Playlist for December 10, 2008

First Hour:
Beolach – Variations [Canada]:
– Norman's Reel – 3:38
– Corporal AB/Sarty Party/Will Ye Not Come back to You Toon – 5:11
– Memories of Father Charlie MacDonald – 1:53
– Toss the Fiddles/Bras d'Or House/Castle Bay Scrap/My Great Friend John Morris – 5:58

Davy Spillane – Pipedreams [Ireland]:
– Undertow – 3:17
– Midnight Walker – 4:49
– Rainmaker – 4:39
– Corcomroe – 3:54

Bag o' Cats – Out of the Bag [Scotland]:
– Raven – 5:08
– Inverleith Park – 3:14
– Making Hay – 4:43
– Halkidiki – 3:21

Second Hour:
Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna – A Celtic Tale [Canada]:
– A Celtic Tale – 43:00

Loreena McKennit – Ancient Muse [Canada]:
– Beneath a Phrygian Sky – 9:32

Third Hour:
The Clumsy Lovers – After the Flood [Canada]:
– Groove Set – 3:16 (2)
– Highland Skip – 1:31 (11)
– Playera – 2:29 (13)

The Clumsy Lovers – Under the Sheets [Canada]:
– Streams of Whiskey – 4:40
– If I Should Fall from Grace – 2:55
– Where the Streets Have No Name – 3:20

Jacky Tar – Splatt! [New Zealand]:
– Two Rocks and a Hard Place – 3:52
– Dum Rock Song – 4:08
– Little Cascade – 3:46
– Plastic Wooden Fish – 4:21

Captain Tractor – East of Edson [Canada]:
– Drunken Sailor – 3:01
– London Calling – 4:04

Levellers – Levelling the Land [U.K.]:
– The Boatman – 5:57
– The Riverflow – 3:06

Playlist for December 3, 2008

First Hour:
Sharon Shannon – Libertango [Ireland]:
– The Seven Joys of Mary (w/Sinéad O’Connor) – 4:59
– The Burst Mattress – 6:12
– The Wishing Well – 4:36

Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan – Serenade [Ireland]:
– The Punch Set – 3:41
– After the Gold Rush – 4:39
– The Ballygar Jigs – 4:23
– The Chorus Reels – 4:19

Planxty – Cold Blow and the Rainy Night [Ireland]:
– Johnny Cope – 5:16
– Dennis Murphy's/The 42 Pound Cheque/John Ryan's Polka – 3:08
– P Stands for Paddy I Suppose – 4:37
– The Hare in the Corn/The Frost Is All Over/The Gander in the Pratie Hole – 4:23

Second Hour:
Madredeus – Faluas do Tejo [Portugal]:
– Lisboa, Rainha do Mar – 5:11
– Na Estrada de Santiago – 4:35
– Lá De Fora – 4:31

Gabriel Yacoub – The Simple Things We Said [France]:
– The Simple Things We Said – 4:46
– Dame: Petite Dame – 3:00
– Pluie D’elle – 3:19
– You Stay Here – 2:35
– Beauté/12th Song Of The Thunder – 3:50

Martin Simpson – Righteousness & Humidity [U.K.]:
– Horn Island – 3:41
– Some Dark Holler – 2:31
– Rico – 4:22
– Georgie – 6:24
– Ghost in the Pines – 1:31

Third Hour:
Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking [U.K.]:
– Si Tu Dois Partir – 2:21
– Who Knows Where the Time Goes – 5:08
– Percy’s Song – 6:49
– The Ballad of Easy Rider – 4:55

Moving Hearts – Dark End of the Street [Ireland]:
– Dark End of the Street – 4:55
– Downtown – 2:26
– Allende – 3:35
– Half-Moon – 5:02

The Fables – A Time [Canada]:
– Down East Day – 4:06
– Dance, Dance, Dance – 3:08
– O’Brien – 3:58
– Miss Monahan's/Pigeon on the Gate – 4:54
– As I Roved Out – 2:57

Playlist for November 26, 2008

First Hour:
Brothers 3 – The Journey That Lies Before [U.S.]:
– Pidgeon On the Gate – 4:43
– Buttermilk Mary – 4:56
– Da Shetlands – 6:20

Wendy Weatherby – Two Loves [Scotland]:
– Canongate Breeks – 3:01
– Bobbin John – 4:39
– Poppies From the Somme – 4:30
– Church On Sunday/Two Loves – 4:47

The BorderCollies – The Road from Swannanoa [U.S.]:
– Thunderhead Jig Set – 3:30
– Carraig Rua – 2:46
– Willie Taylor/Shawn's Lament – 4:19
– MacArthur Road Set – 3:35
– Lassie Like That – 3:56

Second Hour:
Shoormal – Migrant [Scotland]:
– Angel Whispers – 3:41
– Bohus – 5:00
– Last of the Light – 4:16
– Pilgrim – 3:03
– Laeverik – 3:25

Gerry O’Beirne – Half Moon Bay [Ireland]:
– Off the Rocks at Clahane – 5:17
– Caperucita – 3:26
– The Shades of Gloria – 5:21
– The Glass Boat – 4:40

Donnybrook – You’re Standin’ In My Light [U.S.]:
– Pigeon On the Gate/Father Kelly's/Castle Kelly – 5:25
– She Moved Through the Fair – 6:36
– Galway's Grey Hillside – 2:47
– Men of Aran/Mrs. Creehan's – 2:18
– Traditional Wedding Reel – 3:14

Third Hour:
Molly’s Revenge – Revenge Is Sweet [U.S.]:
– Thai Iced Tea Set – 3:59
– Whistle Reels – 2:26
– Crooked Jack – 3:18
– Send Me a Postcard – 4:57
– George’s Little Gems – 2:56

Black Irish Band – Into the Arms of the Sea [U.S.]:
– Sink Them Down – 1:32
– Rickets Hornpipe/The Columbia Bar – 4:14
– Spanish Ladies – 2:31
– Twenty Thousand Leagues – 3:12
– Old Maui – 2:51
– The Night They Stretched Larry – 2:35

Theodore Fontaine – La Guerre et son Amant [Canada]:
– L'amour et la bière – 2:31
– J'ai oublié – 3:29
– L'envie – 3:26
– L'amour est con – 3:08
– La pluie viendra balayer – 4:44

Playlist for November 19, 2008

First Hour:
Altan – Local Ground [Ireland]:
– Eirigh's Cuir Do Chuid Eadaigh – 3:18
– Adieu My Lovely Nancy – 3:15
– The Roseville – 2:21
– The Wind and Rain – 4:03
– Dun Do Shuil – 4:03

Capercaillie – Roses and Tears [Scotland]:
– Him Bó – 4:21
– Don’t You Go – 5:02
– Barra Clapping Song – 4:37
– Oran Sugraidh – 3:57

Band of Hope – Rhythm and Reds [U.K.]:
– Nonesuch the Chesire Rounds/ The Lancashire Hornpipe/Boxing Day – 7:45
– Ballad of Vic Williams – 3:12
– Blood Brother – 3:18

Second Hour:
Loreena McKennitt – Living Room Concert [Canada]:
– The Dark Night Of The Soul – 3:44
– The Stolen Child – 3:13
– The Lady Of Shalott – 4:17
– Seeds Of Love – 2:56

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.]:
– My Marianne/The Wheel – 3:45
– Lord Inchiquin/Sugaree – 8:35
– Row Jimmy – 6:41

Clan Alba – Clan Alba (self-titled) [Scotland]:
– No Gonnae Leave Here – 5:24
– Growing Wings – 3:13
– Canan Nan Gaidheal – 4:27
– Childhood’s End – 4:37

Oysterband – Holy Bandits [U.K.]:
– The Road to Santiago – 3:29
– Moving On – 3:50
– Rambling Irishman – 5:02
– Here’s to You – 4:00

Playlist for November 13, 2008

First Hour:
Seamus Egan – A Week in January [Ireland]:
– Fermoy Lasses – 4:10
– The Congress Set – 4:49
– Cape Breton Set – 3:52
– Tim Hobins – 2:04
– Weep Not for the Memories – 5:01

Carmina – My Crescent City [U.K.]:
– Blessed Are the Broken – 5:41
– Lord Franklin – 6:52
– December Song – 4:28

Cantrip – Piping the Fish [Scotland]:
– War Hent Kerrigouarc'h/The Bear Dance – 5:03
– The Bonniest Lass – 3:21
– Òran Na Maighdeann–Mhàra – 4:17
– The Queen of Argyll – 4:38

Second Hour:
Irishields – The Last Night in Doolin [Italy]:
– Gallagher Frolic/Calliope House – 3:50
– Slow Air Flute/Cooley’s Reel/Concertina Reel – 4:40
– The Last Night in Doolin – 3:05
– Miss Susan Cooper/Craig’s Pipe – 2:20
– Fare Thee Well – 3:12

Frigg – Oasis [Finland]:
– Daavid Ja Minä – 3:17
– Mäenpään Heikin Valssi – 3:21
– Tepeq – 4:33
– Solberg – 2:19
– Return from Helsinki – 4:41

Agghir – Agghir (Self–Titled) [France]:
– Le Cercle de Pierre – 4:52
– Un Pour Douze : The Road To Eyrein – 4:35
– Légende – 5:12
– Terres de Roches – 4:14

Third Hour:
Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey – Lead the Knave [Ireland]:
– Lead the Knave/Bunker Hill – 3:15
– Micho Russel's/The Yellow Cow/Jigging the Donkey – 3:27
– The Hunter’s Purse – 3:16
– E Minor Reel/Lads of Laois – 2:49
– The Cottage In The Grove/Lad O'Byrnes/Derry Craig Wood – 3:59

Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart [U.K.]:
– Stay Bright – 1:31
– Katy Cruel – 2:23
– Day After Tomorrow – 5:04
– Blue & Gold – 3:03
– Whiskey, Bob Copper and Me 2:50
– Stay Bright – 1:46

Various Artists – Imagined Village [U.K.]:
– Paul Weller, Martin & Eliza Carthy – John Barleycorn – 5:42
– Eliza Carthy – Acres of Ground– 4:48
– The Village Band – Pilsdon Pen – 5:18

Playlist for November 5, 2008

Yankee Celtic Consort – Wander the Wood [U.S.]:
– John Marr’s Fancy/Glass of Beer – 3:36
– Haste to the Wedding/Bonnie Blue Flag/Battle Cry of Freedom – 4:54
– Keelhaulin’ the Bos’n – 2:49
– Arran Boatsong – 4:49

Cara Dillon – After the Morning [Ireland]:
– Bold Jamie – 5:00
– The Streets of Derry – 4:26
– Walls – 3:03
– Grace – 3:16

Donnie Munro – Heart of America [Scotland]:
– A´Coiseachd Trath – 5:31
– Mo Chruinneag Bhoidheach – 1:37
– Cha till – 3:43
– October Song – 4:51

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – The Scottish Harp

ULC Quintet – Masquerade [Denmark]:
– The Svabo/Dreamer Set – 3:02
– Minuette – 4:33
– Sonderho Suite – 9:37

Tornaod – An Douar Hagus An Speir [France]:
– Al Labous Marv – 5:37
– Cliffs of Aranmor – 6:44
– Distro al Labous – 3:39

Third Hour:
Christy Moore – Prosperous [Ireland]:
– The Raggle Taggle Gipsies/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh – 4:25
– I Wish I Was in England – 2:06
– The Hackler From Grouse Hall – 2:32
– Spancillhill – 4:53
– Rambling Robin – 2:21

The Tim Malloys – Bloody Irish Music (Live at Kieran's Irish Pub) [U.S.]:
– The Men Behind the Wire – 2:09
– The Night Visit – 3:14
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:33
– The Boys From the County Hell – 3:56
– The Foggy Dew/Black & Tan – 6:02

Flogging Molly – Whiskey on a Sunday [U.S.]:
– Drunken Lullabies – 4:55
– The Wanderlust – 3:37
– Another Bag of Bricks – 4:05
– Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon – 3:39

