Playlist for July 29, 2009

First Hour:
Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Saints & Tzadiks [Ireland/U.S.]:
– Heart’s Blood – 3:23
– Oakum – 2:50
– The Hag with the Money – 4:26
– Enniscorthy Fair – 3:25
– Rattlin’ Bog – 3:20

Moving Cloud – Foxglove [Ireland]:
– Fahy's Jig/Tap Room/The Maid Who Left The County – 3:25
– Paddy Fahy's Reel/The Ewe Reel – 2:28
– Knocknagoshel/Ryan's/Come West Along The Road – 3:02
– Follow Me Up To Carlow/New Custom House – 2:45
– Da Slockit Light – 3:20
– Cape Breton Dream/Champion – 2:35

Mary Jane Lamond – Orain Ghaiohlig: Gaelic Songs of Cape Breton [Canada]:
– A Fhleasgaich Uasail – 6:01
– Puirt Eos Peadair – 4:10
– Ho Ro Mo Chuid Chuideachd Thu – 4:07
– Gun Chrodh Gun Aighean – 3:17

Second Hour:
Loreena McKennitt – The Visit [Canada]:
– Between the Shadows – 3:41
– The Lady of Shalott – 11:34
– Tango to Evora – 4:10

Peter Knight – An Ancient Cause [U.K.]:
– Eb English – 5:19
– Picnic – 4:55
– Seven Dancers – 4:23
– Child’s Play – 1:36

Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 3: Further in Time [U.K.]:
– When You’re Falling – 5:10
– Colossus – 6:45
– The Silken Whip – 7:15

Third Hour:
The Streels – A Night on the Marge [Canada]:
– Cod Liver Oil – 4:10
– The Cremation of Sam McGee – 7:06
– Ghost on the Water – 4:14
– The Parting of Friends – 1:36
– Toss the Feathers – 2:24

Gael Force – Set in Stone [U.S.]:
– The Washer Woman – 3:06
– Amazing Grace/Scotland the Brave/Danny Boy – 3:29
– Lanagans Ball – 3:54
– Thunder in the Glen – 3:04
– Pat Sweeney – 4:04

Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies [U.S.]:
– What’s Left of the Flag – 3:38
– If I Ever Leave this World Alive – 3:22
– Another Bag of Bricks – 3:45
– The Sun Never Shines (On Closed Doors) – 4:25
– Swagger – 2:05

Playlist for July 22, 2009

First Hour:
Capercaillie – Sidewaulk [Scotland]:
– Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda – 2:31
– Sidewaulk Reels – 4:49
– Iain Ghlinn’ Cuiaich – 3:18
– The Turnpike – 6:31

Carmina – On a Quiet Street: Live in Ireland [Ireland]:
– Raglan Road – 4:48
– Down to the Land – 8:14
– Lord Franklin – 4:02

The House Band – October Song [U.K.]:
– The Factory Girl – 3:28
– Risipiti/Mairtin O'Connor's – 4:49
– The Grey Funnel Line – 6:06
– The End of the World – 3:47

Second Hour:
The Chieftains Radio Special, narrated by Susan McKeown – 58:00

Third Hour:
Cathie Ryan – Live at Fiddler’s Green [Ireland/U.S.]:
– Home by Bearna – 2:51
– I'm Going Back – 5:34
– Taj Sa 'naj La (It Is the Day) – 4:04
– The Lament of the Three Mary's – 5:21
– Rathlin Island (1847) – 8:03
– Carrick-A-Rede – 5:39
– You and I in the One Bed Lie – 7:51
– Somewhere Along the Road – 5:08
– So Here's to You – 6:52

Playlist for July 15, 2009

First Hour:
Bohola – Bohola (self-titled) [Ireland]:
– Redican's Jig/The Merry Old Woman Jig/The Chapel Bell – 4:08
– Lullaby/The Shamrock Shore/Barndance/The Humours Of Westport – 13:01

