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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 50-Framing the Stories

Feb 9, 2021

How much power does a backdrop have? As the Irish Music Stories production team works to assemble episodes and bonus materials, Shannon explores the wooded hills of Medford, Massachusetts to find visual and organizational surrounds that look and feel like time-worn jigs, and ballads, and nights of music and dance.

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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Joel DeLashmit, Lynn Hayes, Paul Grajciar, Suezen Brown, Paul DeCamp, Emil Hauptmann, Randy Krajniak, Rick Rubin, Susan Walsh, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, John Ploch, Jon Duvick, Gerry Corr, Brian Benscoter, and Marc Gunn.

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 50
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tune: “Free the Heel,” from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt Heaton

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

Tune: “Sunny Banks Demo” #1, 2, 3 from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton

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

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

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

Tune: “Sunny Banks Demo” #4 from Production Music for Irish Music Stories
Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton