Windy City Irish Radio

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike close out the Merry Month of May with music from The Waterboys Mike Scott with Carlos Núñez, The Fretless, Christy Moore, and Toronto's THE MAHONES, Solas, Flook, and Rig the Jig. Also featuring songs and tunes from the fabulous String Sisters, John Prine with Fiona Whelan Prine, Dylan Walshe with former Pogue James Fearnley and Celtic Woman in preview of their Homecoming Tour visit to Rosemont on June 17th. What's not to like? Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com

With Gaelic Park Irish Festival upon us, the lads are thrilled to welcome Galway City tradsters BackWest into the studio to play some music and sing some songs ahead of their gigs in Oak Forest this weekend. P.J., Maureen, Brendan and Peter rip up the Windy City Irish Radio studios and give you a taste of just what to expect this weekend at Gaelic Park. Tune in for Backwest and more from the festival including Rory Makem, Laurence Nugent, The Gothard Sisters, Pigeon Kings, Jimmy Keane and a tribute to our fallen heroes this Memorial Day Weekend from The Elders. Join us every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike celebrate the Irish Fest at Chicago Gaelic Park and preview the Memorial Day festival's musical offerings with music from Canada's Ottawa Valley from The Fitzgeralds, from the Pacific Northwest The Gothard Sisters and Galway City's BackWest. Also featuring songs and tunes from Chicago's own Baal Tinne, Offaly's JigJam AND Mundy, Prince Edward Island's Ten Strings And A Goat Skin, Galway favorites We Banjo 3, legendary Scotsman Dougie MacLean, Cork band Slide, Dubliner Luke Kelly Music and a tribute to Mom from Cleveland's Brigid's Cross. Stay tuned for more music this month from the Irish Fest and tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

It's time to step it up in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as WGN Radio personality and good friend of the show, Brian Noonan, pays the guys a visit to discuss a myriad of topics. Whether it is their collective love of the Crescent City, reminiscing about this past weekend's Irish American Hall of Fame or tales from his life in radio, Brian fits in quite well and without even saying it convinces the lads that they should not quit their day jobs. Tune in for brand new music from mutual friend Michael McDermott and tunes from New Orleans legends Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, birthday boy Willie Nelson with The Chieftains, The Saw Doctors, our pal Seán Cleland with Sones de México, and New York rockers Paddy A Go Go with Chris Byrne, Pat McGuire and Eileen Ivers. There's also music from Galway's Salsa-Trad sensation Baile An Salsa in Concert before their big gig at Irish American Heritage Center this Saturday night (tickets still available!!) Many thanks, Brian, for joining us! Tune i

This Saturday night The Irish American Hall of Fame hosts its 8th Annual Gala (TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT www.iahof.org!) at the at the Irish Irish American Heritage Center and on this week's show the lads dress to the nines to pay tribute to its esteemed inductees. The 2018 class includes Author and Historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Studs Lonigan author James T. Farrell, former Mundelein College President and women's rights champion, Sr. Ann Ida Gannon BVM, Philanthropist Charles "Chuck" Feeney, John Philip Holland, Inventor of the Submarine, former White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, Blessed Solanus Casey, Vice President Joe Biden, and our 2018 Hometown Hero Rags of Honor founder Mark Doyle. Tune in as Mike and Tim tell their stories as Hall of Famers hoping to give a sense of OUR stories as Irish-Americans without shamelessly lobbying for their own induction. With music from Dublin pop-rock band The Script, Hothouse Flowers, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Chicago folder Steve Goodman, Li

This week on Windy City Irish Radio Tim and Mike run the gamut from The Saw Doctors to Virginia-based singer-songwriter Ben-David Warner to Wexford brothers duo Basciville to Solas' Dave Curley & Mick Broderick. There's a brand new track from the Bard of Windy City Irish Radio, Rory Makem, off of his new self-titled EP, and a track from The Chancey Brothers off of Touch of Blarney Entertainment Group's In Troubled Times. If that's not enough, there's more music from Dublin's Billy Treacy and Daoirí Farrell and previews of Aislinn Gagliardi in Concert tomorrow night and The Alt at Old Town School of Folk Music this Sunday. Check out these live shows and support our favorite local music venues. Windy City Irish Radio airs every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240AM and you can catch this week's podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com.

