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We'll get loads of talk out of them very shortly, because you have a great story to tell. I mean, I first met you at the Buskin competition and we're going to talk about that back in, was that 19 or 20? I can't remember. It was last year just? Was it last year? 21? Years going by? My memory, yeah. So we'll talk more about that later on, but maybe we'll get a tune to kick it off first for me. And that'll be good. The Atlantic Buskers all the way from, Machu, we'll chat yourself first if you come to that mic for me and tell us a bit about the background of the band and how you were formed and... Well, we've all been playing together for a while, you know, every now and then we'd get together and play at different events. And our guitar, or our teacher, my guitar teacher there, Fiddler and Mandolin teacher, Kevin O'Donnell, he really brought us together, you know, every now and then he'd set up a session around Duncan Ailey. And Kevin, Kevin's from where? Kevin's... He's from Duncan Ailey as well. So he has the O'Donnell School of Music. School of Music, yeah. So he kind of said the three lads would be good to come together, yeah. You used to have sessions and stuff and you'd all just pop in there and play together and it just worked. And how many years ago was this that the... Oh, it's been going on for a lot of years now. Yeah, so you're 17. I'm 17. And Jamie's 14 and Brandon is 13, right? Yeah, that's right. And so that developed into something then and we push along and we might push those two mics closer to the Lance Paul as well and we'll get a word in if we can. And stay with... Maybe we'll go to yourself, Brandon, and if you can come into that mic for me a small bit. And I'll tell us a bit about the bus confess from Lerar Kenny. Well, it was great. We just came up and we had our set list ready and we made a good bet when we came up to the bus. We were very surprised when we got to hear that we won it. It was a great surprise. So, yeah, and you were up by... I remember very well you were up by Max Mace and it was one of those positions where we tried a new spot because we really hadn't went up there before and we said these guys would sound good up there. And you had the whole show going for the day up there. Oh, yeah, it was great. There was loads of people up watching her out there, yeah. And you had the judges, Paul McDevitt, Martin Orr, and Trudy Nagonal who were... You were the first act they saw that day actually. And I remember popping up and your bucket was filling up with a few Bob Kelly Rapples, wasn't it? And then to be announced winners, how did that feel? Oh, it was great. We weren't expecting to be one in it going up. Jamie, for yourself, what was the... Oh, it was a great surprise. You're like, you weren't expecting it at all. Yeah, yeah. But you probably underestimated how brilliant you were as well. And telling me that was kind of the start of something new then really wasn't because I was on your Facebook page and I could see every so often. The next day you were giggin' down somewhere else that they are Kili Beggs or Kilkar or someone like that. Yeah, the Boston Festival really kind of brought us together because we had been playing before, but just after that we started to really come together and play a lot more and find ourselves kind of in there. And I bet you the Facebook page was half and one place the same when you come down doing all the session in this place and that place. Oh yeah, we did a couple places that found out about us, yeah. Yeah, and I hope you have a good agent as well that, you know, kind of show that they're... Our mums, they like to think of us as the managers. Yeah, well it's no problem. Let somebody else deal with the bookings and the money, and you just do what you like doing as well. Yeah, exactly. Make sure it's split three ways and they get their percentage as well, that's the important thing. Tell us, so, Jamie, tell us about every Thursday night because you have a Trad Thursday session. Where's that on? We play Trad Thursday every night in the Fleet Inn and Kili Beggs from 8 to 10. It's an open session for everybody that wants to come. It's great, there's always a good crowd about. And I eat a headline act on that Thursday night. We kind of start it and then those people come in. So if I'm around Kili Beggs, I can come to the Fleet Inn, you're playing, and can I bring an instrument and join like a... Oh yeah, definitely. And would you get a gang those nights? Yeah, it started off for a few weeks, it was like just us, but then once people started hearing about it, it would grow and now there's loads of people coming every week, you know? There was one night where we had about 12 musicians playing. There was barely any space left for anyone. I was watching something in my hometown in