Windy City Irish Radio

It's week 3 of our social distancing broadcasts and we are truly ready to go on with entertaining YOU!! Tune in for and Easter tribute from Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem along with local stalwarts Kennedy's KitchenDerek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones . Join us for a nice little holiday dance party with our guests Frances Black Natalie MacMaster, Scythian and

From our collective homes in Arlington Heights, Illinois and Chicago, Mike and Tim can only image spring outdoors.  Adhering to social distancing, Mike and Tim bring Windy City Irish Radio to you not just six feet apart but 30 miles apart!!  Tonight, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy usher in the spring season along with Rutland's Reel, Imelda May and Jeff Beck, The Young Folk, Van Morrison, Orla Fallon, Katie Grennan & Jacob B. Little, Andy Cooney & Phil Coulter, Cup O'Joe, Denis Murphy and Sibeal!  So, while we are shut in, let's put a little spring in our step with Windy City Irish Radio.  You can listen each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm or catch our podcast at www.windycityirsihradio.com.  

We lost another great in the music world as famed country singer, Kenny Rogers, has passed away. Of course, Kenny had Irish roots and of course, we here at Windy City Irish Radio loved his music and on this week's show we pay tribute to the Gambler with songs from the man himself doing one of his own classics and covering the Belfast Cowboy Van Morrison and another track in tribute from Scythian. This is our first week social distancing so Tim is manning the studio while Mike looks out his window several miles away and chats. Featuring songs and music to make you feel a little better about the crazy world we're living in with Ashley Davis, Fin Furey, Mundy with

With no St. Patrick's Day Parades downtown, on the northwest side or on Chicago's South Side Side and nearly every St. Patrick's Day festivity cancelled, post St. Patrick's Day is a bit surreal for Tim and Mike this year.  Tonight, the well-rested duo feature an array of music from The Fontaines D.C., Jiggy, The Pogues, All Folkd Up, Hermitage Green, Lunasa, Michael McDermott, Brave Giant, Dougie Maclean, The Tannahil Weavers, Skerryvore and so much more.  Tune in each Wednesday night on WSBC 1240AM from 8:00PM to 9:00PM or check out the podcast on www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Despite the cancellation of St. Patrick's Day parades in the City of Chicago, Tim and Mike do their own marching, dancing, and singing in celebration of our favorite saint, St. Patrick!!  So raise your virtual glass and give a virtual cheers to the greatest saint of them all.  Tonight, Tim and Mike play songs tunes by the Irish Rovers, Girsa, Barleyjuice, Goitse, Nanci Griffith, The Bothy Band, The Chancey Brrothers, St. Stephen's Green, Mulligan Stew, Tim O'Shea & Friends, Christy Moore, The Byrne Brothers, Stockton's Wing, The Killkenny's and lots of shenanigans!!   Join Tim and Mike each Wednesday night from 8:00pm to 9:00pm on WSBC 1240AM or catch our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.

It's another night of new music and some old favorites in the Windy City Irish Radio studio as the boys gear up for the month of St. Patrick's festivities. Tune in for new tunes from The Finns, Eileen Ivers, Billow Wood and Aoife Scott in advance of her appearance at Old Town School of Folk Music later this month. The lads also pay tribute to the late great birthday boy Rory Gallagher and spin tracks from

It's a big night in the Windy City Irish Radio studio as the lads welcome in powerhouse I-Grass band, JigJam, onto the show. You'll hear plenty of tracks from their fantastic new album, Phoenix, and lots of live music and stories from the road from the guys prior to their concert at Old Town School of Folk Music this Sunday night. Get your tickets now! Join us each and every Wednesday on WSBC 1240AM from 8PM - 9PM and catch this week's podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com.

