Windy City Irish Radio

It's a very special night in the Windy City Irish Radio studios tonight so be sure to tune in to WSBC 1240AM from 8PM to 9PM! As co-host Tim Taylor enjoys the last of his Hawaiian sunsets before returning home to chilly Chicago, Mike Shevlin welcomes his brother, Tim Shevlin, into the studio to reminisce about the Irish American Heritage Hour hosted by their father, Mike Shevlin Sr, so many years ago. Mike and Tim Shevlin co-hosted with their Dad on a number of occasions on WOPA/WPNA back in the day and they are together again on the airwaves for the first time in 20 years spinning some of dear old Dad's favorites and playing clips from way back when. Catch the show on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This week on Windy City Irish Radio the lads celebrate the new year by looking back on the some of their favorite moments from the year that was 2017. And as is a January tradition, Mike and Tim spin some of their favorite songs and tunes from the past year. Tune in for some of the best of the best of new music from 2017 from the man himself Van Morrison (Official), Dublin's Jiggy, trad trio Open The Door For Three, the fabulous Sharon Shannon, the also fabulous Imelda May, Armagh trad sensations Connla, Scotland's The Recollective, Donegal fiddle virtuoso, Damien McGeehan, Dublin rockers Tupelo, Offaly CeltGrass favorite JigJam and ten years with The High Kings. We would need several hours to celebrate all of the fantastic new music that came our way over the past 12 months and look forward to what 2018 brings! Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio each and every Wednesday from 8PM to 9PM on WSBC 1240 and catch this week's retrospective at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Happy Holidays from Windy City Irish Radio!!! It's that wonderful week between Christmas and New Year's and Tim and Mike do their best to celebrate the gifts and joys that both holidays bring on this week's show. Whether it's hanging with the wren boys on St. Stephen's Day or banging the New Year's bread on the wall and drinking champagne at midnight it is a week of rest, rejuvenation and revelry. Tune in for songs, stories and traditions of the season including music from Enya, Ed Sheeran with Anne-Marie and Beoga, The Henry Girls, Joe McShane with Margo, Nathan Carter, Elvis Costello, Cherish the Ladies, Séamus Begley / Oisín Mac Diarmada / Samantha Harvey, Bing Crosby and Salsa Celtica. Happy New Year! Catch WCIR each and every Wednesday from 8PM-9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and catch the last podcast of the year at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born! It's the annual Windy City Irish Radio Christmas Party. Rory Makem, The Chancey Brothers, Jennifer Ashley and Joel Simpson from Ashley & Simpson fill the Windy City Irish Radio studios with Christmas Spirit, Music and Traditional stories. Join Mike and Tim for 90-minutes of the Windy City Irish Radio Christmas Special. Merry Christmas and God Bless us, every one!! Listen to the Christmas special at www.windycityirishradio.com.

The festive holiday season continues this week in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as the Tim and Mike explore Irish Christmas traditions of years gone by. Tune in for story and songs from Barleyjuice frontman Kyf Brewer, Milwaukee's own The Gleasons, Robbie O'Connell, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Cherish the Ladies, Eileen Ivers, Garrett Wall and Track Dogs, Limerick singer-songwriter Don Mescall, Ashley Davis with John Doyle and Séamus Begley / Oisín Mac Diarmada / Samantha Harvey in advance of the Irish Christmas in America concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music this Sunday December 17th. Tune in next Wednesday for our annual Christmas Party with some very special guests in the Windy City Irish Radio studio in an extended 90 minute broadcast! Tune in each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's holiday podcast at www,.windycityirishradio.com

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as the lads celebrate the feast day of Jolly Old St. Nick with music and song from The Gothard Sisters, We Banjo 3, Glen Hansard with Mark Geary, The High Kings, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, The Saw Doctors, Pauly Fagan, Damien Dempsey, Andy Cooney and His Band and Seamus Begley and Oisín Mac Diarmada in preview of the annual Irish Christmas in America concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday December 17th. Windy City Irish Radio is Holiday Central in the month of December so do tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's holiday podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

It's the official start of the Christmas season in the Windy City Irish Radio studio as the lads are joined by Paddy Homan in advance of his holiday extravaganza with The Noble Call at both Chicago Gaelic Park and The Irish American Heritage Center on December 15th and 16th. Tickets are still available for both shows where Paddy will be joined by the likes of David Curley, Mick Broderick, Katie Grennan and more!! This week Paddy takes us back to the 'hearth’ of an Irish Christmas with some classic songs and stories of the holiday season. Tune in to hear from Paddy along with Nanci Griffith, The High Kings and Declan O'Rourke as we kick off the holiday season in style. Join us every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and listen to this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike celebrate all that they are thankful for and serve up a Thanksgiving feast of brand new music, old favorites, and songs of the season to kick off the holiday weekend. Tune in for the brand new single from Dublin's Tupelo, new releases from The High Kings celebrating their 10th year as a band and tracks from trad fusion sensation Jiggy, Dublin singer-songwriter Colin O'Shea, Scotland's Heron Valley, We Banjo 3, Eileen Ivers, Byrne and Kelly, Bill Whelan, Maeve McGivern and David Brophy. Happy Thanksgiving from Windy City Irish Radio! Tune in every week to WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM and catch this week's holiday podcast on www.windycityirishradio.com.