April snow showers bring what? Join us on Windy City Irish Radio​ as the boys contemplate the Springsophrenic season and all of its merits with songs and tunes old and new from County Longford's Brave Giant​, Canada's The Fretless​ and Corner Boy​, Motor City Celt Rockers Bill Grogan's Goat​ and old favorites Scythian​ and Imelda May​. Tune in for music from Pigeon Kings, Chicago's Anish, Van Morrison and a tune that will get you galavantin' from Galway/Tyrone tradsters BackWest​ in preview of their appearance at Chicago Gaelic Park​ Irish Fest next month. Join us each and every Wednesday on WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's podcast www.windycityirishradio.com.

Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio this week for more new music from Armagh tradsters Connla, Dublin's The Stunning and singer songwriters Hudson Taylor, plus a new track from Chicago's own Liam Durkin off of the new album produced by John Walsh's Touch of Blarney Entertainment Group LLC entitled "In Troubled Times." Tim and Mike also feature songs and tunes from Baile An Salsa, Pearl River, New York's Girsa, Meath man Pauly Fagan, Damien Dempsey, The Moxie Strings, classical Irish guitar man John O'Shea and ginger man Ed Sheeran. Next week we start our annual Irish American Hall of Fame tribute shows in advance of the Hall of Fame Gala on April 28th at the Irish American Heritage CenterTune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

The music tells the tale on Windy City Irish Radio this week as the lads play lots of new music along with some blasts from the past. Tune in for the new single from Cúig and new music from Dublin's Bry and Cork's Tiz McNamara. Tim and Mike also feature songs and tunes from The Fitzgeralds, The Narrowbacks, Ryan Sheridan & Ronan Nolan, Hozier, Aslan, Black 47, Paul Brady and Galway's own Celtic Salsa band, Baile An Salsa in advance of their Cinco de Mayo concert at the Irish American Heritage Center on May 5th. It's an hour of toe-tapping good fun. Tune in for more of the same every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240AM and check out this week's podcast at www.WindyCityIrishRadio.com.

This week on Windy City Irish Radio Mike and Tim welcome spring time and with it the hope of the warm weather that will soon follow. Tune in for our ritual songs of the season from Tommy Makem, Frankie Gavin & De Dannan and Michael McDermott Murphy and tracks from Christy Moore, Dublin's Daoirí Farrell and I Draw Slow, Milwaukee's The Gleasons, Offaly's JigJam, Frances Black, The Chieftains with Ricky Skaggs and a tune from Altan from their new album in preview of their concert at Old Town School of Folk Music. It's Spring! Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

This is the week that we celebrate the life of one, Maewyn Succat, known more commonly as St. Patrick. As the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick's death has long been commemorated in the U.S. with green rivers, long parades, and habitually food-colored beer. Tonight on Windy City Irish Radio, the lads celebrate the man and his well-earned holiday with songs and stories of the traditions of the season. Tune in for music from Barleyjuice, Natalie MacMaster with Donnell Leahy, The Dubliners Official, The Irish Rovers, The Clancy Brothers AND The Chancey Brothers. Also listen for Danú, The Elders, The Makem & Spain Brothers, The Recollective and Wolfe Tones Official Fan Page. Who loves a parade? We sure do!! Happy Saint Patrick's Day from Windy City Irish Radio!! Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM to 9PM to WSBC 1240 and catch our holiday podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

As the St. Pat's Season moves along, the boys keep on keeping on and this week's show is no exception. This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike welcome High King Darren Holden to talk about all of the exciting goings on with The High Kings including their upcoming sold out show at City Winery Chicago on March 22nd and their soon-to-be-sold-out show at Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series in Batavia on Sunday March 24th. Get your tickets now! Join us for previews of upcoming concerts from Gaelic Storm (House of Blues Chicago) on March 16/17, Altan at Old Town School of Folk Music on Friday March 23rd, and We Banjo 3 at their sold out show at City Winery and their big show at Milwaukee's The Pabst Theatre on March 9th (tickets still available!!!). Also featuring tunes and songs from The Dooley Brothers, Screaming Orphans, Ashley & Simpson, and Dónal Clancy with Liam Clancy - A Tribute and Robbie O'Connell. Tune in each and every week to WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM and catch this w

