Windy City Irish Radio

'Tis the season to be...SPOOKY! Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio's extended Spookapalooza and listen for creepy tales and songs of the Samhain season. There's ghosts and banshees and the dreaded soul-sucking Sluagh. And bloody death dances and headstones and graveyards aplenty. Join us as we converse with the spirit world on their big night out. Listen for music from Daoirí Farrell, Dylan Walshe, Doolin’, LAU, The Prodigals, Dolores O' Riordan, and Dougie MacLean. And more from House of Hamill, Whiskey of the Damned, JigJam and Hair of the Dog. If that's not enough, there's also John Fogerty, The ALT, The Fenians, Socks in the Frying Pan, Sinead O'Connor, and Van Morrison (Official). It's a scary good time. Don't be afraid of the dark! Tune in each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC and catch this week's Samhain special at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Mike and Tim spin some old Irish classics alongside some new that are sure to be. Tune in for some rich golden oldies from classic Irish rock folders Stocktons Wing, Dubliner Ronnie Drew, rebel-rousers Wolfe Tones Official Fan Page, Dublin rockers Bagatelle, the lovely iBAM Award-Winner Maura O'Connell, and The Chieftains with

Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio to hear a tune off of the new album The Blue Room from the Martin Hayes Quartet prior to their concert this weekend. Tickets are still available! Tim and Mike also spin some new tracks from Ballina's Billow Wood, Wicklow family band The Maguires, Tyrone's The Logues, D.C. folk rockers Pigeon Kings and Philly's House of Hamill. There's also some old favorites from Gaelic Storm,

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the evening begins with casual discourse on the changing of the seasons. Tim is a summer guy, you see. Boats, beaches, warm evenings, late sunsets, sunscreen and mosquito bites. Mike is a fan of autumn. Crisp and sunny fall afternoons, leaves falling from the trees, scarecrows, s'mores, football, and, well, gourds. Who doesn't like gourds? Tune in this week and listen for new music from Eleanor Shanley's new group Garadice Music and more from Dublin's Slide, Sligo's Téada, Scottish folk hero Dougie MacLean, The Black Family, Eleanor McEvoy Music with Mary Coughlan, Mary Black, and Gemma Hayes, Brighton's The Levellers, The Corrs - Official page, Limerick's Hermitage Green, Leo and Anto from The Saw Doctors, and Columbus Ohio's own The Drowsy Lads. Join us every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

New music crosses the transom of the Windy City Irish Radio studios regularly and tonight we share some new music by new artists and new artists performing old standards. Songs about lost love and new found love plus a some old favorites with a new twist. Tonight catch music from Brendan Kelly out of Longfort, Ireland, country phenom, Jordan Mogey, County Down native, Brendan Monaghan, music from Dave Kenny, Dublin singer-songwriter, Keith O'Connell, some traditional favorites by Cleveland based Crowley, Hopper and Reilly, an original by Pat McKenna, Strings and Things, and a whole lot more! Join us each and every single Wednesday evening from 8pm to 9pm and catch us next Wednesday for Windy City Irish Radio's Five-Year Anniversary!! Catch the podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the boys are in a New York state of mind with the 17th anniversary of 9/11 and honor those that were lost with music from Big Apple stalwarts Black 47 and Eileen Ivers along with tracks from U2 and Vancouver's The Town Pants. There's also new music from Tipperary/Galway folksters Strings & Things, and the pride of Cleveland, Ohio Marys Lane. If that's not enough, Tim and Mike drop in a family duet from Aoife Scott with Frances Black and some favorites from Luka Bloom, Altan, and Chris Thile with pals Marcus Mumford, Chris Eldredge, and Justin Timberlake. Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and check out this week's podcast www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, tune in for great music from Kilkenny/Roscommon sensation Seo Linn, Scotland's Skipinnish, Dublin folk-rocker Villagers, trad band One for the Foxes, piper Jarlath Henderson, Kilarney's Tim O'Shea, Dublin's I Draw Slow and all the way from Prince Edward Island, The East Pointers. There's also some favorites from The Saw Doctors, Mary Black with Imelda May and Ed Sheeran. Listen for a cool country collaboration between Altan and Vince Gill and don't forget to come on out for Altan in Concert at the Irish American Heritage Center in partnership with World Music Festival Chicago next Thursday night. It's FREE! Check out this week's show at www.windycityirishradio.com.

