Our 527th episode, which aired on October 13, 2024. Aaron O’Hagan & Luke Ward – Green Fields of Woodford/Young Tom Ennis/Tatter Jack Walsh, From the Devil’s Punchbowl Freda Leask – Mandolin Man, single release Sam Sweeney – Want To Fly Want To Flee, Escape That Janice Burns & Jon Doran – The Corncrake, No More the Green Hills Nathan Gourley & Laura Feddersen – Bundle and Go/My Mind Will Never Be Easy, Life Is All Checkered Cillian Vallely & David Doocey – The Worcester Reel, The ...
Oct 20, 2024•59 min
Our 526th episode, which aired on October 6, 2024, and concluded our four-part Celtic Colours preview. J.P. Cormier – Another Morning, Another Morning Interview with Dawn Beaton of Celtic Colours International Festival (excerpt) J.P. Cormier – The Island, Another Morning Interview with J.P. Cormier J.P. Cormier – The Mathematician/Jenny’s Wedding, online performance summer 2020 J.P. Cormier – Highland Dream, Another Morning Chrissy Crowley – Sailing, The Departure Rum Ragged – The Road to Lushes...
Oct 13, 2024•59 min
Our 525th episode, which aired on September 29, 2024, and featured part three of our 2024 Celtic Colours preview. Genticorum – La Petite Marche, Au Coeur de L’aube Anna Massie – Outdoor Type, Two Down James MacLean – Sean Maguire, James MacLean Mary Beth Carty – Moonlight and Clover, Crossing the Causeway Rum Ragged – Joe Young's/Red Rock Brook/The Earl of Hyndforth’s, Gone Jiggin’ Heather Cameron – Showtime Reels, Never Land Dave Gunning – King George V's Army, A Tribute to John Allan Cameron D...
Oct 06, 2024•59 min
Our 524th episode, which aired on September 22, 2024, and featured part two of our Celtic Colours preview. Breabach – Monday Night At Riccardo's, Urlar Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac – Òran a' Mhèirlich/The Thief’s Song, Seinn Dara Smith-MacDonald & Adam Young – Roddie!, The Lake Sessions Irish Descendants – The Dublin Reel, Rollin; Home Interview with Dawn Beaton of Celtic Colours International Festival Carlos Núñez – Reels, En Concert Archie Fisher – Silver Coin, Windward Away Howie...
Sep 29, 2024•59 min
Our 523rd episode, which aired on September 15, 2024, and featured historic Cape Breton music in honor of the Celtic Colours International Festival. Paul MacNeil & Tracey Dares – Captain Archibald Leslie/Hundred Years of Fiddling/Dave MacIsaac/Alec Dan’s/Dave MacIsaac/Malcolm MacPhail, castlebaymusic.com Sons of Skye – Gach Taobh dhe'n Uisge, Both Sides of the Water Angus Chisholm – Miss Campbell's/Jordie's Jig, The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm Buddy MacDonald & John Ferguson – Ode...
Sep 22, 2024•59 min
Our 522nd episode, which aired on September 8, 2024. Builoch – The Cones, Builoch Ossian – Brose And Butter/Monaghan Jig/Jackson’s Bottle of Brandy, Ossian Lane to the Glen – O’Kelly’s Fancy/The Fiddler’s Contest, Lane to the Glen The Fighting Jamesons – What Does It Mean, Every Day Above Ground Interview with Corey Mahon of Circle City Irish Festival Indianapolis Ceili Band – Out On The Ocean/Banks Of Lough Gowna/Handsome Young Maidens, Emotional Velocity Laughing Jack – Sam Hall, unreleased pr...
Sep 15, 2024•59 min
Our 521st episode, which aired September 1, 2024, and featured songs and tunes of work for Labor Day. Aidan Connolly – Over the Hills and Far Away/Johnny Mick Dinny's/The Weaver's, The Portland Bow The Battlefield Band – The Shipyard Apprentice, The Battlefield Band Troy MacGillivray – Murray The Woodcarver/Miss Anderson/Jack’s Hall, Musical Ties Donal Clancy – Drill Ye Tarriers, On the Lonesome Plain Silly Sisters – The Old Miner, No More to the Dance Ron Kavana – A Living Wage, Hard Cash Sound...
