Join us for a podcast full of stories from recent legends including Mick Moloney, a giant influence on the scene in Ireland and North America, to Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band, one of the most famous music acts on the East Coast almost 100 years ago.

We are enlightened by Dan Neely, a prominent musician and ethnomusicologist who specialises in the music of Ireland.

THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT

●        Mick Moloney and his huge contribution to Irish music

●        Immigration and how it affects the sound of Irish traditional music

●        How a hundred year old band drove a passion for music in Dan

●        Keep the scene alive with the Irish Echo and Facebook

●        Why Dan studied ‘ice-cream truck’ music!

GUEST DETAILS
 
Dan Neely is a banjo player, journalist, and ethnomusicologist with specialties in the musics of Ireland and Jamaica.  He's also written on the history and aesthetics of ice cream truck music. 
 
Dan holds a PhD in Musicology from New York University, from 2011–2016 was the artistic coordinator of the Augusta Irish Week in Elkins, West Virginia, from 2008-2023 was the Public Relations Officer for the Mid-Atlantic Region of Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann, since 2021 has been a board member of the Ward Irish Music Archives, and has written the weekly traditional music column for New York's Irish Echo newspaper since 2012. 

MORE INFORMATION

Find out more about Dan on his website: www.danieltneely.com
Discover the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco at www.pgil.mc