On tonight's programme we bring you the first part of a concert recorded in the Seamus Ennis Arts Centre in Naul marking the centenary of the birth of Seamus Ennis.
Tonight we remember Arty McGlynn who died last week and we also have a few songs from Christy's Moore's new cd 'Magic Nights' as well as one or two Christmas tunes and songs.
This week on The Rolling Wave we mark 50 of the classic album 'The Star Above the Garter' featuring the wonderful fiddle playing of Julia Clifford and Denis Murphy.
Contributors include Mr T King, Matt Cranitch, Con Houlihan, Pat Feeley, Ciarán Mac Mathúna, Julia Clifford, Jimmy O'Brien, Seamus Mac Mathúna, Mikey Dunne, Billy Clifford, Geraldine O’Callaghan, Aoife O’Keefe, Paddy Cronin, Julia Mary Murphy and Paddy Moloney.
On this week's programme we'll be playing some newly released music from Fidil, Lankum, Pádraig Rynne, Elaine Hogan and Andy Irvine.
On tonight's show we bring you the 2nd part of a programme recorded recently at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh. Tonight's guests are Mohsen Sharifian and Mohammed Jaberi from Iran, Nico Berardi from Italy and Brighde Chaimbeul from Scotland. The last tune on the show is played by some of the students from Club na bPíobairí in Armagh.
Part One of two programmes recorded recently at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh,. Tonight's show features music from Eamonn Curran, Gráinne Holland and Tony Byrne, Brian McNamara and Gráinne Hambly and Brian Vallely will be with us too to talk about the festival and about their brand new publication 'The William Kennedy Lectures- Lectures from 25 years of the William Kennedy Piping Festival'
Tonight on the Rolling Wave we're playing some music and archive interview with just some of the recipients of Gradaim Ceoil TG4 for 2019. We have songs and tunes from Lillis Ó Laoire, Laoise Kelly, Josephine Marsh and Seamus Connollly.
On tonight's programme we'll be playing tracks from two new cds, 'Sligo Made' by Kevin Burke and 'Away On Up The Road' by Aidan Connolly and John Daly. We'll also be playing two of Máire Ni Choilm's songs from her winning performance at Corn Uí Riada which took place at Oireachtas na Gaeilge last weekend. And finally we'll be remembering the late Gay Byrne with some tracks from the Dubliners Late Late Show Tribute.
Tonight's guest is fiddle player John Carty who was recently named Sligo's Trad Artist in Residence
This week's guest is Aoife Kellly. Aoife is the granddaughter of John Kelly, the great fiddle and concertina player from West Clare. Born in 1921 John Kelly came to Dublin in 1945 where he opened a shop on Capel Street. From then one he was a central figure in the Irish music scene in the city and many people passed through the doors of the Capel Street shop for chats and tunes.
Aoife Kelly has curated a fantastic website in his memory called www.johnkellycapelstreet.ie
Two major figures in sean nós singing in the 20th century- Joe Heaney and Seán Ac Dhonncha- were both from Carna in Connemara and both born in October 1919. On tonight's programme we mark their centenary and celebrate their music with help from Dr. Síle Denvir from DCU and Seán Ac Dhonncha's son, Macdara.
Tonight on the programme we'll be talking to Scottish singer Mary Ann Kennedy about her own music, the connections between Irish and Scottish music and 25 years of 'Sruth na Maoile' on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. This programme which is presented by Mary Ann and Sean Ó hÉanaigh is celebrating 25 years on air with a gala concert in Glór in Ennis on the 5th of October. All the details on www.glor.ie
We also play some music from Altan who are doing some gigs in Ireland in October and we remember Gavin Ralston who passed away during the week with a track he recorded with Aogán Lynch and Michelle O'Brien.
On tonight's programme we're bringing you a small selection of the music played at flute, whistle, pipes and singing recitals which took place at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy earlier in the summer.