Sep 08, 2024•59 min
Our 520th episode, which aired on August 25, 2024. De Danann – The Broken Pledge/Jenny's Welcome To Charlie, Selected Jigs Reels & Songs Open the Door for Three – Fineen The Rover, The Prosperous Gale Danu – Snug in the Blanket/Patsy Geary's, Seanchas Brad Tuck – Clasped to the Pig, The Rocky Isle The Cottars – Pleasures of Home Medley, Made in Cape Breton Elaine Reilly – Madame Bonaparte/The Boys of Ballysadare, Epiphany: Irish Traditional Music on the Tenor Banjo The Bow Tides – The Power ...
Sep 01, 2024•59 min
Our 519th episode, which aired on August 18, 2024, and featured Celtic music as performed by classical string players. The Twisted Twenty – Ragged Sailor Set, The Twisted Twenty Maxwell Quartet – Fisherrow/Noose & The Gillies, Gather (EP) Fiddlers2 – Flora Mcdonald/Fair Maid Of Oban/Road To Errogie, Mirrors of Elsewhere: Scotland David Greenberg – Sleepy Maggie’s Messenger, Multiple Voices for One James Ross & Maxwell Quartet – The Swilkie, Landscape to Light Maxwell Quartet – The Burnin...
Aug 25, 2024•59 min
Our 518th episode, which aired on August 18, 2024. Open the Door for Three – The Fairy Jig Set, The Prosperous Gale Open the Door for Three – Farewell Lovely Mary/The Lizzes, The Prosperous Gale Lane to the Glen – The Melvin Wave/The Lane to the Glen, Lane to the Glen Great Big Sea – Scolding Wife, Courage & Patience & Grit NEW TO YOU: Buioch – Bergin’s Jigs, Buioch Fiddlers 3 – Julie Delaney/Joe Moroze/Irish Reel, Fiddlers 3 Richard Wood – Glymur Jig Medley, Infectious Dervish – Bold Do...
Aug 18, 2024•59 min
Our 517th episode, which aired on July 21, 2024, and marked our eleventh anniversary with listener requests. The Elders – Happy Feet, Live at the Uptown Theater The Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights, A Drop of the Hard Stuff Talisk – The Millhouse, The Abyss Carbon Leaf – A Song for the Sea, Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle Danu – Never Tire of the Road/The Green Fields of America, Seanchas Julie Fowlis – Into the Open Air, Brave movie soundtrack Rankin Family – Mo Run Geal Dileas, online video from H...
Aug 11, 2024•59 min
Our 516th episode, which aired on July 14, 2024, and featured artists performing at this year's Celtic Colours International Festival. Andrea Beaton – Blacksmith Delights on the Banks, With Betty & Dave John Doyle & Mick McAuley – It’s Sunrise, John Doyle & Mick McAuley Beolach – Rector At The Feis/Untitled/Marianne’s Reel/Pibroch O’Don, Beolach Breabach – Changing World, Fas Genticorum – Le Persuadeur, Au Coeur du l’Aube Howie MacDonald – Bras d’or House/Cabot/Bobby Cuthbertson, How...
Jul 21, 2024•59 min
Our 515th episode, which aired on July 7, 2024. Daimh – If It Plays, Sula The Elders – Lucky One Time, Gael Day Ten Strings and a Goat Skin – Maid Behind the Bar, Ten Strings and a Goat Skin Richard Thompson – From Galway to Graceland, Acoustic Classics Carlos Sweeney McCartin – John Joe’s/The Ladies Step Up to Tea/Byrne’s Mill, The One After It Ken Perlman – Bee's Wing Hornpipe/President Garfield's Hornpipe, Devil in the Kitchen JigJam – Water’s Hill, Across the Pond Heidi Talbot – Glenlogie, I...
Jul 14, 2024•59 min
Our 514th episode, which aired on June 23, 2024. Trouble in the Kitchen – The Tap Room/TheRoad to Port Fairy/The Abbeyleix/Sweeney's Dream, The Next Turn Dave Gunning – Sing It Louder, Lift The Bothy Band – Pretty Peg/Craig’s Pipes, 1975 Runrig – Protect and Survive, Live at Celtic Connections 2000 Florence Fahy – The Trip To Birmingham/The Fairhaired Boy/The Fox On The Prowl, Tunes from the Flaggy Shore Pine Tree Flyers – Echoes of Scotty O’Neill/The 79th’s Farewell to Gibraltar, Pine Tree Flye...
Jul 07, 2024•59 min
Our 513th episode, which aired on June 9. 2024. Pine Tree Flyers – Smith's Reel/Pointe-Au-Pic, Pine Tree Flyers Nuala Kennedy – Sally Sits Weeping/Blue Devils’ Jig, Shorelines Carlos Sweeney McCartin – The Humours of Bolton Street/Whiskey Hollow/Brendan McMahon’s, The One After It Daoiri Farrell – Blackwater Side, single release Reverie Road – Land’s End, Reverie Road Daimh – Puff Puff, Sula Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne – The Grumpy Old Man/Maart's Fancy, Rakes & Misfits Seamie O'Dowd – Wander...
