What started out as an experiment is now starting to make a real impact on National Public Radio in the US. Sligo based Trad supergroup Dervish were asked to make a sample radio show capturing the dynamics and character of a real Irish traditional music pub session. The reaction has been overwhelming, hence the birth of “Irish Heartbeat with Dervish” which has since been broadcast by nearly 50 radio stations in the US, as well as BBC Radio Scotland and RTE Radio 1 in Ireland. The show’s profile is gaining momentum at an exciting rate, and is now being transmitted from Saturday May 29th at 6pm (Eastern time) by its latest broadcast partner WAMU in Washington which is one of the bigger National Public Radio affiliated networks in the US covering Washington DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
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Dervish make history as pub session web cast is beamed to over 30, 000 people
The Sligo based traditional group celebrated their 21st birthday in style as the band played a dynamic pub session of traditional Irish music at the local Hargadons pub on Sligo's O' Connell Street, which was broadcast on livetrad.com to a global audience of over 30, 000 people. The web cast which peaked at around 11 000 simultaneous online connections at one stage had message's coming in from all parts of the world every minute while the trad super-group performed some of their best known material from their 10 album catalogue. Dervish singer Cathy Jordan could not hide her excitement as she read requests from all over Ireland and far away place's like Portland Oregon, San Francisco, Holland,Indonesia,Germany Austrialia to name just a very few as the charismatic singer joked and interacted with the on line and the local pub audiences. A few sample messages from abroad included: |
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