13 episodes
The Rolling Wave RTÉ
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The Rolling Wave celebrates all that is great about Irish Traditional music. We speak to musicians, delve into archives, showcase new releases and visit some of the many traditional music festivals taking place around the country. The Rolling Wave podcast brings you some of our best interviews and features. For rights reasons the music here is shorter than in the original broadcast. To listen to the full version go to www.rte.ie/radio 1/the-rolling-wave and click on the relevant date. Listen live on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night at 9pm.
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Ep. 63 - Toner Quinn 'What Ireland can teach the world about music'
In this episode Toner Quinn talks to Aoife about his new book 'What Ireland can teach the world about music and other essays'.
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Ep. 62 - Legendary Donegal fiddle players
In this episode I'm joined by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Dermot McLaughlin to talk about some of the great names in Donegal fiddle playing.
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Ep. 61 - 40 years of Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí
In this episode we're celebrating 40 years of the work of Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí in the company of some of its founding members and a host of great fiddle players.
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Ep. 60 - Charlie Lennon
A special interview with composer, fiddle and piano player Charlie Lennon recorded in Stiúideó Cuan in Galway in advance of a concert in celebration of Charlie's music.
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Ep. 59 - Zoë Conway and Jim McKillop
Zoë Conway joins Aoife to talk about her newly composed suite of music, From a Forest to a Fiddle and we also hear from Jim McKillop whose fiddle making process is documented and celebrated through music and film as part of this project.
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Ep. 58 - Traditional Music and Jazz in the early 20th Century
In this episode Conor Caldwell talks about how jazz culture in Ireland in the early 20th century influenced Irish traditional musicians and made its way into the repertoire of players like John Doherty and others.