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

Playlist for February 13, 2008

First Hour:
The Cast – Greengold [Scotland]:
– Young Betty – 2:32
– Higher Germany – 3:46
– The Auld Refrain/Miss Betty Ann Gordon – 3:45
– Jean Yelland – 2:41
– Song for Cove – 5:42

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill – Welcome Here Again [Ireland]:
– The Clare Reel – 2:14
– P Joe’s Reel – 1:47
– O'Reilly's Greyhound/Palmer's Gate – 4:00
– New Post Office/Pigeon On The Gate/New Custom House – 6:27

Heidi Talbot – In Love & Light [Ireland]:
– Bedlam Boys – 3:47
– Time – 4:20
– Glenlogie – 4:45
– Everything – 3:10

Second Hour:
Kathryn Tickell & Corrina Hewat – The Sky Didn’t Fall [Ireland/Scotland]:
– Brose – 5:25
– The Lads – 2:41
– Favourite Place – 10:42

Henrik Jansberg – Omnivor [Denmark]:
– Pigen I Gult – 3:45
– Adreans Hopsa – 2:11
– Mac Davis – 2:13
– Mallemuk – 4:09
– Oldtime – 2:48
– Svabo – 3:22

Ale Moller – The Horse and the Crane [Sweden]:
– Jord Och Himmel (Heaven And Earth) – 2:17
– Humlan (the Bumblebee) – 2:25
– Glaspolskan (Glass Polska) – 4:46
– Kommer Du Ej Snart (Are You Not Coming Soon) – 1:43
– Norrsken (Norhern Lights) – 1:43
– Sällsam Vals (the Singular Waltz) – 2:00
– Roshalling (Rose Halling) – 2:18

Third Hour:
The Rogues - V.O [U.S.]:
– Gypsy - 4:03
– Bonny Portmore – 4:25
– Yo Quiero Jaime - 3:01
– Hubba Bubba - 4:06

The Eighteenth Day of May – The Eighteenth Day of May [U.K.]:
– Highest Tree – 3:27
– Hide & Seek – 3:07
– Lady Margaret – 6:49
– Monday Morning’s No Good Coming Down – 3:22

The Young Dubliners – With All Due Respect: The Irish Sessions [U.S.]:
– Follow Me Up to Carlow – 3:37
– If I Should Fall From Grace With God – 2:25
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:52
– Foggy Dew – 3:12
– Rocky Road to Dublin – 4:46

Playlist for January 30, 2008

Tonight featuring some of the best Celtic compilation discs.

First Hour:
Various Artists – Common Ground: Voices of Modern Irish Music:
– O' Bhean A'Ti (Máire Brennan) – 5:13
– Mary of the South Seas (Tim & Neil Finn) – 5:08
– Tomorrow (Bono & Adam Clayton) – 4:36
– Cavan Potholes (Sharon Shannon) – 4:10
– Help Me to Believe (Paul Brady) – 5:56
– On Ragland Road (Sinead O’Connor) – 6:05
– The Night Before Larry Was Stretched – (Elvis Costello) – 5:09
– Whistling Low/Errigal (David Spillane & Donald Lunny) – 4:08
– My Heart's Tonight In Ireland (Andy Irvine) – 3:36

Second Hour:
Various Artists – Troubadours of British Folk: Volume 2:
– Matty Groves (Fairport Convention) – 8:06
– John Barlycorn (Traffic) – 6:22
– Three Hours (Nick Drake) – 6:01
– Streets of London (Ralph McTell) – 4:05
– All Around My Hat (Steeleye Span) – 4:05
– Cuckoo’s Nest (Ashley Hutchings) – 5:30
– Banks of the Nile (Fotheringay) – 8:07
– Night Comes In (Richard & Linda Thompson) – 8:10