The lads dodge the raindrops to get to the Windy City Irish Radio this week and have some mighty fine rainy night music to show for it with songs and tunes from Pogues, Mundy, County Louth newcomers Kern, Limerick's The Outside Track, D.C.'s own Scythian, fab family band, The Byrne Brothers, and all the way from France Doolin’. Also tune in for more music from We Banjo 3 off of their chart-topping new album, Haven, a tune from Altan in advance of their FREE concert at the Irish American Heritage Center on Thursday September 13, and a birthday tribute to Van Morrison (Official). Mike and Tim are also lucky enough to have Philadelphia actress/playwright Polly McIntyre in advance of her one-woman show She Moved Through the Fair as part of this weekend's Chicago Fringe Festival. We suppose it goes without saying that this week's show is JAM-PACKED! Tune in to WSBC 1240AM each and every Wednesday form 8PM - 9PM and check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Amidst the dog days of August, Mike and Tim heat things up just a tad more In the Windy City Irish Radio Studios with music from Scotland's Skerryvore, Talisk and Coig along with tunes and songs from The High Kings, Eimear Arkins, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Altan, St. Stephen's Green, Heron Valley, Screaming Orphans and, in honor of the King of Rock and Roll's passing some 41 years ago, Elvis Presley. Grab a cold one, crank up the A/C and listen to this week's show at www.windycityirishradio.com or live at WSBC 1240AM each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm.

The Irish American community lost three ambassador's of Irish music and dance over the past couple weeks with the passing of Dooley Brother's band member, Jimmy Dooley Jr., Irish fiddler, Tommy Peoples, and ceili and set dance instructor, Alan Beale. Mike Shevlin returns to the Windy City Irish Radio studios and, along with Tim, feature bands performing at the upcoming Milwaukee Irish Fest running from August 16th through August 19th featuring We Banjo 3, Jiggy, Seo Linn, The Green Fields of America and a Cape Breton set featuring Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Décota McNamara, Natalie Mcmaster and Donnell Leahy, and folk rockers, The Stanfields. Catch the show live on WSBC 1240AM or on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

As Minnie Pearl would say "Hoooowwwwdy! I jus' proud to be here!" And so is Windy City Irish Radio! Over the years, American Country Music has had a tremendous influence on the world but especially in Ireland, where country music remains immensely popular. And it's easily argued that the very roots of American country music and dance began with the Irish and Scots as they emigrated to Appalachia. Join Tim and Mike as they celebrate an evening of country music -- Irish country music, that is! Classic country songs from Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, Jim Reeves, Willie Nelson, Patti Page, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Eric Clapton, The Charlie Daniels Band, and Kathy Mattea remain relevant and alive through Irish performances by Imelda May, Orla Fallon, Nathan Carter, Sharon Shannon and Finbar Furray, Scythian, Kelly Fearon, Jordan Mogey, Margo O'Donnell, The High Kings, Big Tom McBride, Keelan, Andy Cooney, and Cowboy Joe McShane! Join Tim and Mike for an evening of country m

It's back to the basics on Windy City Irish Radio this week as the boys spin the best in Irish and Celtic music. Tune in to hear Jarlath Henderson in preview of his performance at the Irish American Heritage Center on October 5th. Or listen for tracks from Irish supergroup, Uliad, Pearl River, NY's Girsa, Galway's HighTime, and Eamon O'Leary. There's also music from Réalta,Dylan Walshe, Declan O'Rourke, Dàimh and Robbie O'Connell. Check out Windy City Irish Radio each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC and you can catch this week's podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com.

20 million online viewers cannot be wrong! Internet sensation The Byrne Brothers join us in the Windy City Irish Radio studios this week for their first U.S. radio appearance. They are performing this Friday night in a FREE concert at the Irish American Heritage Center. Since arriving in the States from their home in Donegal and after six months performing at Raglan Road Orlando in Disney Springs, the family has hit the road to travel the country with instruments in hand and we are very happy to have them in studio to perform for us and for you. The Byrne Brothers consist of Luca (14), Finn (11) Dempsey (8), and yes, they asked Dad Tommy to join in the fun. Tune in for an hour of tunes from the lads and check them out at the IAHC on Friday night in the 5th Province. Tune in for The Byrne Brothers and music from Eileen Ivers, Connla, The Fureys and Nanci Griffith. Windy City Irish Radio airs each and every Wednesday night on WSBC 1240AM from 8PM - 9PM and you can catch this week's action-packed show at ww

