Irish & Celtic Music Interviews

For those of you listening exclusively on Patreon, you would've missed the interview I did with Ashley Davis. We had a great conversation...

For those of you listening exclusively on Patreon, you would've missed the interview I did with Ashley Davis. We had a great conversation about her origins with Celtic music, songwriting and the Isle of Man. I hope you enjoy it!

Erin Ruth is tells a story about her performance of the traditional song "Hard Times" and how it relates in her world. You find out more abo

Erin Ruth is tells a story about her performance of the traditional song "Hard Times" and how it relates in her world. You find out more about here on Bandcamp.

Jonny Dyer emailed me a couple weeks ago with a new song and story. Here's what he wrote: A setting of a  poem written by a Mr M Edgerley wh

Jonny Dyer emailed me a couple weeks ago with a new song and story. Here's what he wrote:

A setting of a  poem written by a Mr M Edgerley which he submitted to The Observer (Queensland, Australia) in 1924.

The poem is titled “A Returned Soldier’s Lament”

I’ve renamed the song 1924 partly because I have made small changes to the text  -  and have added a verse,  but also the date is really significant to the meaning of the words.  The poem references WW1 from that date: being 6 years after the war ended, 9 years after the majority of the ANZAC troops joined the war and 8 years after their greatest involvement and losses both at Gallipoli and all along the Western front.

Oh  -  and it’s going to be on our next duo album that will be out sometime this year.  Caveat warning, however; -   we’re so busy doing a load of other things  -  including the beginnings of a new Purcells Polyphonic Party album as well as festivals and folk clubs and recording for TV and games…. that any plan for launching is going to have to be quite  vague.

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "1924"

Syr has a new album that came out at the beginning of this year. You can now listen to the story of one of the songs they recorded from thei

Syr has a new album that came out at the beginning of this year. You can now listen to the story of one of the songs they recorded from their first album and why...

Find out more about Syr.

Gerry O'Beirne is an Irish guitarist and songwriter behind the scenes of many great Celtic musicians. I met him when he toured the U.S. with Andy M. Stewart. But his history playing music is long and fascinating.

I was surprised on last summer's Celtic Invasion Vacations that he's living in Dingle, Ireland now. He's performing both solo and with many of the top Irish musicians there.

Show #265 of The Celtfather.

We talk about his new CD Swimming the Horses, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, and how he got started as a songwriter in the desert of America.

Find out more about Gerry O'Beirne here.

Last summer, I interviewed Mazz O'Flaherty while I was on my Celtic Invasion of Dingle, Ireland. I released the interview with my Pub Songs Podcast last week. I thought I'd share just the interview here.

I love chatting with Mazz. She is so much fun. Ten years ago, I interviewed on show #74 of this podcast. It was so cool seeing how time has changed... or as it. I hope you enjoy.