Joanie Madden (Whistle) - Ep 80 - Blarney Pilgrims Podcast

Whistle
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It’s taken us 80 weeks but we have our first all whistle episode that I’m happy to share here.

Here a taste about what we get chatting about:

The legend. ‘We just kept climbing up that mountain.’ The hardest working woman in folk music. Hearing Mary Bergin and the beginnings of a career in the entertainment business. New York, the drive to succeed and picking up the phone thirty times a day to get a gig. Balls, weddings, county dances, and the circuit. An American in Ireland. Tour(s), interrupted. ‘It’s a tough old racket.’ Keeping going and being present for the opportunity.

And the tunes!

The Palm Tree (Billy McComiskey) and a tune from Brendan Mulvihill
The Cat’s Meow
Cailín na Gruaige Doinne (The Girl with the Brown Hair)
A reel and
Hynes’s March

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Cheers

Darren & Dom

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Just finished listening to it. Awesome! I think that one was my favourite so far. Keep up the good work :slight_smile:.

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Thanks Sedi. We’re taking a few weeks off interviewing over Christmas but we’ll be back in January. Over the next few weeks we’ll be putting up some “best of 2020” episodes that are full of the best tunes and songs from the year. :party: