{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 01-Trip to Sligo","description":"This inaugural episode investigates why 400,000 people\u2013and a band of kids from Boston\u2013ended up at the All Ireland music competition in Sligo. With visits to Boston, Dublin, Clare, and Chicago, host Shannon Heaton digs into what the competition meant to all the kids, parents, and teachers who were involved in the qualifying round in New Jersey, and the big summer Fleadh in Ireland. Meet young piper Cormac Gaj, teachers at Comhaltas Music Schools, concertina player Mary MacNamara in Tulla, and fiddle player Liz Carroll\u2026 and there\u2019s a Yeats poem here, too, recited by Anne Marie Kennedy. * * * * * * * Special thanks to David Laveille and the nice pals at the Sonic Soiree for encouraging Irish Music Stories. Thank you to Matt Heaton for script editing and production music. And please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music and Poetry Heard on Episode 01-Trip to Sligo all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tune: \u201cThe Tap Room\u201d (reel), from rehearsal, circa 2009 Artist: Dan Gurney (accordion), Shannon Heaton (flute), Matt Heaton (guitar) Tune: \u201cGrupai Ceoil Theme,\u201d Production Music made for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton (guitar) Tune: \u201cI\u2019m Waiting for You\u201d and \u201cThe Magpie\u2019s Nest\u201d (reels), from The Banks of the Shannon, Green Linnet 1993 Artist: Seamus Connolly (fiddle), Charlie Lennon (piano) Tune: \u201cHeartstrings Theme,\u201d from Production Music made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar) Tune: \u201cTravel Theme,\u201d from Production Music made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar) Tune: \u201cThe Imperial Set\u201d (first tune is \u201cFollow Me Down to Milltown\u201d), from Live in Lisdoonvarna, (Torc Music, 2002) Artist: Kilfenora C\u00e9il\u00ed Band Tune: \u201cJennifer Molloy\u2019s\u201d (Jig), from From Tulla to Boston: Live at the Burren Artist: Mary MacNamara (from the Trad Youth Exchange) Tune: \u201cJoe Cooley\u2019s Reel,\u201d from From Tulla to Boston: Live at the Burren Artist: Tul\u00f3g and Realta Gaela (from the Trad Youth Exchange) Tune: \u201cTriumph Theme,\u201d from Production Music made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar) Tune: \u201cHigh Part of the Road\u201d (Jig), field recording made by Liz Carroll (1976) Artist: Bridge C\u00e9il\u00ed Band Tune: \u201cSeamus Connolly\u2019s\u201d (Jig), from Traditional Music from Doolin Co. Clare Artist: Kevin Griffin with Eoin O\u2019Neill, Sharon Shannon Poem: \u201cThe Song of Wandering Aengus,\u201d recited in Kennedy\u2019s kitchen Artist: Recited by Anne Marie Kennedy Poet: William Butler Yeats   ","author_name":"Irish Music Stories Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.IrishMusicStories.org","html":"