Playlist for October 29, 2008

First Hour:
Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell – 18 Months Later [Scotland]:
– Drowsy Maggie (Variations on a Theme) – 7:07
– The Trains (Live from NYC) – 3:15
– Mirrlees Lane – 4:28
– Washington Square Park – 3:06

New Celeste – It’s a New Day [Scotland]:
– Stumlin’ & Stottin’ – 4:51
– The Posie/Scottish Brawl – 5:33
– It’s a New Day – 3:46
– Dance of Ios – 2:45

Various Artists – Maggie’s Music Sampler [U.S.]:
– Maggie Sansone – Miss Patterson’s/Johnny’s Gone to France – 3:25
– Al Petteway – Spindrift – 3:11
– Sue Richards – O’Farrell’s – 3:10
– Bonnie Rideout – Bog on Lochan/Drowsy Maggie/Sleepy Maggie – 2:56
– Robin Bullock – For Ireland I’d Not Tell Her Name – 4:16

Second Hour:
Fotheringay – Two [U.K.]:
– Wild Mountain Thyme – 3:51
– Late November – 4:39
– Gypsy Davey – 3:42
– Silver Threads and Golden Needles – 4:45

Ian F. Benzie – So Far [Scotland]:
– The Laird O’ Drum – 3:57
– Silver Dagger – 1:57
– Carrickfergus – 4:58
– Cold Blow and the Rainy Night – 2:04
– Are Ye Sleepin’ Maggie – 4:04

Various Artists – The Imagined Village [U.K.]:
– John Copper, Sheila Chandra & Simon Emmerson – 'Ouses, 'Ouses, 'Ouses – 6:21
– Tunng – Death and the Maiden Retold – 3:49
– The Gloworms – Kit Whites I & II – 4:45

Third Hour:
John Doyle – Evening Comes Early [Ireland]:
– North Sea Holes – 2:34
– Crowley’s/Johnny D’s – 3:17
– Crooked Jack – 4:55
– The Wheels of the World – 3:31
– The Morning Dew and the Morning Star – 3:43

Moving Cloud – Welcome, Who Are You? [Denmark]:
– The Wild Colonial Boy – 3:59
– The New Found Out/Round the World/Ormond Sound – 3:07
– What Will You Do?/April Rain – 3:04
– The Girl I Left Behind/The Moth – 3:23
– The Peeler and the Goat/The Plastered Peeler – 3:33

Rock Salt & Nails – More & More [U.K.]:
– Someday – 4:32
– Jack Broke the Prison Door Set – 4:32
– Tilly Plump Set – 5:27
– Forced to Return/Spootiskerry – 3:33

Playlist for October 22, 2008

First Hour:
Chulrua – The Singing Kettle [U.S.]:
– Hughie Travers/John Byrth’s/Boil The Breakfast Early – 2:59
– Asha, Asha – 3:50
– The Golden Wedding/Paddy Murphy’s Wife – 3:52
– Bridget Flynn – 3:45
– Rocky Road – 5:01

The Chieftains – Tears of Stone [Ireland]:
– Bonnie Raitt – A Stor Mo Chroi – 3:46
– Natalie Merchant – The Lowlands of Holland – 3:46
– Joni Mitchell – The Magdalene Laundries – 4:59
– Diana Krall – Danny Boy – 5:28

Norah Rendell & Brian Miller – Wait There Pretty One [U.S.]:
– Alexander/Paddy Fahy’s – 3:49
– Jackson’s/Heathery Breeze – 3:13
– Qui me Passera le Bois (Who Will Help Me Through the Woods?) – 3:16
– Dinny Delaney’s/Limestone Rock/Lad O’Beirne’s – 2:48
– Let the Mystery Be – 2:33

Second Hour:
Various Artists – TransAtlantic Ticket [U.K.]:
– Pentangle – Light Flight – 3:14
– Bert Jansch – Angie – 3:12
– Dave Swarbrick – Grey Daylight/The Hawk/The Ten Pound Fiddle – 1:47
– John Renbourn – Sugar Babe – 4:32
– Pentangle – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – 3:34

Fairport Convention – The Wood & the Wire [U.K.]:
– The Wood & the Wire – 4:08
– A Year and a Day – 4:14
– The Good Fortunes – 3:59
– Rocky Road – 5:01

Steeleye Span – Below the Salt [U.K.]:
– The Bride’s Favorite/Tansey’s Fancy – 3:11
– Rosebud in June – 3:42
– Royal Forester – 4:32
– King Henry – 7:09
– Saucy Sailor – 5:45

Third Hour:
Kíla – Lemonade & Buns [Ireland]:
– The Compledgegationist – 5:35
– An Fiomianai – 3:51
– Rachael's Reel – 3:58
– Epicy – 5:16

The Bucks – Dancin’ to the Ceili Band [Ireland]:
– Dancin’ to the Ceili Band – 3:24
– Rashers ‘n’ Eggs – 3:25
– Courtin’ in the Kitchen – 4:24
– The Bucks Set – 5:45

Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 1 Sound Magic [U.K.]:
– Whirl–Y–Reel 1 – 7:20
– Dark Moon, High Tide – 4:05
– Whirl–Y–Reel 2 – 5:22

Playlist for October 15, 2008

First Hour:
The Chieftains – Fire in the Kitchen [Ireland]:
– Great Big Sea – Lukey/Lukaloney – 3:54
– Ashley MacIsaac – My Home/The Contradiction/Julia Delaney – 4:14
– Mary Jane Lamond – A Mhairi Bhoidheach – 5:11

Téada – Inne Amarach [Ireland]:
– Delia Keanes/The Horses Leotard/Sean Buí/The Dawn Chorus – 4:55
– Planxty Crilly/MIcho Russells/Mickey Calaghans – 5:11
– Port Aitheantais na gCaipiní/Johnnys So Long At The Fair – 2:27
– Bonnie Ann/John Kellys/The Boy In The Boat – 3:47

Mary Custy – After 10:30 [Ireland]:
– Gavottes – 3:16
– After 10:30 – 2:39
– Road to Miltown – 3:58
– The Little Shepherdess – 7:05

Second Hour:
Various Artists - Nua Teorainn:
– Old Blind Dogs – Forfar Sodger – 5:52
– Lunasa – Rosie's Reel – 2:33
– Martin Hayes – Green Gowned Lass – 3:32
– Patrick Street – Stewball and the Monaghan Grey Mare – 4:09
– Kevin Burke – The Butterfly – 2:28
– Reeltime – The Trucks of Bohermore – 5:27
– Shantalla – Cam Ye O'er Frae France? – 4:43
– Kila – Tine Lasta – 4:51

Various Artists - Indigenous Tribes:
– Paul Mounsey – Alba – 5:16
– Rock Salt & Nails – Forced to Return/Spootsferry – 3:32
– Runt O’ the Litter – Reconciliation Set – 3:20
– Hamish Imlach – Reprobate’s Lament – 3:03
– Bongshang – Floggin’ Set– 2:02

Third Hour:
The Fables – Tear the House Down [Canada]:
– Old Woman From Wexford/Mulvhills/The Dawn – 7:41
– Cock of the North/Morrisons Jig/Drowsy Maggie – 5:16
– Frog in the Well – 3:27

Tempest – The Double Cross [U.S.]:
– Black Eddy – 5:29
– Whoever You Are – 4:11
– Cabar Feidh – 3:13
– Eppy Moray – 5:35

The Duhks – Fast Paced World [Canada]:
– Adam’s 3-Step – 2:07
– Toujours Vouloir – 4:46
– Ship High in Transit – 3:14
– Magalenha – 2:01
– New Rigged Ship – 4:00

Playlist for October 8, 2008

Heidi Talbot - In Love And Light - Ireland
1 - If You Stay
2 - Cathedrals
6 - Glenlogie
12 - When They Ring The Golden Bells

Celtic Brittany - Compilation
3 - La Fregate de Paimboeuf - Tonnerre De Brest
7 - The Dance Of Francois - Amzer Zo
9 - Colour Of Blue Night - Gwendal
15 - Pretty Lass - Bleizi Ruz

Theresa Kavanaugh - The Seventh Veil - Ireland
4 - Rachel’s Waltz
5 - The Seventh Veil/The Belles Of Tipperary
7 - Brown Queen Of The Fair/The New House/Miss Brown’s Fancy
8 - Maggie Dan’s/Bubbling Wine/Sarah’s Fancy

Gypsy Soul - The Journey - USA
2 - One More Day
4 - Scarborough Fair
7 - Letting Go
10 - The Snow, The Sea

Cool Celtic Cuts - Alex Keane/Ian Morton - Scotland
3 - Beyond
7 - Distant Land
10 - Mid Summer Pipes
13 - In From The Cold

The Prodigals - Go On - USA/London/Ireland
3 - Comrades In The Dark
5 - The Immigrant
6 - The Open Reel
9 - Long Ago

Billy Connolly’s Musical Tour Of New Zealand - Scotland
1 - Billy’s Bobby Theme
2 - Billy’s Fast Waltz
6 - Wandering Soul featuring Kate Rusby
9 - Billy’s Strathspey


Faire Celts - A Woman’s Voice - Compilation
2 - The Voice - Eiamear Quinn - Ireland
3 - Hebridean Hale-Bopp - Karen Matheson - Scotland
5 - Can You See The Border - Keri Steele/Nina Loretto - Canada
6 - This Piece Of Earth - Jenny Schaub - Sweden

Leahy - Lakefield - Canada
1 - Mission
3 - Down That Road
10 - Borrowed Time
11 - Stand Up

Close
Heidi Talbot
5 - Time

Playlist for October 1, 2008

First Hour:
Evergreen – The Unseen Dance [Israel]:
– The Unseen Dance – 4:05
– The Green Mountain Set – 3:51
– Sunbeam – 3:26
– The Mason’s Apron – 3:59

Whippersnapper – Promises [U.K.]:
– Whenever – 3:02
– An Sean Bhean Bhocht/The Gipsy's Rest/Atholl Highlanders' Farewell to Loch Katrine – 5:47
– John Gaudiejohn Broke the Prison Door – 4:52
– Carolanning: Mrs. Bermingham/Mrs. Maxwell/John Jameson – 4:37

Gráda – Cloudy Day Navigation [Ireland]:
– Cooler at the Edge – 4:47
– Carousel of Life – 4:03
– Maria Letizia’s – 5:04
– Steerer John Begg – 4:39

Second Hour:
Solas – For Love and Laughter [Ireland]:
– Eoin Bear's Reel/Tune For Sharon/The Rosa Reel – 4:02
– Seven Curses – 3:52
– Tilly's Jig/The Happy Traveler – 4:11
– Mollaí Na Gcuachi Ní Chuilleanáin – 4:08
– Merry Go Round – 4:35
– Sunday's Waltz/Solo Double Oh – 5:06
– Vital Mental Medicine/The Pullet – 3:39
– Sailor Song – 4:10
– There Is Time – 3:25
– John Riordan's Heels/Hoban's White House/The Lisnagun Jig – 4:21
– The Gallant Hussar – 4:10
– My Dream of You – 4:52

Third Hour:
Martin Carthy/Martin Simpson/Martin Taylor/Juan Martin – Martins4 [U.K.]:
– Jasper Songbird/Spoonful – 7:55
– Vuelo – 6:05
– Barrack Street Stroll – 3:03

The Elders – Racing the Tide [U.S.]:
– Send a Prayer – 4:55
– Cousin Charlie – 3:29
– Gonna Take a Miracle – 4:01
– Story of a Fish – 3:25

Richard Thompson – Front Parlour Ballads [U.K]:
– Let It Blow – 4:52
– Miss Patsy – 3:58
– Old Thames Side – 4:03
– My Soul, My Soul – 5:33
– The Boys of Mutton Street – 2:54