Allan Yn Y Fan – Trosnant [Wales]:
– Tressle Bridge/Tenpenny Bit/Thunderhead – 4:15
– Si Hei Lwli Mabi – 2:33
– Moliannwn/Rachel Dafydd Ifan – 4:07
– Rîl Abergwaun/Castell Thomas/Madam Mayor – 3:58
– Trosnant – 3:41

The Tannahill Weavers – Dancing Feet [Scotland]:
– Tranent Muir – 2:40
– Isabeaux S'Y Promene/Banais Mairead – 3:51
– Fisher Row/Newmarket House – 3:42
– Maggie Lauder – 2:09
– The Smokey Lum/Maggie's Pancakes/Dancing Feet/The Mason's Apron – 4:21

Second Hour:
Susan McKeown – Sweet Liberty [Ireland]:
– The Wee Birds All Have Come And Gone/Fisherman's – 3:03
– Johnny Scott – 6:41
– Eggs In Her Basket – 3:56
– Caledonia – 3:51

Flook – Flatfish [U.K.]:
– Calico – 3:21
– Eb Reels – 3:47
– The Gentle Giant – 6:41
– Sligo Reel – 4:14

Monika Jalili – Élan [Iran]:
– Dance of the Stars – 5:04
– Wishes – 4:23
– Separation – 4:01
– To Bemaan – 3:35

Third Hour:
Doug Folkins – Another Last Call [Canada]:
– Streets of Rome – 3:19
– Park the Car – 2:52
– King Henry’s Good Times – 3:08
– Paddy Murphy – 4:12
– Mari Mac – 2:30
– Black Velvet Band – 3:18

Lehto & Wright – The Further Adventures of Darling Cory [U.S.]:
– The Raveled Hank of Yarn/The Baffled Knight – 5:20
– Gan Ainm/The Three Little Drummers/The Trouble with Strings – 5:39
– Loch Lomand – 1:29
– Handsome Johnny/The Humors of Whitegate – 5:26

The Tossers – Communication & Conviction [U.S.]:
– Young Ned of the Hill – 2:34
– Maidrin Rua/Tell Me Ma – 3:41
– Seven Drunken Nights – 4:00
– Last Rights of the Plummenting Thermometer – 2:01
– Buckets of Beer – 2:18
– Johnny I – 3:23

Playlist for July 8, 2009 (Guest host: Ellie Blair)

First Hour:
Peatbog Faeries - What Men Deserve To Lose [Scotland]:
– The Locks And Rocks Reel
– Sudden Dilemma
– Still Drunk In The Morning
– Ramasaig

Kim Robertson - The Spiral Gate [USA]:
– Comb Your Hair And Curl It
– Ferry Me Across The Water
– Molly On The Shore
– Gaudete

Beoga - Mischief [Ireland]:
– Mischief
– Factory Girl
– Dirty Work
– A Delicate Thing
– Mickey The Pipes

Second Hour:
Solas - The Edge Of Silence [Ireland]:
– Darkness Darkness
– Prelude Number 1/Black Annis
– Who’s In The What Now
– Poison Jester’s Mask

North Cregg - Roseland Barn Dance [Ireland]:
– The Dark Eyed Sailor
– Barbara Allen
– Go Your Way
– Creehan’s Reels

Rare Air - Space Piper [Canada]:
– Treebranch
– Mammoth No Arms
– Astral Jig

Third Hour:
An Dochas - Dragonfly [Ireland]:
– The Ashplant/Hanley’s/Otters Nest
– Shank’s Mare/Hard Road To Travel
– The Wanderer
– Legacy Jig
– Hag With The Money

The Young Dubliners - Real World [USA]:
– Real World
– Touch The Sky
– Please
– Evermore

The Tim Edey Band - Farrago [UK]:
– Trad Jazz
– Jig Jazz
– Broadstairs Regatta
– Steamboat To Sharon’s