Third Hour:
Various Artists – Shamrocks & Shenanigans:
– Welcome To The Cabaret (Christy Moore) – 4:52
– The Irish Rover (The Pogues & The Dubliners) – 3:36
– Downtown (Moving Hearts) – 3:13
– Whirl–Y–Reel 1 (Afro Celt Sound System) – 3:29
– Fiesta (The Pogues) – 4:09
– On My Way To Heaven (The Waterboys) – 3:58
– Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) – 3:01
– Dance To The Storm (Hothouse Flowers) – 4:06
– Blackbird (Sharon Shannon) – 3:58
– An Irishman In Chinatown (Luka Bloom) – 3:09
– Seven Drunken Nights (The Dubliners) – 3:11
– Toss The Feathers (The Corrs) – 2:48
– Fairytale Of New York (Christy Moore) – 5:48

Playlist for January 23, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT BURNS!

First Hour:
Old Blind Dogs – Fit? [Scotland]:
– Is There For Honest Poverty – 4:38
– Awa’ Whigs Awa’ – 3:00

Kim Robertson – Highland Heart [U.S.]:
– Jaimie, Come Try Me – 4:08
– Ae Fond Kiss – 3:10

Eddi Reader – Peacetime [Scotland]:
– Aye Waulkin-O – 4:03
– Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon – 3:36
– Leezie Lindsay – 4:47
Altan – Runaway Sunday [Ireland]:
– I Wish My Love Was a Red, Red Rose – 3:50

Dougie MacLean – Tribute [Scotland]:
– Ca’ the Yowes – 5:21
– Scots Wha’ Hae – 5:29
– For a’ That – 5:42

Second Hour:
Andy M. Stewart – Songs of Robert Burns [Scotland]:
– Hey, Ca’ Thro’ – 1:34
– Hey How Johnie Lad – 3:26
– It Was A’ for Our Rightful King – 3:20
– A Red, Red Rose – 4:27
– To the Weaver’s Gin Ye Go – 3:05

Eddi Reader – Sings the Songs of Robert Burns [Scotland]:
– My Love is Like a Red Rose – 3:50
– Willie Stewart/Molly Rankin – 4:18
– Brose and Butter – 4:03
– Ye Jacobites – 4:04

Smithfield Fair – Burns Night Out! [U.S.]:
– Ye Banks & Braes/There Was a Lad – 1:57
– Comin’ Thru the Rye – 3:58
– Highland Mary – 4:16
– Ae Fond Kiss/O’ a’ the Airts – 1:48
– My Heart’s in the Highlands – 4:05

Third Hour:
Dougie MacLean – Tribute [Scotland]:
– Slaves Lament – 4:07
– Banks and Braes – 5:11
– Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie – 3:04
– Auld Lang Syne – 5:02

The Cast – Auld Lang Syne [Scotland]:
- John Anderson My Jo (The Cast) – 2:49
- Ye Banks & Braes – 3:55
- Green Grow the Rashes – 5:25
- Auld Lang Syne – 4:10

Eddi Reader – Sings the Songs of Robert Burns [Scotland]:
– Wild Mountainside – 3:55
– Charlie is My Darling – 3:22
– Winter It Is Past – 4:15
– Auld Lang Syne – 4:37

Playlist for January 16, 2008

First Hour:
Millish – Millish (self–titled) [U.S.]:
– Parachute Man – 5:13
– Asanul – 4:50
– Kirstie's/Colleens Reel/The Happy Aunt – 6:55

Aoife Clancy – Silvery Moon [Ireland]:
– Are you Sleepin' Maggie – 3:06
– Silvery Moon – 4:16
– Banks of Sweet Primroses – 3:35
– The Earl of March’s Daughter – 4:17
– Kisses Sweeter than Wine – 2:41

Ross Kennedy – Scottish Voice and Acoustic Guitar [Scotland]:
– The Tarbolton Lassie’s – 3:15
– The Brides Reel/Little Donald’s Wife – 2:14
– The Birken Tree – 3:39
– Peggy Bann – 3:33
– Mrs. Jamieson’s Favourite – 3:35

