Playlist for December 26, 2007

First Hour:
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – 2 [U.K.]:
– Sir Arthur – 3:06
– The Red Barn – 3:28
– Rule and Bant – 4:14
– The Whitby Maid – 3:36

Hanneke Cassel – Silver [U.S – Boston]:
– The Curse Reversed – 3:57
– Leaving JP – 4:06
– The SHISSF Kangaroo – 4:22
– The Cypress/Le Jig Áti–toine – 4:21

Pamela Wyn Shannon – Courting Autumn [U.S. – Vermont]:
– Woolgathering – 3:38
– Vespertine Autumn – 4:31
– Cold Blows the Wind – 3:39
– Fare–Thee–Forlorn – 4:04

Second Hour:
David Hyams – Knowing the Place [Australia]:
– Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinking/ Last Pint At The Cobblestone – 4:38
– The Stolen Kiss/Kristan’s Jig – 3:58
– Song for Indigo/A Sweet Returning – 3:52
– The Ocean Road jigs/The Inishturk Ferry/The Land Of Enough – 3:58

Sutura – To Music [U.K.]:
– Shine – 4:41
– Sutura – 4:59
– Elle – 3:52
– Sanjo (the Autism puzzle) – 3:47

Shaun Davey – Waking Ned Devine Soundtrack [U.K.]:
– Let the Draw Begin – 4:00
– The Ballad of Ned Devine – 5:18
– Jackie’s Theme – 2:59
– The Tullymore Polka/The Witch, The Fiddle, & The Phonebox – 5:30

Third Hour:
Pubside Down – Keen on Green [Switzerland]:
– Rockin’ Landlady – 3:49
– Toss ‘em Again – 5:36
– Keen on Green – 2:35
– Knotted Cord – 3:29
– Mary – 1:59

Zydepunks – Exile Waltz [U.S. – New Orleans]:
– Josette – 3:00
– Andropov/Polka Felix – 3:12
– La Maraichine – 2:35
– Ma Tisere – 2:29
– Valse D’exil – 3:59

Rabies – Bad Ass Molly [Germany]:
– The Foggy Dew – 5:56
– Gaelic Tinkers – 5:05
– All Yesterday – 3:01
– Streams of Whiskey – 2:46

Playlist for December 19, 2007

First Hour:
Dordán – The Night Before … A Celtic Christmas [Ireland]:
– Leanbh Ghil Mhilis (Bright Sweet Child) – 3:45
– Winter Solstice – 3:35
– Oiche Dhiuin (Silent Night) – 4:06
– Shades of Auld Lang Syne – 2:23

Matt & Shannon Heaton – Fine Winter’s Night [U.S.]:
– First Snowfall of December – 4:32
– Fine Winter’s Night – 3:39
– Christmas in Mt. Horeb – 3:39
– Carol of the Birds – 4:27

Johnny Cunningham & Susan McKeown – A Winter Talisman [U.S./Scotland]:
– A Winter Talisman – 1:06
– A Winter Charm of Lasting Life - 1:57
– Langoili – 2:19
– Mál Bhán Ní Chuilleannáin - 4:18
– The Unfortunate Snow Incident – 2:33
– A Christmas Childhood – 1:32

Second Hour:
Bohola – A Childhood Christmas [Ireland/U.S.]:
– The Frost is All Over/A Christmas Childhood – 7:34
– A Pure Heart/A Child’s Christmas in Wales – 2:10
– A New Christmas Reel – 1:54
– A New Year’s Day March – 2:15
– The Little Snowstorm – 1:12
– A Christmas Holiday Fancy – 1:26
– Deck the Halls Hornpipe – 2:45
– Concerto – 1:26
– The Hills of Snow – 0:38
– The Frosty Snow – 1:36
– Good King Wnceslas/The Christmas Jig – 1:16
– A Pure Heart – 1:06

Eileen Ivers – An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas [Ireland]:
– Reels: Christmas Eve/Oiche Nollag/High Road to Linton – 3:47
– The Time is Approaching – 3:26
– Don Oiche Ud i mBeithill – 4:03
– Christmas Time is Here – 3:50
– O Holy Night – 1:53

Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band – Tapestry of Carols [U.K.]:
– The Sans Day Carol – 3:37
– Angels from the Realms of Glory – 3:13

Third Hour:
Various Artists – Comfort and Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn:
– The Distressed Soldier/Angels We Have Heard on High (Cherish the Ladies) – 6:58
– The Wexford Carol (Boys of the Lough) – 3:45
– Three Kings (Robbie O’Connell – 2:48
– Christmas Capers (Druidstone/Aine Minogue) – 3:48

Jethro Tull – The Christmas Album [U.K]:
– Holly Herald – 4:18
– God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – 4:36
– We Five Kings – 3:18
– Ring Out Solstice Bells – 4:06

Tommy Sands – To Shorten the Winter [Ireland]:
– Like the First Time It's Christmas Time – 3:14
– The Bushes of Jerusalem – 5:07
– A Christmas Childhood – 4:42
– Mixed Marriage – 2:46