Dochas [Scotland]:
– Chuir Lad Mise

Playlist for July 1, 2009

First Hour:
Silly Wizard – Wild & Beautiful [Scotland]:
– If I Was a Blackbird – 7:34
– The Pearl – 3:58
– A.B. Corsie (The Lad from Orkney)/Ril Bheara/Richard Dwyer's – 4:35

Show of Hands – Cold Cuts [U.K.]:
– Crow on the Cradle – 3:58
– First They Take Manhattan – 4:02
– The Battle of the Somme – 1:53
– The Keeper – 2:17
– Time After Time – 3:22
– The Setting/Mary from Dungloe – 3:40

Sinead O’Connor – Sean Nos Nua [Ireland]:
– Her Mantle So Green – 5:40
– Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile – 3:21
– Paddy’s Lament – 5:28
– Baidin Fheilimi – 3:22
– I’ll Tell Me Ma – 2:24

Second Hour:
Peatbog Faeries – Mellowosity [Scotland]:
– Macedonian Woman’s Rant – 4:56
– Lexy MacAskill – 5:03
– Eiggman – 3:42
– Maids of Mount Cisco – 4:09

Triakel – Songs from 63° N [Sweden]:
– Where Do You Think? – 2:22
– Maclay and Macrae – 1:45
– Wee Willie Wattie – 2:06
– Friends and Neighbors – 2:53
– The Cruel Mother – 3:12
– The Lover in the Window – 1:58
– In Your Father’s Footsteps – 3:18

The Trojans – Celtic Ska [U.K.]:
– Maggie Meet Skagill – 3:32
– Skalalitude – 2:51
– Anam Mana – 3:35
– Cheque the Version – 3:35
– Itchy Feet – 3:59

Third Hour:
Wolfstone – This Strange Place [Scotland]:
– Harlequin – 3:58
– This Girl – 4:23
– Stevie’s Set – 3:55
– Reluctant Journey – 4:40

The Whisky Priests – Think Positive! [U.K.]:
– Side by Side – 2:38
– Car Boot Sale – 3:40
– Alice in Wonderland – 3:21
– Wherever You Go – 4:05
– Positive Steps – 2:02

Tempest – Bootleg [U.S.]:
– Heather on the Moor – 4:22
– Handsome Molly – 3:12
– Wild Rover – 4:08
– Dance of the Third Leg – 3:53
– Heart of Mine – 3:22

Playlist for June 25, 2009

First Hour:
Shooglenifty – A Whisky Kiss [Scotland]:
– Da Eye Wifey – 7:47
– Good Drying – 5:34
– The Price of a Pig – 5:42

Savourna, Tabor, Thompson – Singing the Storm [Scotland/U.K.]:
– The Witch of Fauldshope – 5:06
– The Gypsy Queen – 3:13
– Fleur de Lis – 3:42
– Broom of Cowdenknowes – 4:07
– Beyond the Ballad – 2:03

F.B.A. (Ferebandaperta) – Till the Sky Shall Fall [Italy]:
– La Jument de Michaud – 3:16
– Lark in the Morning – 5:47
– Alla Round My Hat – 3:46
– Greenlands – 3:46

Second Hour:
Shelley Phillips & Friends – The Butterfly [U.S.]:
– King of the Faeries/Temple Hill – 3:53
– Rain – 2:39
– Lowlands of Holland – 2:58
– Divinum Mysterium – 7:23

Nightnoise – A Different Shore [Ireland]:
– Call of the Child – 5:01
– Falling Apples – 4:48
– The Busker on the Bridge – 4:02
– Clouds Go By – 4:42

Mac Umba – Don’t Hold Your Breath [Scotland]:
– The Selkie – 4:47
– Son de Megalomania – 3:35
– Lochanside – 3:18
– Just Five More Minutes – 3:54
– Loch Roag – 3:45

Third Hour:
Various Artists – The World is a Wonderful Place [U.K.]:
– Martin & Jessica Simpson – Down Where the Drunkards Roll – 4:54
– Ivor Cutler & Iam Kearey – Wheely Down – 4:24
– Ron Kavana – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight – 5:40
– Sally Barker – I Misunderstood – 4:31