Widely acknowledged as the premier interpreter of songs and tales of the Great Lakes, singer-songwriter Lee Murdock joins the lads in the Windy City Irish Radio studio for an hour of music documenting the life and times of of the people who live, work and play along the freshwater highways of North America. Tune in as Lee and members of his band Blue Horizon, Joel Simpson and Mike Bradburn, preview their upcoming Christmas Ship concerts at Maple Street Chapel - Lombard, IL on Saturday November 25th and at Edgar's Place in Forest Park on December 9th. Also tune in for tracks previewing The Irish Heritage Singers Concert: Letters from Ireland this Sunday afternoon and Andy Cooney and His Band previewing his concert at the Irish American Heritage Center on Sunday December 3rd. Tune in to WSBC 1240 AM each and every Wednesday as the holiday season is upon us and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishadio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the lads welcome trad power trio Open The Door For Three for a Joyful Hour of stories and song celebrating their brand new release entitled, yes, The Joyful Hour. Kieran O'Hare, Liz Knowles Music and Pat Broaders join Mike and Tim in studio to play tunes and spin tracks off of the new album and talk all about their show this Saturday night at their old haunt, Chief O’Neill’s. Get your tickets now! Tune in each and every Wednesday to WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM as the lads inch their way into the holiday season and check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Spring Tides is a rowdy folk hop'n'roll band from the hills of Donegal playing swinging blues in smart casual shoes and they're in the Windy City Irish Radio studio this week in advance of their FREE show at the Irish American Heritage Center THIS Saturday night. James O'Donnell and Catherine Jennings from Spring Tides stop in to play some brand new music and tracks off of their new CD recorded at the historic Sun Studios in Memphis, TN. If that's not enough, Sharon Shannon rings in to give the lads a preview of her upcoming show at City Winery Chicago on November 13th. Also featuring tunes from Moya Brennan, First Lady of Celtic Music, in advance of her Salon Concerts Chicago performance THIS Sunday evening at the IAHC and from Open The Door For Three promoting their upcoming gig at Chief O’Neill’s on November 11th (and their visit to the Windy City Irish Radio studio NEXT week!) Join us each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and catch this week's jam-packed pod

Once upon a midnight dreary, Tim and Mike revisit yearly, the Samhain season special they've come to love so well. With tales of death and haunting ghosts and mummers marching and souling hosts, be still and listen closely to the stories they do tell. Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio for an extended 90 minute broadcast celebrating the night that the spirits call their own. With music from Téada, The black velvet band, Jameson's Revenge, Dallahan, Nuala Kennedy Music, Lisa Thiel, and Loreena McKennitt that goes bump in the night to tunes from Pigeon Kings, The Young Folk, Johnny Cash, Scythian, The Dubliners Official and Austin Texas trad band The Here & Now that cause you to curdle with fright, it's a Halloween special not to be missed. Also featuring music from Barenaked Ladies, Scotsman Ian Anderson (musician) and his band Jethro Tull and local fave The Flat Five Chicago. NEVERMORE indeed. Windy City Irish Radio airs each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240 AM and check out t

It's a night of new music and song in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as the boys spin some new releases and some old favorites. There's a brand new track from Dylan Robert Walshe and special guest James Fearnley of the Pogues off of Dylan's soon-to-be-released album, All Manner of Ways. There's a newly recorded track from Donegal's Spring Tides recorded at the world-famous Sun Studio in Memphis. There's Bo Diddley's I Can Tell as performed by Van Morrison (Official) with Jeff Beck off of Van's just released album, Roll with the Punches. And there's a song off of Imelda May's new release Life Love Flesh Blood. Also join Mike and Tim and listen for music from The Fitzgeralds, The Waterboys, NEW AIRS, David Curley with Mick Broderick, and SLIDE. Also featuring Moya Brennan - First Lady of Celtic Music in advance of her performance with Salon Concerts Chicago at the Irish American Heritage Center on Sunday November 5th and Derek Warfield & The Young W

Basking in the afterglow the October 7th release of their debut album, "Winnie", singers and songwriters, Jennifer Elizabeth Ashley and Joel Simpson, more commonly known as Ashley & Simpson, make their inaugural appearance in the Windy City Irish Radio studios to perform original songs from their new album as well as covers from Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Michael Jackson (in celebration of Mike Shevlin and Linda Bryan Shevlin's 20th wedding anniversary), and a tribute to the late Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus music from the Tannahill Weavers ahead of their performance at the Old Town School of Folk Music and Sharon Shannon ahead of her appearance on next week's show and her performance at City Winery Chicago. Hey, it's quality Irish entertainment at it's best each Wednesday night on WSBC 1240AM or right here on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

