Windy City Irish Radio

Tune in this week to Windy City Irish Radio's special Labor Day tribute. As we all know, the Irish have been instrumental in the Labor movement here in the U.S. since the beginning and were literally the "hands that built America" and boy, do they have the music to prove it. Listen for holiday songs from Christy Moore, The Led Farmers, Jim Sullivan, Solas, Mickey Spain Music, Runa, and the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Tim and Mike also pull out some leftovers from last week's Van Morrison birthday celebration with tributes to the Belfast Cowboy from Hozier, Moya Brennan - First Lady of Celtic Music, and Altan. Join us every Sunday from noon to 1PM on WNDZ 750 AM and catch this week's JAM-PACKED podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Let us know what you think of the show and contact us at tim.taylor@windycityirishradio.com. 

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer, turns 75 years young on August 31st, 2020. In celebration of the Belfast Cowboy's diamond anniversary, it's a 60-minute birthday celebration featuring Van's classic hits from Gary Lightbody - Unofficial with Miriam Kaufman , Imelda May, Thanks Brother, Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, The Chieftans and the birthday boy himself. Join us in wishing Van Morrison (Official) the happiest of birthdays Windy City Irish Radio style!  Check us out on Sunday afternoons on WNDZ 750AM or on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  If you're listening, let us know!!

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Windy City and this week the boys kick it off the show with brand new music from Sharon Shannon, Screaming Orphans and The Haar and follow with plenty more music from Boxing Banjo, Drops of Green, Elephant Sessions, Rum Ragged, Pride of New York, Ed Sheeran and the late great ELVIS PRESLEY. Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio each and every Sunday afternoon from Noon to 1PM on our new home at WNDZ 750AM for more of the same and catch this week's podcast on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Let us know you're listening!!

With the dog days of summer upon us, join Tim and Mike for an afternoon of fun and frivoliity with upbeat music from Sharon Shannon and Alan Connor Music, Christy Moore, Imelda May, House of Hamill, Runa, and the Screaming Orphans. There's also brand new music from Caroline Keane, Shane Hennessy, Tupelo's James Cramer and an old classic from the late great Luke Kelly Music. Join us every Sunday from Noon to 1PM on WND 750 AM (NEW TIME AND STATION!!) and catch this week's podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the lads are thrilled to welcome renowned singer, harpist and founding member of Celtic Woman, Orla Fallon, to the show to celebrate the release of her 10th solo album, "Lore." Tune in as Orla tells the stories behind many of the classic Irish songs on the record and what they mean most to her. Orla has performed all over the world including Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks and now can include Windy City Irish Radio to her impressive list of accomplishments! Join Tim and Mike every Sunday afternoon from Noon - 1PM on our new radio home WNDZ 750AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Summer breezes, barbecues, camping, fishing, icy cold beverages and summertime fun!  It's the summer of Tim!  Mike and Tim celebrate Tim's favorite season, SUMMER, with a sizzling array of summertime classics from Makem and Clancy, Carlos Nunez, The Whileaways, The Saw Doctors, Maura O'Connell, The Fitzgeralds, The Coors with Bono, Connla, Donal Clancy, The Logues, Natalie MacMaster & Donnelly Leahy, Flogging Molly, Hozier and summertime shenanigans with Mike Shevlin and Tim Taylor.  So, bust of the 50 SPF sunscreen (you know how that fare Irish skin can burn) ice up a cold beverage and bask in the summertime celebration of Windy City Irish Radio.  And you can tune in for the last time on our Wednesday night show on 1240AM WSBC from 8pm to 9pm and on Sundays from noon to 1pm on WNDZ 750AM or check out the podcast on www.windycityirishradio.com.  

