VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

Book Club: "Last Night’s Fun" by Ciaran Carson

Episode Summary

Episode 11 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson. This is the first of many in our new VVMC Book Club Series! While reading excerpts from the book, Roger and Chris reflect on their experiences with Irish music and culture. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER, hosted by Chris Smith and Roger Landes, with funding from the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way!

Episode Notes

Intro - 0:00

• Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Last Night’s Fun by Ciaran Carson  - 01:34

• Seamus Ennis “The Grip”
• Last Night's Fun, Joe Cooley - 27:39

Part II, Hard to Fill - 50:02

• Cathal McConnell plays Reel - 36:46

Part III, The Standard  - 39:53

Part IV, Off the Bus - 51:22

Outro - 55:25

• Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Ciaran Carson's Bio

Full Playlist for EP 11

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