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We are delighted to have Lisa Schwartz Festival Director of Philadelphia Folk Festival on our Podcast this week.
She shares the history of the festival, insight about the 2020 digital edition this August & more. Enjoy
TradFest Temple Bar Unlocked Episode 5 with Dr. Aileen Dillane
TradFest Temple Bar Unlocked Episode 4 with Una McAlinden Director of the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Victoria, Australia.
Together with our friends in Failte Ireland we’ve decided to create this series of Temple Bar TradFest podcasts to connect with our listeners from around the world about see how they are coping during the Covid-19 lockdown. And we wanted to share these stories and experiences with you our listener wherever you are. Each week we’ll have a chat with different people from the music industry across the globe. And of course, you can’t have a TradFest podcast without a track or two. Until we’re all Together again in music.
This week Kieran chats to Brenda Willis about her Irish heritage, her Irish music journey and Music City Irish Fest in Nashville. Tune in & enjoy.
Together with our friends in Failte Ireland we’ve decided to create this series of Temple Bar TradFest podcasts to connect with our listeners from around the world about see how they are coping during the Covid-19 lockdown. And we wanted to share these stories and experiences with you our listener wherever you are. Each week we’ll have a chat with different people from the music industry across the globe. And of course, you can’t have a TradFest podcast without a track or two. Until we’re all Together again in music.
Delighted to have Maryann McTeague Keifer on this week’s TradFest Podcast. Raised to treasure her Irish heritage, Maryann is the host of IRELAND TONIGHT on WDCBPublicRadio & has been part of the Irish music community in Chicago for years. Enjoy.
Together with our friends in Failte Ireland we’ve decided to create this series of Temple Bar TradFest podcasts to connect with our listeners from around the world about see how they are coping during the Covid-19 lockdown. And we wanted to share these stories and experiences with you our listener wherever you are. Each week we’ll have a chat with different people from the music industry across the globe. And of course, you can’t have a TradFest podcast without a track or two. Until we’re all Together again in music.
We’re delighted to have our first guest with us today, Barry Stapleton, from Milwaukee Irish Fest. Barry is the programmer for Milwaukee Irish Fest which I’m sure you are all very familiar with.
EP56 - Tradfest 2020 is only two days away and kicks off this Wednesday Night when Screaming Orphans, this week's guests, play a show at the Olympia Theatre with Hothouse Flowers plus Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings!
EP55 - Hothouse Flowers - a very special Tradfest show with Liam and Peter from the 'Flowers in conversation with Kieran Hanrahan and playing live at the Tradfest Launch - they play The Olympia Theatre on Jan 22nd, the opening night of this year's Tradfest Festival.
EP54 Boxing Banjo live and interview from Tradfest 2020 launch in Iveagh House, Dublin. Tradfest is just weeks away and we're celebrating with a deep dive into the magical world of Boxing Banjo as we speak with them and share their full set from the Tradfest 2020 Launch.
EP53 - Happy New Year from Tradfest - we've an extended special show with the legend that is Seamie O'Dowd from Sligo!
EP52 - In Memorium - Ed Ward (1945-2019) - Part two of a very special two part tribute to the Milwaukee Irish Fest founder who passed away in Oct. We're very proud to share Ed in conversation with Kieran Hanrahan.
EP51 - In Memorium - Ed Ward (1945-2019) - Part one of a very special two part tribute to the Milwaukee Irish Fest founder who passed away in Oct. We're very proud to share Ed in conversation with Kieran Hanrahan.
EP50 - a fabulous Christmas special with piper Louise Mulcahy joining Kieran Hanrahan and Ruth Smith in the Oliver St. John Gogarty.
EP49 Eamon Casey joins us with more fascinating insights into Oliver St. John Gogarty and we meet the amazing Megatrad from Limerick who play a brand new take on Trad augmented by loops and pedals - they make their Dublin debut at Tradfest next month!
EP48 - Caoimhe Hogarty, a fabulous singer and collector of songs from Dublin joins us and sings three gorgeous songs - one with a very special surpise guest! Caoimhe is part of the line-up for Daoirí Farrell and friends present The Dublin Session in Dublin Castle on January 23rd during Tradfest.
EP47 - Presenting the amazing Brídín from Sligo - an artist who embodies the spirit of Trad Without Frontiers. Using Trad as a starting point she takes her music to a place unexplored since the heights of Enya's success but with her own very unique and modern twist. A star of the future who we're delighted to be featuring at Tradfest 2020. Brídín in conversation with Ruth and Kieran in Oliver St. John Gogarty's Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
EP 46 - The very talented poet Stephen James Smith joins us in the Oliver St John Gogarty to talk about his upcoming gig at Tradfest 2020!
EP45 - Presenting the alt-folk duo Hidden Still from Wicklow who write amazingly haunting songs steeped in americana. They make their Tradfest debut this January. We also have another surprise guest at the Oliver St John Gogarty - Aileen Dillane from the University Of Limerick who's conducting a research project about Tradfest!
EP44 - A very special Tradfest from the Oliver St. John Gogarty where we present a brand new band who are playing Tradfest 2020 and making a massive impression here in Ireland - Alfi!
EP43 - Eamon Casey, Connla, Laura Cortese, Stockton's Wing, Seamus Begley & Oisin Mac Diarmada counting down to Tradfest 2020 from The Oliver St. John Gogarty, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
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