
20 Years of BCMFest
Cuppa Tea chat with Passim’s Matt Smith about Boston’s Celtic Music Festival
The Irish Music Stories project explores Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions. Through podcasts, essays, and bonus content, producer Shannon Heaton weaves together music and conversations with luminaries from the “trad” world. It’s five seasons of culture, history, and art exploration through an Irish music lens.
For 2022, the project will continue to expand, with more transcripts of existing shows, essays, and bonus conversations from the vault!
Cuppa Tea chat with Passim’s Matt Smith about Boston’s Celtic Music Festival
How language, landscape, and industry have shaped music in Wales
How banjo got to Irish music, while other instruments have been slower to the fold
How jigs and reels have inspired people outside of Ireland
How old Scottish tunes bloomed into Cape Breton traditions
How traditional musicians and dancers stay social in isolation
Fiddler Eileen Ivers talks soccer balls, wedding dresses, and jigs
Accordion player Jimmy Keane talks missing socks and enduring tunes
Box player Billy McComiskey shares a wee tale and a tune
Antrim singer Len Graham on old songs and friends who sang them
Musicians who play more than one style of traditional music
Derry-born Dáithí Sproule on beauty, respect, and mindfulness
How two Irish pubs were built on music, faith, and four forks