Irish Music Stories Podcast

How does Irish dance connect with traditional music today? And what’s up with all the different types of social, performative, and competitive trad dance? Kieran Jordan, Liam Ó Scanláin, the Glencastle Irish Dancers, and Jimmy Keane help host Shannon Heaton detangle a few musical threads in Irish dance today. There’s plenty of music here, too. Credits below. * * * * * * * Special thanks to Seán McGinnis, John Kerr, Brian Benscoter, Davy McDonald, and two anonymous donors for supporting this episode. And thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music. Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 08 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tunes: “Mount Phoebus Hunt and The Hunted,” from Cover the buckleArtists: Seán Clohessy, Sean McComiskey, and Kieran Jordan Tune: “Tracing the Lines,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton Tune: “The Three Sea Captains,