Cove tonight. There was a wedding at the weekend and a couple got married, or traditionally they play in sessions like yourself, and when the ceremony ended in Cove Cathedral, there must have been about a hundred Trad musicians got up and they prayed it around and they all ended up at the top. It was amazing, actually, and it's not violent, but the sound of the Trad instruments in the Cathedral is beautiful, so it moves. So that's the fleet in anywhere else, did you play or...? Well, you know, we have different kind of sometimes house calls and we've played it a few times. We've played just wherever people really ask us, if there's a lot of demand for a certain place, then we can go there. But yeah. And tell us about the Ulster Flair as well, because you were on T.G. Cajer for that. We were indeed, yeah, just a few weeks ago we went up to... Oh, I can't do with it now. Dramoria, Tauron, my memories feeling me, but yeah, we were up there and we just... It was kind of an opening for the Flair and we played a few tunes at that, and it really went well. There's a good atmosphere and everything, so... And you got yourselves on TV. And Brandon, tell us a bit about your musical instruments. What's... Who do you listen to? Who would you kind of, you know, listen to, say, get a few tunes off? Any particular Irish artists or international? Well, I would love listening to Cairn Money and Merade Money for the fiddle. Yeah. They're great musicians. The Freel Sisters. The Freel Sisters? They're Scottish, they're from Glasgow. Okay, and what about yourself, Jamie, any... I would listen to a lot of traditional music now I've just played it. So who do you listen to so? A lot of pop, like really. Yeah. Taylor Swift and stuff. And what about yourself, Matthew, any... I could go on for hours talking about the different types of music I'd listen to, yeah. So away from Tradi into... What would the lads come on next? Yeah, no, I've definitely heard a few of their things, yeah. Yeah, I'd listen to a lot of rock, definitely. My dad kind of got me into that when I was young, so... Brilliant, brilliant. Well, look, we have more to talk about, you know, another tune. Yeah, no problem. What's the name of your name on this one, or...? The Queen of May and Sporting Pade. Brilliant. Take it away. The Wild Atlantic Boscois. Check out their Facebook page, because it's really good, and they post a lot of stuff, and they're really active on it, which is where you need to be, the Wild Atlantic Boscois. Take it away, and we've got a few requests. Brilliant lads says Bronwyn. Brilliant, you guys sound amazing. From Kathleen Curran, as well, and so on. So keep the music coming. Who will in tune to get it out? Just finish it. Paul McDevitt sends us wishes. Sorry I can't be there tonight, lads, but I hope you're having a great time, and you're in good hands with Jimmy, he says. And I can't even tell you if you're nervous or not, Jimmy. But Paul's done a night off, he's having a bit of a swirry, but he was down listening to Trad music in Westport last night. Which is a great place, have you travelled much outside, don't you, God? Bar, I know the fly, and what about, have you ventured further afield yet, or are there any plans? Not too far yet. We have a few things in the works, definitely, but there's not too much travelling yet. You sound very professional, you see, with a few things in the pipeline. Yeah, I'm trying to sound as professional as I can. Ah, so you're doing a great job, as well, selling the whole band. And so what years are you all going into now, because you're different ages? I'm going into my leave insert year now, so... Wow. Yeah. Also, you're going into second year now? Are you done? So how's the band going to survive after this? Say you head off into college or something? Oh, I'll be coming back, definitely, every evening, if I could, to play, but yeah. No, I'm definitely not giving this up, anyway. Keep it together, because you've got a great sound together, you know, and you can just see it building, and year on year, and just to witness you in the buskin, and just to see all the videos you've put up, as well. So with the O'Donnell School of Music, do you still go back to the music school every week? Oh, yeah. But I think, yeah, all of us go each week. You know, we have several lessons. Sometimes we have joint ones. And how many musicians... Like, is that a group session that, like, Sobrenna and Jamie, how many would be in the school? Like, is there a group ego every night, or sorry, once a week? Well, there's... You can go on a group lesson or a single lesson, like. And I'd say there's a got to 100 kids in that music school, like. That's not 100, Kevin. Yeah. Wow, that's some... And then, so, you pick your own session, depending on what you want to be taught solely. So, like, is the... And just to try to