The Saw Doctors – Sing a Powerful Song [Ireland]:
– Macnas Parade – 3:10
– Clare Island – 4:01
– Never Mind the Strangers – 5:44
– I Useta Lover – 2:44

Oysterband – Shouting End of Life [U.K.]:
– Jam Tomorrow – 3:49
– The Shouting End of Life – 3:26
– Our Lady of the Bottles – 3:08
– Lovers in a Dangerous Time – 3:00
– Don’t Slit Your Wrists for Me – 3:46

Playlist for June 17, 2009 (Guest host Ellie Blair)

First Hour:
Croft Number Five - Talk of the Future [Scotland]:
– Elephant
– Taxi for O’Neill
– Sputnik
– Passing Train

Kip’s Bay Ceili Band - Digging In [Ireland]:
– You
– Suite For Hilary
– Affligem Night
– Broken Promises

Capercaille - The Blood Is Strong [Scotland]:
– The Lorn Theme
– Arrival Theme
– Callinish, Picts,Celts
– Fear A Bhata
– Downtown Toronto

Second Hour:
Halali - Halali [USA]:
– I’m Too Sexy For My Djembe/Pierre’s Right Arm/Paddy’s Trip To
Scotland/Bishops Bellies
– The Knight And The Shepherds Daughter
– Reel de la Sauvagine/Mutt’s Favourite/The Old Time Wedding Reel
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Celtic Soul - Wee Blue Man [USA]:
– Nothin On My Mind
– Rocks Of Bawn
– Katie Love
– Saints Of Belfast


Skeduz - Couleurs Liviou [Brittany]:
– Take 6
– Lauren
– Ton Doubl Plinn
– An Dro Ar Bed

Third Hour:
Luka Bloom - Salty Heaven [Ireland]:
– Blackberry Time
– Hungry Ghost
– Water Ballerina
– Cool Breeze

Phamie Gow - Lammermuir [Scotland]:
– Lammermuir
– Wild And Stormy Lammermuir
– On The Black Hill
– Night Fold

Secret Garden - White Stones [Norway/Ireland]:
– Steps
– Moving
– Illumination
– Hymn To Hope

Playlist for June 10, 2009

First Hour:
Altan – Blackwater [Ireland]:
– Johnny Boyle's/King Of The Pipers – 3:30
– An Gasur Mor/Bunker Hill (Dogs Among The Bushes) – 4:09
– Molly Na Gcuach Ni Chuilleanain (The Curly Molly Nee Chull–In–An) – 2:36
– Blackwaterside – 3:43
– A Tune for Frankie – 3:26

Dick Gaughan – Outlaws & Dreamers [Scotland]
– Florence in Florence – 2:31
– When I’m Gone – 3:44
– What You Do With What You’ve Got – 3:18
– Tom Paine’s Bones – 3:45
– Wild Roses – 4:02

Dalla – More Salt! [Cornwall]:
– Begone – 3:10
– Three Sisters – 4:13
– Helston – 3:59
– Parra Hearn – 7:17

Second Hour:
Ballycotton – Jenseits vom Ende der Zeit [Austria]:
– Spiel mich (Tag und Nacht) – 4:41
– Morgens – 3:46
– Cuba Libre – 3:24
– Jenseits vom Ende der Zeit – Leben – 6:15

Harriet Earis – Jumping Ahead [U.K.]:
– Maggie’s Pancakes – 4:34
– Lonely – 1:45
– Jumping Ahead – 5:01
– The HarpaSonic Set – 6:22

Garmarna – Hildegard von Bingen [Sweden]:
– Viridissima Virga (Greenest Branch) – 4:43
– Unde Quocomque (Whence, Wherever) – 7:12
– Paso – 3:06
– Kyrie – 2:45

