Inside the Banjoverse

Musician, educator, CEO of Athenry Music School with over 500 students and 42 faculty. Katherine is a force of nature, a deeply present and committed educator and music teacher, and a huge inspiration for anyone involved in music education Join me on Patreon for instant access to over 200 banjo tutor videos, graduated lesson paths, tune transcriptions, Discord, Zoom hangs, and more: http://www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support the podcast and learn banjo with me! http://www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Jim has been playing and teaching banjo since 1977. He has been a contributor to the premier banjo publication The Banjo Newsletter. You will also find him listed among the faculty alumni at highly esteemed acoustic music and banjo camps such as Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp in Maryville, Tennessee, Banjo Newsletter Workshops and The Maryland Banjo Academy in Buckeystown, Maryland. Jim has recently taught classes at the Folk School of Chattanooga. As a master of several styles, Jim has found outlets for each of these in the musical community. He is the banjo player for the well known bluegrass group The Lone Mountain Band. He performs regularly in an old time fiddle & banjo duo playing for contra-dances and other functions. Jim also spends time offering online assistance to beginner banjo players via the internet. Jim has also recently been seen performing with the Dogtrotters and the Jack Pine Savages. Jim is an active and well respected member of the banjo and musical communities and continues to pursue the banjo’s music and its marvelous history. As an often reluctant yet always fierce competitor Jim’s banjo prowess has earned him many titles in contests all across the southeast. www.jimpankey.com 💫 String Joy Picks Affiliate link: https://stringjoy.com/categories/strings/picks/jumbo-jazz/partner/enda/ I recommend the Jumbo Jazz 0.50mm pick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Stiffe is one of the greatest singer / songwriters to have emerged on the Irish Folk Scene in recent years, receiving critical acclaim and awards both at home and abroad. Don is a passionate and talented singer whose impressive performance style has moved audiences all over the world. Stiffe’s version of the “Dimming of the Day”, by Richard Thompson won “Vocal Cut of the Year’ at the Live Ireland 2010 Awards. This song featured on his debut solo album, “Start of a Dream, which was originally released in 2006, achieving much critical acclaim. The renowned Irish Music Magazine described the musical quality of the album as being “in the Premier League”. The array of talented musicians playing on the album are testament to the respect that is held for Don in the Irish Music world, with guest performances from Frankie Gavin, Sharon Shannon, Arty McGlynn, Cathal Hayden and Carl Hession, to name but a few. In 2011 Don was a finalist in one of Ireland’s most watched TV shows, The All Ireland Talent Show, with live audiences of up to 800,000 people. His profile was raised significantly by taking part in this show and was further raised when he won yet another award at the Live Ireland 2011 Awards, this time for his song, “Somebody Special”, sung by Matt Keane, which was crowned Song of the Year from the Live Ireland Awards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Eddy is a bluegrass guitarist born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He began his music career and lifelong addiction to the road by playing banjo professionally at the age of fourteen with bluegrass-legend Melvin Goins. His guitar playing, which is primarily influenced by bluegrass and jazz, is showcased on his debut album of fiddle tunes, entitled "Jake Eddy," which features such greats as Grammy-award winning Bryan Sutton, Rob Ickes, and Kenny Smith. He tours as a sideman with the Becky Buller Band from Manchester, TN as well as his own group. His current touring group features his brother, Carter on the upright bass and NC-native Graham Brewer on the mandolin! https://jakeeddy.wixsite.com/website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can support this podcast through Patreon at www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Featured tracks: Mick Moloney - No Strings Attached - My Love is in America/The Lisdoonvarna Reel Theresa O'Grady - The Banjo'ista - Happy to Meet Sorry To Part/Padraig O'Keefe's/Paddy Fahey's Colm Naughton - The Space Between the Notes - The Merry Sisters/Miss Susan Cooper/Richard Dwyer's Angela Usher - The Gort Mile - The Love of Lucia/Cranman/Connaill's Favourite Ciaran Ryan - Banjaxed - Tongue in Cheek Brian McGrath - Pure Banjo - Maids of Mount Cisco/Come West Along The Road Paraic Mac Donnchadh - Not