Our 227th episode, which aired on November 26, 2017. NEW TO YOU: Calum Stewart – The Lasses of Stewarton, Tales from the North Eleanor Shanley – From Galway to Graceland, Desert Heat Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy – The Rolling Hills of Brosna/Colonel McBain, The Reel Note The Elders – Stone & Ice, True Alan Reid & Rachel Conlan – Manorhamilton the Eighth of May, A Quare Yield Cassie & Maggie – Smelling Fresh/Devaney's Goat/Hull's Reel/Stop, Drop and Reel, Fresh Heirs Allie Benn...
Dec 03, 2017•58 min
Our 226th episode, which aired on November 19, 2017. CLOSET CLASSIC: Sharon Shannon & Natalie MacMaster – The Union Street Session/The Primrose Lass/The Gravel Walk, The Colours of Cape Breton NEW TO YOU: The Elders – Train Song, True Caitlin & Ciaran – The Whistler At The Wake/The Old Flail/The Butcher's March, Caitlin & Ciaran Andy Irvine – Never Tire of the Road, Rude Awakening Slainte Mhath – The Jenga Stick, Slainte Mhath Nesbitt Family – Sonny's Favorite/Over The Hill/The Sandy...
Nov 27, 2017•58 min
Our 225th episode, which aired on November 12, 2017. Na Mooneys – John Doherty’s/Frankie Kennedy’s/The Limerick Lasses, Na Mooneys Dave Gunning & J.P. Cormier – Home to Mary, Two O’Carolan Family – Peadar O’ Donnells/Thran Maggies/Inver Bank, A Language Within The Finest Kind – Maple Leaf Forever, Silks and Spices Dawn & Margie Beaton – Those F(n) Jigs, Taste of Gaelic Droichead – Tom Jones, The Banks of Tuira The Keane Family – Paddy Fahy’s/Scotch Mary/Kitty The Hare, Muintir Cathain Th...
Nov 19, 2017•58 min
Our 223rd episode, which aired on October 29, 2017. Trian – The Poor Man's Fortune/The Fiddler's Key/The Blessings Of Silver, Trian II Dave Gunning & JP Cormier – Backroads, Two The Tannahill Weavers – Wha’ll Dance wi ’Wattie/Pipe Major George Allan, The Old Woman’s Dance John Doyle, Karan Casey & Seamus Egan – The King’s Shilling, Absolutely Irish OST J.P. Cormier – Hiawatha, Looking Back Volume 1: The Instrumentals Dave Gunning & JP Cormier – Johnny Armstrong, Two Interview with J....
Nov 05, 2017•1 hr
Our 222nd episode, which aired on October 22, 2017. Talisk – Pict, Abyss J.P. Cormier – Now That the Work Is Done, Now That the Work is Done Liz Doherty – Fred’s Favourite/Frank Gilrath’s/Touching Cloth, A Quare Imagination Mary Jane Lamond – Bal Na h-Aibhne Deas, Storas Joe Derrane – The Curragh Races/The Skylark/The Reconciliation, The Boston Edge JigJam – Momentum, Hello World Kathryn Tickell – April Frolic, Air Dancing David Francey – Ashtabula, Waking Hours Matt & Shannon Heaton – Poll ...
Oct 28, 2017•58 min
Our 221st episode, which aired on October 15, 2017, and featured Celtic covers of rock and pop songs. Coig – Solsbury Hill, Rove Beoga – Dirty Work, Live at Stockfisch Studio De Danann – Eleanor Rigby/Father McKenzie’s Jig, A Jacket of Batteries Wake the Dead – Bluebird, Deal Celtic Pink Floyd – Money, Celtic Pink Floyd Celtic Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here, Celtic Pink Floyd The Kells – Can’t Find My Way Home/Jim Ward’s Jig, Smooth Sailing After All Tempest – Locomotive Breath, To Cry You A So...
Oct 22, 2017•58 min
Our 220th episode, which aired on October 8, 2017. Beolach – Slip Set: An Drochaid Chiiuiteach/Scottsville Reel/Fox Hunter/Walkin’ The Floor, Beolach Brakin’ Tradition – Matthew’s Voyage, single release The Alt – Geese in the Bog/Covering Ground, The Alt Nuala Kennedy – The Banks of the Roses, Noble Stranger Jerry Holland & Allan Dewar – In Memory of Herbie MacLeod/Christy Campbell/Anthony Murray’s/Bridge of Baymore/Arrochar Bridge, The Heart of Cape Breton: Fiddle Music Recorded Live Along ...
