88. Kevin Conneff: The Chieftains & The Dublin Trio - Part 2

Episode 88 is the second of a two-part conversation with six-time Grammy winner Kevin Conneff of The Chieftains and The Dublin Trio.

Conversation picks up with the same performance of ‘Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha’ from Part 1 but continues with the conversation which follows immediately after.

Topics include: Gael Linn recordings including those of Seosamh Ó hÉanaí; Seán 'ac Dhonncha; Nioclás Tóibín; An Cheathrú Rua; Mary Bergin; Aedín Moloney; Frank Zappa; Tom Jones; Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson; Tuvan Throat Singers; Freddie King; Gail Zappa and ‘The Green Fields Of America’; regional styles being diluted; The Cobblestone pub in Dublin and Na Piobairi Uilleann; John & James Kelly and Ceoltóirí Chualann; West Clare Fiddle playing; Tara Breen; the 50th Anniversary Tour; the first tour of the USA; Linda Ronstadt; Cady Coleman; all the artists The Chieftains worked with; Paddy Moloney and his style of working; Elvis Costello; Jo Lustig; having an occupational title as “a musician”; Larry Mullen Jr; Johnny Ringo McDonagh; ‘Down The Old Plank Road’; David Gormley in Glasgow; the 60th Tour; Covid; Paddy’s passing; Gay McKeon; Seán Óg Potts' pub The Piper's Corner; Mary Corcoran; Seán Potts; Paddy’s harmonising; what Kevin misses the most about Paddy; Jeff White; The Crane Bar, Galway; Tim Edey; The Dublin Two; Joe McKenna; Tony Byrne; Paul McGratten; Matt Molloy; Notre Dame University; Traditional Music Archives; Liam O’Connor; Edwina Guckian; Seán Keane; the Pilatzkes; Triona Marshall; Alyth McCormack; Cara Butler; playing for Biden in Mayo; Seán Corcoran; Darkness Into Light; what Kevin misses most about Seán Keane; Don Henley; being asked by Willie Clancy or Séamus Ennis to sing a song in Milltown Malbay; Friel’s Kitchen; Tommy Munnelly; how Kevin would like to be remembered; Seán Keane; O'Donoghue’s, Dublin; John Kelly & Joe Ryan with Eddie Clarke; John Egan as well as others.

Interviewer: Fender Jackson

Recorded Saturday 20th July 2024 before Kevin’s performance in The Crane, Galway.

Relevant Links

The Dublin Trio

https://www.thechieftains.com

The Chieftains In China

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