Before Time - Reel of Rio/McFadden's/Pigtown/Coleman's Cross Eamonn Coyne - Through the Round Window - Hendon Road Kieran Hanrahan - Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo - Kitty gone A Milking/Music In The Glen Caladh Nua - Next Stop - The Lisnagun Set Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BANJO PLAYER Ned Luberecki was named Banjo Player of the Year in 2018 by the International Bluegrass Music Association. Ned is the banjo player for The Becky Buller Band and also tours with Stephen Mougin (of the Sam Bush Band) as Nedski & Mojo. Ned was formerly the banjoist for Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, The Rarely Herd, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, The Gary Ferguson Band, Radio Flyer and Paul Adkins and the Borderline Band. BANJO TEACHER Ned teaches private banjo lessons in Nashville and now over the internet via web-cam! Check out the "Lessons" tab above for more info. Ned is a popular banjo instructor at music camps across the country and around the world, having taught at: Sore Fingers Summer School (UK), Nashcamp (TN), Munich Banjo Camp (DE), Camp Bluegrass (TX), B.C. Bluegrass Workshop (CA), Midwest Banjo Camp (MI) and many more. Click on the "Shows" link above to see Ned's schedule. RADIO PERSONALITY Ned is also an on-air personality on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Bluegrass Junction (channel 62). Tune in Sunday Afternoons from 2:00 - 6:00pm (eastern) for More Banjo Sunday. Ned brings his banjo to the SiriusXM Channel 61 studios and plays live banjo tunes during the show! Stay tuned for the Sunday Banjo Lesson every Sunday at 3:00pm (eastern) when all the breaks in the hour are devoted to how to play the banjo.Ned also hosts the Newgrass/Progressive Bluegrass show Derailed, Saturday nights 7:00 - 9:00pm eastern. www.nedski.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roscommon born Cathy Jordan has been a professional singer with traditional group Dervish for nearly 30 years. She is a self-taught guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán and bones player. She has led Dervish as front woman through thousands of concerts in hundreds of cities in nearly 40 countries and has 16 albums under her belt. Among the most notable performances were The Great Wall of China and the biggest rock music festival in the world - Rock in Rio to over 250,000 people. As a songwriter, she has written songs with internationally renowned Brendan Graham, best known for the most successful song of the twentieth century, You Raise Me Up. More recently she has been a teacher providing vocal training and exercises to students in Ireland and abroad, as well as expanding her students traditional song repertoire. In 2014, she took up the role of presenter of Fleadh TV with TG4. Cathy has been an ambassador for Irish culture and music for over a quarter of a century, and has a deep understanding of traditional Irish songs and singing and has collected hundreds of songs which otherwise may have been forgotten. Cathy and Dervish have been invited to accompany Presidents and Taoisigh of Ireland as cultural ambassadors to China, Latvia and Lithuania. Dervish’s most recent album, The Great Irish Songbook, was released in 2019 on Rounder records and features duets with Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Imelda May, David Gray and more. Over the years Cathy has picked up many awards for her contribution to traditional Irish music including BBC Lifetime Achievement Award 2019, Sligo Cultural Ambassador 2018, Annie McNulty Award 2014 and The Freedom of The City of Sligo in 2010. Cathy has a deep understanding of the Irish tradition and is regarded as one of the finest traditional singers in Ireland today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Finnegan began playing whistle at age 8 and flute at age 10 as a student of the Armagh Pipers Club. He went on to international fame with his outstanding work with supergroup Flook, and subsequently the band KAN. https://flook.co.uk/about-me/ Brian has recently released a solo album Hunger of the Skin https://brianfinnegan.bandcamp.com/album/hunger-of-the-skin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To support the podcast please visit www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Around age 30, young Tom Nechville was contemplating his place in the world, and decided to combine his main interest, playing the banjo, with his work experience of manufacturing, design and engineering. The result of his self study lead to the two words, “Banjo Designer”. Equipped with the knowledge of his fate, but not yet knowing how he was going to drastically modify his favorite instrument, he confided in a friend who suggested perhaps a banjo that employed a head that