Our special guest on tonight's show is fiddle player Martin Hayes. The Rolling Wave met him in Kilkenny to talk about the upcoming Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry House. https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/masters-of-tradition/
We spoke about that festival as well as his latest work with Brooklyn Rider and the very first recording he made for Gael Linn in 1978.
On tonight's programme Louise Mulcahy talks about the history of women uilleann pipers in traditional music.
At the recent Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy The Rolling Wave met English folk musicians John and Katie Howson. John recently released a fascinating cd of sean nós singing 'Tabhair Mo Ghrá go Conamara - Bring My Love to Connemara' on his label Veteran Records and he talks about the story behind these recordings. They also talk about English Folk Music and the connections and differences between their music and Irish Traditional Music.
We also play two tracks from Gay McKeon's brand new cd of solo piping 'The Turning of the Geese'.
Tonight's guest is fiddle player John Carty who has just been announced as Sligo's Trad Artist in Residence
On tonight's programme we bring you the 2nd part of a concert by The Gloaming recorded earlier this year in the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
On tonight's programme we bring you the first part of a concert by The Gloaming recorded earlier this year in the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy opened yesterday in Miltown Malbay and on tonight's programme we bring you a selection of performances from past years. Musicians include James Keane, Sean Keane, Rosie Stewart, Oisín Mac Diarmada, Michelle O'Sullivan, Paul de Grae and Patsy Hanley.
This week we're looking at some of the best new releases of the past few months. We'll have music from Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell and Patrick Doocey, Damien O'Reilly, Treasa Harkin and Lynnsey Weissenberger, Gatehouse, Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy and Geraldine Cotter as well as a song from T with the Maggies.
On tonight's programme we talk to fiddle player Liam O'Connor who will take up his new role as Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive later on this summer.
Tonight on The Rolling Wave we talk to Tom Mulligan who runs the Cobblestone Bar in Dublin which is a very famous pub for music, loved by musicians and listeners alike.
Tonight on The Rolling Wave we have new music from Avalla, Pamela and Aoibheann Queally and Dervish as well as a song from Andy Irvine.
And looking forward to the McKenna Traditional Festival 2019 we listen to an excerpt from a Long Note programme made by Jackie Small and Harry Bradshaw in 1983 about the life and music of John McKenna
On this weeks programme we'll be listening to the 2nd part of a concert recorded in honour of Séamus Ennis at the Séamus Ennis Arts Centre in Naul, Co. Dublin. The programme features songs from Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin, poetry from Dermot Bolger and tunes from Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan.
Tonight on the Rolling Wave we're marking the centenary of the birth of Séamus Ennis with a special concert recorded in the Séamus Ennis Arts Centre in Naul, Co. Dublin. The concert will be broadcast this week and next week, May 12th on The Rolling Wave. Tonight's guests are pipers Ronan Browne, Padraic Mac Mathúna, Jimmy O'Brien Moran and Sorcha Ní Scolaí.
On tonight's programme we bring you the first in a series of three programmes marking the centenary of the birth of Seamus Ennis. Tonight's programme will feature some of the singers and musicians collected by Séamus Ennis including Willie Clancy, Pádraig O'Keefe and Elizabeth Cronin.
We also speak to Ríonach Uí Ógáin, editor of Seamus Ennis's diaries from his days with the Folklore Commission.
On tonight's programme we'll be talking to Emer Mayock about a double cd called 'Music of Mayo- Ceol Mhaigh Eo' and its accompanying website www.musicofmayo.ie which was recently launched.
Tonight's Rolling Wave features music from Consairtín 2018- a concert with Pádraig Rynne, Tara Breen and Elaine Hogan. Just a flavour of the kind of music which might be played at this year's Consairtín Festival in Ennis between the 25th and the 28th of April. All the details on consairtin.ie
The Rolling Wave also went to the launch of public access to ITMA's Ephemera collection. This collection has been organised over the past 18 months or so by Treasa Harkin from ITMA and a group of dedicated volunteers and there's lots of interesting material to be found there.
On St. Patrick's Day Niall Vallely's Concerto for Concertina and Orchestra was premiered in the National Concert Hall with Niall on concertina and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Brophy. On this Sunday's Rolling Wave Niall talks about that piece, of pushing the boundaries of the Concertina and about growing up in a house full of music in Armagh.