It's been a pretty good year for Irish trad heroes, Lúnasa, as they celebrate their 20th year as a band, release their first new release in several years and return to Chicago this March to celebrate all of the above. Lúnasa at the Old Town School of Folk Music is WEDNESDAY MARCH 7th and tonight Mike and Tim are joined by the band's Kevin Crawford to discuss it all. Tune in for tracks from the new album along with songs from Gaelic Storm, Altan, The Great Whiskey Project and Scythian - all who will be performing in various venues in Chicago over the next few weeks. Also featuring tunes off of Tupelo's just-about-to-be-released new album, SLIDE, and The Fenians plus a BRAND NEW TRACK from our friend Joel Simpson off his soon-to-be-released album Irish Boys Dream. This show is truly JAM-PACKED! Tune in each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM. Next week, the lads welcome Darren Holden from The High Kings! Check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

'Tis a fine night of music on Windy City Irish Radio this week as the lads celebrate the riches of live music on its way to our fine city and new music from our pals in Tupelo off of their oh-so-soon-to-be-released new album The Heart's Bloodline. There's tracks from Lúnasa and Altan who will be performing over the next few weeks at The Old Town School of Folk Music and Glen Hansard who makes his Chicago return in March. Ready or not, St. Pat's Season is upon us! Also tune in for tracks from Runa, Eleanor McEvoy Music, The Outside Track, The Young Folk, Mundy with Róisín O, The Saw Doctors, Glen Hansard and The Makem & Spain Brothers. Join us each and every Wednesday as we jump headfirst into the season at WSBC 1240AM from 8PM-9PM and listen to this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

Cupid draws back his bow and let's his arrow go straight through the airwaves to your lover's heart tonight in the Windy City Irish Radio studios. Join your funny valentines, Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor, the pedagogues of love, as they spread love and romance and chronicle how St. Valentine, himself, is a resident of the old sod. Fiddle master, Kevin Burke, appears on Windy City Irish Radio ahead of his upcoming show and fiddle workshop at the Irish American Heritage Center. Plus music from Elvis Costello, Great Big Sea, House of Hamill, The Pogues, Tara O'Grady, Luka Bloom, Damien Dempsey, Finbar Furey & Mary Black, Jim Sullivan, Goitse, Open the The Door for Three and Van Morrison. Love is a many splendor thing. Join Mike and Tim each Wednesday night on WSBC 1240AM at 8pm or check out their podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

New Orleans has always held an appeal to the Irish due to its Catholic traditions and safe harbor for anti-British sentiments. An early wave of Irish immigrants, fleeing British persecution at the end of the 1700s, landed in New Orleans and became well woven into the economic and social fabric of the city. Irish pubs dot the Crescent City's French Quarter from the beatiful courtyards of Pat O'Brien's Bar or the divey feel of Fahy's or the Erin Rose. Ireland's influence is felt in neighborhoods such as the Irish Channel, St. Patrick's Church and the tradition of Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. With Fat Tuesday upon us, Windy City Irish Radio celebrates the decadent season with music from Professor Longhair, Judy Collins, Beth Patterson, Harry Connick Jr, Na Fianna, Tom McDermott & lucia micarelli, The Lash, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Scythian, Kevin Burke in Chicago, Joe McShane and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for the Irish Mardi Gras! Join Tim and Mike each Wednesday night at

Come in from the cold and check out what the lads are up to this week! Tonight on Windy City Irish Radio Mike and Tim spin brand new tracks from Donegal gals Screaming Orphans, Pigeon Kings off their debut release, fiddle legend and new-found rocker Kevin Burke and the pride of Fermanagh Laurence Nugent. Listen for music from The High Kings, Paul Brady Music, and Dónal Clancy​. Tune in as the boys get set for a busy February as they preview Makem and Clancy in Concert, Kevin Burke in Chicago, and Runa all at the Irish American Heritage Center​ along with Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at Old Town School of Folk Music. Join us each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

On Christmas Day, singer-songwriter of The Pogues Shane MacGowan turned 60 years old. Earlier this month, Shane celebrated this momentous occasion with his closest friends in a sold-out concert at the National Concert Hall in Dublin with President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins in attendance. This week on Windy City Irish Radio Tim and Mike pay tribute to the man that legendary Clash lead man and Pogues short-timer Joe Strummer called one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century with clips from the big birthday celebration with @Sharon Shane with Shane himself, U2 frontman Bono with Pirate of the Caribbean Johnny Depp․ and a holiday classic from Glen Hansardand Lisa O'Neill Music. Tune in for a live duet with Christy Moore and Shane, a haunting due with Sinéad O'Connor with Shane, a nice Pogues cover from Socks in the Frying Pan and plenty from Shane and the Pogues themselves. As the name of the album suggests, it is Poguerty in Motion. Join us each and every Wednesday from 8PM to 9PM on WSBC