Is there something strange about speaking Japanese, and removing your shoes BEFORE tucking into a set of Irish reels? Host Shannon Heaton travels around Japan with Tokyo-based trad band tricolor to learn more about the Irish and Celtic music scenes in the Land of the Rising Sun… and discovers heaps of common ground, social culture, and cake. Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below.

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 30

all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tune: “Feed the Duck a Mandarine,” from Live at 求道会館

Artist: John John Festival

Tune: “Lorient,” from キネン (kine)

Artist: tricolor

Tune: “D Big Build,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Bluebells are Blooming,” from Thousands of Flowers

Artist: Tomoyo Sugai

Tune: “Red Yellow Blue,” from キネン (kine)

Artist: tricolor

Tune: “Slip Jig Dreams,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Aghaidh Jhanuis,” from Guitarscape

Artist: Hirofumi Nakamura

Tune: “Mill Na Máidí,” from Harvest Storm

Artist: Altan

Song: “Messed Up Mind,” from After the Rain Clouds Go

Artist: Akeboshi

Tune: “Sabai Sabai,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Song: “My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from ‘Titanic’),” from Titanic (Music from the Motion Picture)

Artist: James Horner & Céline Dion

Tune: “G# Fade In and Out,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Roundabout,” from Via Portland

Artist: O'Jizo

Tune: “An Paistin Fionn,” from Gathering Cloud

Artist: Toyota Ceili Band HP

Tune: “Father O’Grady’s Trip to Bocca,” from Session at An Solas

Artist: Tokyo Session musicians

Tune: “Noisy Curley,” from Session at The Gnome

Artist: Kyoto Session musicians

Tune: “Trip to the Jacks, Where is the Cat,” from Music from Sliabh Luachra

Artist: Jackie Daly, with dialog/welcome from employees at Disney Sea Cape Cod Village

Tune: “D Major Walk Down,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Bonny Bunch Of Roses/The Ashgrove,” from Swimming Against The Falls/SnámhIin Aghaidh Easa

Artist: Joey Abarta

Tune: “Heartstrings,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Song: “Soul Cake,” from Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 16, 2014

Artist: The Broadway Cast Of "The Last Ship,” feat. Sting

Tune: “Grupai Ceol Memories,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “Bb Whistle Set,” from Kitchen Recording circa 2008

Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton

Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “さかさまの道,” from 雨つぶと風のうた Songs of Raindrops and Breeze

Artists: hatao & nami

Tune: “月をさがして,” from 雨つぶと風のうた Songs of Raindrops and Breeze

Artists: hatao & nami

Tune: “Meditation,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music Stories

Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: “ちゅうちゅう奥さんのポルカ,” from enishi

Artist: hatao

Tune: “Dark Haired Lass/Biddy from Muckross,” from Blackwater

Artist: Altan 

Tune: “Anniversary Reel,” from tricolor BIGBAND

Artist: tricolor

Track: “Tawny Owls 2,” from stereo field-recording of two male Tawny owls 

Artist: Benboncan, used by attribution license