Episode 47-The Myth of Tragedy
How do new traditional Irish and Scottish tunes come together? How do composers conjure melodies? Composers Liz Carroll, Dáithí Sproule, and Katie McNally share thoughts on creativity, the tune writing process, and the myths behind the music. There's also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below. And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first episode has been translated fully (transcript) by Ryoko Murakami (with Tomoaki Hatekeyama) HERE * * * * * * * Thanks to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month's underwriters: Leslie Stack, Patricia P. Wilcox, Michael Craine, Mark Haynes, Emil Hauptmann, David Vaughan, Brian Benscoter, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Randy Krajniak, Jon Duvick, Suezen Brown, John Ploch, Joel DeLashmit, Let's Learn Irish, and Ministry of Folk Please CLICK HERE if you can kick in to support this podcast! * * * * * * * Visit IrishMusicStories.org * * * * * * * Music Heard on IMS Episode 47 all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated Tune: "Bold Doherty," from An Traidisiún Beo Artist: Angelina Carberry Tune: "Golden Castle chimes… and Golden Castle," from (Live in our Living Room) Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton Tune: The Dark Island," from Encore Artist: Celtic Fiddle Festival Tune: "The Anniversary Reel/Out for the Night," from Out for the Night Artist: Battlefield Band Tune: "Pound the Floor," from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "The Wolf / The Duck," from On the Offbeat Artist: Liz Carroll Tune: "Limerick Lift Off," from (Live in our Living Room) Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton Tune: "As The Crow Flies," from Half Day Road Artist: Liz Carroll Tune: "After Hours Theme" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "Wild Swans at Coole," from Living Room Demo Artist: George Keith Tune: "Wild Swans at Coole," from The Music of Ed Reavy Artist: Liz Carroll Tune: "Little Bird Lullaby" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "Last of the Leaves," from Half Day Road Artist: Liz Carroll Tune: "Liz's New tune," from Living Room Demo (with chords from the Lower Level) Artists: Liz Carroll & Matt Heaton Tune: "The Bag of Spuds," from Notes From The Heart Artists: Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy Tune: "October Tune," from Living Room Demo Artist: Dáithí Sproule Tune: "Taylors Falls," from The Crow in the Sun Artist: Dáithí Sproule Tune: "My Dearest Dear," from Trian Artist: Dáithí Sproule and Trian Tune: "Acadia March," from The Bloom of Youth Artists: Childsplay Tune: "D Chimes" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "Planxty Charles Bunworth" from Ireland: Crossroads Of Art And Design, 1690-1840 - The Music Artists: Liz Carroll, Liz Knowles, Catriona McKay, Kieran O'Hare Tune: "Mutey Big Build" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "Hometown Lullaby" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "8645," from Living Room Demo Artists: Matt & Shannon Heaton Tune: "Lady Ginsberg," from Living Room Demo Artist: Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman Tune: "Jenny Dang the Weaver," from Instructional Video Artist: Hanneke Cassel Tune: "John's Theme" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton Tune: "Heartstrings Theme" from Production Music for Irish Music Stories Artist: Matt Heaton