Presenting concerts can be about a lot more than throwing someone onstage. Matt Smith manages Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which... more

Why did kids carry dead birds on sticks all over Ireland on the 26th of December? And what did this... more

Loss can spark achingly beautiful music. It can also spark new forms of creativity for musicians. This episode is a... more

As tunes travel they change. And to turn an old Irish reel into an old time tune can involve adjusting... more

Beauty is in the eye of the (informed) beholder. Where many of us might overlook a grubby little copy book... more

It’s really exciting and important to have kids playing Irish music.  And it takes organization, skill, and willing adults to... more

Most Irish traditional tunes have names. Some go by many different names. So what’s in a name? Do names help... more

When flute player and police captain Francis O’Neill published his first and most extensive collection of Irish tunes in 1903,... more

Most of the Irish traditional jigs and reels I play have associations, information, history, and sentiments bundled into them. Even... more

Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music and the bigger stories behind it, like how important, ancient songs... more