Playlist for September 24, 2008

First Hour:
Lunasa – The Merry Sisters of Fate [Ireland]:
– The Merry Sisters of Fate – 2:54
– Inion Ni Scannlain – 2:47
– Aoibhneas – 4:21
– Scully’s – Lunasa – 4:12
– Morning Nightcap – 4:55

Awen Magic Land – Awen Magic Land (Self-Titled) [Spain]:
– El Buscador - 5:32
– Maria Conduce - 5:08
– Scottish Des Fées - 5:58

Solas – The Edge of Silence [Ireland]:
– Darkness, Darkness – Solas – 4:59
– Prelude #1/Black Annis – 6:31
– Clothes of Sand (Nick Drake) – 4:13

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – Patsy Seddon Interview

Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane – Eastwind [Ireland]:
– Chetvorno Horo – 3:51
– Antice – 5:44
– Hard on the Heels – 5:57

Kornog – Kornog (Self-Titled) [Britany]:
– Laride/Kejaj – 2:11
– Gavotte Pourlet – 1:49
– Child Noryce – 3:29
– Air Pour Faire Pleurer La Mariee – 3:51
– Gouel Hollvedel – 1:44
– Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie – 2:49

Third Hour:
Cormac – Cormac (Self-titled) [Italy]:
– Mist on the Mountain / Paddy Taylor - 5:44
– Who Are You? - 4:19
– Polkas - 3:17
– Shetland Reel - 2:46
– Chronos Reel / Reel Around The Sun – 3:51

Ron Kavana – Home Fire [Ireland]:
– Home Fire/Beyond the Pale – 3:08
– Johnny Go Easy – 4:07
– The Barleycorn/Kerry Polka/The Wren's Polka – 4:31
– Young Ned of the Hill – 5:00

Here Be Dragons – Alcohol & Rain [Wales]:
– Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell – 3:29
– Rhiannon – 3:53
– The Modena Rambler / Rhamp Penllyn – 4:11
– Siobhan – 2:44
– The Hair of the Dog That Bit Me – 2:48

Playlist for September 17, 2008

First Hour:

Spotlight on Greentrax Recordings

Malinky – 3 Ravens [Scotland]:
– Leaving Rum – 3:50
– The Rovin’ Ploughboy – 2:41
– Yorkston Athletic – 4:34
– The Trawlin’ Trade – 2:32

Mark Dunlop – Islands on the Moon [Scotland]:
– The Nightingale – 3:43
– Jigs – 3:53
– Shane Crossagh – 7:25
– A 1798 March – 2:35

Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller – In a Bleeze [Scotland]:
– Edward – 3:57
– Mad Tom of Bedlam – 3:43
– Lochaber to Argyll – 3:12
– Midlothian Miners/Eynhallow Soond – 2:44
– John Stewart – 4:42

Second Hour:
Le Vent du Nord – Les Amants du Saint-Laurent [Canada]:
– Train de vie – 5:16
– Du Haut du Balcon – 1:54
– Le bon buveur/Le reel du quatrieme – 4:03
– Cre mardi/La turlutte du rang des Sloans – 4:33

Catriona McKay – Starfish [Scotland]:
– Sand Dollar – 4:07
– Lums O’Lund – 4:31
– Little Impulse – 4:41
– Mareel – 4:45

Annbjorg Lien (Annbjørg Lien) – Waltz With Me [Norway]:
– Sula Mountain – 4:52
– The Fiddle – 4:12
– Masques – 4:55
– Waltz With Me – 2:48

Third Hour:
The Paperboys – The Road to Ellenside [Canada]:
– String of Horses – 2:32
– Comfort and Kind – 3:22
– El Baile del Puma – 3:03
– Waiting – 4:24
– La Vibora – 3:48

Black Rat – Rich Pickings [U.K.]:
– Bradgate Park – 2:05
– Jane – 5:04
– Hares and Braces/Timothy Taylor’s – 3:56
– Farewll To Inverin / Seamus O'Curran's Fancy – 4:45

Great Big Sea – Fortune’s Favour [Canada]:
– England – 3:46
– Banks of Newfoundland – 3:26
– Company of Fools – 4:02
– Rocks of Merasheen – 4:05
– Dance Dance – 2:50

Playlist for September 10, 2008

First Hour:
Beòlach – Beòlach (self-titled) [Canada]:
– An Drochaid Chiiuiteach/Scottsville Reel/Fox Hunter/Walkin' The Floor – 4:41
– Rector At The Feis/Untitled/Marianne's Reel/Pibroch O'Donnel Dubh – 6:24
– Bovaglie's Plaid – 2:32
– Lothian Lasses/Freddy's Reel/Reel For Spanky/Mutt's Favorite – 4:24

Ariella Uliano – Tanto Gentile E Tanot Onesta Pare [Italy]:
– Mary Hamilton – 5:14
– Accadde Di Maggio – 2:59
– La Sexte Estampie – 2:28
– She’s Like the Swallow – 5:00
– Canzona Di Bacco – 0:19

Matt & Shannon Heaton – Dearga [U.S.]:
– Alternate Routes – 3:22
– Tell Her I Am – 3:33
– Three Days to Go – 3:05
– Keeper of the Game – 4:20

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic - The Celtic Writer and Philosopher John O'Donohue


Bùrach – Deeper [Scotland]:
– The Birds Set – 4:33
– A Turn Up for the Books – 3:41
– The Life And Times Of Johnny Hattersfield – 3:33
– Flora Whistles a Scandanavian Tune – 5:21

The Gaels – Bachelor’s Quay [U.S.]:
– Lark In The Morning/Tripping Upstairs/Trip To Athlone (Jigs) – 4:10
– The Hiring fair/Jenny's Chickens – 4:39
– Green Mountain/Kerry Lasses/Father O’Grady’s Visit to Bocca – 5:01
– Welcome Paddy Home – 3:10

Third Hour:
Celticana – Soldier’s Daughter [U.S.]:
– As I Roved Out – 4:50
– William Morris – 4:11
– Sonny Brogan/Drunken Sailor/Toss The Feathers – 7:05

Keltik Elektrik – Edinburgh Hogmanay Party Mix [Scotland]:
– Caledonia – 4:33
– Lexy Macaskill – 4:53
– Blue Dalzell – 4:22
– New Mullindhu – 2:59

Gaelic Storm – What’s the Rumpus? [U.S.]:
– Don’t Let the Truth Get in the Way – 3:31
– Beidh Aonach Amarach – 4:12
– Death Ride to Durango – 4:35
– Floating the Flambeau – 4:08

Playlist for September 3, 2008

First Hour:
Liz Carroll – Lake Effect [U.S./Ireland]:
– The Rock Reel/Morning Dew/Reeling on the Box Reels – 3:22
– The Ornery Upright/Sass Is Back Reels – 3:27
– Spinning out of the Turn/Tom and Martin [Jigs] – 3:02
– A Day and an Age [Air] – 5:47

Calasaig – Making for the Shore [Scotland]:
– The Dancer/Philip Begg's Conundrum/John Murray's – 4:42
– My Son John/Miss Thompson – 3:05
– Sally Gardens – 3:16
– Ramsden's Rant/Laura Beaton's Reel/Cough Up The Donal – 3:29
– Avonhaugh – 3:23

Salmon’s Leap – Salmon’s Leap (self–titled) [U.S.]:
– Kerry Reel/Old Copperplate – 2:17
– I Know My Love/Returned Yank – 2:52
– Eanach Cuain – 3:28
– Galway to Graceland – 3:45
– New Policeman/London Lassies – 2:17
– Preab San OL – 1:37

Second Hour:
Fromseier Rose – Contradiction [Denmark/U.S.]:
– Popcorn Behavior – 4:27
– Crazy Man Michael – 4:34
– The Butterfly/Waterman’s – 3:27
– Blantyre Explosion – 3:17

Roundstone Buskers – Roundstone Buskers (self–titled) [U.S.]:
– The Tree/High Road to Linton – 2:45
– Petronella/Liberty – 3:00
– Farewell to Ireland – 4:52
– Pig n Whistle – 7:14

Cleia – This Side of Main [Canada]:
– Bennan On the Moor – 3:29
– Open Air Reels – 3:38
– Johnny Harling’s (With Ourselves) – 2:21
– Newry Highwayman – 3:12
– November Reels/At My House – 4:27

Third Hour:
Laura MacKenzie – Laura & the Lads [U.S.]:
– Bird’s Hill – 5:46
– Toss the Feathers – 3:59
– Piper on Horseback – 2:26
– Galician/Asturian Set – 4:55

Mackeel – Plaid [Canada]:
– Haul Away Joe – 4:23
– In and Out of the Harbour – 4:20
– Drunken Sailor – 5:12
– Nova Scotia Hands – 3:16

Folk Underground – Buried Things [U.S.]:
– Lord Redfern’s Return – 2:23
– Port of Amsterdam – 3:32
– Galbally Farmer/TID (Things in D) – 3:40
– Our Station – 3:05
– Sweet Violets – 1:37
– Sea Wolf – 1:51

Playlist for August 27, 2008

First Hour:
Crasdant – Not Yet Sunday [Wales]:
– Pultague’s Teapot – 3:40
– The Port Eynon Whim – 5:18
– Not Yet Saturday – 4:42
– The Crown Jigs – 3:08

Chulrua – Down the Back Lane [Ireland]:
– I'm The Boy For Bewitching Them/The Man Who'll Never Be Able/The Night Poor Larry Got Stretched – 3:39
– Lough Melvin's Shore/Tom Bawn's Reel – 5:35
– An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas/Down The Back Lane/At Home In The Kitchen – 3:20
– Lament For Captain Henry O'Kane / The Drover – 4:01

Breabach – The Big Spree [Scotland]:
– Kilbowie Cottage – 4:35
– The Rolling Hills – 4:22
– George White’s Favourite – 3:33
– Lochaber No More – 4:21

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – Aine Minogue Interview

Cantrip – Silver [Scotland]:
– Whiskey Garlic Fried Rice – 4:04
– Felix the Wrestler – 3:10
– Strathspeys & Reels – 5:49
– All the Seasons in a Day – 4:05

Enoch Kent – One More Round [Canada]:
– Jamie Raeburn – 3:16
– Itches in Me Britches – 2:37
– Bonnie Wee Country Lass – 3:00
– Supper Is Na Ready – 0:35
– The Banks of Newfoundland – 4:35
– The Crematorium – 2:44

Third Hour:
Various Artists – Absolutely Irish [Ireland]:
– The King’s Shilling – 3:56
– Before The Storm/The Black Rogue/The Lass Of Ballintra/The (Other) High Reel – 3:28
– Lark In The Morning/Cannabhan Ban/Humours Of Ballyloughlin – 4:02
– Fair London – 4:47

Craicmore – Too Bad For Heaven … Too Good For Hell [U.S.]:
– Sí Do Mhameó í – 4:17
– Cape Clear Set – 9:31
– Puirt-a-beul – 2:00
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:33

Gael Force – Celtic Storm [U.S.]:
– Star of the County Down – 3:52
– Streets of London – 5:13
– In the Dead of Winter – 1:37
– Johnny Jump Up – 4:44
– Ethan, Dylan & Jess – 1:32

Playlist for August 20, 2008

First Hour:
Aidan O'Rourke – Sirius [Scotland]:
– Bah Humburg – 6:35
– The Santa Cruz Redwoods – 6:36
– People’s Park, Pt. 2 – 2:26

Dolores Keane & John Faulkner – Sail Óg Rua [Ireland]:
– The Wee Weaver – 2:35
– Poirt: Eddie Kelly's Set – 3:28
– Moll Dubh an Ghleanna – 5:17
– Rileanna: Galtee Ranger/Denis Murphy's/The Doon Reel – 2:51
– Galway Bay – 3:33

Jesse Autumn – The Black Rose [U.S.]:
– Donegal Lass – 3:17
– Blackberry Blossom – 3:05
– Carolan’s Cap – 5:41
– Country Down – 4:59

