How do artists paint trad? And how do they capture the sounds and feelings—and the bigger stories behind Irish music and dance—in two dimensions? In conversations with Brian Vallely, James Gurney, Vincent Crotty, and Catharine Kingcome, host Shannon Heaton explores Travelling pipers, a dilapidated hotel in the Hudson Valley, Dudley Street dance hall in post WWII America, and a country home in County Clare.

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 29 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tune: “Free the Heel,” from Kitchen SessionArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: “Dear Irish Boy,” from Swimming Against The FallsArtist: Joey Abarta

Tune: “The Bull’s March,” from The Raven's RockArtist: Cillian Vallely

Tune: “Silver,” from SilverArtist & Composer: Hanneke Cassel 

Tune: “Grupai Ceol Memories,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Montage: Montage from The Travelling PeopleArtists: Various members of English Traveller Community, Produced by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger & Charles Parker

Tune: “Dark Low Jig” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: “Wicklow Hornpipe,” from Swimming Against The FallsArtist: Joey Abarta

Song: “Terror Time,” from The Travelling PeopleArtists: Joe Heaney (voice) Composer: Ewan MacColl

Tune: “Mutey Big Build” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Song: “Will Ye Go Lassie, Go,” from Wild Mountain ThymeArtist: The McPeake Family

Tune: “A Chailleach Do Mharais Me/The Gold Ring,” from The Celtic Uilleann Pipes Collection - Volume 1Artist: Brian Vallely

Tune: “Meaning of Life” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: “Rakish Paddy,” from The Last of the Travelling PipersArtist: Felix Doran

Tune: “Drifting Clouds,,” from The Joy of First Year PianoComposer: Denes Agay Artist: Nigel Heaton

Tune: “Song of Dinotopia,” AKA Lift up your heads, Ye mighty Gates (Hymn #436) AKA TRURO, from Episcopal Hymnal Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872), words Georg Weissel (1590-1635) Artist: Shannon Heaton

Tune: “Pound the Floor” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: Jackie Coleman’s” reel from Music at Matt Molloy’sArtists: Matt Molloy & Friends 

Tune: “Siege of Ennis,” from Copley Records release Artist: Johnny Powell and his Band

Tune: “Leaving JP” from SilverArtist & Composer: Hanneke Cassel

Tune: “Liam O’ Súilleabhaín & Brístí Breaca” AKA Bill Sullivan’s & Britches Full of Stitches from Jackie Daly Agus Séamus CreaghArtist: Jackie Daly & Séamus Creagh

Tune: “Job of Journeywork,” from Cover the BuckleArtist: Séan Clohessy, Sean McComiskey & Kieran Jordan

Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: “Slow Reel,” from January EP Artist: The Assembly

Tune: “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel,” from House SessionArtists: Boston and Clare musicians

Tune: “Doberman’s Wallet,” from Malden Fiddle lessonArtist: Tommy Peoples

Tune: “Triumph Theme,”  from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton guitar

Tune: “The Traveller,” from Kitchen Session Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton

Tune: “Wild Irishman & The Sailor’s Bonnet,” from Paddy KeenanArtist: Paddy Keenan

Poem: “No Fixed Abode,” from Kitchen SessionArtist: Anne Marie Kennedy