Artist: National Folk Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Michael Rooney

Tune: “Farewell To Erin, The Morning Star,” from Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo & Harp
Artist: Oisin Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheal O'Ruanaigh

Tune: “Capt Murdo Kennedy of Kyle, South Uist Golf Club” from An Clar Geal
Artist: Alasdair White

Tune: “Cairistiona Chaimbeul” from Back of Boisdale
Artist: Joe Peter MacLean

Tune: “Quickstep & 9/8 Marches,” from James Duncan Mackenzie
Artist: James Duncan Mackenzie

Tune: “Kenny Gilles of Portnalong, from Scotland’s Big Session video
Artists: Lauren MacColl and Ewan MacPherson

Tune: “The Hairy Angler Fish…” from Room Enough for All
Artist: Battlefield Band

Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “John Kelly's, Old Concertina Reel,” from Never Say Goodbye, Say Good Luck
Artists: Caroline Keane and Tom Delany

Tune: “Métro Blues,” from Never Say Goodbye, Say Good Luck
Artist: Tom Delany

Tune: “Modal Groove,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “John’s Theme,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Mickey Callaghan's Slide/Winnie Hayes’s Jig,” from Kitty Lie Over
Artists: Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

Tune: “The Murroe Polka / The Taur Polka / Mick Duggan’s Polka, from Shine
Artist: Caroline Keane

Tune: “Slip Jig Dreams,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Abbey Reel,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

Tune: “Reavy's - The Milliner's Daughter,” from Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo & Harp
Oisin Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheal O'Ruanaigh

Tune: ‘Ballybrolly Jig #1 (The North Star), from Rubai
Artist: Flook