Second Hour:
Robin Williamson – Five Humourous Tales of Scotland and Ireland [Scotland]:
– The Piper’s Revenge – 3:59
– The Rights of Man – 1:04
– Wee Jack – 6:14
– The Downfall of Paris – 2:20
– The Man Who Never Dreamed at All – 5:51
– Eleanor Plunkett – 0:45

Shira Kammen – Music of the Waters [U.S.]:
– Downstream – 6:36
– Coconino – 2:15
– Boathag – 3:22
– Grey Funnel Line – 2:42

Various Artists – Untamed: Next Generation Celtic:
– Kila – Gwerzy – 4:44
– Peatbog Faeries – Alexander MacAskill of Berneray Harris – 5:36
– Shooglenifty – Bjork’s Chauffeur – 4:43
– Lunasa – Bealtainne – 3:58

Third Hour:
The Paperboys – The Road to Ellenside [Canada]:
– La Primavera – 4:01
– California – 3:56
– Fragile – 5:14
– Sheep’s Ass – 4:26

Slide – Overneath [Ireland]:
– Spry Slides – 4:39
– Overneath the Moon – 4:03
– King of the Mill – 5:03
– Old Man Lynch – 3:31

Gaelic Storm – What’s the Rumpus? [U.S.]:
– Darcy’s Donkey – 3:06
– Mechanical Bull – 4:25
– Human to a God – 3:55
– The Samurai Set – 3:50
– The Night I Punched Russel Crowe – 3:16

Playlist for August 13, 2008

First Hour:
Capercaillie – Choice Language [Scotland]:
– The Sound of Sleat – 4:29
– When You See a Pretty Girl – 4:57
– Sort of Slides – 5:14

Altan – Runaway Sunday [Ireland]:
– A Moment in Time – 3:17
– Ciaran’s Capers – 3:29
– Cití Ní Eadhra – 3:06
– Flood In The Holms/Scots Mary/The Dancer's Denial – 3:52
– Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair – 3:28

Various Artists – Celtic Colors of the World - Music From the Four Corners:
– Susan McKeown – Bushes & Briars – 3:58
– Loch Ness – Puirt A Baroque – 3:04
– Dervish – Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi (For Ireland I Won't Tell Her Name) – 6:41
– O’Sullivan/Harrington/DeGrae – O'Sullivan's/Callaghan's – 2:21

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic: Bits from Scottish Life Magazine

Frifot – Sluring [Sweden]:
– Mikkel Per/Kus Erik – 4:54
– Dubbelpipan – 3:53
– Blomstertid – 2:10
– Simlångsvalsen – 3:32
– Aftonkoral – 2:29

Russian Celtic Orchestra – Reelroad [Russia]:
– La Sanconette – 3:51
– Cup of Tea – 4:28
– Krakovyak – 4:20
– So Baltiyskogo So Vzmoriya – 4:09

Third Hour:
The Mollys – This is My Round [U.S.]:
– On We Go/Drink to Me – 5:25
– Three Drunken Maidens – 1:56
– Old Woman’s Lament – 5:02
– The Haggis – 2:57

Oysterband – Pearls from the Oysters [U.K.]:
– New York Girls – 3:04
– Too Late Now – 4:22
– Star of the County Down – 4:11
– The Curragh of Kildare – 3:31

The Pogues – The Ultimate Collection [Ireland]:
– Sally MacLennane – 2:44
– Dirty Old Town – 3:45
– Repeal of the Licensing Laws – 2:10
– The Sunnyside of the Street – 2:43
– Thousands are Sailing – 5:27

Playlist for August 6, 2008

First Hour:
Billy McComiskey – Outside the Box [U.S.]:
– Keogh's/Maggie Lynn's – 3:59
– The Diamond/Sleepless Nights – 4:44
– The Way To Shercock/Nell Davy's – 3:08
– The Grey Fox – 2:58
– Frances Keegan/The Ring Finger/The Maid I Ne'er Forgot – 3:24

Danú – When All is Said and Done [Ireland]:
– The Highest Hill – 4:21
– Ó Dheara, 'Sheanduine – 3:24
– Only Nineteen Years Old – 3:08
– Gerry’s Set – 5:12

Various Artists – Songs from the Heart: a Collection of Irish Ballads:
– Niamh Parsons – I Know My Faith (Is Worth Much More Than Me) – 3:53
– Trian – The Death of Queen Jane – 5:13
– Mick Moloney – John of Dreams – 3:21
– Cherish the Ladies – My Own Native Land – 4:00

Second Hour:
Garcia – Woven Ways [Czechoslovakia]:
– Nil Na La – 3:07
– Lung Ching – 2:54
– The Curragh of Kildare – 4:01
– Via/Happy Man Burrito – 3:11
– May Morning Dew/The Snows They Melt the Soonest – 4:01

Donnie Munro – An Turas: Live at Celtic Connections [Scotland]:
– Chi Min Tir – 5:19
– Heart of America – 6:07
– An Eala Bhan – 4:25
– Mo Chruinneag Bhoidheach – 0:58

Whisky Trail – San Frediano: An Irishman in Florence [Italy]:
– Up and Down – 5:36
– Banshee Steps – 3:23
– Copperplate – 4:30
– Witch’s Courses – 4:06

Third Hour:

Spotlight on Borealis Records

Jean and Christina – August Gale [Canada]:
– Breakwater Boys Breakdown/Clyde Wells' Dream/The Meech Lake Breakdown – 4:02
– Frank Stamp's Tune – Tom Lake's Favourite – 2:28
– The Privateer – 3:52
– Jim Rumbolt's Tune/Father's Jig/Esau Payne's Tune – 2:59
– Le Bon Vin – 3:27

Tanglefoot – Dance Like Flames [Canada]:
– The Whisky Trick – 2:51
– Paddle Like Hell – 5:09
– When Dad & Uncle Archie Lost the Farm – 4:42
– Maggie – 4:32

Beyond the Pale – Routes [Canada]:
– Eavesdropping – 3:40
– Icebreaker – 1:47
– ChasenJah – 3:52
– Sirbish – 1:21
– Gyration – 4:59

Playlist for July 30, 2008

First Hour:
June Tabor and Martin Simpson – A Cut Above [U.K.]:
– Admiral Benbow – 2:49
– Flash Company – 2:50
– Strange Affair – 5:54
– Heather Down on the Moor – 2:50
– Riding Down to Portsmouth – 1:10

Sharon Shannon – Tunes [Ireland]:
– The Cat’s Miaow – 3:56
– The Road to Corrandulla – 4:33
– Calum's Road – 3:31
– Mickey Joe Mike – 2:49
– The Bass Rock – 3:36

Therese Schroeder–Sheker – Queens Minstral [U.S.]:
– Gaude Virgo – 1:18
– Two Villancicos – 1:12
– Je muir, je muir – 1:17
– Domino – 2:06
– Jesu dulcis memoria – 5:07

Méav – Méav (self-titled) [Ireland]:
– Si do Mmaimeo – 2:17
– One I Love – 2:54

Second Hour:
Arabesque – Glen Road to Cordoba [U.S.]:
– Glen Road to Cordoba – 4:31
– The Gneeveguilla Set – 3:31
– Malinesque – 2:37
– Sailing to Nantucket – 2:20
– Shifting Sands – 3:52

Various Artists – Best of Both Worlds:
– Baka Beyond – Spirit of the Forest – 5:35
– Marta Sebstyen – Tavasz, Tavasz – 4:45
– Malicorne – La Mule – 3:48
– Toumani Diabate – Jarabi – 5:08
– Mouth Music – Crathadh 't 'Aodaich & Zbadba – 5:59
– Jerry O’Sullivan – Colonel Fraser – 3:59
– Dzintars – Blow Wind Blow – 3:08

Third Hour:
Spirit of the West – Save this House [Canada]:
– Old Sod – 3:23
– Doin’ Quite Alright – 2:43

Spirit of the West – Tripping Up the Stairs [Canada]:
– An Honest Gamble/Tripping up the Stairs – 4:34
– Homelands/The Kesh/The Blackhorn Stick – 4:01
– When Rivers Rise – 3:37

Horslips – Greatest Hits [Ireland]:
– High Reel – 2:43
– Trouble (With a Capital “T”) – 3:27
– King of the Fairies – 3:31
– An Bratach Ban – 2:06
– Silver Spear – 2:02

The Peelers – Liquordale [Canada]:
– Sweet Mary of the Bogs – 1:27
– The Glen Will Rise Again – 2:33
– Sons of Molly/Catharsis – 4:50

Siobhan – Welfare State [Canada]:
– Jakey’s Gone to Germany – 3:17
– Red Deer of Jura – 2:56
– Box of Wine – 2:17

Playlist for July 23, 2008

First Hour:
The Poozies – Infinite Blue [Scotland]:
– Hogties Reel – 6:30
– The Shepard's Wife/Allen Carr – 4:36
– The Mill House/Rabbit Stew/Freddie's Reel – 4:54

Steve Ashley – Time and Tide [U.K.]:
– The Birds of the Country – 1:44
– Friends of the Rivers – 2:19
– Down the Line – 6:04
– Pub Carpets – 1:42
– Best Wishes – 2:41

Loreena McKennitt – Live in San Francisco [Canada]:
– Santiago – 5:24
– She Moved Through the Fair – 5:33
– The Bonny Swans – 6:25

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – Irish Astrology


Peregrino Gris – Peregrino Gris [Costa Rica]:
– El Rocio Sobre la Hierbra – 5:28
– Ronda de los Elfos – 4:56
– El Dragon que Emergio de las Tinieblas – 5:55

Michael Black – Michael Black (self–titled) [U.K.]:
– My Father Loves Nikita Kruschev – 3:18
– Billy O’Shea – 3:26
– The Deserter – 4:09
– Earl’s Lane/Old Hag You Have Killed Me/Sparks – 3:20
– When the Boys are on Parade – 4:48

Third Hour:
Christy Moore – One Voice, A Life in Song: BBC Radio 1 Show 2000

Various Artists – Celtic Compass:
– Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry – Rolling Waves – 3:20
– Kate Rusby – I Wish – 4:06

Playlist for July 16, 2008

First Hour:
Tim O’Brien – Two Journeys [U.S.]:
– Mitch Ryan’s Lament – 3:19
– The Apple Press/The Apple Cart – 3:34
– Demon Lover – 5:20
– Norwegian Wood – 4:05

Boys from County Nashville – Celtic Tribute to Led Zeppelin: Long Ago and Far Away:
– Black Mountain Side – 3:51
– The Battle of Evermore – 3:59
– Bron-Y-Aur Stomp – 4:14
– Going to California – 3:45

Kíla & Oki – Kíla & Oki [Ireland/Okinawa]:
– Ni Liom Fein – 5:47
– Haon Do – 4:22
– Last Mile Home – 5:30

Second Hour:
The Duhks – Migrations [Canada]:
– The Fox and the Bee – 3:26
– Who Will Take My Place – 3:39
– Domino Party! – 4:07
– Out of the Rain – 3:21

Various Artists – Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys:
– Richard Thompson – Mingulay Boat Song – 4:13
– John C. Reilly – My Son John – 1:38
– Loudon Wainwright III – Turkish Revelry – 4:21
– Bill Frisell – Spanish Ladies – 2:22
– Sting – Blood Red Roses – 2:44
– Teddy Thompson – Sally Brown – 2:55
– Rufus Wainwright & Katie McGarrigle – Lowlands Away – 3:25
– Eliza Carthy – Rolling Sea – 4:49
– Bono – Dying Sailor to His Shipmates – 4:44
– Lucinda Williams – Bonnie Portmore – 3:36

Third Hour:
Moving Hearts – Live in Dublin [Ireland]:
– The Lark – 13:22
– Category – 3:11

Mouth Music – The Order of Things [Scotland/U.K]:
– Maisie's an Earth Girl – 5:48
– Quiet Lands of Erin – 5:10
– Sea of Love – 4:47