Second Hour:
Dervish – Live at Johnny Fox’s [Ireland]:
– Rathlin Island/The Graf Spree/Last Night’s Fun – 3:47
– Pegin Mo Chroi – 3:56
– My Mind Will Never Be Easy/The Ash Plant – 3:50
– Johnny & Molly – 4:49
– I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her/Jerry Holland’s/John McKenna’s – 4:54
– Welcoming Poor Paddy Home – 5:01
– Kerry Slides/The Kyle Brack Rambler – 5:20

Patrick Street – On the Fly [Ireland]:
– Na Ceannabhain Bhana/Paidin O Raifeartaigh – 2:24
– Sergeant Small – 4:15
– Seanamhac Tube Station – 4:49
– Erin Go Bragh – 4:06
– The Boys Of Malin/John Stenson's Nos 1&2 – 3:35

Third Hour:
Martin Simpson – Righteousness & Humidity [U.K.]:
– Horn Island – 3:41
– Some Dark Holler – 2:31
– Rico – 4:22
– Georgie – 6:24

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

Tiger Moth – Moth Balls [U.K.]:
– Radio Polka International – 2:52
– Sumolleh – 3:23
– Salt of the Earth – 3:53
– Moth to California – 3:30
– Sestrina – 3:37

Maggie’s Fury – Across the Irish Sea [U.S.]:
– Across the Irish Sea – 3:52 (1)
– The Bit – 2:47 (5)
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:40 (10)

Playlist for January 9, 2008

First Hour:
Anne Roos – Mermaids & Mariners [U.S.]:
– The Mermaid’s Tears – 4:04
– Ger the Rigger – 2:42
– Jacky Tar – 2:36
– The Mermaid’s Song – 4:02
– High Barbary – 3:46

Never Mind the Bocs – Never Mind the Bocs (self titled) [Wales]:
– Menal Shore – 3:57
– Joscyn’s Threads – 4:08
– Mad Pachelber’s Dangerous Floorboard – 2:34
– Bachgen Bach O Dincer – 3:09
– Hiraeth – 3:50

John Martyn – Solid Air [Scotland]:
– Over the Hill – 2:52
– Don’t Want to Know – 3:01
– Go Down Easy – 3:36
– May You Never – 3:43
– The Easy Blues – 3:22

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

Various Artists - Folk 'n' Hell [Scotland]:
– The Jolly Beggar/The Man in Black (Coelbeg) - 5:26
– All Together (Dougie Maclean) - 4:44
– Beaujolais Nouveau (The Humpff Family) - 3:09
– Grandmother's Eyes (Rock Salt & Nails) - 3:15

Phønix – Folk [Denmark]:
– Majvisen – 3:02
– Halmværket – 3:25
– Anden Storm – 2:21
– Når Bjørne Danser – 2:25
– Anton Og Ræven– 4:49

Third Hour:
Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies – The Parish Notices [U.K.]:
– Glad Rags Again – 5:10
– Spitting Cousins – 4:00
– The Limping Drinkers Polka – 3:58
– Go Away Joe – 3:52

Flogging Molly – Complete Control Sessions [U.S.]:
– Requiem for a Dying Song – 3:31
– Whistles the Wind – 4:08
– Tabacco Island – 4:32
– Factory Girls – 3:57
– Float – 4:50
– Devil’s Dance Floor – 3:49

Playlist for January 2, 2008

First Hour:
Robin Huw Bowen – The Road to Aberystwyth [Wales]:
– The Hedgehog Hunt – 2:58
– Meat and Ale – 3:16
– The Meirionnydd Cuckoos – 6:34
– The Magi Jig – 3:27

Clandestine – The Haunting [U.S.]:
– The Haunting – 5:23
– Cannonball – 5:13
– The Cruel Sister – 5:54

