Trad Internet Radio.

Trad Irish Music
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I’ve searched around the internet and have found a few “Irish” stations but mostly contemporary stuff. Does anyone know of any good Trad streaming broadcasts that you can listen to through Media Player or the like? Does such a thing exist? It sure would make my days at the office more enjoyable.

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http://www.clarefm.ie

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Kathleen Biggins does a great traditional music show every Saturday morning on WFUV radio in New York. It airs live from 9:00 am to noon Eastern time in the US, and can be heard live on the station’s stream from http://wfuv.org . However, they also archive past shows so you can stream them any time if you can’t listen live.

Also, Brian O’Donovan on WGBH radio in Boston does a great trad music program on Saturdays from noon until 3:00 pm Eastern US time, which you can listen to live on http://wgbh.org . Each show is then made available for streaming from the site for one week, until the next live show airs.

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http://liveireland.com/ has a decent trad stream in addition to their contemporary one.

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A Celtic Twilight is a great show on Saturdays in the Boston area:

http://66.40.10.57/programs/streams.php?streamid=4

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Thanks for all the suggestions, so far the Clare FM Trad Music Archive has been most to my liking.

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I agree about Clare FM. Awesome stuff.

-Casey

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Hmm…Let’s see…

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thelatesession/

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/therollingwave/

http://www.rte.ie/rnag/lanamhala.html

http://www.rte.ie/rnag/sruthnamaoile.html

http://www.rte.ie/rnag/fonnceoil.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/programmepages/culan.shtml


Aaaaand some good Scottish shows just to keep things interesting…


http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?global

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?travelling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?pipeline

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/radio/programme/?prog=tiompan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/radio/programme/?prog=caithream

As some of these shows are from Irish/Scottish Gaelic stations, the key vocab. to look out for is:

Éist leis an gclár (Irish, “Listen to the show”)

and

Èist a-rithist (Sc. Gaelic, “Listen again”).


Enjoy!

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Connemara Community Radio never fail to disappoint.

http://www.connemarafm.com/audiopage.html

Scroll down to “Lift the Latch” - every show’s a keeper.

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www.radiobritfolk.co.uk has plenty of ITM
also ‘Folk Club’ on bbc radio Ulster is great www.bbc.co.uk/radio then look under folk and acoustic in the radio player. Culan show by Robbie Hannan is also on there, along with a plethora of other treats.