The Love Hall Tryst – Songs of Misfortune [U.K.]:
– Joan of Arc (The Ballad of La Pucelle) – 3:46
– Female Rambling Sailor – 3:54
– Shallow Brown – 3:48
– Do Not Fear the Dark – 4:22

Playlist for July 9, 2008

First Hour:
Various Artists – New Celtic Dimensions:
– Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister – The Gathering Storms Medley – 3:55
– The Hudson Swan Band – My Collier Laddie – 3:46
– Rory Campbell – Breton Set Medley – 4:20
– Anna Murray – A Ghaoil Saoil Am Faigh Mi Thu/Hacking Windows
– Tabache – Jug Of Brown Ale Medley – 4:11
– The Iron Horse – Glasgow Peggy – 2:29
– JCB with Jerry Holland – Boo Babys Lullaby – 2:35
– Old Blind Dogs – The Barnyards Of Delgaty – 4:07
– Whirligig – The Harper Medley – 3:53
– Oige – The North Sea Chinaman Medley – 3:16
– Tannas – Nach Fhreagair Thu Cairistonia – 3:56
– Canterach – Blackthorn Stick Medley – 4:24
– Craobh Rua – Wearing The Britches – 3:52

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic - Interview with Pat McCullough, of Celtic Connection


Planxty – The Woman I Loved So Well [Ireland]:
– True Love Knows No Season – 5:31
– Johnny of Brady’s Lea – 6:34

Steeleye Span – Time [U.K.]:
– Harvest of the Moon – 4:12
– The Cutty Wren – 2:49
– Go From My Window – 5:17
– The Song Will Remain – 4:14

Third Hour:
Marc Gunn – Whiskers in the Jar [U.S.]:
– Molly Malone, The Cat’s Perspective – 3:53
– Kitty at the Door – 3:57
– To Catch a Cat – 2:33
– The Old Woman and Her Cat – 2:11
– Kitty's Rambles/Dowd's 9 Lives/Jenny's Chickens – 4:11

Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Dublin to Dakar:
– Alan Stivell & Youssou N'Dour – A United Earth – 5:33
– Brigid Boden – One Glimpse of You – 3:51
– Baka Beyond – Soiridh Leis – 6:14
– Oysterband – Street of Dreams – 3:13

Robin & Barry Dransfield – Up to Now [U.K.]:
– The Rout of the Blues – 2:38
– The Morpeth Rant/Nancy – 2:05
– Bold Nelson’s Favorite/Bold Nelson’s Praise/The Princess Royal – 4:01
– The Werewolf – 3:51

Playlist for July 2, 2008

First Hour:
Various Artists – New Folk Roots & Traditional Music From Northern Ireland [Ireland]:
– Henry McCullough – Belfast to Boston – 7:00
– Harry Bradley – Reels: George White's/The Hut In The Bog
– Anthony Toner – Eventually – 2:59
– West Ocan String Quartet – Queen of the Scals – 2:35

Ariella Uliano – So We’ll Go No More A–Roving [Italy]:
– The Oak and the Ash – 3:45
– My Jolly Plough Fellows – 4:09
– So We’ll Go No More A–Roving – 1:59
– Skye Boat Song – 5:13

Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose – Kelpie [Norway/U.K.]:
– Kraka – 3:06
– Kelpie – 2:49
– Haelling Fra Elverum – 5:06
– The Battle of Waterloo – 5:35

Second Hour:
Kornog – On Seven Winds [Brittany]:
– The Shuttle Rins – 3:15
– Dans Plinn – 4:43
– Gavotten – 2:52
– Varbishka Ratchenitza – 4:44

Le Vent du Nord – Dans les airs [Canada]:
– Rosette – 3:48
– La Veillée Chez Poirier – 2:59
– Petit Reve III – 2:43
– Du Labrador A Montmagny – 3:50
– La Fille Et Les Dragons – 5:06

Mark Saul – Mixolydian [Australia]:
– Prelude and Theme in E Minor – 1:22
– The Gateless Gate – 4:09
– Journey to the Centre of the Celts – 5:02
– E Minor End Theme – 5:28

Third Hour:
David Munnelly – Swing [Ireland]:
– An Carraigin – 4:09
– Singing Land – 4:24
– Between the Tides – 4:15
– The Taproom Set – 4:30

Todd Menton – Punts [U.S.]:
– The Bonny Ship the Diamond – 2:15
– The Blacksmith – 3:33
– Martinmas Time – 3:44
– South Australia – 2:34
– Two Slip Jigs, Two Set Dances, Breton Dance – 5:24

Gaelic Storm – Gaelic Storm [U.S.]:
– Hills of Connemara – 3:11
– Tell Me Ma – 2:43
– Sammy’s Fancy – 4:29
– McCloud’s Reel/Whup Jamboree – 3:05
– The Road to Liskeard – 3:08

Playlist for June 25, 2008

First Hour:
Angus Lyon & Ruardih Campbell – Simple Tricks [Scotland]:
– Boo’s – 3:39
– Spirits – 4:05
– Mirrlees Lane – 4:51
– Grehan’s Farewell – 3:24
– Hen’s March – 1:32

Susan McKeown – Lowlands:
– The Hare’s Lament – 3:08
– Goodbye and Farewell – 2:02
– Young Nancy Oberlin – 2:17
– Lord Baker – 8:48

Various Artists – Celtic Soul:
– Old Blind Dogs – The Bonnie Earl O’Moray – 4:00
– Angus Lyon – Hardington Mains – 3:37
– Canterach – The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein – 4:09
– Old Blind Dogs – Trip to Pakistan/Glen Kabul/The Fourth Floor – 5:08

Second Hour:

Ellie Blair’s Celtic Craic – Interview with Judith Joyner (formerly of Green Linnet Records)

Banshee in the Kitchen – Live at the Painted Sky [U.S.]:
– The M&M Set – 4:48
– Caliche Sparrow – 6:19
– North Sea Banshee – 5:42

Knot Fibb’n – Live at Byrne’s Pub [U.S.]:
– The Butterfly/The Galway Hooker – 4:29
– Morrison's/Calliope House Jig – 3:01
– Arthur McBride/Kathleen Marie – 4:45
– Scotch Sally/Spatter The Dew/Drowsy Maggie – 5:05

Third Hour:
Various Artists – Celtic Music Live from Mountain Stage:
– Tannahill Weavers – The Trooper & the Maid – 3:30
– Battlefield Band – The Devil Whiskey – 4:33
– Four Men and a Dog – Struggle On – 3:56
– Andy Irvine – Never Tire of the Road – 3:38
– Black 47 – Different Drummer – 4:06
– Dougie MacLean – Eternity – 4:10
– Oysterband – Here's to You – 3:12

Various Artists – Bringing It All Back Home:
– April the 3rd – Donal Lunny & Friends – 4:34
– Paul Brady – Nothing But the Same Old Story – 5:13
– The Everly Brothers – Rose Connolly – 3:16
– Sharon Shannon – Kevin Griffins – 3:29
– De Dannan – Humours of Galway – 3:32
– Richard Thompson – Dimming of the Day – 3:40
– Voice Squad – The Parting Glass – 3:15

Playlist for June 18, 2008

First Hour:
Sharon Shannon – Diamond Mtn. Sessions [Ireland]:
– A Costa de Galicia – 3:24
– The Galway Girl – Steve Earle – 3:01
– A Man of Constant Sorrow – Jackson Browne – 3:35
– On the Banks of the Old Ponchertrain – Hothouse Flowers – 4:26
– The Pernod Waltz – 2:03

Eliza Carthy – Dreams of Breathing Underwater [U.K.]:
– Rosalie – 3:45
– Mr. Magnifico – 6:06
– Little Bigman – 5:01
– Rows of Angels – 3:13

Mediaeval Baebes – Worldes Blysse [U.K.]:
– Kinderly – 1:57
– All Turns to Yesterday – 2:12
– Love Me Broughte – 3:04
– Beatrice – 4:22
– Ecci Mundi Gaudium – 1:56
– Erthe Upon Erthe – 2:50

Second Hour:
Hank Dogs – Half Smile [U.K.]:
– Same New – 4:37
– Let Alone Me – 4:05
– Whole Way – 3:45
– Little Door – 3:03

Various Artists – Nordic Roots 3:
– Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz – Ahma – 4:05
– Aly Bain & Ale Moller – The Full Rigged Ship / The New Rigged Ship – 3:07
– Karen Tweed & Timo Alakotila – Riverside Aby – 5:21
– Hoven Droven – Malort – 3:34

Various Artists – Transatlantic Sessions (Volume Two):
– Paul Brady – Arthur McBride & The Sargeant – 6:25
– Aly Bain – Bonaparte’s Retreat – 3:49
– Eddi Reader – Footsteps Fall – 3:45
– Iain MacDonald – Puirt a Beul – 3:14

Third Hour:
Tom Russell – The Man from God Knows Where [U.S.]:
– The Man from God Knows – 2:47
– Wayfarin’ Stranger – 1:10
– Patrick Russell – 4:20
– Mary Clare Malloy – 3:30
– Ambrose Larsen – 4:50
– Old Northern Shore – 4:05
– Anna Olsen’s Letter Home – 2:58
– Eg Er Framand – 1:21
– When Irish Girls Grow Up – 3:12
– Wayfarin’ Stranger – 1:05

Ian F. Benzie – I’se the B’y [Scotland]:
– The Martinmas Time – 4:46
– I’se the B’y – 2:26
– Gi'e Me a Lass Wi' a Lump o' Land – 2:39
– Cam Ye O’er Frae France – 3:25
– Canadee–I–O – 3:51
– Bogie’s Bonnie Belle – 5:31

Playlist for June 11, 2008

First Hour:
Lunasa (Lúnasa) – Sé [Ireland]:
– The Cullybacky Hop – 4:52
– Absent Friends/Ivory Lady – 5:27
– The Dingle Berries – 4:53
– Road to Barga – 3:01

Caroline Lavelle – A Distant Bell [U.K.]:
– Banks of the Nile – 6:10
– No More Words – 2:28
– The Trees They Do Grow High – 3:10
– Farewell to Music – 3:12

Deaf Shepherd – Even in the Rain [Scotland]:
– Millennium Village – 4:57
– The Bonnie Lass o Wellwid Ha' – 3:13
– Mince:The World's End/There's Time to Wait/Mince in a Basket – 5:39
– Póilin Ní Lionsaigh – 3:32

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – Irish Astrology

Rachel Hair – Hubcaps and Potholes [Scotland]:
– Hubcaps And Potholes/Noon Lasses Jig/Noon Lasses Reel – 4:20
– Marie's Tune/Art O'Keefe's – 3:39
– Starry–Eyed Lads/The Alamo/The Rolling Waves – 4:34
– Chandni Cowk – 3:26

Matt and Shannon Heaton – Blues Skies Above [U.S.]
– The Black Bird – 4:16
– Giant of the Road – 3:24
– The Shady Spot – 3:56
– Death and the Lady – 4:20

Third Hour:
Fairport Convention – Old, New, Borrowed, Blue [U.K.]:
– Mr. Sands Is in the Building – 2:09
– Crazy Man Michael – 5:11
– Widow of Westmoreland’s Daughter – 4:08
– The Deserter – 5:45

Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Celtic Tides:
– Old Blind Dogs – The Birkin Tree – 2:45
– Ashley MacIsaac & Mary Jane Lamond – Sleepy Maggie – 5:35
– Dougie MacLean – Caledonia – 4:57

Great Big Sea – Rant and Roar [Canada]:
– The Night Pat Murphy Died – 3:02
– Dancing With Mrs. White – 2:07
– Lukey – 3:10
– The Old Black Rum – 2:29
– Rant and Roar – 2:40
– Mari–Mac – 2:31
– The End of the World – 2:41

Playlist for June 4, 2008

First Hour:
Connie Dover – If Ever I Return [U.S.]:
– Fear an Bhata (The Boatman) – 3:13
– The Holland Handkerchief – 7:55

