Oldtime Records Competition

The Rolling Wave is offering two people the chance to win a copy of the new CD: Oldtime Records "Volume 3 - Piping Rarities".

The question: "What instrument was played by the famous brother and sister duo Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford?

Answers to therollingwave@rte.ie or by post to The Rolling Wave, RTÉ Radio 1, Dublin 4.

Results of this competition will be given in February.

Congratulations to the two winners of the RTÉ double CD Willie Clancy - The Gold Ring, Uilleann Piping: Carol McNamara of Scarriff and Karen O'Donnell of Co. Wicklow.

Click on a date to listen to the show.

Programme 6: 14th February 2010

Flute tracks from Séamus Tansey, a new release Happy Hour from accordion player Dónal Murphy, a sean nós song from Sile Ní Fhlaithearta and a selection of jigs recorded by piper Leo Rowsome in March 1936. Also, the results of our competition for 2 copies of Oldtime Records Volume 3 - Piping Rarities.

Programme 5: 7th February 2010

Accordion music from Finbar Dwyer, new releases from Karen Casey and John Doyle and also the band Caladh Nua plus an archive track of uilleann piping from Waterford musician Liam Walsh.

31st January 2010 - No Programme

Programme 4: 24th January 2010

Music from Fidil, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, Oliver Loughlin and Damien O'Brien, Jerry O'Sullivan and several Ulster singers from Tyrone and Armagh.

Programme 3: 17th January 2010

Emmet Gill and Gerry Clarke talk about their interest in old recordings of Irish traditional music and we hear tracks from their latest disc Oldtime Recordings Volume 3 - Piping Rarities. Also, 3 weather related songs and tunes.

Programme 2: 10th January 2010

A new CD called Faoi Bhláth by Ciarán Somers, Dave Sheridan, Nicholas Quemener and friends. 2 songs from Colum Sands and the results of our quiz for two copies of the new RTÉ double CD Willie Clancy - The Gold Ring.

Programme 1: 3rd January 2010

Tracks from Paul Brady's newly re-issued disc Welcome Here Kind Stranger, also music and song from Vincent Campbell, Peatsaí Ó Ceannabháin and archive material of Liam Clancy and his mother Mrs.Joan Clancy.

Lashings of Music

A documentary programme on the life and times of one of the country's most famous uilleann pipers, Willie Clancy. Visit the site

About the Show

We will have regular reviews of newly released CDs and new publications, we’ll be talking to musicians and singers about their music and song, where they learned and how they like to sing and play. We will also visit the RTÉ Sound Archive for rare recordings from the past and also pick up on older commercial recordings which are not widely available. Feature items and discussion of current issues will form part of the programme brief and there will certainly be plenty of good music.

Contact Us:

We have an email address therollingwave@rte.ie and are keen to know what your views are on the current state of the traditional music world and also on the sort of material we will be broadcasting on the programme.