Tonight's programme features new music from Mel Mercier and Flook. The legendary recording Ó Riada Sa Gaiety is 50 years old this week so we listen back to some of those great songs and tunes and from the archives we have music and chat from Micho Russell.
On tonight's programme we hear music from Tony MacMahon, Helen Diamond, Úna Monaghan as well as some very special tracks from the RTÉ Radio archives featuring Andy McGann, Charlie Lennon, Matt Molloy and Paddy Cronin.
On tonight's Rolling Wave we remember piper Liam O'Flynn who died a year ago this week. The programme includes excerpts from interviews Liam did with Peter Browne and Marian Richardson.
On tonight's Rolling Wave we talk about women in Irish Traditional Music. A number of weeks ago a symposium on that topic took place in NUIG. It was organised by the Department of Irish Studies in NUIG in conjunction with Fairplé. Twenty two speakers took part in the symposium and one of those was Verena Commins from NUIG who gave a talk entitled 'The Man and his Music' and Verena joins us tonight on the show to explain the ideas behind that talk.
On foot of that symposium, The Rolling Wave is begining an occasional series of interviews and profiles of women musicians called The Woman and her Music and as part of that we hear an archive interview with fiddle player Liz Carroll from an RTÉ Radio 1 series called 'Cherish the Ladies'.
And finally, The Kilfenora Céilí Band will be launching their new cd 'Both Sides Now' in the National Concert Hall on March 18th and we hear a couple of tracks from that cd on the programme.
On tonight's programme we travel from Estonia to Galway in the company of a range of musicians. First up is an interview with a group of Irish and Estonian musicians who first met when the Irish musicians travelled to Estonia on tour in August 1988. Neilidh Mulligan, Sean Garvey and Jaak and Kart Johanson remember that first trip and the effect it had on all of them.
Later on in the programme we speak to Claire Keville who has just released a beautiful cd called 'Irish Music on the Harpsichord'.
On tonight's Rolling Wave piper Louise Mulcahy talks about the history of women uileann pipers in traditional music. She tells the stories of some wonderful women including Anna Barry and Mrs Margaret Murphy, pictured below.
On tonight's programme Lamond Gillespie talks about the music of Jimmy Power and the release of a new cd called 'Go Home and Have Your Dinner- Irish Fiddle Music Recorded in London and Waterford (1958-1981).
And that cd can be ordered from Lamond's website at www.lamondgillespie.co.uk
We also have two selections of tunes from Rebecca McCarthy-Kent who won the final of this year's Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal competition which took place on February 1st and was broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Seventeen musicians took part this year and you can listen back to the whole event here -
https://www.rte.ie/rnag/cuireadh-chun-ceoil/
We also have tunes from Louise Mulcahy, Lamond Gillespie, John Blake, Mick Leahy and Liz Carroll who will be a guest at Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh in Baile an Fheirtéirigh next weekend- all the details at www.scoilcheoil.com
We talk to flute player Catherine McEvoy who will be presented with the Musician of the Year award at this year's Gradam Ceoil TG4 which takes place in Belfast on February 17th
Tonight on the programme we'll be listening to newly released music from Cormac Crummey, Benjamin Morris and Diane Ní Chanainn as well as songs and tunes from Verena Commins, Julie Langan and Caitlín Maude. We also mark the 35th anniversary of Luke Kelly's death with a clip of him talking to Ciarán Mac Mathúna in 1963, taken from the RTÉ Radio 1 archives.
Traditional and folk music in Ireland, presented by Aoife Nic Cormaic.
Traditional and folk music in Ireland, presented by Aoife Nic Cormaic.
Traditional and folk music in Ireland, presented by Aoife Nic Cormaic.
On tonight's programme we bring you the second part of that concert recorded with The Gloaming in the National Concert Hall last year. And we also mark Nollaig na mBan with songs and tunes from some of our best female traditional musicians.