Sean Doyle – The Light and the Half–Light [Ireland]:
– Let Mr. Maguire Sit Down – 2:37
– The Flower of the County Down – 3:00
– He Thinks of His Past Greatness When A Part of the Constellations of Heaven – 0:49

Marc Gunn – Soul of a Harper [U.S.]:
– The Lady of Setliff Manor – 2:23
– The Barrel Song – 2:28
– My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose – 2:06

Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie – No Regrets [U.S.]:
– Loser – 3:32
– Caravelino Colorado – 5:34
– Dimming of the Day – 3:17
– The Shores of Old Blighty – 5:48

Second Hour:
Stanley Greenthal – All Roads [U.S.]:
– Legnala Rodne – 4:37
– Arbororetum Kopanica – 3:37
– The Bookbinder – 5:19
– Waling Watmough – 4:07

Randal Bays – Salmon’s Leap [U.S.]:
– The Golden Gardens/Salmons Leap – 3:12
– The Ragged Hank of Yarn/Rolling The Barrel/In the Tap Room/The Ten Pound Float – 4:17
– The First Hard Rain/Ryan’s Rant – 3:50
– The Shores Of Lough Graney/Ormond Sound – 3:06
– Maurice O’Connor/Carolan’s Welcome – 3:46

Andy Irvine – Way Out Yonder [Ireland]:
– They’ll Never Believe It’s True/Froggy’s Jig – 5:05
– Way Out Yonder – 3:48
– When the Boys Are on Parade – 4:43
– On a Distant Shore – 4:47

Third Hour:
Horslips – Roll Back [Ireland]:
– The Man Who Built America – 3:46
– Huish the Cat – 2:32
– Mad Pat – 4:09
– Cuchulainn’s Lament – 3:51
– Ace and Deuce – 2:04
– Long Weekend – 4:08

The Waterboys – Kiss the Wind [Scotland]:
– Follow the Fellow Who Fiddles – 1:52
– John Coogan Is Going – 2:39
– Martin Decent – 2:06
– The Stolen Child – 6:42
– This Old Boat – 2:56

The Prodigals – Needs Must When the Devil Drives [U.S.]:
– Tipping It Up to Nancy – 2:25
– The Drunken Warbler – 3:45
– The Night Visit – 3:42
– The Belturbet Churchyard – 3:04

Marc Gunn – Soul of a Harper – The Parting Glass – 3:26

Playlist for May 28, 2008

First Hour:
Dolores Keane – The Best of Dolores Keane [Ireland]:
– Galway Bay – 3:40
– Let It Be – 2:47
– Far Away in Australia – 2:47
– A Place in Your Heart – 4:30

Liadan (Líadan) – Traditional Irish Music and Song [Ireland]:
– Dan O'Connell's Favourite/ The Race Classic/ The Gullane (Polkas) – 3:31
– P Stands for Paddy – 2:54
– Broom of the Cowdenknowes – 5:08
– An Spailpin Fanach – 3:17
– The Road to Glountane/ The Glountane Highland – 2:20

Allan Yn Y Fan – Belonging [Wales]:
– Girl on a Rock – 3:47
– Gyrru'r Ymlaen/Rural Assets – 3:02
– Galloping Hiberniaism – 3:09
– Spoot O’Skerry/Willafjord – 4:00
– Road to Lisdoonvarna – 3:29

Second Hour:

Ellie’s Celtic Craic – The Blarney Stone

Mick McAuley – An Ocean’s Breadth [Ireland]:
– Road to Maclatchey/The Grian Ri Reel – 3:43
– Rain and Snow – 3:45
– Colito Fortusa – 2:58
– The Humours of Trailbane/The Houseboat Jig – 2:57
– Bury Me Not – 5:01

Various Artists – Intuition:
– Bonnie Light Horseman (Kate Rusby) – 5:22
– Leather Britches/Miller’s Reel (Kathleen Deighton) – 1:36
– Road to Eden (Julie Matthews) – 4:09
– Bonnie Kate/Jenny's Chicken (Kathleen Deighton) – 2:17
– Polly Parker (Kathryn Roberts) – 2:29

Third Hour:
Kate Rusby – Awkward Annie [U.K.]:
– Awkward Annie – 3:11
– High on a Hill – 4:33
– The Village Green Preservation Society – 3:21
– Blooming Heather – 4:51

Various Artists – Rubber Folk:
– Norwegian Wood (Waterson/Carthy) – 3:11
– You Won’t See Me (Paul Brady) – 4:01
– Michelle (Ralph McTell) – 3:14
– What Goes On? (Boo Hewerdine & Eddi Reader) – 3:42
– I’m Looking Through You (Martin Simpson) – 2:09
– In My LIfe (June Tabor) – 2:16
– Wait (Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman) – 3:05
– If I Needed Someone (Show of Hands) – 3:41

David Gray – A Thousand Miles Behind [U.K.]:
– Long Black Veil – 3:50
– One Too Many Mornings – 2:38
– I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – 2:30
– Buckets of Rain – 3:21

Playlist for May 21, 2008

First Hour:
Hoover the Dog – New Tricks [Wales]:
– Freewheeling – 3:27
– The Dark End of the Street – 5:20
– Broad Street – 7:05

Pol Mac Adaim – Forsaken Land [Ireland]:
– Trip to Jerusalem – 3:20
– The Foggy Dew – 7:20
– Mise Eire – 1:59
– An t–Idirnaisunta – 2:57
– Connolly Was There – 2:13

Celtic Chakra – Moving Stones [Germany]:
– Fandango – 3:58
– Brenda’s – 4:21
– Rory Gallagher’s – 3:52
– Mouth of Tobique – 4:52

Second Hour:
Café Musique – The Dancer [U.S.]:
– The Dancer – 3:34
– La Vie En Rose – 3:20
– Sylvi – 2:32
– Hernando’s Hideaway – 4:01
– Crested Hens – 5:00

Ballycotton – A La Cut [Austria]:
– Lucky Lonely Lover – 4:33
– Sunday – 4:47
– Hillibilikiller – 4:23
– Another Day – 4:24

The Irish Brigade – Live at the Half Time Rec [U.S.]:
– Reels: Eddie MoLony's/The New Policeman/London Lasses – 4:01
– The Night Visit – 3:11
– Jig Selection – 4:32
– Peggy Sue – 2:18
– The Big Mistake – 4:45

Third Hour:
Various Artists – Transatlantic Sessions 2 (Volume One):
– Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell (Jerry Douglas) – 5:43
– Hummingbird (Eddi Reader) – 3:36
– Bachelor’s Walk (Breda Smyth) – 4:05
– 40 Shades of Green (Roseanne Cash) – 4:22

Sin É – Deep Water Dropoff [Ireland]:
– Rhubarb – 4:21
– Serial Transperencies – 7:12
– Don’t Mieuve/Different Old Rubbish – 4:26

Christy Moore – Smoke & Strong Whiskey [Ireland]:
– Aisling – 3:21
– Whacker Humphries – 3:34
– Green Island – 5:29
– Encore – 3:44

Playlist for May 14, 2008

First Hour:
Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain – Best of Aly and Phil [Scotland]:
– Michael Coleman's Jig/Gingerhog's No. 2/Give Me A Drink Of Water/Jiggy Jig – 4:14
– Waiting for the Federals – 3:24
– Colours of Cape Breton – 4:45
– Charlie Hunter's Jig/The Mouse In The Cupboard/The Rosewood – 2:57

Lau – Live [Scotland]:
– Sea – 6:19
– Butcher Boy – 4:23
– Gallowhill – 7:11

Michael McGoldrick – Fused [Ireland]:
– Watermans – 4:24
– Fisher Street – 4:23
– Donal Og – 6:28

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic - Cornwall: A Celtic Nation

Kornog – On Seven Winds [Brittany]:
– Gavotten Ar Menez – 3:50
– Sir Aldingar – 4:56
– Helen of Kirkconnel – 4:19
– Trip to Flagstaff – 3:42

Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose – Kelpie [Norway/U.K.]:
– Bedlam Boys – 4:17
– Paddy Goes to Tunisia – 3:19
– Nelaugvatn Reels – 2:29
– Polska Efter Lars Orre – 3:44

Third Hour:
Todd Menton – Punts [U.S.]:
– The Galway Races – 2:34
– 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – 4:34
– Three Polkas – 2:34
– Down By the Sally Gardens – 3:56
– Johnny You’re a Rovin’ Blade – 4:13

The Paperboys – Molinos [Canada]:
– While You Were Sleeping/The Breathing Method/The Jaunt – 5:37
– Swallow’s Tail Jig/Cabin Ceilidh Swallow’s Tail Reel – 3:33
– Oh Maria – 3:40
– Ray’s Ukrainian Wine Cellar Polka/Nell’s Afterthought – 2:06
– I've Just Seen a Face – 3:26

Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Celtic Crossroads:
– Cara Dillon – She’s Like the Swallow – 3:16
– Peatbog Faeries – Captain Coull’s Parrot – 4:43
– Ashley MacIsaac – To America We Go – 3:39
– Emer Kenny – Parting Glass – 4:19

Playlist for May 7, 2008

First Hour:
Niall Vallely/Paul Meehan/Caoimhin Vallely – Buílle [Ireland]:
– The Wrong House/The Baltimore Fox – 4:49
– Singing Stream Air– 5:31
– Mullacreevie/Dunmore Lasses – 5:10

Karan Casey – Distant Shore [Ireland]:
– Another Day – 4:05
– The Ballad of Tim Evans – 3:09
– Just a Note – 3:33
– Lord McDonald's – 3:16
– The Jute Mill Song – 3:04

Niall & Cillian Valley – Callan Bridge [Ireland]:
– Rio – 4:33
– Muireann’s Jig – 3:38
– Malfunction Junction – 4:31
– Once in a Blue Moose – 4:05

Second Hour:
Gan Bua – Live at Martyrs’ [U.S.]
– Up In the Garret/Seáinín Dá Bhfaigheadh/Perrywig Jockey – 3:45
– Drumnagarry/Dúlaman Na Binne Bui/Thady Casey’s – 3:20
– Hares Dream – 3:42
– Maire Mhor/Dinny Delanys – 3:26
– Sadhbh Ní Bhruinnella – 3:15

Patrick Street – Live from [Ireland]:
– McKenna’s Jigs – 3:33
– My Son In Amerikay – 3:21
– Stewball and the Monaghan Grey Mare – 4:10
– Music for a Found Harmonium – 4:09

Dick Gaughan – Gaughan Live! [Scotland]:
– What You Do With What You’ve Got – 4:11
– The Accrington McBrides/Mulvihill's Hornpipe/The Wexford Assembly – 4:56
– Thomas Muir of Huntershill – 3:56
– Geronimo’s Cadillac – 4:17

Third Hour:
The Fenians – Have Fun or Get Out! [U.S.]:
– Raggle Taggle Gypsy – 2:55
– Come Out Ye Black and Tans – 3:19
– You Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time – 4:36

Richard Thompson – Action Packed: Best of the Capitol Years [U.K.]:
– Turning of the Tide – 2:57
– Cold Kisses – 4:26
– Walking the Long Miles Home – 4:12

Le Gop! – The Bouree [France]:
– Jour de Feu – 4:34
– Ouaf Ouaf – 3:13

Salsa Celtica – The Great Scottish Latin Adventure [Scotland]:
– Rumba Escocia/Cro Chinn T–Saile – 2:49
– Yo Mi Voy/Maggie's Pancakes – 3:29

Various Artists – Shite ‘n’ Onions, Vol. 2:
– Blaggards – Drunken Sailor – 2:40
– The Peelers – Plastic Paddy – 3:25
– Jugopunch – Blackheart – 3:32
– The Town Pants – The Weight of Words – 3:54