Eliza Carthy – Rough Music [U.K]:
– King James Version – 4:23
– Upside Down – 5:00
– Mohair – 2:55
– Scan Tester’s Country Stepdance/Lemmy Brazil’s Nol 2 – 3:32

Second Hour:
La Musgaña – Temas Profanos [Spain]:
– Danzantes – 3:54
– Las Hilanderas – 4:19
– La Mocita – 5:13
– Rogativa de Valdestillas – 2:49

Martyn Bennett – Martyn Bennett (self–titled) [Scotland]:
– Swallowtail – 5:00
– Erin – 6:21
– Floret Silva Undique – 5:16

Richard Thompson – Grizzly Man Soundtrack [U.K]:
– Tim & the Bears – 0:57
– Foxes – 4:23
– Ghosts in the Maze – 1:33
– Glencoe – 1:50
– Bear Swim – 1:20
– Main Title Revisited – 3:56
– Coyote – 4:28

Third Hour:
The Cottars – Forerunner [Canada]:
– Miss Casey Medley 2:01
– Some Polkas – 3:15
– Georgia Lee – 4:34
– Home By Bearna – 2:34
– Hold On – 4:37

Tartan Amoebas – Evolution [Scotland]:
– He Ro Ho Ro Hi – 5:20
– Big Sky – 5:00
– Reggalypso – 5:14

Christy Moore – Burning Times [Ireland]:
– 16 Fishermen Raving – 2:39
– Beeswing – 4:28
– The Magdalene Laundries – 3:40
– Burning Times – 5:43

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

Playlist for November 28, 2007

First Hour:
Johnny Cunningham – Fair Warning [Scotland]:
– Celtic Society's Quickstep / 42nd Highlanders Farewell – 3:37
– Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch – 4:09
– Lord Drummond/Lady Margaret Stewart/Crarae – 4:04

Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie – Journeys of the Heart [U.S.]:
– I Know My Love – 4:05
– Glenlogie – 5:09
– The Coleraine Jig/Green Hills of Glentown/Maids of Mt. Kisco – 5:02
– Turas Go Tir Na n’Og – 2:35

Mark Knopfler – Cal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [U.K.]:
– Irish Boy – 3:56
– The Road – 2:06
– Potato Picking – 2:06
– The Long Road – 7:13

Second Hour:
Various Artists – Celtic Voices: Women of Song [U.S.]:
– Cantus (Connie Dover) – 6:15
– In Aimsir Bhaint an Fheir (Connie Dover) – 2:47
– She Moved Through the Fair (Maireid Sullivan) – 4:57
– Little Red Bird (Emma Christian) – 1:48
– O Kirree, Thou Wilt Leave Me – 1:33

Sarah Blair – Flower of the Red Mill [U.S.]:
– The Crooked Road to Dublin/The Crib of Perches – 3:01
– An Paistin Fionn – 3:08
– The Hope Jig/The Wandering Minstrel/John Mahoney’s #2 – 5:21
– The Sailpin’s Lament – 1:24
– The Stone in the Field/Thaddy Casey’s – 3:00

Garcia – Woven Ways [Czech Republic]:
– The Queen of Argyll – 3:41
– Ag an Gcoisir – 3:43
– The Banks of the Nile – 5:06
– May Morning Dew/The Snows They Melt the Soonest – 4:01

Third Hour:
Kíla – Gambler’s Ballet [Ireland]:
– Leath Ina Dhiaidh A Hocht – 3:19
– Electric Landlady – 4:50
– Duisigi – 3:40
– Her Royal Waggeldy Toes – 4:09

Christy Moore – The Iron Behind the Velvet [Ireland]:
– Patrick Was a Gentleman – 3:05
– Trip to Jerusalem/Mullingar Races/The Crooked Road – 5:11
– Patrick’s Arrival – 3:42
– John of Dreams – 3:52

The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues (Collector’s Edition) [Scotland/U.K.]:
– Carolan’s Welcome – 2:51
– When Will I Be Married? – 2:41
– Fisherman’s Blues – 5:51
– Girl of the North Country – 4:25
– Meet Me at the Station – 3:25

