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> Shannon: That’s Boston-based Natalie Haas. Yeah, you don’t see that many cello players today. > Natalie: Historically, cello was part of the tradition in Scotland. > Shannon: So this is the story of the now wildly popular banjo... and the story of playing trad tunes on instruments that are less common at Celtic music festivals and sessions. But it’s hugely popular now, like there’s thousands of incredible Irish banjo players, like loads of them. She came into the school and said, who wants to play the Banjo? I was eight, so I stuck up my hand…. > Enda: … there was a lady called Bernie Garrity who’s an amazing teacher.
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... like how the banjo has risen in popularity for Irish players since back when Enda Scahill chose the instrument at school: [ Music: “The Big Reel Of Ballynacally/The High Hill/Flash Away The Pressing Gang,” from Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers The show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it... > Shannon: I’m Shannon Heaton, and this is Irish Music Stories. > Isaac Alderson: Chicago-born, New York-based musician who has performed and recorded on uilleann pipes, flute, and whistle with numerous bands and dance shows > Susan Gedutis Lindsay (Sue): Massachusetts-based flute/sax player, writer, and educator > Martin Howley: Galway-born banjo and mandolin player who performs with We Banjo 3 Neely: New York-based musician and ethnomusicologist with specialties in the musics of Ireland and Jamaica > Nigel Heaton: young announcer for Irish Music Stories > Maeve Gilchrist: Edinburgh-born, New York-based Celtic (lever) harp player who has collaborated with numerous project > Natalie Haas: Cellist from California who plays different fiddle genres and performs with fiddler Alasdair Fraser > Enda Scahill: All-Ireland champion Irish banjo player from County Galway who founded the band We Banjo 3
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> Shannon Heaton: flute player, singer, composer, teacher, and host of Irish Music Stories – Transcription assistance from Elizabeth Sweeney – This Irish Music Stories episode aired July 14, 2020 How banjo got to Irish music, while other instruments have been slower to the fold And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Pat Wilcox, Soomee Han, Ken Doyle, Stephanie Reeve, Finn Agenbroad, Mark Haynes, David Vaughan, Gerry Corr, Susan Walsh, Rick Rubin, Randy Krajniak, Jon Duvik, and Suezen Brown. Hear how the banjo came into common acceptance in Irish circles from Daniel Neely, Enda Scahill, and Martin Howley… and check in with the joys and challenges of outsider status from harpist Maeve Gilchrist, cellist Natalie Haas, and saxophone players Susan Lindsay and Isaac Alderson. …and what it’s like to play trad tunes on instruments LESS common at Celtic music festivals and sessions. Like how the tenor banjo has risen in popularity for Irish musicians… The newest episode of Irish Music Stories, Episode 43-From the Fringe to the Fore, explores how musicians can adapt and add new ingredients. The banjo playing bartender (who opened this pub some time ago), serves them up a brand new cocktail-old ingredients, blended in a new way.
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A harp, a cello, and a sax walk into a bar.