Laissez les bon temps rouler! It's time for the annual Mardi Gras episode of Windy City Irish RadioW! Tune in this week as Tim and Mike share some Guinness and Gumbo and  explore the fabulous city of New Orleans and its connection to the Irish. With Irish music with a NOLA flair from Scythian, Eileen Ivers, Sharon Shannon, Harry Connick Jr,  ANÚNA with Hozier, Zydeco Party Band, Drops of Green, Rory Gallagher, Aoife O'Donovan with Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Rosemary Clooney (Official), and the late greats B.B. King and Fess himself Professor Longhair. Please do that voodoo that you do so well and join us for this very special Mardi Gras special! You can catch the podcast here at www.windycityirishradio.com

The pedagogues of love are back for this special St. Valentine's edition of Windy City Irish Radio. Tune in for good advice on what and what not to get for your valentine this year and for the story of St. Valentine's Irish burial. With songs of the heart from  We Banjo 3, Maura O'Connell, Tara O'Grady Music, Sharon Shannon, Kevin Burke with John Brennan, Afro Celt Sound System, The Whileaways, Christy Moore, Eleanor McEvoy Music with Mary Black, The Chieftains with The Civil Wars, Pogues, and the Belfast Cowboy, and Thanks Brother featuring Roisin O and John Broe. Tune in each and every Wednesday to WSBC 1240AM and catch this week's podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Tune in this week for lots of brand new music from across the pond as the lads spin tracks from Dublin's All Folk'd Up and Black Bank Folk, a new song from the latest Van Morrison (Official) release Three Cords and the Truth and from Hozier's newest Wasteland Baby! There's also some great tunes and song from our very own Pauline Conneely, NYC rockers The Prodigals, The High Kings in advance of their two soon-to-be-sold-out shows at the IAHC, Dervish with Imelda May, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, songwriter extroidanaire Tommy Sands and the late great Ronnie Drew. Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio each and every Wednesday from 8PM - 9PM on WSBC 1240AM or catch our podcast here www.windycityirishradio.com

This week on Windy City Irish Radio is a week of tributes. A tribute to the great John Prine in collaboration with The Chieftains in honor of John's well-deserved Grammy lifetime achievement award. Then there is a tribute to the late great Luke Kelly on the anniversary of his sad and untimely death. And finally, a tribute to those we lost on Jan 30, 1972, Sunday Bloody Sunday, as expressed by Damo himself, Damien Dempsey. Tune in for new music from County Laois finest The Finns, Laois, Waterford and Kilkenny folksters Drops of Green, Goitse, and brand new super group The Crannua Collective, who's musical lineup cannot be honored in one FB post. We also feature a new track from our pal, Aoife Scott, who's album continues to dominate the charts. There's a special song included from our friends at Temple Bar TradFest from the great Stocktons Wing featuring Emma Langford, Daoirí Farrell and others. Finally, there is music from Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones and The Merry Ploughboys

In preparation of the traditional Thanksgiving feast, Mike and Tim celebrate America's favorite holiday of Thanksgiving with an Irish twist.  So, while you brine that turkey, dry that bread for the stuffing, bake those pies and peel those potatoes, tune into Windy City Irish Radio​'s annual Thanksgiving celebration featuring music from The Logues​, Kiltartan Road, The Dublin City Ramblers​, The Gothard Sisters​, The Town Pants​, Sean Orr​, I Draw Slow​, Byrne and Kelly​, Steve Earle​ and The Del McCoury Band​, Eileen Ivers​, Irish Christmas in America​, The Henry Girls​ and The Belfast Cowboy, Van Morrison.  So, pour yourself a Guinness​ or a glass of your favorite vino -- you've earned it!  And Happy Thanksgiving from Windy City Irish Radio.  Tune in each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240 AM or you can listen right here!!