As summer rolls on, Windy City Irish Radio rolls with you.  This week Mike and Tim feature a full hour of the finest Irish entertainment with some new music and Irish classics from Aine O'Doherty, Beoga, The Walker Roaders, Aslan Music, Billy Treacy & The Scope, and a new single by Kerry Fearon music & media.  Also, Mike and Tim pay tribute to their younger days with music honoring the 35th anniversary of Live Aid with songs by the The Boomtown Rats and Elvis Costello along with new music from Dylan Walshe and that dynamic duo, Ashley & Simpson.  It's all here on Windy City Irish Radio.  Tune in on Wednesdays from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240AM and our expanded station on Sunday afternoons from noon to 1pm on superstation WNDZ 750AM.  Or you can check out the podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Like so many others, we were saddened by the cancellation of this year's Irish Fest at the Irish American Heritage Center but on this week's episode of Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike put their best possible spin on it by playing tracks from many of the artists that would have been playing at this year's festival. We so do miss live music and be sure to support these artists by buying their music, tuning into their virtual shows and of course coming out to see them when they are back in our venues and pubs again! Tune in for music and song from We Banjo 3, The Byrne Brothers, Gaelic Storm, Aoife Scott, The High Kings The Larkin and Moran Brothers, Baal Tinne, Rory Makem, St. Stephen's Green, The Great Whiskey Project, Mulligan Stew, and The Chancey Brothers Oh what a line-up that was not meant to be. Maybe next year??! Join us on WSBC 1240AM every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM AND every Sunday from 12PM - 1PM on WNDZ 750AM and catch this week's Irish Fest special podcast at www.windyc

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, Tim and Mike celebrate Independence Day Irish-style with music from Ronan Tynan, Mayo's Lisa Canny, Solas, Mundy, NYC rockers The Narrowbacks, Upstate NY band Hair of the Dog, James Cagney and the cast of Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash, and the Red-Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson. Happy 4th weekend! Tune in to WSBC 1240AM every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM and to WNDZ 750AM every Sunday at noon and checkout this week's holiday show here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

It's time for more social-distance radio and the boys are back at work in their own home studios to bring you this week's episode of Windy City Irish Radio! Tune in as Mike and Tim spin tracks from The Byrne Brothers, Shane Hennessy, Skipinnish, The High Kings, John Redmond, High Time, The Makem and Spain Brothers, Michael McDermott, Emma Langford, Colm Gavin Music and The Wailin' Jennys. Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the lads welcome JoHn Jr. Kennedy and Christine O'Brien from perennial Irish American Heritage Festival favorite, Kennedy's Kitchen, for a few tunes and songs and some tracks from their latest album, The Whiskey of Truth. Be sure to check out the Irish American Heritage Center's Facebook page this Friday at 6PM CST for a live performance from the band as part of their new Live in the 5th Series. This week's show also features tributes to W.B. Yeats and James Joyce and music from Paddy Moloney and Aedin Moloney and The Waterboys. Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM AND now on WNDZ 750AM on Sundays from Noon - 1PM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

The boys are back for another action-packed episode of Windy City Irish Radio on not just one but two stations and this week it's loaded with tunes and songs to get your toes-a-tapping. Join us for a great duet from Jimmy Buffett and Paul Brady, Dàimh, County Mayo favorites Billow Wood, Kennedy's Kitchen, Tupelo's James Cramer, Stocktons Wing, Coig, Danny Burns with Tim O'Brien, Sinéad O'Connor, We Banjo 3 Bryan Ferry and a brand new track from Dublin's The Young Folk. Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and every Sunday to WNDZ 750 AM and catch this week's jam-packed podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Big News from your pals at Windy City Irish Radio!!! We are movin' on up!! Starting tomorrow, Sunday June 7, Mike and Tim will be broadcasting not just in our Wednesday evening time slot at 8PM CST on 1240AM WSBC but also on 750AM WNDZ at Noon CST. The NDZ coverage map extends through a much larger portion of Northern and Central Illinois and extends into Wisconsin, Indiana, and Southern Michigan. We'll be broadcasting on both stations once a week. Of course, the podcast will still be available on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and where all good podcasts can be found. This week we celebrate with new music  from Beoga with Lissie, Limerick concertina player Caroline Keane Music, and Jiggy along with favorites from Scythian, Imelda May, Tupelo, Open The Door For Three, The Saw Doctors, JigJam, Black Bank Folk and Luka Bloom. Check out the live show every Wednesday on 1240AM WSBC from 8pm - 9pm AND Sunday at 12 Noon on our new station WNDZ 750AM and check out this week's podcast at www.windycityirishra

After a mix of warm summer-like weather and spring rains, Mike and Tim come off the Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start to summer, feeling all summer like and ready to spread their collective wings for some outdoor - but distanced - activities!  Tonight the boys feature some music and musicians that remind us of summer and Irish Fests including the Narrowbacks, Shane Hennessy, Dylan Walshe, David Kennan, The Gleasons, Finbar Furey, Solas, The Whileaways, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Luke Kelly, Carlos Nunez with Mike Scott and Marcus Mumford & Punch Brothers.  Put some some shorts, slip into your favorite flip flops and your best mask and get ready to sing and dance into summer.  Check out our podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