Playlist for April 30, 2008

First Hour:
Banshee in the Kitchen – Even Hotter Water [U.S.]:
– Shoe – 3:58
– Jewish Girl – 3:46
– Comb Sonja – 2:51
– The Right Set – 6:28

Karan Casey – Ships in the Forest [Ireland]:
– Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye – 4:23
– Black is the Colour – 4:59
– Town of Athlone – 2:52
– Erin’s Lovely Home – 5:39
– I Once Loved a Lass – 5:20

+Phone Interview with Karan Casey

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – “The Celtic Druids”


Whisky Trail – White Goddess [Italy]:
– Linda – 4:33
– The Green Jacket – 2:56
– Up and Down – 5:05
– The Hag – 3:10

Celtish – Centrifusion [U.K.]:
– When My Love and I Parted – 8:22
– Lobsters Revenge – 4:35
– Time to Be Moving On – 4:03

Third Hour:
Knot Fibb’n – Turning [U.S.]:
– Cooley’s/Miss McLeod’s – 4:06
– Wave Over Wave/The Eavesdropper – 3:18
– The Merry Blacksmith/Father Kelly's/Uncle's Lucky Charms – 3:55
– Bridget Donaghue/Morning Headache – 3:32
– F#m set: Red's Salty Jig/Cathal McConnell's/Cliffs of Moher – 3:32

MacCrimmon’s Revenge – Ecstasy [Canada]:
– Drone – 1:38
– Harding Lake – 3:43
– Nutune – 5:44
– Pangur Ban – 4:56

The Prodigals – Momentum [U.S.]:
– I Say I Know – 2:49
– Down With a Smile – 2:47
– New Gallipoli – 4:43
– Music in the Abbey – 4:48

Playlist for April 23, 2008

First Hour:
Capercaillie – Roses and Tears [Scotland]:
– The Aphrodisiac – 4:17
– A’ Racan a Bh’ Againne – 4:43
– Rose Cottage Reels – 6:19

Martin Simpson – Prodigal Son [U.K.]:
– Pretty Crowing Chicken – 2:55
– Little Musgrave – 3:23
– La Rivolte – 1:55
– Kit’s Tune/When a Knight Won His Spurs – 5:21

Jamie RT & Andy Hillhouse – Spark [Canada]:
– The New Reel/La Grande Recontre – 3:21
– Fisherman’s Blues – 4:04
– Mrs. Bromley’s – 2:35
– Beeswing – 4:44
– Turn Out the Lights and Kiss Me Goodnight – 2:28

Second Hour:
Shooglenifty – The Arms Dealer’s Daughter [Scotland]:
– Glenuic Hall – 5:00
– The Nordal Rhumba – 5:12
– Tune for Bartley – 6:36

Frifot – Flyt [Sweden]:
– Kappa grå – 2:36
– Gummistöveln – 1:42
– Svedins polska – 2:29
– Sommarvalsen – 4:20
– Enhörningen – 3:21
– Stenbocken – 3:13

Allan Yn Y Fan – Off the Map [Wales]:
– Pibddawns Na Nog – 2:35
– Mon/Penguin Shuffle/Famous Jimmy Murray – 2:19
– Rathawaun/Clare Jig/Declan's Dilemma – 3:14
– Tipsy Butterfly – 1:50
– Gravel Walk/Da New Rigged Ship – 2:49
– Kilcoy's March/Dick Gossip's Reel/Cwmcarn Capers – 3:45

Third Hour:
Henry Marten’s Ghost – High on Spirits! [Ireland]:
– Two Reels – 2:13 (4)
– Three Polkas – 3:23 (6)
– Star of the County Down/Monaghan Jig – 5:06 (8)
– Rights of Man – 2:51 (10)
– The Irish Rover – 4:24 (11)

Bi Beò – Beò an Dúil [North Uist/Scotland]:
– Beo an Duil – 5:18
– Oigridh Sholais – 2:49
– Hougharry Reel – 4:29
– Seoladh – 3:50

Siobhan – McGravy’s Iron Liver [Canada]:
– Roll Me to the Ground – 2:26
– Canon in D – 4:17
– Recruiting Sergeant – 2:48
– The Celbot – 4:19

Mutiny – Co–Op Brewery [Australia]:
– Eighty Punks and an Old P.A. – 2:08
– Abbotsford Co–Operative Brewery – 3:20

Playlist for April 16, 2008

First Hour:
Jamie Smith – Jamie Smith (self-titled) [Scotland]:
– The Toast – 3:12
– The Silver Spear – 3:27
– Bogbeat – 3:23
– Who’s On the List – 3:44
– The Scotia – 3:27

Striding Edge – Striding Edge (self-titled) [U.K.]:
The Carlisle Reel – 4:04
Sally Grey – 5:56
Never Love Thee More – 4:44

Sharon Shannon – Spellbound: The Best of Sharon Shannon [Ireland]:
– Blackbird – 3:59
– Cavan Potholes – 4:10
– The Magic Foot - 3:20
– A Song of the Rosy Cross - 1:39
– Reel Beatrice – 2:37
– Spellbound – 2:41

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – an interview with Donna Brown, coordinator of the 20th Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games


Banshee in the Kitchen – If We Were Us [U.S.]:
– Ships – 5:43
– The Girls – 4:46
– War Hent – 5:45

Céide – Like A Wild Thing [Ireland]:
– The Dunmore Lasses/Mother’s Reel – 3:10
– John the Baptist – 3:40
– Within a Mile of Dublin/Ballinasloe Fair/Mickey Finn's – 4:11
– If I Had a Boat – 6:18

Third Hour:
Lehto & Wright – The Thrashing Machine and Other Stories [U.S.]:
– The Earl of Otherwhere – 2:36
– Down Where the Drunkards Roll – 4:03
– Comiciamento di Gioia – 5:16
– Nancy Spain – 3:36
– The Other Earl of Otherwhere – 1:48

Bad Haggis – Wine Dark Sea [U.S.]:
– Barcos – 4:36
– Rocky Road to Dublin – 5:46
– Prayers – 6:31

Various Artists – New Folk Records Sampler [U.S.]:
– The Irish Brigade – Rocky Road to Dublin – 3:25
– John Wright – Well May the World Go – 3:08
– Darren Crossey – City of Chicago – 3:16
– Colm O’Donnell – Ireland My One True Love – 4:00
– Laura MacKenzie – Dugan’s Dream – 3:40

Playlist for April 9, 2008

First Hour:
Rita Eriksen & Dolores Keane – Tideland [Ireland/Norway]:
– Den Dag Kjem Aldra – 3:36
– Low, Low Lands of Holland – 3:44
– Ung Aslaug – 4:20
– The Great Northern Ocean – 4:36

David Francey – Right of Passage [Canada]:
– Leaving Edmonton – 2:24
– Ballad of Bowser MacRae – 3:09
– Kansas – 2:52
– Ferry to Cortez – 1:26
– Stone Town – 2:36
– Promised Land – 2:47
– All Lights Burning Bright – 2:49

Lasairfhíona Ni Chonaola – An Raicín Álainn (The Beautiful Comb) [Ireland]:
– An Raicín Álainn (The Beautiful Comb) – 2:14
– Bean Pháidín (Páidín's Wife) – 2:19
– Casadh an Tsúgáin (The Twisting of the Rope) – 4:01
– Oileán na Teiscinne (Song of the Teiscinn) – 2:30
– Bímse Féin ag Iascaireacht (I Myself Go Fishing) – 1:24
– Amhrán an Phúca (Song of the Pooka) – 1:47
– De Thaisme (Coincidence) – 3:20

Second Hour:
Robin Williamson – Five Bardic Mysteries [Scotland]
– The Spoils of Annwn – 5:11
– The Woodcutter’s Song – 4:04
– Three Celtic Nature Poems – 7:45

Benjy Wertheimer & Michael Mandrell – Notes from Celtistan [U.S.]:
– Iberian Nocturne – 7:38
– Banish Misfortune – 2:25
– Road Dogs – 5:50

Fluxus & Hoover the Dog – Okavango [Belgium/Wales]:
– Whalebones – 5:55
– Lucky Seren – 5:08
– Only a Boy – 4:13
– ik droom dat ik wakker word – 1:31

Third Hour:
Gan Bua – Gan Bua [U.S.]:
– The Exile of Erin/Reel/A Punch in the Dark – 4:25
– Missing You – 4:47
– Down in the City – 6:20

Celtic Nots – Untied [U.S.]:
– Seinn – 4:23
– Johnny’s Wedding Set – 3:00
– Bum Inna Sling/Cold & Frosty Morning – 3:46
– The Old Days – 7:26

Enter the Haggis – Casualties of Retail [Canada]:
– Musicbox – 4:09
– Congress – 5:14
– Moved Through the Fair – 4:06
– Down with the Ship – 4:44

Playlist for April 2, 2008

First Hour:
Cathie Ryan – Somewhere Along the Road [Ireland/U.S.]:
– Carrick-a-Rede – 4:03
– Somewhere Along the Road – 4:24
– Raking and Roguing: Ó Boro Braindí Braindí/Éirigh a Shinéid – 3:20
– Grace O’Malley – 3:14

Brian Kelly – The Plain of Jars [Ireland]:
– Road To Roscahill/Tub O'Curry – 2:52
– Myra’s Tune – 3:36
– McDermotts/Road To Cashel/Lucky In Love – 3:42
– The Dawn/Richard Dwyer's/Larry Redigan's – 3:49
– The Distraction/The Charleston – 3:34

Andy Irvine – Rain On the Roof [Ireland]:
– My Heart’s in Ireland Tonight – 3:50
– Come with Me Over the Mountain/A Smile in the Dark – 4:32
– Take No Prisoners/Old Brunswick – 2:44
– Never Tire of the Road – 5:06

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – “Celtic Mythological Creatures: The Selkie”

Mason Daring – Secret of Roan Inish Original Soundtrack:
FILM LISTING
Return to Roan Inish 1 – 3:01
Fiona – 1:30
Scampering Away – 0:51
Selke Song – 1:58
Return to Roan Inish 2 – 3:26
Fion's Lullaby – 0:48
Fiona Meets Tadgh – 0:52
Fiona In the Fog – 1:53
Closing Credits – 3:34

Whisky Trail – Chaosmos [Italy]:
– Air – 4:49
– Stars – 6:29
– Flavours – 4:55

Third Hour:
Flogging Molly – Float [U.S.]
– Float – 4:53
– Us of Lesser Gods – 3:20
– On the Back of a Broken Dream – 3:22
– The Story So Far – 4:11

Wake the Dead – Blue Light Cheap Hotel [U.S.]:
– Down the Days – 6:19
– St. Stephen/The Old Bush/The Tattoo/The Okarina – 9:53

Gaelic Storm – How Are We Getting Home? [U.S.]:
– Stain the Grout – 3:24
– An Cailin Deas Rua – 4:36
– Cab Ride to Kingston – 3:35
– Short a Couple a’ Bob – 3:07
– The Lone-Star Stowaway – 3:19

Playlist for March 26, 2008

First Hour:
Lúnasa – The Story So Far … [Ireland]:
– McLeod's Farewell/Morning Nightcap/The Malbay Shuffle – 4:16
– The Miller of Drohan – 3:06
– Cregg's Pipes/Uist Ree/John Doherty's – 3:37
– Jerry O'Sullivan's/The Dimmers – 3:40

Saltfishforty – Goose Music [Scotland/Orkney Islands]:
– The Sisters – 3:08
– Tongadale Stroganoff – 4:31
– Tabasco Twist – 2:11
– Woolypigjigs – 4:09
– Closing Time – 2:05

Dave Flynn – Draíocht [Ireland]:
– The Tempest in Mali – 6:13
– The Mad Magician – 4:00
– The Mad Magician’s Daughter – 1:23
– The Magical Reel/Cinderella’s Slipper – 4:30

Second Hour:
Evergreen – Riding Towards Life [Israel]:
– Poor Scholar – 3:53
– Little Fairy – 5:04
– Pravoto – 4:43
– Tripping Up the Stairs – 3:45