'Tis a fine night's work in the Windy City Irish Radio studios as the lads drop anchor and spin tales of the open sea. Whether it's the sailors, the pirates or the mermaids awashed, it's all they can do to avoid the watery grave to bring this fine music to you. Listen for tales of the North Sea Holes and the Flowers of Bermuda and find out for yourself where The River Meets the Sea. With Solas, Gaelic Storm, Dylan Walshe and Shannon Sharon in the galley, The Chieftains with The Decemberists, The Jeremiahs, and JigJam tending the side, Richard Thompson - RT and Michael McDermott raising the colors and Joanna Hyde & Tadhg Ó Meachair, Phil Coulter and Liam Clancy manning the grog with Tannahill Weavers at the Old Town School of Folk, Chicago, it's about all Tim and Mike can do to keep the boat afloat and avoid the fate of Davy Jones Locker. Tune in each Wednesday from 8PM to 9PM to WSBC 1240 AM and catch this watery podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com

Tonight on Windy City Irish Radio, the boys greet the fall season head on with music from The Fureys and Davey Arthur and Pearl River favorites Girsa. They also introduce some new tracks from Milwaukee's own The Gleasons off of their brand new album Worries at the Gate, from folk hero Luka Bloom of his new album The Refuge, The Outside Track, and Dublin's viral sensation Jiggy. And that is not all that Tim and Mike have for you this week! Tune in for duets from Iris DeMent & Dolores Keane, Aoife Scott & Frances Black and songs from Garry O'Meara Music, Cat Power and a preview of Tannahill Weavers at the Old Town School of Folk, Chicago. Yes, this show is truly JAM-PACKED. Join us each and 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, the lads pay tribute to the many contributions that the Irish have given to our country and mark some important landmarks in Irish-American history. As is often discussed on the show, Irish-Americans grew from hardscrabble roots to play a large part in building cities, infrastructure, railroads and canals in linking sea to shining sea. September marks the 190th anniversary of County Longford descendant and New York Governor DeWitt Clinton signing off on the building of the Erie Canal, which opened a waterway from the New York Harbor through to the Midwest and beyond. Tipperary man J.J. McShane was the first construction engineer on the project that employed tens of thousands of Irish immigrants leading up to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. September also marks the 90th anniversary of the famed Long Count, the fight between Irish-American boxing legends Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. In addition to story time there is music from Kildare descendant and birthday boy Bru

It's a big week in the Windy City Irish Radio studio as the lads preview two big events coming up over the next couple of days at the Irish American Heritage Center. On Thursday, the IAHC is proud to present world-renowned traditional group Lúnasa at World Music Festival Chicago in a FREE concert. On this week's show we are joined by Sean Cleland and the Irish Music School of Chicago who's Youth Ensemble will be opening for Lunasa at the IAHC. The Kilgubbin Brothers will perform in the 5th Province right after the show. This Friday it's the Halfway to St. Patrick's Day Party featuring The Tossers, The Chancey Brothers and the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band all performing for $10 at the IAHC. What a way to jump start the weekend!! Tune in to this week's show for LIVE music from the Irish Music School and tracks from Lunasa, The Chanceys, The Tossers, Scotland's, The Recollective and Dublin's, Billy Treacy. Join us each and every Wednesday on WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM a

With over 200 shows including more than 50 live in-studio performances, Mike and Tim celebrate Windy City Irish Radio's fourth birthday with a 90-minute retrospective look on the past year featuring year four's live in-studio performances by Socks In The Frying Pan, author, Ken Bruen, The Green Meadow Boys, The Larkin and Moran Brothers, Brad Armacost, St. Stevens Green, Jim Sullivan and Friends, Peter Searby and the kids from the Riverside Center for Education, The Boils, The Young Folk and much, much more.  Join Mike and Tim as they celebrate a fabulous four years of high quality Irish entertainment. 

Hailing from Dublin and incoming Chicago via the Milwaukee Irish Fest and Kansas City Folk Fest, Pixie Pace recording artists, The Young Folk, negotiate their way to the welcoming borders of the Windy City Irish Radio Studios and regale us with a night of original music from singer/songwriters, Anthony Furey and Tony McLoughlin and amp the musical stylings with trombone and banjo multiinstrumentalist, Alex Borwick. Featuring songs from their latest album, First Sign of Morning, and their first album, The Little Battle, The Young Folk marry traditional acoustic instrumentation, perfect harmonies and contemporary production techniques to achieve their own original sound. Catch Tim Taylor, Mike Shevlin and the Young Folk on Windy City Irish Radio at www.windycityirishradio.com.