On the cusp of the harvest and well entrenched in the autumnal season, the Windy City Irish Radio studios present some new and more established artists on the fine Wedneday evening featuring songs and tunes from the Dublin Gospel Choir with Paddy Casey, The Outside Track, Cuig, Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, Eileen Ivers, The Walker Roaders, The Makem and Spain Brothers, Niamh Farrell, Emma Langford, Donal and Liam Clancy with Robbie O'Connell and much more quality Irish entertainment.  Tune in each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240AM Chicago or on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

With the slight chill of the Fall season gripping Chicago, things are toasty warm in the Windy City Irish Radio studios with an array of quality Irish tunes and songs to warm the cockles of soul with music from part-time Dublin resident, Nanci Griffith, Goitse, The Kilkenny's, Daoiri Farrell, Gaelic Storm, Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider, The Chancey Brothers, Dervish with the Steel Drivers, Van Morrison, Kevin Crawford, Oscar Blue and Roger McGuinn.  Put the rake down, the leaves can wait!  Check out Windy City Irish Radio each and every Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm CST on WSBC 1240AM or on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

With the autumnal season upon us amidst a pleasant spell of Indian summer, MIke and Tim welcome October with open arms with tunes from Slide, Socks In the Frying Pan, We Banjo 3, Sharon Shannon, Shane Hennessy, The Trials of Cato, Son, John Lennon, Brian Hebert and Friends, and the Pogues.  Autumn never looked so good.  Check out the show each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm on WSBC 1240 AM or on our website at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

With summer over and as we slip into autumn, the boys are back with some songs of the season. Tune in to Windy City Irish Radio this week for music and song from The Byrne Brothers, Dublin's Villagers, glenn&ronan, Emerald Rose, The Young Folk, Southside favorites

This week on Windy City Irish Radio, we mourn the loss of a couple of rockers with unexpected Irish ties. The late great, Ric Ocasek of the The Cars, was the man behind the board producing the Black 47 classic record Fire of Freedom in the early 90's and had a tremendous impact on Larry Kirwan of Black 47 and the band. Eddie Mahoney, otherwise known as Eddie Money, thought about becoming a NYC police officer like his father but wanted to keep his long hair and made his way out to LA to become a rock star instead. The rest, of course, is rock n' roll history. Let us take you home tonight with music from Eddie Mahoney himself and from Black 47,The Fureys with "Davey Arthur", Luka Bloom, Scottish folders, Ímar, The River Drivers, Ye Vagabonds, Northern Irish rockers, The Logues, Solas, Robbie O'Connell, and birthday boy tribute for the man from Kildare, Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band. It's a lively one this week! Tune in to WSBC 1240 AM each and every Wednesday night

As summer wanes, Windy City Irish Radio showcases some of the indoor activities in the area.  Mom always told me "Nothing is Free" but local music offerings in the area prove dear ol' mom wrong.  Mike and Tim feature a showcase a number of free concerts in the area.  Tonight we feature music from Billowwood, Aoife Scott, Lankum, The Connifers, The Drowsy Lads, The Fretless, Brendan Monaghan, the High Kings, Dylan Walshe, Glenn Hansard, and the Purch Brothers.  Join us each Wednesday night from 8pm to 9pm CST on 1240AM or catch our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com. 

Ahead of the Labor Day Holiday, Mike and Tim prepare for the extended weekend with music dedicated to our labor force and celebrate the Irish that brought us the three day weekend with music from The Waterboys, Colm Gavin Music, Cherish the Ladies, The Whileaways, The Walker Roaders, Kila, We Banjo 3, Boxing Banjo, The Chieftains and The Low Anthem, Mickey Spain Music, the Bard of Windy City Irish Radio, Rory Makem, and Ronnie Drew all right here on Windy City Irish Radio from 8pm to 9pm on 1240am or catch the podcast right here at www.windycityirishradio.com.  

Mohsen Amini, Haley Keenan and Graeme Armstrong from the Scottish trad band, Talisk, joins us in the Windy City Irish Radio studios in the midst of their U.S. tour to share some live tunes, tunes from their latest album, Echo, and stories from the road.  Join Mike and Tim for a night of traditional Celtic music from super trad group Talisk.  Join us live on 1240AM WSBC Chicago or on our podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com.