Sail On, Ireland #578

Sail on to IrishFest Atlanta to hear a story from Shannon Dunne along with music from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.

Santiago Molina, Meerrant, Old Blind Dogs, Jared Bogle, Niamh Dunne, Alex Sturbaum, Battlefield Band, Gwilym Morus, Chris Murphy, Clare Sands, SeeD, The Muckers, The Town Pants, The Secret Commonwealth

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:09 - Santiago Molina "Acá y ahora" from Desde un nuevo lugar

3:15 - WELCOME

4:09 - Meerrant "Trois Corbeaux" from Fells

8:12 - Old Blind Dogs "Here We Go Again" from Knucklehead Circus

11:13 - Jared Bogle "The Orphan / The Black Rogue (Jigs)" from The Old Road Home

14:33 - Niamh Dunne "Tales of Old" from Tides

18:09 - FEEDBACK

20:35 - Alex Sturbaum "Lift Me Up John" from River Run Wide

25:16 - Battlefield Band "The St. Louis Stagger / The Ass In The Graveyard / Sandy's New

Chanter" from The Producer's Choice

29:34 - Gwilym Morus "What's going on" from Live Performance of Gwilym Morus in Wales 2014

32:32 - Shannon Dunne is an acclaimed sean - nós dancer, concertina player, singer, community organizer, and educator. Her work with master dancers has given her intimate access to the tight - knit sean - nós dance community and has afforded her a place among the top sean - nós dancers in North America.

The Washington Post called her dancing, "Playful musicality! Spirited and fun!"   Shannon has joined the Phoenix School of Irish Arts as a Dance Instructor.  Shannon will teach “set dancing” at IrishFest Atlanta.

33:27 - STORY: SEAN NOS DANCE

38:23 - Chris Murphy "Connemara Ponies" from The Tinker's Dream

41:26 - THANKS

42:45 - Clare Sands "Sail On" from Clare Sands

46:05 - SeeD "We Will Fly" from FAE

50:27 - The Muckers “Castle Kelly” from One More Stout

54:34 - The Town Pants "Eliza Anderson" from Something to Say

59:00 - CLOSING

1:00:00 - The Secret Commonwealth "All These Years" from Last Call

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