Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJoin Brian Warfield of the legendary Irish Ballad Group The Wolfetones and his son Ciarán of The Bandwagon Bus Dublin as they Ramble through Irish history, music, football, life on the road and 57 years of The Wolfetones on the Irish music circuit in a brand new exciting weekly podcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
22. Down By The Liffeyside
August 04, 2021 07:41 - 1 hour - 57 MBThis weeks episode features the Wolfetones Song Down By The Liffeyside a song about Ireland in the 1920'swhose words were written by Peader Kearney who also wrote the Irish National Anthem. We talk about the art of song writing and of Wolfetones Songs featured in Hollywood Movies. We talk of the GAA, The Olympics and Celtic FC. So come and join us on our ramble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21. The Banks Of The Ohio
July 27, 2021 08:53 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThis episode opens with The Banks of The Ohio a song about murder and a great river in the USA - we talk about the song and other songs that were Wolfetone B Sides along with the Puck Fair, The Galway Races, The Wild Atlantic Way and the GAA championship. We especially remember young Rocco Travers who sadly passed away this week and play out with the Big Strong Man in remembrance of the battle he put up against the evil of cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20. The Lonely Banna Strand
July 23, 2021 07:38 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBAfter 2 weeks away we are back with an episode named after the 5th track on the 1966 Wolfetones Album Up The Rebels - we talk about Banna Strand, Roger Casement, trip to Spain, GAA, Euros, and plenty of ramblings too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19. The Finding Of Moses
July 06, 2021 07:51 - 54 minutes - 50 MBThe episode title this week comes from The 1966 Up The Rebels Album. It is a song the was written by the blind Dublin street poet and balladeer named Michael Moran otherwise known as Zozimus. We talk about the song, about Zozimus about the Woletones part in the Theatre pplay about Zozimus called Zoz which was performed in The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. We talk of Golf, The Euros, GAA and Stonehenge myths and legends. So come join us on our ramble Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
18. The Dying Rebel
June 29, 2021 07:46 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBThis week we focus on the song The Dying Rebel from the 1966 Wolfetones Album Up The Rebels - we talk about the song, Ciaran doing a live gig online, Newgrange and Knowth, Brexit, The Euro's. The closing out music is The Wolfetones Song The Crossing about the Holocaust and Catalpa's Bloodied Crimson Field about Bloody Sunday in Croke Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17. Tri Coloured Ribbon
June 15, 2021 20:43 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBEpisode 17. Tri Coloured Ribbon song number 2 off The Wolfetones 1967 Album Up The Rebels. The Song was adapted by Peader Kearney and Brian talks about the 50th Anniversary Easter Rising commemoration and meeting Eamonn De Valera. We talk about Glasnevin. Famine Villages and the Euros. The music this week is The Tri Coloured Ribbon, The Lough Sheelin Eviction. We also have a new song that Ciaran wrote along with Thomas Goulding which is a rough recording to provide a sample for an upcoming c...
16. The Man From Mullingar
June 08, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThis week we start a new series of podcasts for The Wolfetone's album from 1966 called Up The Rebels. This weeks featured song is The Man From Mullingar. We talk about the song about the lockdown issues surrounding Dublin's city centre about favourite live gigs ever. We also feature a song from Catalpa's first album Breaking the Mould and a song called The Hot Asphalt - we play out with the song Brian wrote for the 1916 Centenary called The Road To The Rising and this was recorded Live in The...
15. Roisín Dubh
June 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThis week we feature the song Roisin Dubh the 15th and final Song on The Wolfetones First Album The Foggy Dew - we also feature a song from Catalpa's very first album Breaking The Mould and a song sung by Phil King and Ciarán and is a cover of a Damian Rice's song called Lonely Soldier. We talk about song contests in Tralee and session playing at the Rose of Tralee. We look back over the album and we talk about lock down whats next for The Wolfetones and what our next step will be for the po...
14. The Boys Of Wexford
May 18, 2021 10:45 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBThis weeks show is song number 14 from the 1965 Wolfetone's album The Foggy Dew. A song called The Boys of Wexford. On this weeks show we are joined by Bernard and Neil Warfield. Bernard has performed with a few bands over the years - The Round Towers, Hatch and he is currently a member of Paddy's Dream. Bernard gives us his background on his musical career including working with a Heritage Group based in The Liberties including a project about the Lock Out in 1913. We also chat about his g...