understand, so is the session... Is there fiddle players only? And then is there guitar player session? And then the banjo... Is that the way it works, is it? Yeah, yeah. Whatever suits the people, really, you know? Like, if there's siblings that can go together, or there can be different instruments together. And there seems to be a huge interest in music, revival of music. I've seen... We see it here in Monday Night Sessions, the amount of musicians even getting younger and younger, taking up instruments and not, you know, the confidences there. But you were on... Were you not on Highland last year? Do we have you on... We had you on after the bus, didn't we? No, I don't think so. We were supposed to be, but... We were supposed to be, but I broke my collarbone. Yeah, that's not as bad as back of it, but we're here now. So, is this your first radio appearance? Yeah, we've been... Me and Brandon were on the radio for a good few years back, but that wasn't anything big, so... I've been on with my school before. Yeah. Yeah. On Highland. Yeah. Brilliant. So, this is your kind of debut in Monday Night Sessions, and we certainly look forward to having you back again, because you've got just a great presence about you, and you're confident, young lads, for your ages as well. So, keep that up and keeping trying. Let the mommies be the managers. Yeah. They can handle all the problems. We can... Focus on the playing. So, Wild Atlantic Buskers is the name of the Facebook. Are you on Twitter or TikTok or all that stuff? I think we're on Instagram as well, definitely, yeah. Yeah, so Instagram. Oh, you are actually on that. And you should check out what we were chatting to Aaron earlier on. I don't know if you were listening, but he's on Twitch. Twitch? He said he plays music on Twitch. Have you read about Twitch? Oh, I used to watch Twitch a lot. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He's been on Twitch for a lot of hours. He was telling us that... Twitch, he has 500 subscribers on Twitch now, so he started off at 2, and one night he was on, he went from 50,000 to 12,000 viewers in the space of a few minutes. Wow. So, that's one piece. Yeah. You could do something on Twitch. Yeah. Because there's an audience worldwide for yourselves on Twitch. Yeah, never considered that, but that's definitely a possibility. That's another one for the managers to take away from themselves as well. Yeah. Yeah. Anything else, Lads? Do you want to get out about yourselves? Or about the band? Or about the... I don't think there's too much. No. We've covered it all. Well, you didn't. I've covered most of it. You're really the Tours of Session, the fleeting in Kinebegs every Thursday from 8 to 10. Come along to that if you're visiting Kinebegs. I know it's buzzing down there the last week or so. I've seen the crowds down in Kinebegall as well. So, every Thursday night, check out their Facebook and they'll be playing lots more places and you'll see them. You never know where they'll pop up every now and then. Will you give us another tune? Yeah. We can, Dave. What have we got next? Do you need to warm up or are you okay? Oh, that's fine. That should be all right. Take it away. This is the Wild Atlantic Buskers from Duncanili. Gala Harris is absolutely brilliant on Facebook. Fantastic. Amazing musician says Kathleen Curran and Zoe says, wow, will a love heart and thumbs up on the whole. So, there are a few comments on Facebook for the Wild Atlantic Buskers. Let's thanks a million for your from Duncanili. Isn't it three? Yeah, definitely. Three from Duncanili. That's brilliant. So, safe journey home. I know you've got an entourage, which you tonight as well. But certainly, you know, as we would say, I'm going to get yourselves out there, which is what you're doing anyway. And no matter where you walk into, you'll be very welcomed and you'll get a crowd going. And you know, this is your first time on radio. And I know you perform in public, but coming on radio, it's been brilliant tonight. And really appreciate that for coming up all the way from Duncanili. And we'll make sure, if you record that and get into us as well. What about one final one for the road? Do you have one ready? We said three, but then we try and sneak in four sometimes. Your managers will be saying, we're only paying you for three, but look, give us another one. You take it away, lads. Listen to Jamie Lafferty, Brandon Shovlin, and Matthew Byrne from the Wild Atlantic Buskers. Thank you very much, lads. And safe home. And we look forward to seeing you and Kili Beggs on a Thursday night in the fleeting. Jamie, what are you going to take us away with? Meet a Toshin ball and star monster. Brilliant. Take it away. And that's safe home and we'll talk to you again soon. Wild Atlantic Buskers. Thank you, lads. Safe home and we'll see you again soon.