Playlist for November 21, 2007

First Hour:
Cúig – Prospect [Ireland]:
– The Prospect – 6:27 (2)
– The American Stranger – 3:54 (9)
– American Spire – 5:30 (7)

Seamus Egan – Brothers McMullen Soundtrack [Ireland]:
– Slip Jigs – 4:50 (3)
– Fermoy Lasses – 4:01 (5)
– When Juniper Sleeps – 4:58 (6)

Malinky – Last Leaves [Scotland]:
– Strathmartine Braes/Banish Misfortune – 2:54 (2)
– Thomas McElvogue's No. 2 – 5:31 (6)
– Dimna Juda – 2:51 (8)
– The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie – 5:04 (10)

Second Hour:
Paul Winter and Friends – Celtic Solstice [U.S.]:
– Hollow Hills – 1:54 (3)
– O'Farrel's Welcome to Limerick – 4:37 (4)
– Sweet Cameraghs – 3:57 (7)
– After the Fleadh/Running Through the Woods w/Keetu – 6:45 (8)

Pipedown – The First Measure [Ireland/Scotland]:
– The Boys of Balivanich – 4:22 (2)
– In With the Bricks – 4:53 (6)
– The Silver Mower – 3:49 (11)
– Ian McGee's Romanian Boots – 3:04 (12)

Celtic Thunder – The Light Of Other Days [U.S.]:
– Bachelor’s Warning – 2:22 (3)
– The Carracanada Reel/Mulhaire's No. 3 – 3:23 (7)
– The Maid of Black Curls – 5:10 (8)
– Linda's Favorite/Bridie Flynn/Glen Allen – 4:54 (10)

Third Hour:
Planxty – After the Break [Ireland]:
– The Good Ship Kangaroo – 4:36 (1)
– East At Glendart / Brian O'Lynn / Pay The Reckoning – 3:44 (2)
– The Rambling Siúler – 4:23 (5)
– Lord McDonald / The Chattering Magpie – 4:13 (8)

Shantalla – Shantalla (self–titled) [Scotland/Ireland]:
– The Rocky Road to Cashel – 2:49 (1)
– Cam Ye O’er Frae France – 4:43 (7)
– Sixteen Comes Sunday – 3:20 (9)
– Séan Sa Cheo/The Hunter's Purse/ Duncan Johnstone/Máirtin Quinn's/The Pigtown Fling/Storming Through – 5:24 (12)

Oysterband – Wide Blue Yonder [U.K.]:
– Oxford Girl – 4:08 (3)
– Rose of England – 3:19 (7)
– Between the Wars – 3:17 (11)
– Coal Creek Mine – 3:17 (6)
– Coal Not Dole – 2:05 (13)

Playlist for November 14, 2007

First Hour:
Sharon Shannon – Libertango [Ireland]:
– The Seven Joys of Mary (w/Sinéad O’Connor) – 4:59 (7)
– The Burst Mattress – 6:12 (9)
– The Wishing Well – 4:36 (12)

Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan – Serenade [Ireland]:
– The Punch Set – 3:41 (1)
– After the Gold Rush – 4:39 – (3)
– The Chorus Reels – 4:19 – (8)

The Chieftains – Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell [Ireland]:
– Opening Medley – 6:36 (1)
– Finale – The Chieftains – 12:55 (14)
– Farewell to Music – 3:13 (15)

Second Hour:
Madredeus – Faluas do Tejo [Portugal]:
– Lisboa, Rainha do Mar – 5:11 (1)
– Na Estrada de Santiago – 4:35 (8)
– Lá De Fora – 4:31 (9)

Various Artists – Gaelic Voices [Scotland/Ireland]:
– Dónal Agus Mórag (Altan) – 4:27 (2)
– Tóg é Go Bog é (Kíla) – 4:41 (5)
– Síle (Reeltime) – 3:53 (6)
– Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda (Capercaillie) – 2:29 (10)
– Pi Li Li LIu (Síleas) – 0:44 (14)