Baka Beyond – Rhythm Tree [Africa/Europe]:
– Sad Among Strangers – 4:49
– Hush Hush – 5:38
– Shimina – 6:27

Hughes de Courson – O'Stravaganza: Vivaldi in Ireland [France/Ireland]:
– O'Stravaganza – 3:46
– Ceol Cuàine – 4:21
– Jig Della Inquietudine – 4:30
– Bunch of Rushes – 1:56

Third Hour:
Searson – House Party [Canada]:
– Give’r – 5:25
– Hurleys – 3:46
– The Prophecy – 4:31
– Canadian Girl – 3:47

Red Shamrock – As Hot As Irish [Switzerland]
– Soup of the Day – 4:56
– Whistling – 3:30
– Star of the County Down – 3:38
– Queen of Argyll – 2:54
– Stolen Apples – 2:28

The Tiller’s Folly – A Ripple in Time [Canada]:
– John Tod – 3:55
– Jigs: Calico Hills/The Bride's Veil/Sparrow Hawk/The Freshet – 3:51
– Twenty–Three Camels – 3:17
– Water at the Bar – 2:58
– Farewell to Ardoon – 4:22

Playlist for March 19, 2008

First Hour:
Daithi Sproule – The Crow in the Sun [Ireland]:
– Tune For Mairéad And Anna Ni Mhaonaigh – 3:37
– The Humours Of Lauderdale/The Roseville – 3:39
– The Lady From York/Angela's Jig – 4:47
– David’s Guitar – 3:00

Karan Casey – Ships in the Forest [Ireland]:
– Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye – 4:23
– Town of Athlone – 2:52
– Erin’s Lovely Home – 5:39
– I Once Loved a Lass – 5:20

Celtish – Imago [U.K.]:
– Wind That Shakes the Barley – 4:14
– Manic Des – 4:27
– Nyffryn Clwyd – 2:57
– Barrel of Monkeys – 4:27

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – “How Scotland Sings Her Story”. How history was weaved through music.


Cliar – Gun Támh [Scotland]:
– Strathspeys & Reels – 5:19
– Brown–Haired Girl of the Beautiful Tresses – 3:42
– Cailleach An Airgid (The Hag With The Money) – 3:13
– Bruce's Reels: Falon About/Helium Disciples/Braes Of Auchtertyre – 3:50

Knot Fibb’n – True [U.S.]:
– Sally Gardens/Silver Spear – 3:27
– The Derby Ram – 3:16
– Far Away – 3:51
– The Closer Set – 5:30

Third Hour:
Jiggernaut – In Search of More [U.S.]
– Down Where the Drunkards Roll – 4:44
– The City Boy Set – 2:53
– Cullen Anderson – 4:20
– Solsbury Hill – 4:03

Bad Haggis – Trip [U.S.]:
– The Hag at the Churn – 4:31
– Reels Part One (The Boys On The Hilltop) – 3:31
– Reels Part Two (My Love Is In America) – 3:10
– Little Spark – 4:17
– Level 4 – 2:05

Wild Colonial Bhoys – Irish in America [U.S.]:
– It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go – 4:28
– Once – 3:00
– Irish in America – 5:18
– I Am Ireland – 4:19

Playlist for March 12, 2008

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

First Hour:
Nuala Kennedy – The New Shoes [Scotland]:
– Dolphin School – 4:27http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
– A Bhean Ud Thios – 4:03
– The New Shoes – 7:20

The Celtic Fiddle Festival – Equinoxe [Ireland/Canada/France/U.K.]:
– Twilight in Portroe/The House of Hammell/Austin Tierney’s/Twilight in Portroe – 4:55
– Ton Bale/Dans Fisel – 4:42
– Sir Sydney Smith’s March – 3:35
– Louis’ Waltz/Schottische – 3:15

Pól MacAdaim – If We Don't Help Them Now [Ireland]:
– Leg of the Duck/Pat O’Raffertys – 4:05
– The Well Below the Valley – 7:43
– I Don’t Know – 3:37

Second Hour:
MacCrimmon’s Revenge – Ransom [Canada]:
– The Cuillims of Rhum – 4:22
– Langurel – 2:48
– Kulsko Horo – 2:54
– Sandy’s New Chanter Set – 4:20
– Dimitri's Suspicious About The Cows In The Trees – 3:51

An Dóchas – Dragonfly [U.S.]:
- Ashplant / Hanley's / Otter's Nest – 2:40
– Boat – 2:13
– Heather Breeze/Fermoy Lassies/Dunmore Lassies (Set Of Lassies) – 4:22
– An Rince Crann – 2:44
– Jug Of Punch/Ronde De Loudec (Leprechaun Dance) – 3:20

Instinkt – Hur! [Denmark]:
– Brombaer – 1:56
– Brombaerdance – 3:11
– Lulus Mood – 6:01
– Laekkermasen – 3:20
– Hvirveldansen – 2:11

Third Hour:
Donal Lunny – Cool Fin [Ireland]:
– Glentown – 5:07

Kevin Burke – Open House [Ireland]:
– Untitled Reel/Queen Of The May/The Congress – 4:36

Bothy Band – Celtic Graces [Ireland]:
– The Maids Of Mitchelstown – 3:16

Different Drums – New Day Dawning [Ireland]:
– Lilty Reels – 4:06

Mick Moloney/Jimmy Keane/Robbie O'Connell – Kilkelly [Ireland]:
– The Green Fields of America – 21:23

Van Morrison & Chieftains – Irish Heartbeat [Ireland]:
– Star of the County Down – 2:41
– My Match is Made – 3:31
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:29
– Carrickfergus – 4:23

Playlist for March 5, 2008

First Hour:
Norman Mackay – The Perfect Squeeze [Scotland]:
– Norwegian Tune – 4:06
– Pressed For Time – 4:21
– The Carrie Set – 5:17
– Valerie’s Waltz – 2:02

Mozaik – Changing Trains [Ireland]:
– O’Donoghue’s – 4:55
– The Humours of Parov – 5:56
– The Pigfarm Suite – 6:26

Jacie McConnell – Mystical Moments [U.S.]:
– Tir N’an Nog – 1:17
– Gypsy’s Dance – 2:16
– Celtic Stomp – 3:29
– Sgt. McConnell – 3:26
– Cuan Sianail – 3:28
– Wild Maggie Intro – 0:49
– Wild Maggie – 2:32

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – Tonight's topic is Galicia
Art Work, Structures, Artifacts, Engravings, Animal Symbolism, leave no doubt in the minds of historians that there are many reasons to believe that the Galicians are in fact of Celtic origin.

Xose Manuel Budino (Budiño) – Zume de Terra [Galicia]:
– Santiago–Lisboa – 4:04
– Meu Mar – 3:19
– Arreriros Somos – 4:40
– Desafio – 4:24

Mac Umba – BruHuháho [Scotland]:
– Gordon’s – 5:01
– Brenda’s – 5:43
– Dinky’s – 6:08

Third Hour:
Hoover the Dog – Distempo [Wales]:
– Beeswing – 5:23
– American in Powys – 7:20
– San Diego Serenade – 3:03
– Big Girls Blues – 3:53

Lehto & Wright – A Game of Chess [U.S.]:
– I Wish I Was in England – 10:05
– Four Nights Drunk/The Kesh Jig – 5:06
– Antietam – 1:29

The Tossers – Agony [U.S.]:
– Shade – 1:54
– Did It All For You – 1:51
– Not Forgotten – 3:32
– Where Ya Been Johnny? – 3:33
– Movin’ On – 3:42
– Be – 2:15

Playlist for February 27, 2008

First Hour:
Plaidgrass – Gretchen Priest and Plaidgrass [U.S.]:
– The Winds of Capri – 3:16
– Brumley Brae – 2:20
– Star Of Munster/Earl's Chair/Julia Delaney/Maid Behind The Bar – 6:59
– Star of the County Down – 3:51

David Munnelly – By Heck [Ireland]:
– McReels – 3:22
– Ar Bhóithrín Na Smaointe – 3:55
– P Stands for Paddy – 3:50
– Last Orders – 3:40

Back of the Moon – Fortune’s Road [Scotland]:
– The Nine Pint Coggie – 3:39
– Blackwatch – 2:52
– Karma Rules – 3:17
– John McKechnie’s - 2:19
– Johnny Cope - 4:24

Second Hour:
Henry Marten’s Ghost – Ireland: a troubled romance [Ireland]:
– Come By the Hills – 2:16
– Cunla – 2:42
– Carrickfergus (Another Visit) – 4:37
– Follow Me Up to Carlow – 2:55
– Only Our Rivers Run Free – 3:03

The Long Notes – The Long Notes (self-titled) [Ireland/Scotland]:
– French Connection – 3:07
– Bright Blue Rose – 4:03
– Dancing in the Sky – 2:50
– Taxi to Donegal – 3:26
– The Tour of Repentance – 3:45

Ensemble Galilei – From the Isles to the Courts [U.S.]:
– Scollay's Reel/King Of The Fairies/Old Grey Cat/The Dance Goes On – 4:56
– Callanish/Under The Full Moon – 3:06
– Sgt. Early's Dream/Tune For Kieran – 5:33
– Fanny Poer/Mary O'Neill's – 4:17

Third Hour:
Fairport Convention – Liege & Leaf: Live at the Cropredy Festival 2007 [U.K.]:
– Come All Ye – 5:33
– Reynardine – 4:10
– Band Intros – 3:01
– Matty Groves – 7:22
– Farewell, Farewell – 3:15
– The Deserter – 3:58
– The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jigs/Toss the Feathers – 4:23
– Tam Lin – 8:08
– Crazy Man Michael – 4:58

Playlist for February 20, 2008

First Hour:
Bert Jansch – Black Swan [U.K]:
– High Days – 3:47
– Watch the Stars – 2:54
– Magdalina’s Dance – 3:20

The McDades – Bloom [Canada]:
– The Whistle Blower – 5:33
– The Bounty Hunter – 4:54
– Robin Song – 6:50

Dervish – Traveling Show [Ireland]:
– Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves – 3:21
– The Coolea Jigs – 4:28
– The Cat She Went A-Hunting – 3:57
– The Master’s Return – 3:38

Second Hour:
Ellie’s Celtic Craic – “Celtic Wisdom Ways”
(For those you out there wondering what on earth does “Craic” mean? It’s an
Irish Gaelic word for a bit of the old banter-telling a story-sharing a
joke-a wee bit of Blarney).

Various Artists – Celtic Woman 3 [Ireland]:
– Oro Mo Bhaidin (Cathie Ryan) – 4:15
– Down By the Sally Gardens (Maura O’Connell) – 3:40
– Storm in My Heart (Dolores Keane) – 4:33
– Theme From Harry’s Game (Clannad) – 2:31
– The Holy Ground (Mary Black) – 4:30
– Bridget O’Malley (Kate Power) – 4:45

Michael McGoldrick – Wired [Ireland]:
– Strange Journey – 5:42 (4)
– The Sporting Days of Easter/The Crosses of Annagh/Sporting Nell – 3:58
– Amhran an Bha/Helvic Head/Happydaze/The Desert Road – 7:43

Third Hour:
Reelroad - Guliau, Guliau [Russia]:
– In Our Garden – 4:36
– Steam Bath – 4:04
– Walking – 3:33
– I Sow My Trouble - 4:33

Alias Ron Kavana – Galway to Graceland [Ireland]:
– Shamrock City/The Edmonton Reel - 4:45
– Watch Out Willie/Gravel Walk - 6:51
– New Rising of the Moon - 3:07

Siobhan – The Patron Saints of Debauchery [Canada]:
– Ye Ladies of Milan – 2:39
– Lay Down and Die – 3:05
– The Limerick Rake – 3:16
– The Monday Night Drinking Song – 2:30
– Salford Town – 2:39
– I Got Drunk in Europe – 2:45