CeolCast - Irish Traditional Music Podcast

Cullen Vance
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A podcast about Irish Traditional Music and the people who make it. Each episode features an artist in the trad scene today – their origin stories, their unique approach to the craft of making music, and how they share it with the world (with a tune or two thrown in). Hosted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Cullen Vance.

Episodes

  1. Madelyn Monaghan & Caleb Adams: Sean-Nós, Taking Care of Yourself, and the Permission to be Happy

    11/24/2025

    Madelyn Monaghan & Caleb Adams: Sean-Nós, Taking Care of Yourself, and the Permission to be Happy

    On today's episode we welcome to the studio Madelyn Monaghan & Caleb Adams all the way from NYC! Madelyn Monaghan is a singer, actor, and writer based in NYC. She specializes in Irish traditional (Sean-nós) singing and is a teacher of the style at the New York Irish Center with students all over the world.​ As an actor, Madelyn has appeared in regional and Off-Broadway theatre as well as short films in the festival circuit. As a recording artist, she has collaborated with renowned artists and labels in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, and Amsterdam. Her singing voice can be heard in feature film scores, commercials (Tullamore Dew),   museums and EDM arenas all over the world.  In 2022, Madelyn released her debut album éist with multi-instrumentalist Cullen Vance. Caleb Adams is an Actor/Comedian/Musician living in New York City. He has traveled the US with the national tours of “Once” and “The Sound of Music”, as well as performing in regional theatre productions. Caleb writes and performs comedy folk songs under the moniker Folk Me Gently and recently released an album with the same title. https://www.instagram.com/ceolcast/ https://www.instagram.com/madelyn_monaghan/ https://www.instagram.com/calebcadams/ https://www.instagram.com/folk_me_gently/

    45 min
  2. Tara Howley on Comfort vs. Freedom, Writing Tunes in the Car, and The Late Late Toy Show

    10/13/2025

    Tara Howley on Comfort vs. Freedom, Writing Tunes in the Car, and The Late Late Toy Show

    My guest this week is the amazing Tara Howley! Tara is a multi-award-winning instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and composer from county Clare. She has a background in classical and traditional music and over 400,000 followers across social media. For 7 years, she toured with the world renowned show Riverdance across Europe, Asia, America, and Canada. Tara is currently doing a Tune A Day series on social media where she posts a new video every day for the month of October 2025 and her album Take 2 as well as her newest single a tin whistle cover of Jason Isbell’s “Cover Me Up” is out now streaming everywhere. Tara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarahowleymusic/?hl=en Tara on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fUaaesLcfVUXc7Ar89ZMf This Episode features tunes recorded live with Tara on Tin whistle, concertina, fiddle, and the Uilleann Pipes; and Cullen Vance on Guitar and Bouzouki. Intro and Outro music is Ali Levack from episode 1.

    43 min

  3. 09/26/2025

    Ali Levack - Whistle and Bagpipe Extraordinaire

    Ali Levack is a bagpiper and whistle sorcerer from the northeast of Scotland. He won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year in 2020 and is a member of the incredible trio “Project SMOK” and the duo “GLIN.” He has recorded over 50 albums and singles, published two books of his own tunes, and his new debut solo album, self titled as 'Ali Levack' is now available on his website at https://alilevack.co.uk/ This is a podcast aboout Irish Traditional Music and the people who make it. Each episode features an artist in the trad scene today – their origin stories, their unique approach to the craft of making music, and how they share it with the world (with a tune or two thrown in). Hosted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Cullen Vance. Support this podcast at patreon.com/cullenvance

    43 min

  4. 09/26/2025

    What is CeolCast? & Cullen's Background - Irish Traditional Music Podcast

    Irish Traditional Music and the people who make it. Each episode features an artist in the trad scene today – their origin stories, their unique approach to the craft of making music, and how they share it with the world (with a tune or two thrown in). Hosted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Cullen Vance. In this introductory episode, we'll take a look at what this show aims to do and why. As well as a quick look at Cullen's musical and geographical background. Support this Podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/c/cullenvance

    9 min
  5. What is CeolCast? - Introduction

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    What is CeolCast? - Introduction

    Irish Traditional Music and the people who make it. Each episode features an artist in the trad scene today – their origin stories, their unique approach to the craft of making music, and how they share it with the world (with a tune or two thrown in). Hosted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Cullen Vance. In this introductory episode, we'll take a look at what this show aims to do and why. As well as a quick look at Cullen's musical and geographical background. Support this Podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/c/cullenvance

    9 min

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A podcast about Irish Traditional Music and the people who make it. Each episode features an artist in the trad scene today – their origin stories, their unique approach to the craft of making music, and how they share it with the world (with a tune or two thrown in). Hosted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Cullen Vance.

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