screwed on like a jar lid. This food for thought triggered a light bulb moment the next day, when Tom realized that you can’t really screw on a banjo head, but you can screw the banjo tone pot into the “lid” of the jar! The Heli-Mount concept was born. By firmly but adjustably fixing the neck to a hardware frame, any sort of banjo pot could be inserted from the back of the instrument and tightened with a single threaded flange, yielding perfect head tension. The Heli-Mount frame, (meaning Helical Thread Mounting system) allows for easy, quick and simple adjustments, and offers the most versatility of any banjo. It has been the staple of our product line for over 30 years. The sound of a perfectly tensioned banjo head is remarkable: rich, deep, and sweet. The time spent changing the head transformed from an all afternoon event to a two minute spin. Since that time in the late 1980's, he has made many other improvements to the banjo. These include an adjustable and removable neck connection that negates the need for coordinator rods. Also a compensated bridge, wooden armrest and radiused fingerboard. These are modern conveniences not traditionally found on the instrument. The result is cleaner sound and easy adjustment. Go check them out www.nechville.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To support this podcast please visit www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Emma Langford was awarded the RTÉ Folk Award for Best Emerging Artist in 2018, and in following years was twice nominated for Best Folk Singer. She received the Music Network RESONATE residency and Arts Council Agility Award in 2021 to support a continuing musical exploration of women in Irish history. Since 2017 Emma has written and independently released two highly acclaimed albums – Quiet Giant & Sowing Acorns – laying the groundwork for a bright, busy future. ​ As part of an international tour, in 2019 Langford made her US debut at the world’s largest celebration of Irish music, Milwaukee Irish Fest - she makes her return to the US in August this year. Emma made the bold choice to release her new album, Sowing Acorns at the height of a global pandemic – the gamble paid dividends, and her sophomore record received huge international praise. The artist climbed the charts with her epic folk ballad Birdsong; collaborated with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra; was selected to perform at the prestigious Ireland Music Week international showcase and on RTÉ’s Ireland In Music which has been broadcast to a huge global audience; and joined the wildly successful supergroup Irish Women In Harmony. In 2023 she is back on the road around the US, Ireland and Germany sharing work from her genre-defying catalogue of songs, while continuing her research around Irish women in myth and history. http://www.emmalangfordmusic.com https://limericklady.libsyn.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four time BBC Radio award winner Mohsen Amini from Glasgow, Scotland is one of the fastest growing names in the traditional world. He continuously tours with firebrands Talisk & the supergroup Imar, appearing in all corners of the globe at world leading festivals including closing out Saturday nights main stage at the 2019 Cambridge Folk Festival, three back to back years at Philadelphia Folk Festival, four at Tønder Festival and five at Celtic Connections. https://www.talisk.co.uk/about/ https://www.imarband.com 🥇 Support my Patreon Page for tons of exclusive banjo goodies, tune transcriptions, Discord, Zoom hangs, and more: http://www.patreon.com/endascahillbanjo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time I'm in the hot seat on the I Want You To Meet podcast with Jasmine Faulk Dickerson Make sure to check out Jasmine's other shows https://www.jasminfaulkdickerson.com/iwantyoutomeet Part of PAntheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pauline was born in Bedford, England, the daughter of Irish parents from Connemara and Longford, raised in a family steeped in Irish music, dance and culture. As a young girl she achieved great success, becoming a champion Irish step dancer before turning her focus to music. Under the tutelage of legendary musician Brendan Mulkere, Pauline honed her love of the banjo, eventually earning her status as renowned banjo player. She founded the band Chicago Reel, who feature regularly at Irish festivals around the Midwest and East Coast. She frequently shares the stage with Grammy-nominated fiddler Liz Carroll, as well as many respected artists performing on the world stage today, including John Doyle, The Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies, Sean Keane, and Mick McGoldrick. Part odf Pantheon Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices