Episode 89: Maċa Interview (Fiddle, guitar, bodhran)

02/15/21 • 92 min

Buying your first guitar with your confirmation money. Playing 182 tunes in two hours. Winning Réalta agus Gaolta. Cutting your teeth in Raglan Road Orlando. Finding a mentor in Kíla's Rónán Ó Snodaigh. Translating the craic. Avoiding the abyss of lockdown and a casual Disney Princess flex.

In this episode Maċa play:

Devil's Den
Something Blue
Feel Like Home
Call On You

Buy Maċa's new album 'Spiral' here:
https://macaofficial.com/

Follow them on the socials here:
https://www.facebook.com/macaceol
https://www.instagram.com/ceol.maca/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1L87V_SmApBE1phXvDw8_g

Catch Maċa live during the Irish Music Magazine's St. Patrick's Day From Home Facebook Live gig.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2823877824517871

Finally here's that link to the Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson 'Hidden Ground' album I mention at the top of the podcast. NOT TO BE MISSED!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UTjsLyEgog&ab_channel=PereGrino

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Saoirse, Naoise and Ciara thank you so much for everything getting this chat together. Legends!

Cheers,
Darren

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In this episode Maċa play:

Devil's Den
Something Blue
Feel Like Home
Call On You

Buy Maċa's new album 'Spiral' here:
https://macaofficial.com/

Follow them on the socials here:
https://www.facebook.com/macaceol
https://www.instagram.com/ceol.maca/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1L87V_SmApBE1phXvDw8_g

Catch Maċa live during the Irish Music Magazine's St. Patrick's Day From Home Facebook Live gig.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2823877824517871

To listen, stream or download this episode simply click a link below:

Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.com
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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eIwBFy

Or alternatively, simply search your favourite podcast app for the Blarney Pilgrims.

Saoirse, Naoise and Ciara thank you so much for everything getting this chat together. Legends!

Cheers,
Darren

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For your good deed you will secure your place in traditional Irish music podcast heaven. But most importantly, you’ll have helped pay for the other 99% of listeners that don’t or can’t chip in.

And that, my friend, is a hell-of-a-nice thing to do.

Darren & Dom

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Previous Episode

Episode 88: Shane Lestideau Interview (Fiddle, baroque violin, violin d'amore)

Finding Michael Jackson in the Blue Mountains after ten years in a Buddhist Bush community. A year of four hour nights. Mozart with a Sligo lilt. Ten hour train trips for one hour lessons. Scottish baroque music, modal tunes, violin d'amore, and combining art music and folk music.

Catch Shane Lestideau in Queenscliff during the Boxwood Festival from the 19th to the 21st of Feb 2021. Joining Shane at Boxwood are Maggie Carty, Máirtín Staunton, Andy Rigby, Aifric Boylan, Chris Norman and Coral Reid.

For tickets, online registration and Zoom Huddle info, go here:
www.boxwood.org

In this episode Shane plays:

Capricorn Rising
Castle Kelly's / The Ivy Leaf / The Otter’s Holt / The Glass of Beer
The Horseman's Port
Tam Lin / The Juggler
Sonata on the Lea Rig

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To Find out more about Shane go here:
https://www.shanelestideau.com/

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https://www.facebook.com/shane.lestideau/

Shane, thank you so much for this.

Cheers,

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Darren & Dom

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Next Episode

Episode 90: Enda Murray Interview (Songs of the Last Convict Ship)

Irish Fenian rebellion prisoners and the songs of the last convict ship to Australia. Ned Of The Hill, John Boyle O'Reilly and Exile In The Kingdom. The Stardust Hotel and the birth of Drogheda Boxing Club. The London squat scene, Jamaican sound systems and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Secret Family Recipes and looking back at tradition with rose tinted glasses. No Bother.

In this episode we hear:

O'Niell's March
Last Rose Of Summer
Freedom - Exile In The Kingdom
Ned Of The Hill
Goodnight Sweetheart

Make sure you check out Enda's ABC Australia documentary 'Songs of the last convict shi‪p‬'. You'll find it here on the ABC's site: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/songs-of-the-last-convict-ship/12767044

If it's geo-restricted in your country you can listen as a podcast via Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/songs-of-the-last-convict-ship/id1337405260?i=1000495597902

You'll find everything you need to know about Enda's film work on his website, including the brilliant 'Secret Family Recipes' here: http://virusmedia.com.au/

Enda also sent us the video he made for Exile In The Kingdom back in the day. Exile In the Kingdom features Tony Conaghy, John Hodgins, Joe McCormack and Gavin Kierans. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeWesoxGPE0&feature=emb_logo

The book I mentioned about the socio-political effects and consequences of ecstasy and rave culture is called 'Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House'. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/269851.Altered_State

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Become a Patron Saint of the Blarney Pilgrims Podcast.

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For your good deed you will secure your place in traditional Irish music podcast heaven. But most importantly, you’ll have helped pay for the other 99% of listeners that don’t or can’t chip in.

And that, my friend, is a hell-of-a-nice thing to do.

Darren & Dom

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