It's week 10 of social-distanced radio as the lads hunker down in their individual home studios to bring you this week's installment of Windy City Irish Radio. Tune in as Mike and Tim spin tracks from Doolin’ with John Doyle, Galway favorites BackWest, Dublin alt-folkers The Finns, Donegal's own Screaming Orphans, Seo Linn, Baile An Salsa, Dublin's Joe Chester, County Tyrone's The Logues and the pride of County Down Brendan Monaghan - singer/songwriter. The boys also pay tribute to those lost in the Irish rebellion of 1798 with music inspired by the uprising from Dónal Clancy, Philly favorites Runa, Shane MacGowan and the Popes, and Kansas City rockers The Elders. Happy Memorial Day from Windy City Irish Radio! Tune in every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's action-packed podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on radio for the shut-ins, Tim and Mike welcome their first guest from afar since the quarantine began so many weeks ago. Join us as Windy City Irish Radio welcomes WGN and WTMJ Radio host, stand-up comic and actor Brian Noonan and listen as Brian regales us with stories of family living in the middle of a pandemic. The lads also feature a brand new song from Glen Hansard and more from Dervish with Rhiannon Giddens, Aoife Scott with Róisín O and The Coronas Danny O'Reilly, Minnesota's Wild Colonial Bhoys, The Chieftains with Sinead O ' Connor, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros and The High Kings. Tune in every Wednesday to WSBC 1240AM from 8PM - 9PM to catch the show live and listen to this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

This week on radio for the shut-ins, Tim and Mike welcome their first guest from afar since the quarantine began so many weeks ago. Join us as Windy City Irish Radio welcomes WGN and WTMJ Radio host, stand-up comic and actor Brian Noonan and listen as Brian regales us with stories of family living in the middle of a pandemic. The lads also feature a brand new song from Glen Hansard and more from Dervish with Rhiannon Giddens, Aoife Scott with Róisín O and The Coronas Danny O'Reilly, Minnesota's Wild Colonial Bhoys, The Chieftains with Sinead O ' Connor, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros and The High Kings. Tune in every Wednesday to WSBC 1240AM from 8PM - 9PM to catch the show live and listen to this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, the boys keep their distance once again and do their best to bring you the best in Irish music with a twist. Tune in for an Irish tribute to one of our favorite all-time festivals, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, with music from Tim Laughlin, Tara O'Grady Music, Imelda May and music legends gone too soon Dr. John and Mr. John Prine. And yes there's more. Check out this week's show for even more tunes and songs from from Jordan Mogey Music, Ciaran McLaughlin Music, Chicago's own Katie Grennan - Irish Fiddle Player, Mary Black and Bernadette Morris Music. Tune in each and every Wednesday as we get through this together on WSBC 1240AM from 8PM to 9PM. We're in lockdown, what else do we have to do? Check out this week's podcast at www.wincycityirishradio.com.  

As we continue our pandemically-challenged lifestyle from the Windy City Irish Radio​ studios near and far, there are  words ( and wink wink, songs) that come to mind. Joy. Smiles. Light. And Beer. Regarding the latter, there is nothing better as it is currently 5 o'clock somewhere all day long no matter where you live.  Listen for brand new music from Dublin singer-songwriter Chris Short Music​, birthday boy Glen Hansard​, Nashville's own Scott Mulvahill​ and Donegal man John McGrenaghan. Songs from Makem & Spain, Mike Denver​, Gaelic Storm​ and Mary Black​ of course help us along. We close out out the night with a true Irish tribute to the great John Prine​ featuring Nanci Griffith​, Mundy​ and the man himself among friends. He was a true Irish man at heart. Check out all that we do from our own home studios yet still on the air at WSBC 1240AM from 8PM - 9PM every Wednesday, And guess what, you can check out the podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

After multiple weeks of social distancing, Tim and Mike now know the value of social distancing as Mike is in Arlington Heights and Tim is in his home in Chicago.  Despite the distance, the show must go on.  Tonight we feature James Cramer, The Drunken Gaughers, Windy City Irish Radio alum, Michael McDermott, The Dropkick Murphys, Liz Carroll & Jake Cherron, The Lost Brothers, Drops of Green, Bagetelle, We Banjo 3, U2, Hozier and how much more can you cram into a one hour show??  Hey, tune in!  It's worth it.  Check us out every single Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm live on WSBC 1240AM or check out the podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  Keep your distance, wash your hands and tune in!