The boys travel back in time this week by taking a tour of decades past in pop/rock music with a special edition of Cover Me, an hour of Irish artists and their takes on some of the greatest hits of the last 50 years. Tune in for fabulous cover versions of hits made famous by Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison (Official), The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Don Henley, u2, Thin Lizzy Official, The Cure, The Pogues, The Proclaimers, A-ha and yes, Britney Spears. Performers include The Man in Black, Johnny Cash, The Cranberries, Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners, Screaming Orphans, Nathan Carter, Scythian, The Pogues, The High Kings, Glen Hansard, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Paul Brady Music, Luka Bloom, The Hounds of Finn and House of Hamill. Did we cover everything? Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's cover show at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Mike and Tim celebrate another successful Irish American Heritage Festival and play lots of brand new music from some of the Emerald Isle's most exciting upcoming artists. Tune in for music from Dubliners Wild Youth, Jiggy, The Eskies and The Young Folk along with new tracks from Mayo's Billow Wood, Suffolk County New York's Bangers and Mash Kalamazoo, Michigan's The Founding and Chicago favorite Michael McDermott. Tune in to WSBC 1240AM at 8PM next week for an hour of Irish cover songs and catch this week's jam-packed podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Happy Birthday U.S.A! Tonight on Windy City Irish Radio, it is a firecracker of a show as the boys celebrate Independence Day and preview this weekend's Irish American Heritage Festival. Tune in for music from the Red-Headed Cowboy himself Willie Nelson, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem AND Rory Makem, Byrne and Kelly, JigJam, Tupelo, Chicago's own Jim Sullivan Music and String Sisters. Join Mike and Tim as they chat with Chicago Irish fiddle legend Liz Carroll before her appearance with Dáithí Sproule on the Folk Stage this Saturday evening at the Irish American Heritage Center. Oh say can we see! Tune in each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's patriotic podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

At long last, the lads welcome the legendary Dooley Brothers into the Windy City Irish Radio studio for stories and songs from their decades-long troubadour life in music. Tune in for live performances from both first and second generation Dooleys as we preview their 33rd annual performance at the Irish American Heritage Festival on Sunday July 8th. Along with a whole lot of Dooley, listen for the BRAND NEW SINGLE off of We Banjo 3's soon-to-be-released album, Haven, and songs from festival headliners Gaelic Storm and JigJam. This is one that is not to be missed! Tune in to WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM next week as we celebrate Independence Day and welcome Liz Carroll to the airwaves and be sure check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

The Irish American Heritage Festival is just two weeks away and on this week's show the lad's celebrate some of the fantastic musicians that will be gracing the stage from July 6th-8th at the Irish American Heritage Center. Tune in for music from local favorites Coyote Riot, Hoosier Staters Kennedy's Kitchen, We Banjo 3, Byrne and Kelly and The Mickey Finns, featuring members of Basket House Band who will be performing at the festival. Listen in as Tim and Mike take a stroll down some summer roads with Makem & Clancy and Maura O'Connell and check out brand new music from Connla, Eamon O'Leary and Seo Linn. You can find Windy City Irish Radio on the radio dial each and every Wednesday night from 8PM - 9PM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio the lads preview the David Keenan show at The Elbo Room this Friday night. Tim and Mike also begin their preview of the Irish American Heritage Festival at the IAHC with tunes and songs from some of the headline performers at this year's festival including the one and only Liz Carroll, festival stalwarts Gaelic Storm, the pride of Offaly JigJam, Thunderhead faves Byrne and Kelly, Rory Makem and the The Mickey Finns. And we'd be remiss to forget the Father's out there with songs from Ronan Keating with Yusuf / Cat Stevens and Niamh Farrell and Project West. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! Catch us live on WSBC 1240AM every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM and check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

This week on Windy City Irish Radio Tim and Mike take a 60 minute musical journey across the green fields of Ireland with a Trip to Gort with Donal Lunny, Zoe Conway and Máirtín O'Connor to Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore with Lúnasa with Daoirí Farrell. Along for the ride are songs and tunes from Scotland's Heron Valley and Brave Giant, New York's Na Fianna and Dylan Foley and Chicago favorites Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill and The Chancey Brothers. Make sure you should listen for new tracks from Dublin's Tupelo, I Draw Slow and and a track from some years back from Paddy Casey Music with the Dublin Gospel Choir. If you're still with us, make sure you stick around for the triumphant finale with the great Mavis Staples with Glen Hansard in honor of her performance at this weekend's Chicago Blues Festival. Tim feels that this is a journey worth taking and Mike happens to agree. Check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com and be sure to tune into 1240AM W