Podcasts by The Rolling Wave
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. 56 - Claddagh Records from 2023-12-14T11:59:58.349659
In 2009 we broadcast an edition of The Arts Show on RTÉ Radio 1 celebrating 50 years of Claddagh Records. A new book by James Morrissey about Garech de Brún and Claddagh Records 'Real to Reel' has ...
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Ep. 58 - Traditional Music and Jazz in the early 20th Century from 2023-12-14T11:59:58.340160
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 Doh...
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Ep. 59 - Zoë Conway and Jim McKillop from 2023-12-14T11:59:58.333780
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...
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Ep. 57 - The Liffey Banks by Tommie Potts from 2023-10-12T18:00
In this episode we’re celebrating the iconic album The Liffey Banks from fiddle player Tommie Potts, first released in 1972 by Claddagh Records. With contributions from Seán Óg Potts, Martin Hayes,...
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Ep. 55 - Karen Ryan from 2023-09-29T17:46
In this episode Aoife's guest is musician Karen Ryan, a member of the band The London Lasses who are celebrating 25 years together this year. Karen has chosen music from some of the legendary figu...
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Ep. 54 - Jackie Daly from 2023-09-26T09:11
In this episode Aoife talks to accordion player and composer Jackie Daly about his life in music and especially about his new book of tunes ‘The Jackie Daly Collection’. This programme was first br...
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Ep. 53 - Amhráin Anna John Chiot from 2023-09-26T09:03
Almost 100 years ago Donegal woman Anna John Chiot was visited by collectors from the Irish Folklore Commission. They recorded many songs from her and fiddle player Paul O’Shaughnessy has just publ...
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Ep. 52 - The Forde Collection from 2023-09-15T13:42
In this episode, we're talking about music collected in Ireland in the 1840s and recently published in The Forde Collection, edited by Nicholas Carolan and Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh. Nicholas Carolan ...
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Ep. 51 - Diarmuid Ó Meachair from 2023-09-15T13:35
In this episode we meet accordion and melodeon player Diarmuid Ó Meachair who has just released an album of music on the melodeon, 'Melodeon Medleys'. This programme was first broadcast on the 3rd ...
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Ep 26 - Caroline Keane from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.688148
In this episode concertina player Caroline Keane talks about one of her favourite albums 'The Pipes are Calling' featuring the music of Noel and Peter Carberry. This programme was first broadcast o...
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Ep 30 - Barry Kerr from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.672643
In this episode piper Barry Kerr talks about his new album 'Cairn' inspired by the life and music of the late Liam O'Flynn. This interview was first broadcast on January 24th 2021.
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Ep 35: Joe Burke Part 2 from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.661197
The 2nd of a two part celebration of the life and music of the late Joe Burke with guests Daithí Gormley, Frankie Gavin, Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Charlie Lennon. This programme was first broadcast ...
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Ep 41- Harp Making in Ballyfermot from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.648220
Aoife meets students on the Ceoltóir Course run by Ballyfermot College of Further Education with Na Píobairí Uileann and hears some great tunes played on four beautiful new harps. This programme wa...
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Ep 46- The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.639675
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín talks about his new book about the songs of his grandmother, Elizabeth Cronin. This programme was first broadcast on 30 January 2022
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Ep. 49 Faoiseamh 2- Part 1 from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.599510
Bríd Harper, David Munnelly, Fintan Vallely, Caitlín Nic Gabhann and Carl Hession talk about the inspiration behind the music they wrote for Faoiseamh 2021.
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Ep. 50 Faoiseamh 2- Part 2 from 2022-04-20T04:12:28.596563
Damien McGeehan, Úna Ní Fhlannagáin, Máire Breatnach, Joanie Madden and Connie O’Connell talk about the inspiration behind the music they wrote for Faoiseamh 2021.
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Ep 25- Josephine Keegan from 2022-03-27T10:58:49.348756
This episode features an interview from the archives with musician and composer Josephine Keegan where she talks about playing at marathon céilí dances and accompanying herself on her early recordi...
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Ep. 48 - The music of Paddy O'Brien from 2022-02-28T12:00
In this episode we're marking the centenary of the birth of musician and composer Paddy O'Brien in the company of his daughter Eileen with Geraldine Cotter on piano.
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Ep. 47 Tribute to Jimmy Campbell from 2022-02-18T12:00
Remembering the late Donegal fiddle player Jimmy Campbell in the company of his friend and fellow Donegal fiddle player Caoimhín Mac Aoidh. The programme was first broadcast on February 13 2022.
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Tunemakers 1 – Charlie Lennon from 2022-02-02T07:17:47.544679
Last Spring The Rolling Wav and The Irish Traditional Music Archive commissioned ten musicians to write a new composition. This episode is the first in a series looking at the stories behind those ...
