Aidan is a remarkably knowledgeable and modest musician. He was generous with his time and his stories and I very much appreciated his support and engagement with this fledgling project.
In this episode he talks about his own academic research and how that has impacted on his playing, whether as a solo artist, recording and performing with his band Fidil or just playing in a session.
He also talks about his fiddles ( his main fiddle has quite the history and he has stayed faithful to it despite being offered superior instruments) and some of the innovative alternative tunings that he uses.
He also chats about his work with Music Generation in Tipperary and he has a very unique nomination process for the Cliffs of (MtRush) Moher....I think he mentions everyone !
Enjoy.