The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace with God [Ireland]:
– Fairytale of New York – 4:31

Playlist for December 12, 2007

First Hour:
Altan – Local Ground [Ireland]:
– Eirigh's Cuir Do Chuid Eadaigh – 3:18
– The Roseville – 2:21
– The Wind and Rain – 4:03

Susan McKeown – Bushes & Briars [U.S.]:
– Bushes & Briars – 3:58
– In London So Fair – 5:16
– The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow – 6:11

Various Artists – A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh:
– At It Again (Andy M. Stewart And Manus Lunny) – 3:41
– I Saw Three Ships (John Renbourn) – 1:50
– Maneo Da Ulla/Foliada De Padrenda (Milladoiro) – 3:29
– Jenny Picking Cockles/An Gabhran/Jack Keane's Reel (Patrick Street) – 3:38
– The Cat Rambles To The Child's Saucepan/Maire O'Keefe/Harry Bradshaw (Cherish The Ladies) – 3:21 (11)

Second Hour:
Loreena McKennitt – Living Room Concert [Canada]:
– Introduction – 0:59
– Chat I – 1:06
– The Dark Night Of The Soul – 3:44
– Chat II – 2:56
– The Stolen Child – 3:13
– Chat III – 3:02
– The Lady Of Shalott – 4:17
– Chat IV – 4:25
– Seeds Of Love – 2:56
– Chat V – 2:13

Anna Murray – Tri Nithean/Three Kings [Scotland]:
– Ailean Duinn – 4:44
– The Pipers Controversy/Duncan Johnston – 3:02
– Doctor Finlay’s Chord Book – 2:20
– Puirt A Beul – 3:18
– Traditional Wedding Reel – 3:14

Third Hour:
Wake the Dead – Wake the Dead (self–titled) [U.S.]:
“A Celtic Celebration of the Songs of the Grateful Dead”
– My Marianne/The Wheel – 3:45
– Lord Inchiquin/Sugaree – 8:35
– Row Jimmy – 6:41

The Prodigals – Dreaming in Hell’s Kitchen [U.S.]:
– Happy Man – 3:09
– Lord Randall – 4:11
– Baggot Hall – 3:17
– The Sailor’s Return – 5:22
– One True Cause – 3:53

Coyote Run – Tend the Fire [U.S.]:
– Somerset Wassail – 2:15
– The Bells – 3:06
– Haul Brothers, Haul! – 1:44

Playlist for December 5, 2007

First Hour:
Matt & Shannon Heaton – Fine Winter’s Night [U.S.]:
– It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – 2:45
– Dust of Snow – 4:20
– Top of the Bow – 3:37

Anne Roos – A Light in the Forest [U.S.]:
– Considine’s Grove – 2:32
– Bourrée de la Luciole (Dance of the Firefly) – 2:48
– Robin is to the Greenwood Gone – 3:13
– The Forest Nymph – 4:22
– The Gold Ring – 3:20

Figgy Duff – Weather Out the Storm [Canada]:
– Woman of Labrador – 2:27
– Yankee Skipper – 4:15

Figgy Duff – A Retrospective 1974–1993 [Canada]:
– Breakwater Boys Breakdown – 2:03
– The Ten Commandments – 2:38
– Geese in the Bog – 2:40
– Auntie Mary/Brother Jig – 2:42

Second Hour:
Relativity – Gathering Pace [Ireland/Scotland]:
– Blackwell Court/Highland Laddie/Gillies' Taxis/The Double Rise – 6:44
– Siún Ní Dhuibhir – 4:19
– The Monday Morning Reel/Cutting A Slide/Robert The Minnow/Hogties' Reel – 6:12

Robin Williamson & His Merry Band – A Glint at the Kindling [Scotland/U.S.]:
– Lough Foyle – 4:12
– The Woodcutter's Song – 4:04
– Boyhood of Henry Morgan/the Pooka – 3:16
– The Poacher’s Song – 4:14

Phønix – Pigen & Drengen [Denmark]:
– Tyge Hermansen – 3:25
– Lydian – 5:34
– Palindrom – 1:18
– Melgven – 5:07

Third Hour:
Whapweasel – Relentless [U.K.]:
– Badunga – 4:55
– The Bus to Bombay – 3:47
– The HT Polka – 4:29
– Beard Madam? – 4:23

Boys from County Nashville – Celtic Tribute to Led Zeppelin: Long Ago and Far Away [U.S.]:
– Black Dog – 4:36
– Dazed and Confused – 5:13
– Bron–Y–Aur Stomp – 4:14

Horslips – Collection [Ireland]:
– An Bratach Ban – 2:10
– Drive the Cold Winter Away – 2:30
– The Snow that Melts the Soonest – 4:27
– Flowers Among Them All – 2:07
– The Silver Spear – 2:04
– The Best Years of My Life – 1:50