Les Negresses Vertes – Acoustic Clubbing [France]:
– C'Est Pas La Mer A Boire – 4:37 (1)
– Voila L'Ete – 5:35 (2)
– Hasta Llegar – 4:25 (14)
– Face A La Mer – 4:44 (7)

Third Hour:
Luka Bloom – Amsterdam (Live) [Ireland]:
– Perfect Groove – 3:43 (9)
– Monsoon – 3:05 (10)
– Delerious – 4:43 (12)
– I’m Not At War With Anyone – 3:50 (1)

Shooglenifty – Radical Mestizo (Live) [Scotland]:
– Glenuig Hall – 4:47 (2)
– The Arms Dealer's Daughter – 7:19 (3)
– Nordal Rumba – 5:55 (4)

Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 5, Anatomic [Ireland/Africa]:
– Mojave – 10:35 (3)
– Anatomic – 5:24 (6)

Playlist for November 7, 2007

First Hour:
Dervish – Harmony Hill [Ireland]:
– The Green Fields of Milltown – 3:58 (3)
– Bellaghy Fair – 0:56 (4)
– The Ploughman – 2:54 (5)
– Virginia Set – 2:43 (10)
– A Stor Mo Chroi – 5:53 (11)

Tannahill Weavers – Arnish Light [Scotland]:
– Romy Therese/Tune for Mary – 3:23 (3)
– The Ewie Wi' The Crookit Horn – 2:46 (4)– The Bell Rock Set – 2:47 (5)
– Luskentryre Sands – 3:13 (8)
– Fair Gallowa’ – 3:17 (12)

Boys of the Lough – To Welcome Paddy Home – [Ireland]:
– When Sick is it Tea You Want – 4:34 (1)
– To Welcome Paddy Home – 3:51 (2)
– Cape Breton Wedding Reel – 2:56 (6)
– The Rose of Ardee – 4:40 (8)

Second Hour:
Charles O’Connor – Angel on the Mantlepiece [Ireland]:
– Ocean of Storms – 3:50 (1)
– Sea Change – 2:08 (2)
– Comes a Calm – 3:12 (3)
– Bottom Buttons – 3:52 (4)
Basket of Bones – 2:38 (9)
– Chocolate Cats – 3:36 (10)

Mouth Music – Mouth Music (self-titled) [Scotland/U.S.]:
– Bratach Bana – 4:49 (1)
– Mor Acheannaich – 0:59 (3)
– Martin Martin – 4:24 (4)
– I Bhi a Da – 0:53 (6)
– Air Fail a Lail O – 4:35 (9)

Abby Newton – Crossing to Scotland [U.S.]:
– Wagon Wheel Notch – 2:12 (2)
– Tarbolton Lodge – 3:44 (7)
– Crossing to Ireland – 4:52 (8)
– O’Carolan’s Draught – 3:46 (13)

Third Hour:
Sweeney's Men – Sweeney's Men (self-titled) [Ireland]:
– Rattlin' Willy – 2:27 (1)
– The Exile's Jig – 1:42 (5)
– Dicey Riley – 1:44 (7)
– Willy O'Winsbury – 4:56 (9)
– Dance to Your Daddy – 2:09 (10)
– The Pipe on the Hob – 2:12 (16)

Salsa Celtica – El Agua de la Vida [Scotland]:
– Guajira sin Sol – 4:13 (3)
– El Agua de la Vida – 4:55 (4)
– Auld Lang Syne – 4:29 (9)

Levellers – Levellers (self-titled) [U.K.]:
– Dirty Davey – 3:43 (5)
– Julie – 6:12 (8)

Levellers – Levelling the Land [U.K.]:
– The Boatman – 5:57 (3)
– The Riverflow – 3:06 (9)