Gatehouse: Tús Nua

Gatehouse: Tús Nua

December 26, 2017

Teach, Play, Walk Listening Post 130. Seneca was the first to observe that the best way to master a subject is to teach it, so perhaps it’s no coincidence that the members of Gatehouse are all music teachers. John Wynne and John McEvoy are Irish trad veterans who have...
Daoirí Farrell: True Born Irishman

Daoirí Farrell: True Born Irishman

May 16, 2017

Nature and Nurture Listening Post 99. Daoirí (pronounced “Derry”) Farrell is a performer and scholar of Irish music. Two of the songs on True Born Irishman, his award-winning second album, are compositions by the late folk singer Liam Weldon, who was not only a role...