Jun 23, 2024•58 min
Our 512th episode, which aired on June 2, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen. Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Dr. Eels, Home Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – River & The Road, Home Interview with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, part one Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Made to be Played, Home Interview with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, part two Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Home, Home Interview with Rachel Davis &a...
Jun 09, 2024•59 min
Our 511th episode which aired on May 26, 2024. Carlos Sweeney McCartin – The Rolling Wave/The Lark on the Strand/The Banks of Lough Gowna, The One After It The Kells – Darcy Farrow, the Kells Keane Connolly McGorman – The Road to the Glen/Toss the Feathers, Keane Connolly McGorman The Rankin Family – Blue Eyed Suzie, Endless Seasons Matt & Shannon Heaton – Golden Castle Hornpipe/Good of the Flock/Milliner’s Daughter, Whirring Winds Tim Edey & Ross Ainslie – Barrisdale, Diad CLOSET CLASSI...
Jun 02, 2024•59 min
Our 510th episode, which aired on May 19, 2024, and featured our tribute to The Bothy Band. The Bothy Band – The Kesh Jig/Give Us A Drink of Water, 1975 The Bothy Band – Fionnghuala, Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band – Patsy Geary’s/Coleman’s Cross, In Concert The Bothy Band – The Green Groves of Erin/The Flowers of Red Hill, “An Bothy Band” documentary, 3/31/24 Interview with Kevin Burke, part four The Bothy Band – Music in the Glen, Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band – Is Trua N...
May 26, 2024•59 min
Our 509th episode, which aired on May 12, 2024, and featured part two of our salute to Kevin Burke. Kevin Burke – John O’Connor’s/The Hungry Rock/A Nignt at the Fair, Sligo Made Bothy Band – Farewell to Erin, After Hours Kevin Burke – Lord Gordon’s Reel, Up Close Kevin Burke – Bonnie Kate/Jennie’s Chickens, In Concert Kevin Burke – The Butterfly, In Concert Interview with Kevin Burke, part three Kevin Burke – Toss the Feathers Medley, If the Cap Fits Kevin Burke – Fahy’s Hornpipe/The Foxhunter’s...
May 19, 2024•59 min
Our 508th episode, which aired on May 5, 2024, and featured part one of our salute to Kevin Burke. Kevin Burke & Micheal O Dohmnaill – Maudabawn Chapel/The Wild Irishman/The Moher Reel, Portland Bothy Band – The Strayaway Child, Out of the Wind Into the Sun Interview with Kevin Burke, part one Kevin Burke, Sharon Shannon & Sean Smyth – The Mason’s Apron/Laington’s Reel, excerpt from Music from an Irish Cottage Kevin Burke – The Millstream/The Geese in the Bog/The Devils of Dublin, Made i...
May 12, 2024•59 min
Our 507th episode, which aired on April 28, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Ken Perlman. Forrest Oliphant – Cripple Creek (excerpt), online recording Ken Perlman – Rakish Paddy, Devil in the Kitchen Ken Perlman – Rock Valley Jig/Light & Airy/The Munster Lass, Northern Banjo Ken Perlman – Poppy Leaf/Stack Of Barley/East Neuk of Bear River, Northern Banjo Interview with Ken Perlman, part one Ken Perlman – Pride Of The Ball/Mackinnon's Rant/Lasses of Glenaladale/St. Kilda Wedding...
May 05, 2024•59 min
Our 506th episode, which aired on April 21, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Boiled in Lead founder Drew Miller. Boiled in Lead – Tom & Jerry/Nine Points of Roguery, Boiled in Lead Boiled in Lead – Bold Lovell, 40 Years Live Boiled in Lead – Snow on the Hills/Swedish Jig, Orb Boiled in Lead – I’ll Sing You Sail Away Ladies, 40 Years Live Interview with Drew Miller of Boiled in Lead Boiled in Lead – Cuz Mapfumo, From the Ladle to the Grave Boiled in Lead – Newry Highwayman, 40 Y...