Oct 17, 2017•58 min
Our 219th episode, which aired on October 1, 2017. Troy MacGillivray & Shane Cook – When Here Meets There, When Here Meets There Cyril MacPhee – Dance A Reel, By Request Cherish the Ladies – Follow Me Down to Galway Medley, Cherish the Ladies Live Mary Jane Lamond – Seinn O, Suas E! Tracey Dares – Pipe Group, Crooked Lake Dave MacIsaac – Mrs Gordon Of Troup/Earl Of Home/Mary MacDonald’s/Mr Bernard/Miss Scott Of Usan Interview with Dave MacIsaac Dave MacIsaac – A Tribute to Cape Breton Violin...
Oct 08, 2017•58 min
Our 218th episode, which aired on September 24, 2017. The Outside Track – Glorious, Eh?, Light Up the Dark Paul McKenna Band – One More Time, Paths That Wind Alison Brown – Carrowkeel, Stolen Moments Dawn & Margie Beaton – Down the Birn Davey Lad, Taste of Gaelic Interview with Dawn Beaton of Celtic Colours McGoldrick/McCusker/Doyle – Five for Buckfast, McGoldrick/McCusker/Doyle Live The Outside Track – Trouble in the Fields, Light Up the Dark Interview with Mairi Rankin of The Outside Track...
Oct 01, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Our 217th episode, which aired on September 17, 2017, and featured historic Cape Breton music. Cape Breton Symphony – Captain Campbell/Sandy Is My Darling/My Brother’s Letter, Fiddle Sons of Skye – Cape Breton Soldiers, Both Sides of the Water Slainte Mhath – Bruce and the Troopers, The Cape Breton Connection Bill Lamey – The Highlanders’ Farewell to Ireland/Glenlivet, Classic Recordings of Scottish Fiddling Doug MacPhee – Miss Maria Carr/H. Mackworth/Mrs. Forbes of Leith/Miss Gibson, Reel of Tu...
Sep 24, 2017•58 min
Our 216th episode, which aired on September 10, 2017. NEW TO YOU: Jigjam – The Fox, Live in Tullamore Matt & Shannon Heaton – Lily of the West, Lovers’ Well Irish Airs – Road to Lisdoonvarna/Hightail, The Hightail Sessions Jigjam – Yarmouth Town, Live in Tullamore Interview with Daithi Melia of Jigjam Jigjam – Fergie’s Trip to Sligo, Live in Tullamore The High Kings – Follow Me Up to Carlow, Grace & Glory The Kells – Smooth Sailing After All/Andy’s Jigs, Smooth Sailing After All Chance t...
Sep 16, 2017•58 min
Our 215th episode, which aired on September 3, 2017. Kevin MacLeod – The Opera Reels, Highland Strands Aoife Scott – What You Do With What You’ve Got, Carry the Day Dmitri Alano – Tha Random Canoe/The First House in Connaught/The Rising Sun, The End of the Evening Jigjam – Ireland’s Green Shore, Hello World Cassie and Maggie – Strip the Willow Set, The Willow Collection The High Kings – Nancy Spain, Grace and Glory The Kells – By Way of Sorrow/Half Past Four/Bill Cheatham, Smooth Sailing After A...
Sep 09, 2017•58 min
Our 214th episode, which aired on August 27, 2017. The Nesbitt Family – Fisher’s Rant Strathspey/The Glenn Road to Carrick Reel, Devils Bit Sessions Gunning & Cormier – Katie O’ The Gowrie, Two Noctambule – Mr. O’Connor/The Broken Pledge, A Sweetish Tune Aoife Scott – All Along the Wild Atlantic Way, Carry the Day Irish Airs – Morrison’s/Drowsy Maggie, The Hightail Sessions Cassie and Maggie – The Salley Gardens Set, The Willow Collection Dmitri Alano – Christy Barry’s #1/Christy Barry’s #2,...
Sep 03, 2017•58 min
Our 213th episode, which aired on August 20, 2017, and featured music from past All-Ireland winners. The Yanks – Corney Is Coming/The New Mown Meadow/The Graf Spey, Haymaker Martin Hayes – O’Connell’s March/Galway Bay Hornpipe/The Banshee’s Wail Over the Mangle Pit, Under the Moon Trian – Ratholdran Castle/The Fergus Reel/Martin Wynne’s #4, Trian II We Banjo 3 – Chair Snapper’s Delight, String Theory Aoife Granville – Chapel Street/John Brady’s No. 9, Sraid Eoinn Shuffle The Tulla Ceili Band – P...
Aug 27, 2017•58 min
Our 212th episode, which aired on August 13, 2017.
