Radio Ballad #2: The Session

Huffduffed by adactio on April 21st, 2010

In Radio Ballad #2 we explore the mysterious Irish music ‘Session’ - what’s really going on between the musicians, why do the tunes all have multiple names, and is an audience really necessary to a good session or not?

Featuring interviews with the Morro Bay Irish Session, a group of musicians who have been meeting every week in Central California for 12 years to play tunes and enjoy the ‘craic.’

Find a session near you—wherever you are in the world—at http://www.thesession.org.

From http://www.radioballads.com/2010/02/radio-ballad-2-session.html

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