13. The Hills Of Glenswilly
May 11, 2021 07:51 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBThis weeks episode takes in the beautiful Donegal song The Hills of Glenswilly. We talk about band members going missing on the way to gigs, Pay tribute to Alan McLoughlin, We have a good auld chat on Zoom with the legendary Arklow musician and whistler supremeTommy Breen about his old band Boru, about the struggles of the road, how hard it is to get a song onto Irish radio. We talk about playing golf, the influence of The Wolfetones on him, what Tommys working at now and we play a few of Bor...
12. Follow Me Up To Carlow
May 04, 2021 09:40 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBSo this week we talk about the song Follow Me Up To Carlow - The fighting Byrne Clan, The Battle of Glenmalure, my Dad's health news, Vaccine Updates, UB40, the song the Sun Is Burning, The film The Blue Max, The Feile Na Pobail in Belfast, Meeting your heroes, playing for the Celtic legends and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11. Dry Land Sailors
April 27, 2021 15:14 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBIn this episode we discuss The Wolfetones Song The Dry Land Sailors. We talk about Guinness Barges, Irelands Canals, drinking porter out of wooden barrels. The depth of talent around Bluebell / Inchicore and we talk to the great Tommy Skelly of The band The South Dublin Union and writer of the song Go On Home British Soldiers a song he passionately wrote on the day of the atrocities of Bloody Sunday in Derry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10. The Limerick Rake
April 20, 2021 11:33 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week we talk about the song The Limerick Rake this chat takes us from the song to The Mullingar Fleadh cooking sausages and spam while Barney McKenna played some tunes. We discuss accents, John B Keane, camping in a tent at Italia 1990 about festivals and Siamsa Cois Laoi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09. The Sash Me Father Wore
April 13, 2021 15:08 - 52 minutes - 73.3 MBThis week we talk about the song The Sash Me Father Wore recorded on The Wolfetones first album The Foggy Dew. We ramble into The battle of the Boyne, blowing up monuments, Brian's revelation on the part he played in modernising the song. We talk of Ian Paisley, King Billy, The Pope, King Louis 14th, James Connolly and other such characters. So join us as we Ramble along. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08. The Peeler and The Goat
April 06, 2021 10:41 - 50 minutes - 46 MBThis week we talk about the song the Peeler and the Goat and we delve into Robert Peel, the RIC, the town of Bansha and Fianna Fail and other ramblings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07. The Zoological Gardens
March 30, 2021 16:21 - 55 minutes - 102 MBIn this weeks episode recorded on Saint .Patricks Day with many cans of Guinness we talk about The Dublin Zoo, Lions and tigers and mad monkeys. Brian also introduces Sheamus the puppet to the podcast along with talking about St. Patricks Day gigs and much more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06. The Diamond
March 23, 2021 10:13 - 54 minutes - 99 MBThis week we talk about the Wolfetones Song The Diamond and about Famine ships The Jeanie Johnston and The Dunbrody along with trips to Ellis Island and Celtic's not so great season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05. The Louse House In Kilkenny
March 16, 2021 03:10 - 53 minutes - 74 MBIn this Episode we talk about dodgy digs on the road, hunger strikes in Ireland, Bobby Sands poetry and song writing creativity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04. The Galway Races
March 09, 2021 19:47 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn this episode we talk about the Galway Races, World heavyweight boxers, playing in Glasgow, The Barrowlands, that Late Late Show interview and more ramblings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03. Dicey Reilly
March 02, 2021 18:45 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWe talk about Dicey Reilly, Pawnbrokers, Celtic, Everton, Vaccines, 5Km Restrictions, School plays, Songwriting and singing on the bus in the old days Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02. Down In The Mines
February 23, 2021 14:10 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBThis week we ramble on about the song Down In The Mines from The Wolfetone's first album recorded in 1965 called The Foggy Dew - We also talk about their first record contract, recording the first album in London, Catalpa recording their last album and writing the song The Ballad of Joe McDonnell- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01a. No Poppy No Anthem My Names Jame's McClean
February 19, 2021 09:56 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJoin us for this unplanned episode we felt we needed to record in support of James McClean and his family in light of the constant and continued racial abuse and death threats made against the McClean Family. Once again we find ourselves rambling on into other topics and we also give a spin to Catalpa's No Poppy No Anthem ( A song in support of James) and The Wolfetone's Song Margaret Skinnider performed live with The Celtic Symphony Orchestra at The Citywest Hotel in 2016. Hosted on Acast....
01. The Singing Bird
February 16, 2021 21:09 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBIn this episode we talk about the effects of lock down, Glasgow, Celtic Symphony and gigs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.