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Welcome to Irish Music Stories! This is the LIBSYN Landing page for Irish Music Stories.

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.

Oct 13, 2020

Learning just a few words in Gaelic is mannerly when visiting Ireland and Scotland. And it can be a way IN to cultural values and humor. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Ciarán Bolger, Michael Coult, Julie Fowlis, Mary Jane Lamond, and Brian Ó hAirt help me understand connections between language and music. And how songs in Irish and Scottish Gaelic transmit emotion, carry history, and lift people up. 

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 46
All music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Song: “Déirín Dé - The Last of the Light,” from Blackthorn: Irish Love Songs - An Draighneán Donn: Amhráin Grá
Artist: Susan McKeown

Song: “A Mhairi Bhoidheach,” from Lan Duil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond

Song: “Puirt-À-Beul Set: Fodor Dha Na Gamhna Beaga” from Gach Sgeul / Every Story
Artist: Julie Fowlis

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

Song: “Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh,” from Local Ground
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)

Song: “Liontar Duinn an,” from Down the Green Fields
Artist: Bua (feat. Brian Ó hAirt)

Song: “Dh’ eirich mi moch madainn cheòthar,” from alterum
Artist: Julie Fowlis

Song: “Báidín Fheilimí,” Irish Songs We Learned at School, Ar Ais Arís!
Artist: John Spillane

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

Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

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

Song: “An Mhaighdean Mhara,” from Island Angel
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)

Song: “Live Clip,” from The Burren Pub
Artist: High Time

Song: “An Tiarna Randal,” from Sunda
Artist: Hightime

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

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

Song: “Enach Cuain,” from The Road From Connemara 
Artist: Joe Heaney

Song: “O Conamara,” from Live at Dean Cetner-Performing Arts
Artist: Hightime

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

Tune: “Pound the Floor,” 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: “Washington Post March,” from Have A Little Faith
Artist: Bill Frisell

Song: “Dh’èirich Mi Moch Madainn Cheòthar,” from alterum
Artist: Julie Fowlis

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

Song: “Beidh Aonach Amárach (There's a Fair Tomorrow),” from The Best of Altan - The Songs
Artist: Altan (feat. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)

Song: “Touch the Sky,” from Brave (Original Score)
Artist: Julie Fowlis

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

Song: “A ghoul leig dhachaigh dam nmhàthair mi,” from Gach Sgeul / Every Story
Artist: Julie Fowlis

Song: “A Mhorag 's Na Horo Gheallaidh, from Lan Duil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond

Song: “Air a' Ghille Tha Mo Rùn (It is the Lad that I Love),” from Seinn
Artists: Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac

Song: “Chi Mi Na Morbheanna,” from Mouth Music
Artist: Talitha MacKenzie

Tune: Tune For Mairead & Anna Ni Mhaonaigh,” from Liz Carroll
Artists: Liz Carroll and Dáithí Sproule

Tune: “Seinn O,” from Suas e!
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond

Tunes: “Ifearnáin,” (Boys of Ballisoaire) from Suna
Artist: Hightime