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Ep 45- Ten Years of Raelach Records from 2022-01-19T12:00
A programme marking the 10th anniversary of the folk and traditional music label Raelach Records. The programme was first broadcast on the 28th of November 2021
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Ep 44 - Danny Meehan from 2022-01-12T12:00
An afternoon of music and chat recorded in Co. Donegal with fiddle player Danny Meehan. The programme was first broadcast on the 31st of October 2021.
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Ep 43 - Seán Tyrrell from 2021-11-24T12:00
An interview with the late singer and musician Seán Tyrrell recorded at his home in Co. Clare in 2006. This programme was first broadcast on the 21st of November 2021
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Ep 20 - Women as pioneers in Irish Traditional Flute Playing from 2021-11-23T11:36:49.494372
In this episode musician Aoife Granville talks about the history of women flute players in traditional music and we ask why, for so long, there weren't more of them? This programme was first broadc...
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Ep 19 - Catherine McEvoy from 2021-11-02T22:55:36.264002
My guest in this episode is the wonderful flute player Catherine McEvoy. This programme was first broadcast on the 10th of February 2019.
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Ep 42 - A Tribute to Tony MacMahon from 2021-10-21T12:00
A special programme remembering musician and broadcaster Tony Mac Mahon who died recently. This programme was first broadcast on October 17 2021.
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Ep 40 - Eoin Stan O'Sullivan from 2021-07-30T12:00
Eoin Stan O'Sullivan joins Aoife to talk about his work as Sliabh Luachra's Musician in Residence and the founding of Sliabh Luachra Records. This programme was first broadcast on July 25th 2021.
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Ep 13 - Martin Hayes from 2021-07-05T06:03:00.293889
This interview with Martin Hayes was recorded last year at the Kilkenny Arts Festival. We spoke about many things that day including his first foray into a recording studio and learning about the p...
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Ep 39 - Rónan Galvin on James Byrne from 2021-06-17T12:00
Another edition of our Inspirations series fiddle player and folklorist Rónán Galvin talks about his friend and musical inspiration Donegal Fiddle Player James Byrne. This programme was first broad...
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Ep 10 The Music of Mayo from 2021-06-01T07:37:20.964483
Musician Emer Mayock takes us on a tour of the Music of Mayo. The show includes music recorded for a proejct Emer did with the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, which resulted in a beautiful doub...
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Ep 38: World Fiddle Day Scartaglin from 2021-05-21T12:00
PJ Teahan previews some fantastic newly discovered recordings of Paddy Cronin, Julia Clifford, Willie O'Connell and Kathleen O'Keefe, which are all due to be published on May 22nd by World Fiddle D...
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Ep 37: Brian Finnegan from 2021-05-14T12:00
Musician and composer Brian Finnegan talks about all things whistle and flute related, writing tunes, playing and touring with the band Flook and his new album 'Hunger of the Skin' written and reco...
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Ep 36: Geraldine Cotter from 2021-04-29T12:00
Piano player Geraldine Cotter talks about the album Friends of Note- music recorded in the 1970s and 1980s and featuring Geraldine herself with legendary Clare musicians Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Mur...
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Ep 34: Joe Burke Part 1 from 2021-03-25T12:00
The first of a two part celebration of the life and music of the late Joe Burke. In this episode- Joe Burke in his own words and music. This programme was first broadcast on 21 March 2021.
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Ep 33: Caitlín Nic Gabhann on the music of Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh from 2021-02-25T12:00
In this episode, concertina player Caitlín Nic Gabhann talks about one of the albums which most influenced her, 'The Nervous Man' by Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The programme was first broadcast on Febr...
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Ep 32: New recordings of Michael Coleman and James Lad O'Beirne from 2021-02-18T12:00
In this episode the Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, Liam O'Connor talks about some newly discovered and previously unheard recordings of fiddle players Michael Coleman and James La...
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Ep 31: Aggie Whyte from 2021-02-12T12:00
In this episode Michael Harrison talks about the music of his grandmother, fiddle player Aggie Whyte. This interview was first broadcast on February 7th 2021.
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Ep 14 - Frank Tate Instrument Maker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The first time Frank Tate heard a mandolin being played was in a Dublin session years ago and as he says himself, he was smitten. Since then music and instrument making have become his life and he...
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Ep 7- John Carty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fiddle player John Carty talks about growing up in London surrounded by music, switching from banjo to fiddle and making a life in Ireland. This programme was first broadcast on 28 July 2019.
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Ep 6 - 'A Creator of Friendships' in The Cobblestone Pub in Dublin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tom Mulligan has been running the Cobblestone Bar in Dublin for about 30 years and in that time the pub has deservedly earned a reputation as one of the best Irish traditional music venues in Dubli...
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Ep 29 - Mick O'Brien - More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts from 2021-01-28T12:00
In this episode piper Mick O'Brien talks about a new CD he has released with Emer Mayock and Aoife Ní Bhriain called 'More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts', music collected over 150 years ago in...
