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Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

Ciaran & Brian Warfield

23 episodes

3 months ago

Join 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

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Join 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

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Episodes (20/23)

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

22. Down By The Liffeyside

This 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.

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4 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes 12 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

21. The Banks Of The Ohio

This 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.

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4 years ago

49 minutes 48 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

20. The Lonely Banna Strand

After 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.

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4 years ago

55 minutes 57 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

19. The Finding Of Moses

The 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

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4 years ago

54 minutes 35 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

18. The Dying Rebel

This 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.

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4 years ago

50 minutes 3 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

17. Tri Coloured Ribbon

Episode 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 charity gig. We play out with the great Rebel County of Cork song Skibereen.

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4 years ago

52 minutes 33 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

16. The Man From Mullingar

This 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 City West Hotel with The Celtic Symphony Orchestra.

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4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

15. Roisín Dubh

This 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 podcast.

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4 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes 26 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

14. The Boys Of Wexford

This 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 gigs at Italia 1990 and we introduce three songs from Paddy's Dream - The Beggin Ass (Written by Bernard) The Boys of Barr Ná Sraide and we play out with an original song called The Corkman's Ramble.

Apologies for the background noise - its the first time we have had 4 guests and a few errors were made on my part (Ciaran)

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4 years ago

57 minutes 57 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

13. The Hills Of Glenswilly

This 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 Boru's tunes for those that have never heard their songs..

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4 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes 44 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

12. Follow Me Up To Carlow

So 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.

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4 years ago

57 minutes 30 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

11. Dry Land Sailors

In 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.

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4 years ago

1 hour 29 minutes 11 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

10. The Limerick Rake

This 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.

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4 years ago

53 minutes 34 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

09. The Sash Me Father Wore

This 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.

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4 years ago

52 minutes 40 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

08. The Peeler and The Goat

This 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

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4 years ago

50 minutes 17 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

07. The Zoological Gardens

In 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

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4 years ago

55 minutes 54 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

06. The Diamond

This 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.

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4 years ago

54 minutes 2 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

05. The Louse House In Kilkenny

In this Episode we talk about dodgy digs on the road, hunger strikes in Ireland, Bobby Sands poetry and song writing creativity.

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4 years ago

53 minutes 52 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

04. The Galway Races

In this episode we talk about the Galway Races, World heavyweight boxers, playing in Glasgow, The Barrowlands, that Late Late Show interview and more ramblings

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4 years ago

43 minutes 23 seconds

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

03. Dicey Reilly

We talk about Dicey Reilly, Pawnbrokers, Celtic, Everton, Vaccines, 5Km Restrictions, School plays, Songwriting and singing on the bus in the old days

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4 years ago

49 minutes 18 seconds