Episode 05 - Mary MacNamara (Concertina)

09/08/22 • 59 min

Our guest on this episode of the Tunes From Doolin Podcast is Mary MacNamara, the great concertina player from East Clare. Mary just released her wonderful book “Sunday’s at Lena’s” and welcomes us to her music room in Tulla where we talk about her book, growing up as a young musician in East Clare and the musicians who influenced her (Mikey Donoghue, Bill Malley & Joe Bane, Martin Rochford, John Naughton), foot tapping, moving to Dublin from Tulla, and much, much more.
The tunes played by Mary MacNamara on this episode are :

Jigs from Mikey Donoghue
The Old Bush / The Swallow’s Tail (Reels from Martin Rochford)
Gan Ainm / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Hornpipes from Bill Malley)
The Killavil / The Pipe On the Hob (Jigs)*

*Duet with Charles Monod
To keep up with Mary's work and order her book and albums, visit her website http://www.marymacnamara.net/
You can also order “Sundays at Lena’s” and find Mary’s recordings at Custy’s Music Shop in Ennis (https://custysmusic.com/)

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Jigs from Mikey Donoghue
The Old Bush / The Swallow’s Tail (Reels from Martin Rochford)
Gan Ainm / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Hornpipes from Bill Malley)
The Killavil / The Pipe On the Hob (Jigs)*

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Episode 04 - Tom Delany (Uilleann Pipes)

Our guest on this episode of the Tunes From Doolin Podcast is Tom Delany, uilleann piper based in Dingle, Co. Kerry. Tom is getting his first solo album ready for release soon and we talk about his influences, Irish music from the 70s, growing up as an Irish musician in France, set of pipes in C, Irish music as a time travel machine, the importance of practice and much, much more.
The tunes played by Tom Delany on this episode are :

Jim O'Connor's / My Former Wife / Kilglass Lake (Jigs)
The Wounded Hussar / The Enchanted Lady (Air / Reel)
The Pleasures of Hope / Corney Is Coming / The Ravelled Hank of Yarn (Hornpipe / Reels)
The Humours of Loughrea / The Boyne Hunt (Reels)*

*Duet with Charles Monod
To keep up with Tom's work and order his albums :
https://carolineandtom.ie/
https://fourwindsirishmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tomdelanymusic
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Episode 06 - Alan Reid (Banjo)

Our guest on this episode of the Tunes From Doolin Podcast is Alan Reid, banjo player from Leitrim now based in North Clare and member of Goitse. Alan is a great multi-instrumentalist and composer and on this episode we talk about his formative years, his compositions, his project #TunebookTuesday, the band Goitse’s new album and much, much more.
The tunes played by Alan Reid on this episode are :

Fish and Chips at Finavarra (comp. Alan Reid) / Turn at Doonyvarden (comp. Alan Reid) (Jigs)
The Gosson That Bate His Father / Florry Holleran (comp. Alan Reid) / Buntata ’s Sgadan (Reels)
The Black Rock / Cucanandy/ The Boys of Ballisodare (Hop Jigs)
Tuamgraney Castle / Bird’s (Hornpipes)*

*Duet with Charles Monod
To keep up with Alan’s work, check out the following links:

Alan’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/riadamilesius

Alan’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alanreid

Alan & Rachel’s duet album : https://alanreid.bandcamp.com/album/a-quare-yield

Goitse’s albums: https://goitse.bandcamp.com/

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