Aug 20, 2017•59 min
Our 211th episode, which aired on August 6, 2017. Teada – Dinny O’Brien’s/The Sweetheart Reel/Paddy Kenny’s, Ainneoin Na Stoirme T With The Maggies – Domhnach Na Fola, T With The Maggies Aoife Granville – The Raheen/Mi Na Meala, Sraid Eoin Shuffle Old Blind Dogs – Star O’ The Bar, Four on the Floor Tommy Peoples – The Nine Points of Roguery/Bean An It Ar Lar, The High Part of the Road Anam – Planxty Joe Burke, First Footing Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy – The Galway Rambler/The Morning Dew...
Aug 13, 2017•58 min
Our 210th episode, which aired on July 30, 2017. Enda Scahill – The Kerry Fling, Pick It Up We Banjo 3 – We All Need More Kindness In This World, Live in Galway The Maguires – Na Cailini, Little Giants and Other Oxymorons Boiled in Lead – Step It Out Mary, From the Ladle to the Grave Celtic Fiddle Festival – Soggy’s/Waterboogie, Live in Brittany Solas – Hugo’s Big Reel, The Turning Tide Wendy MacIsaac – Holy Strathspeys Pat!, Off the Floor The Elders – Haverty Brothers, Live at the Gem Jason O’R...
Aug 06, 2017•58 min
Our 209th episode, which aired on July 23, 2017, in which we celebrated our fourth anniversary! Liz Carroll – The Silver Spear/The Earl’s Chair/The Musical Priest, Lost in the Loop Touchstone – Jack Haggerty, The New Land Wolfstone – The Howl, Unleashed Stan Rogers – Witch of Westmorland, recorded live on May 28, 1983 Jerry Holland – The Footworks Medley, Jerry Holland & Friends Silly Wizard – The Queen of Argyll, Kiss the Tears Away J.P. Cormier – The Mathematician/Sleepy Maggie, Another Mo...
Jul 30, 2017•58 min
Our 208th episode, which aired on July 16, 2017, and featured our tribute to Hogeye Navvy. Hogeye Navvy – Trust Not the Shantyman/Hog Eye Man, Based on a True Story Hogeye Navvy – Erie/Boatman, A Song Will Lift Hogeye Navvy – The Diamond, Based on a True Story Hogeye Navvy – Mason’s Apron/Silver Spear, A Song Will Lift Hogeye Navvy – John Kanaka, Based on a True Story Hogeye Navvy – Lady Ann Montgomery, A Song Will Lift Interview with Mac Bellner of Hogeye Navvy Hogeye Navvy – Mingulay Boat Song...
Jul 21, 2017•58 min
Our 207th episode, which aired on July 9, 2017. Coig – The Hashtag Jigs, Rove Coig – Bedlam Boys, Rove Interview with Darren McMullen of Coig Coig – The P.F.P. Set, Rove Coig – Down The Road, Rove Sharon Shannon – The Bull Fiddle, Sacred Earth Sharon Shannon – Bas Pelles, Sacred Earth Alan Reid & Rachel Conlan – The Ballykinleer Reel/Hill 60/The Milky Way, A Quare Yield Jim Sharkey – The Bar in the Square, Misty Morning Rain Cormac Begley – Merrily Kissed the Quaker/The Lisheen, Cormac Begle...
Jul 16, 2017•58 min
Our 206th episode, which aired on July 2, 2017, in which we celebrated Canada's 150th birthday with music from all ten provinces. Poor Angus – Harrison’s Set, The Gathering Great Big Sea – When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down, Play West of Mabou – The Foxhunter, West of Mabou Celtara – Billy Be Fair, Until the Morning Light Le Vent du Nord – Gigue A Trois, Les Amants du Saint-Laurent Elmer Deagle – E Minor Set, Elmer Deagle Leahy – McBrides, Leahy J.P. Cormier – Canadian Railroad Trilogy, The Long River...
Jul 09, 2017•58 min
Our 205th episode, which aired on June 25, 2017, and featured music and conversation with Danny Carnahan. Danny Carnahan – The Coleraine Jig/Green Hills of Glentown/Maids of Mt. Kisko, Journeys of the Heart Danny Carnahan – Fly My Way, Sky In Your Pocket Interview with Danny Carnahan, part one Danny Carnahan – The Ballad of Capel Street, Sky In Your Pocket Interview with Danny Carnahan, part two Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie – Farewell to the Gold/Loser, No Regrets Danny Carnahan & Robin...
Jul 02, 2017•58 min
Our 204th episode, which aired on June 18, 2017, and featured the music of Turlough O'Carolan. Patrick Ball – Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady, Celtic Harp Volume One - The Music of Turlough O’Carolan The Waterboys – Carolan’s Welcome, Fisherman’s Blues (re-issued 2006) The Chieftains – Planxty George Brabazon The Chieftains 2 Andrew Finn Magill – Maurice O’Connor’s Third Air, Roots Dave Swarbrick – Planxty Charles Coote, Smiddyburn Derek Bell – Fanny Power, Carolan’s Receipt Butch Baldassari...