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Ep 28 - Niamh Ní Charra from 2021-01-21T12:00
In this week's episode I'll be talking to Niamh Ní Charra about her new album 'Donnelly's Arm'. A shorter edition of this interview was broadcast on the 17th of January 2021
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Ep 27 - Danny Diamond on Andy Dickson from 2021-01-14T12:00
In this episode Danny Diamond talks about one of his musical heroes, fiddle player Andy Dickson who died in 2020. This programme was first broadcast on 10 January 2021.
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Ep 24 - Niall Vallely from 2020-11-26T12:00
In this episode composer and concertina player Niall Vallely talks about writing his concerto for orchestra and growing up in a musical household in Co. Armagh. This programme was first broadcast o...
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Tunemakers 3 - Johnny Óg Connolly, Josephine Marsh, Eoin Dillon, Edel Fox and Liz Carroll from 2020-11-20T12:00
Earlier this year we commissioned ten musicians to write a new tune for the programme. In this episode Johnny Óg Connolly, Josephine Marsh, Eoin Dillon, Edel Fox and Liz Carroll talk about life dur...
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Tunemakers 2 - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Tommy Fitzharris, Emer Mayock and Bryan O'Leary from 2020-11-12T12:00
Earlier in 2020 ten musicians were commissioned by the programme to write a new tune. In this episode Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Tommy Fitzharris, Emer Mayock and Bryan O'Leary explain the background to...
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Ep 18 - Leo Rowsome from 2020-09-24T12:00
In this episode we're marking the 50th anniversary of the death of the influential piper, teacher and pipe maker Leo Rowsome. This programme was first broadcast on September 20th 2020
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Ep 17 - The Frank Harte Song Collection from 2020-09-17T12:00
This episode marks the publication of a great new book 'A Living Voice-The Frank Harte Song Collection' edited by my guest Terry Moylan. This programme was first broadcast on September 13th 2020.
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Ep 16- Laoise Kelly from 2020-07-30T12:00
Harpist Laoise Kelly was named Ceoltóir na Bliana/Musician of the Year at TG4 Music Awards, Gradam Ceoil TG4 2020. Aoife spoke to her at the time about her music, about the role of the harp in Iris...
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Ep 15 - Matt Molloy from 2020-07-23T12:00
Matt Molloy is one of the finest and most influential Irish traditional flute players. Since the 1960s he has been a central figure in many brilliant Irish music bands including The Bothy Band, Pla...
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Ep 12 - Julia Clifford from 2020-06-25T12:00
In this episode we're looking at the life and music of the great Sliabh Luachra fiddle player Julia Clifford. This programme was first broadcast on 3rd May 2020.
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Ep 11 The Star Above the Garter from 2020-06-18T12:00
In 1969 Siblings Julia Clifford and Denis Murphy from Kerry recorded an album called The Star Above the Garter for Claddagh Records. The album with it’s distinctive colourful cover painting quickly...
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Ep 9 - Liz and Yvonne Kane from 2020-05-28T12:00
In 2006 RTÉ Radio 1 broadcast a series called Cherish the Ladies about women in Irish Traditional Music. One of the episodes featured Galway sisters and fiddle players Liz and Yvonne Kane who talke...
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Ep 8 - John Kelly of Capel Street from 2020-05-21T12:00
Fiddle and concertina player John Kelly was born in West Clare in 1921 but moved to Dublin in 1945 where he opened a shop on Capel Street. He was a central figure in the music scene in Dublin from ...
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Ep 5 - A fiddle player at the helm of the Irish Traditional Music Archive | The Rolling Wave from 2020-03-12T13:00
Liam O'Connor, fiddle player and newly appointed Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive talks about growing up with music and his plans for this very important Irish cultural institution. ...
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Ep 4 - Women Uilleann Pipers | The Rolling Wave from 2020-03-12T13:00
Piper Louise Mulcahy talks about her research into the history of Women Uilleann Pipers. This programme was first broadcast on 24 February 2019
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Ep 3 - The secrets of Irish traditional fiddle playing | The Rolling Wave from 2020-03-12T13:00
Master fiddle player Kevin Burke talks about getting the 'nyah' into his music and loving the tunes 'with no notes'! This programme was first broadcast on 2 February 2020
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Ep 2 - What is Sean-Nós Singing? | The Rolling Wave from 2020-03-12T13:00
What makes a great Sean-nós singer? Dr. Síle Denvir talks us through the art of Sean-nós singing and explains what, for her, makes a great Sean-nós singer. This programme was first broadcast on 1...
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Ep 1 - Do We Value Our Musicians Enough? | The Rolling Wave from 2020-03-12T13:00
A public interview with Martin Hayes and Steve Cooney recorded at Trad Talk Dublin 2019 in Dublin Castle. This programme was first broadcast on 23 February 2020
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