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