What do the Irish music and dance worlds think about practicing? Fiddle players Fergal Scahill, Finn Magill, and Rose Flanagan; banjo player Martin Howley; cellist Natalie Haas; flute player Nicole Rabata; and dancer Kieran Jordan share thoughts about woodshedding in the trad world.

Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below.

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Music Heard on IMS Episode 33 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated

Tunes: "Tap Room, Mountain Road, Galway Rambler" (reels), from Rehearsal Recording, c. 2009 Artist: Dan Gurney (accordion), Shannon Heaton (flute), Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Sabai Sabai," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Steps: isolated foot track from "Mountain Ramblier," from Lovers' Well Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton with Kieran Jordan (feet)

Tune: "Pound the Floor," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "The Priest And His Boots," from Cover the BuckleArtist: Seán Clohessy, Sean Mccomiskey, And Kieran Jordan

Tune: Intro reel groove from Rehearsal RecordingArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "G Meditation," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Dark Low Jig," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Horizons," from BranchesArtist: Andrew Finn Magill

Tune: "Megan & Jarrod," from Ports of CallArtist: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Tune: "Mini Thanks," from Flying Pizzicato Artist: Stephen Katz

Tune: "Mutey Big Build," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Rockabye by Firelight," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Bill Cheatum / Kitchen Girl / The Donegal Lass," from Live in Galway Artist: We Banjo 3

Tune: "The Blackbird," from Cover the BuckleArtist: Seán Clohessy, Sean Mccomiskey, And Kieran Jordan

Tune: "Galway Rambler, Mountain Road," from Live in Germany Artist: Matt & Shannon Heaton with Kieran Jordan

Tune: "Tracing the Lines," from Production Music Made for Irish Music StoriesArtist: Matt Heaton (guitar)

Tune: "Air Tune," from Roots of the Banjo TreeArtist: We Banjo 3

Song: "More than a Feeling," from BostonArtist: Boston