Jun 24, 2017•58 min
Our 203rd episode, which aired on June 11, 2017. Stockton’s Wing – Aaron’s Key, The Crooked Rose Mozaik – My Heart’s Tonight in Ireland, Live from the Powerhouse Realta – Bo Mhin na Toitean/Hanley’s Reel/The Sailor’s Bonnet, Clear Skies The Elders – Ballymun Road, American Wake The Freels – Beggar’s Reels, The Freels Foolin in Doolin – Happy Aunt/The Road to Errogie/Shifting Gravel, The Recession Sessions Robbie & Isaac Fraser – Ashley Influence, Everything Old is New Again JP Cormier – Neve...
Jun 19, 2017•58 min
Our 202nd episode, which aired on June 4, 2017. Calan – Ryan Jigs, Solomon The Once – Sail Away to the Sea, The Once Buttons & Bows – The Ballydesmond Polka/Jack the Bridge/Joe Burke’s Polka, The Return of Spring Cyril MacPhee – Arm of Gold, By Request Danu – The Fairy Dance/The Old Torn Petticoat/Our House at Home, The Road Less Traveled Danny O’Donnell – The Broken Bridge/The Low Level, Bean Ag Baint Duilisc NEW TO YOU: Sharon Shannon – Rusheen Bay, Sacred Earth NEW TO YOU: Coast – River, ...
Jun 11, 2017•58 min
Our 201st episode, which aired on May 28, 2017. Beolach – Scott Skinner’s Welcome to Inverness/Mary MacDonald/Angus Ronald Beaton's/Creignish Hills/Sandy Cameron's/Cecily Ross, Beolach Wolfstone – Close it Down, The Chase Nathan Gourley & Joey Abarta – John McGrath’s/Miss Monaghan, Copley Street We Banjo 3 – This is Home, String Theory Matt Molloy, Tommy Peoples & Paul Brady – The Creel of Turf/Tom Billy’s, Molloy Peoples & Brady Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy – Ellin Polka, O...
Jun 04, 2017•58 min
Our 200th episode, which aired on May 21, 2017. Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie – Till The Stars Come Down, Cut and Run Touchstone – The Mooncoin Jig/The High Reel/The Plover’s Wing, Jealousy Homeland – Leaving of Liverpool, The Show Aoife Granville – A Parcel Of Land/Conal’s/The Dublin Lads, Sráid Eoin Shuffle J.P. Cormier – Ireland, Somewhere in the Back of My Heart J.P. Cormier & Dave Gunning – Poor Ellen Smith, unreleased preview track Maxim Cormier – The Cape Breton Medley, Maxim Corm...
May 28, 2017•58 min
Our 199th episode, which aired on May 14, 2017. Howie MacDonald – The Braes of Dunvegan, Live and Lively Mick Moloney – The Limerick Rake, Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell Garry O’Meara – Jerry’s Beaver Hat/The Idle Road, Pickin’ Time Scartaglen – Rosemary Lane, Last Night’s Fun NEW TO YOU: Alan Reid & Rachel Conlan – Bernie Cunnion’s Fling/The Highest Hill in Sligo/David’s Dream, A Quare Yield Kevin Crawford – Jimmy O’Reilly’s/Doonagore/The Bell Harbour Reel, In Good Company John McCusker...
May 21, 2017•58 min
Our 198th episode, which aired on May 7, 2017. Cillian Vallely – The Bull’s March, The Raven’s Rock Jim & John Hanlon – Greenland Whale Fishery, The Cormier Sessions Moving Hearts – The Storm, The Storm Malinky – The Bonnie Hoose O’Airlie, Far Better Days Danny Diamond – The Salamanca/The Maid In The Cherry Tree/The Mistress Of The House, Fiddle Music Conor Caldwell & Danny Diamond – Down the Glen, North Slàinte Mhath – Big Jigs, Slàinte Mhath Tempest – One For The Fiddler, 15th Annivers...
May 14, 2017•58 min
Our 197th episode, which aired on April 30, 2017. Caitlin & Ciaran – Midnight in Virginia/The Mountain Road, Caitlin and Ciaran Planxty – Cliffs of Dooneen, The Planxty Collection Breabach – I Am Proud to Play A Pipe, Urlar Martin Carthy – The Wife of Usher’s Well, Signs of Life Oisin Mac Diarmada – The Maids of Hollywell/The Thirteen Arches, The Green Branch High Level Ranters – Shews the Way to Wallington, Northumberland For Ever Fdler featuring Ashley MacIsaac – Goldwing, Fdler The Peeler...
May 06, 2017•58 min
