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Irish Music Stories

By Shannon Heaton

Shannon Heaton’s show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Look at life through a ‘trad’ lens with practitioners of Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. And meet the global community of people that have built lives around jigs, reels, and ballads.

  1. 1.
    Episode 49-The Naming of Birds01/12/2021
    6:51
  2. 2.
    Episode 48-Between the Tunes12/08/2020
    42:50
  3. 3.
    Episode 47-The Myth of Tragedy11/10/2020
    53:51
  4. 4.
    Episode 46-Ancient Tongues, Modern Times10/13/2020
    59:50
  5. 5.
    Episode 45-Trad in the Classroom09/08/2020
    52:51
  6. 6.
    Episode 44-Not Easy Playing Green08/11/2020
    44:51
  7. 7.
    Episode 43-From the Fringe to the Fore07/14/2020
    51:50
  8. 8.
    Episode 42-The Long Arm of the Irish Tradition06/09/2020
    57:50
  1. 9.
    Episode 41- Transplanting Tradition in the Land of the Trees05/12/2020
    50:50
  2. 10.
    Episode 40-Irish Tunes in the Key of C-1904/14/2020
    54:50
  3. 11.
    Episode 39-Tune Tale with Eileen Ivers03/10/2020
    5:51
  4. 12.
    Episode 38-Tune Tale with Jimmy Keane02/11/2020
    7:50
  5. 13.
    Episode 37-Tune Tale with Helen Kisiel01/14/2020
    5:51
  6. 14.
    Episode 36-Tune Tale with Billy McComiskey12/10/2019
    5:50
  7. 15.
    Episode 35- Last Night’s Food11/12/2019
    33:50
  8. 16.
    Episode 34-Fairy Forts and Changelings10/08/2019
    52:50
  9. 17.
    Episode 33-The Irish Woodshed09/10/2019
    45:51
  10. 18.
    Episode 32-Cuppa Tea with Len Graham08/13/2019
    38:51
  11. 19.
    Episode 31-The Scottish Connection07/09/2019
    48:51
  12. 20.
    Episode 30-GMT Plus Nine06/18/2019
    46:51
  13. 21.
    Episode 29B-Travel Update from Tokyo06/11/2019
    1:50
  14. 22.
    Episode 29-Trad on Canvas05/14/2019
    56:50
  15. 23.
    Episode 28-Travel Update from Thornhill04/15/2019
    3:51
  16. 24.
    Episode 27-Touching Down on Different Fields04/09/2019
    50:50
  17. 25.
    Episode 26-Kitchen to Concert Stage03/12/2019
    52:51
  18. 26.
    Episode 25-Season Three Overture02/12/2019
    10:51
  19. 27.
    Episode 24-Joe Cooley Meets Clark Kent01/08/2019
    7:51
  20. 28.
    Episode 23-IMS Playlist12/11/2018
    44:51
  21. 29.
    Episode 22-Jigs in the Key of P11/13/2018
    36:51
  22. 30.
    Episode 21-Fifty Shades of Gender Equality10/09/2018
    56:50
  23. 31.
    Episode 20-Trad Music Summer Camp09/11/2018
    51:51
  24. 32.
    Episode 19-Fiddle in the Windy City08/14/2018
    36:51
  25. 33.
    Episode 18-Wax Cylinders to the World Wide Web07/10/2018
    46:51
  26. 34.
    Episode 17-Why Willie and Mary Matter06/12/2018
    49:51
  27. 35.
    Episode 16-Pushing All the Right Buttons05/08/2018
    31:50
  28. 36.
    Episode 15-Heartbeat of Irish Music04/10/2018
    37:51
  29. 37.
    Episode 14-Dance Hall Days03/13/2018
    34:51
  30. 38.
    Episode 13-The C-Word02/13/2018
    37:51
  31. 39.
    Episode 12-Season Two Preview01/09/2018
    4:27
  32. 40.
    Episode 11-Return to Sligo12/12/2017
    36:51
  33. 41.
    Episode 10-Cuppa Tea with Daithi Sproule11/14/2017
    27:51
  34. 42.
    Episode 09-Want of Wit10/10/2017
    28:51
  35. 43.
    Episode 08-Miss McLeods Reel at 11309/12/2017
    32:51
  36. 44.
    Episode 07-The Piper08/08/2017
    36:51
  37. 45.
    Episode 06-The Backer07/11/2017
    18:51
  38. 46.
    Episode 05-Handed Down06/13/2017
    41:51
  39. 47.
    Episode 04-Cuppa Tea with McKinneys and McCarthy05/09/2017
    33:51
  40. 48.
    Episode 03-Every Tuesday at Nine04/11/2017
    40:51
  41. 49.
    Episode 02-Cuppa Tea with Karan Casey03/14/2017
    32:51
  42. 50.
    Episode 01-Trip to Sligo02/14/2017
    34:51
  43. 51.
    Episode 00-Introducing Irish Music Stories01/10/2017
    3:08

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