Apr 27, 2024•59 min
Our 505th episode, our annual Halfway to Celtic Colours feature. J.P. Cormier – Shenandoah/The Chorus Jig/The Q, Celtic Colours Live Volume 3 Gunning & Cormier – I Never Picked Cotton, Celtic Colours Live Volume 8 Beolach – The Hot Lunch Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 1 Ur – The Puirt Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 4 Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright – Jig to Reel, Celtic Colours Live Volume 6 Tim Edey & Troy MacGillivray – The Devil And The Dirk Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 1 The Pine...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr
Our 504th episode, which aired on April 7, 2024. Ken Perlman – The Bay of Fundy, Devil in the Kitchen Boiled in Lead – Hard Times, 40 Years Live Keane Connolly McGorman – Love Will You Marry Me/Glengarry’s Dirk, The Boyne Mist, Keane Connolly McGorman Jimmy Rankin – No More I'll Go Roving, Moving East Gordon Gunn Band – Fair Dancer Reel/The Mason's Apron, Shoreside Bad Haggis – The Hag at the Churn, Trip Miscellany of Folk – Boys of Bluehill/The Green Grove, Atlantic Sounds Dan Possumato & F...
Apr 14, 2024•59 min
Our 503rd episode, which aired on March 31, 2024. Keane Connolly McGorman – Ted Furey’s/Athnuachán, Keane Connolly McGorman Ivan Drever – Song for Yesterday, Concert at Kilden JigJam – Appalachian Irishman, Across the Pond JigJam – Across the Pond, Across the Pond Interview with Jamie McKeogh of JigJam JigJam – Bouli Bouli, Across the Pond JigJam – Time to Go Home, Across the Pond Sean Smyth – Temple Bar Set, The Blue Fiddle CLOSET CLASSIC: Switchback – Banshee's Jigs, Bolinree Chris Norman Ense...
Apr 07, 2024•59 min
Our 502nd episode, which aired on March 24, 2024. Reverie Road – The Gap of Dreams, Reverie Road DUG – Jubilee, single release Rapalje – Tune for a Found Harmonium, Diamonds Cara Dillon & Paul Brady – Streets of Derry, The Transatlantic Sessions 3 Vol. 1 NEW TO YOU: Alexis Chartrand & Cedric Dind-Lavoie – Mimeux, Au Chemin 4 Doc Rossi – The Fairies Hornpipe/Whisky You're the Devil, Pasqualini Demarzi: Six Sonatas for Cetra or Kitara Cillian Vallely & David Doocey – Bolt the Door, The...
Mar 31, 2024•59 min
Our 501st episode, which aired on March 10, 2024. Altan – Port Arainn Mhor/Port Kitty Rua Mooney, Donegal Altan – The Barley & The Rye, Donegal Supertrad – Flowers of Michigan/Wing Commander, Blue Sky on Walnut Virginia Kettle & Rolling Folk – Sailing on the Inside, East of Elsewhere One for the Foxes – Bat in the Cap, Take A Look Around JigJam – Cluck Ole Twig, Across the Pond Kevin Burke – The Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty’s Reel/The Morning Dew, An Evening with Kevin Burke Celtic Woman ...
Mar 24, 2024•59 min
Our 500th episode, which aired on March 3, 2024, in which we looked back at some special moments from past broadcasts. Planxty – Queen of the Rushes/Paddy Fahy's, Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective The Elders – Appalachian Paddy, Wanderin’ Life & Times Nuala Kennedy – Wee Whistle Set, recorded live at WITT studio in 2014 Nuala Kennedy – Matt Hyland, recorded live at WITT studio in 2014 Cathie Ryan – Johnny Be Fair, recorded live at WITT Studio in 2014 Donald Jones with Dave Bagd...
Mar 10, 2024•59 min
Our 499th episode, which aired on February 18, 2024, and featured part two of our Alan Doyle focus. Alan Doyle – Back Home on the Island, Back to the Harbour The Navigators – Welcome to the Rock, Covers From Away Shanneyganock – If I Left You Alone With My Heart, Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes Rum Ragged – House, Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes Interview with Alan Doyle part three Matthew Byrne – 1962, Sonny Don’t Go Away: A Tribute to Ron Hynes Ennis Sisters – Lonely So...
Mar 03, 2024•59 min
Our 498th episode, which aired on February 11, 2024, and featured part one of music and conversation with Alan Doyle. Alan Doyle – Welcome Home, Welcome Home Alan Doyle – Dancing Like We Did Last Night, Welcome Home Alan Doyle – Captain Kidd, Here Tonight Alan Doyle – Leave Her Johnny, Back to the Harbour Alan Doyle – It’s OK, Songs from Home Interview with Alan Doyle part one Alan Doyle – How Did We Get From Saying I Love You, Welcome Home Interview with Alan Doyle part two Alan Doyle & Kei...
Feb 18, 2024•59 min
