Music of the Isles

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  • Saturday

    6:00 am - 7:00 am

    Bill Dudley + Sean Sexton

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MUSIC OF THE ISLES: on air Saturdays, 6:05am-7am, on 88.5 FM WMNF Tampa Community Radio

Also, streaming On Demand all week 24/7 at wmnf.org/isles

CELTIC MUSIC & More, ancient to modern, with co-hosts Bill Dudley & Seán Sexton.

The best of traditional folk & contemporary songwriting from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England… Eclectic Celtic across the spectrum of the evolving genre, new releases & classics, tunes & ballads; history & culture, broadcasting since 1979 on WMNF Tampa Community Radio.

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Explore what we’ve played. Playlists indicate song & album title, artist, release date, country of origin, band members, & songwriting credit.  PAST PLAYLISTS 

What’s Coming Up on MUSIC OF THE ISLES?

CALENDAR — Upcoming on Music of the Isles — Spotlighting:

3/18. We’re celebrating the music of The Beatles this week with Celtic artists covering their songs. We do so on the occasion this week of the 60th anniversary of the release of their first LP release PLEASE PLEASE ME.

3/25. This week we’re showcasing Ladies of British Folk Rock– They came to Folk Rock when in the early 70’s the Rock-n-Roll boys just wouldn’t allow them on their band roles. No matter, these ladies became lead singers of great folk rock groups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosted By...

Bill Dudley  [email protected]

Since growing up in Cleveland (the Home of Rock and Roll) Bill Dudley has spent a lifetime in radio, beginning in his high school years, which coincided with the Great American Folk Scare. After starting out part time at a tiny little FM station in New Jersey, he became active in campus radio in upstate New York before moving to Florida in the 1960s. After working at a number of stations in the Tampa Bay Area, he was fired from his last commercial job (a country music station) just a few months after WMNF went on the air, which could be seen as some kind of omen. Started in late 1979 by station staffer Cameron Hendrix, the Music of the Isles Show was given to Bill in early 1980, along with a daytime Big Band and Swing program (later supplanted by the Live Music Showcase in 1996.) Along the way Bill founded the first Irish traditional band in Florida, the Wind That Shakes the Barley. Since the eighties he has made a living recording acoustic music albums for folks in Florida and other states, as well as producing radio documentaries for the Florida Humanities Council, and, more recently, promotional and documentary video. Bill also plays guitar in several Contra Dance bands, of which three have toured as far north as New England. An outdoorsy guy, Bill has a love of history, the old ways and traditions, and "hippie values." You can check out some of his work on the web at billdudley.com.

Seán Sexton  [email protected]

Seán Sexton, co-host Music of the Isles, 2000 to present, is a retired English teacher. He received his MA degree in the Creative Writing of Poetry while residing in Ireland. He holds both an Irish passport and a US passport.