All Set for Sunday and the Kitchen Session from Boston, USA
By Paula Carroll | January 29, 2009
Great line-up of musicians for the session in Gerry and Toni Dunleavy’s this Sunday 1 Feb – St. Brigid’s Day and Superbowl Sunday!
- Breandan Ó hUiginn from Lahinch – the maker of the song Micho Russell made famous – “John Philip Holland”
- Tommy Kierse – box player from Liscannor
- Kitty de Entramont – a cousin of Micho Russell’s
- Flute-player Jimmy Noonan, whose Dad, John Patrick, emigrated from Flagmount years ago. Maeve Flanagan and her dad – whose people are from Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay
- Larry Reynolds, stalwart of the Boston Branch of Comhaltas.
- Roger Burridge, fiddler who played for years round Doolin before heading for the rural pleasures of New Hampshire, USA
And plenty more (just as well it’s a big American kitchen!). Don’t forget if you want to send greetings to anyone in Boston during the programme – do so now to kitchen@clarefm.ie. We won’t be able to take your messages during the broadcast but can include them if you get them in early.
Topics: Gerry Dunleavy, Boston, Series 2 |
Touched Down!
By Paula Carroll | January 29, 2009
Well here I am – surfaced at last. Slept off the jetlag, and enjoying my first ever visit to Boston. Unlike the vast majority of Irish people I have not visited the USA that much – nor am I that familiar with the Irish immigrant communities in the East Coast cities. So I’m getting a great kick out of the New England landscapes around Winchester on the outskirts of Boston, and basking in Dunleavyesque hospitality!
Lovely and unusual session in Conor Keane’s last Sunday. It was so nice to meet musicians like John Culliney and hear the delicate music coming from him and Susie Cox on concertina and Conor on the box. Lovely also to hear Sean and Dara – Conor’s son and daughter (14 and 10) on concertina and box. Lots of you have e-mailed and commented on how sweet that set was. And Michael O’ Connell’s “Spailpin a Run” has to have been a highlight. Hope you enjoy the podcast!
Topics: Conor Keane, Kilmaley, Series 2 |
Series 2, Programme 3: Keane’s of Kilmaley
By admin | January 26, 2009
Episode 3 in the current series was broadcast yesterday, live from the home of Conor and Máire Keane in Kilmaley. We’ll have more details over the next day or so including photographs. As I type this, Paula is at Shannon Airport boarding a flight for Boston, USA ,in preparation for next week’s show which will be broadcast live from the home of Gerry Dunleavy.
In the meantime here’s the podcast of the Kilmaley Session - Enjoy!
Topics: Conor Keane, Kilmaley, Podcasts, Series 2 |
Fanore Podcast Re-Released
By admin | January 26, 2009
Just note to let you know that the podcast of Episode 1, the Fanore programme, has been re-encoded at a higher quality 128 kbps. If you’ve already downloaded the original version you can revisit the post here to get the new version. It’s a hefty 85 MB, but we think it’s worth it!
Topics: Paddy Quealy, Fanore, Series 2 |
The Boston Burglar
By admin | January 22, 2009
As I’ve mentioned, the Fanore Session turned into an extended party after the programme ended! Here’s the recording we made in O’Donoghue’s of of John Joe Scanlan singing The Boston Burglar. (Click the links above to play or download the MP3.)
Topics: Paddy Quealy, Fanore, Podcasts, Series 2 |