Third Hour:
Various Artists – The World is a Wonderful Place [U.K.]:
– The House Band – Pharoah – 3:12
– Marvin Etzioni – It Don’t Cost Much – 4:34
– Men and Volts – Love Is Bad for Business – 2:40
– Clive Gregson/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader – Dimming of the Day – 3:52
– Linda Thompson – The World Is a Wonderful Place – 3:31
– Plainsong – Galway to Graceland – 2:40

The Pogues – Poguetry in Motion [Ireland]:
– A Rainy Night in Soho – 4:46
– London Girl – 3:06
– The Body of an American – 4:49
– Planxty Noel Hill – 3:11

Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [U.K.]:
– John Gaudie – 5:08
– The Bowmen’s Retreat – 3:04
– Slipology – 3:03
– Dangerous – 4:39
– Heard It Through the Grapevine – 3:53

Playlist for June 3, 2009

First Hour:
Cherish the Ladies – At Home [Ireland/U.S.]:
– The Limerick Lassies Set/The Bird Feeder/The Bank Of Ireland/Grampa's Ceili – 5:02
– The Curragh Of Kildare – 4:09
– The Harbor Jig Set/The Falcon On The Hedge/Jack's Morning Feast – 4:02
– Is Fada Liom Uaimi Uaimi (I Long For Her) – 3:06

Blackbush – Celtic Chatroom [Austria]:
– Missing You – 3:46
– The Spider’s Jigs – 4:33
– Green Grow the Rushes–O – 5:31
– Wild Mountain Thyme – 2:29
– The Maid That Sold Her Barley – 2:39

Calasaig – Merchants’ City [Scotland]:
– The Pullet/Sandy Duff – 2:38
– The Bonnie Light Horseman – 3:31
– Lazy Bairn/Instrumental: Doug Mcphee's Welcome – 3:49
– St. Andrews In The Square/Merchants' City/Gallus Granite/The Low Green Road/The Gathering Place – 8:06

Second Hour:
Umnachter – Gedankensplitter [Austria]:
– Finstergrüner Morgentau – 4:35
– Eines Fiebertraumes Zugeständnis – 2:23
– Gedankensplitter – 5:58
– Alpenland – 4:06

Márta Sebestyén – Muzsikas [Hungary]:
– Három Árva – 4:55
– Fújnaka Fellegek – 1:28
– Fuvom Azénekem – 2:12
– Vetettem Violát – 3:56
– Teremtés – 4:06

Robin Williamson – Gems of Celtic Story 2 [Scotland]:
– The Wooing of Findabair – 18:40

Third Hour:
Mike Scott – Bring 'Em All In [Scotland]:
– Bring ‘em All In – 4:00
– What Do You Want Me to Do – 3:06
– City Full of Ghosts – 2:47
– Wonderful Disguise – 3:33
– Sensitive Children – 2:41
– Learning to Love Him – 1:39
– Wonderful Disguise (Reprise) – 0:30

The Prodigals – Go On [U.S.]:
– Spancil Hill – 3:41
– Black Eyed Gypsy – 2:16
– Ballybay – 2:28
– Long Ago – 4:52
– Boru’s Marches – 3:13

Neck – Here’s Mud in Yer Eye [Ireland]:
– McAlpine’s Fusileers – 4:08
– Here’s Mud in Yer Eye – 4:47
– The Maid Behind the Bar/The Sally Gardens – 3:53
– A Fistful of Shamrock – 3:45

Playlist for May 28, 2009

First Hour:
Allan Yn Y Fan – Cerddoriaeth Geltaidd o Gymru [Wales]:
– Hen Ferchetan/Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe – 3:31
– Jizaique/Ms. Gina Morgan's Delight at the Prospect of Matrimony – 4:09
– Lisa Lan – 4:09
– The Brown Bull of Cill na Móna/The Tipperary Temptress – 3:03

Archie Fisher – Windward Away [Scotland]:
– Speak Your Name – 4:15
– Final Trawl – 3:32
– Silver Coin – 2:46
– Star of Belle Isle – 3:32
– Cuillins of Home – 2:34

Cathie Ryan – Somewhere Along the Road [Ireland]:
– Carrick–A–Rede – 4:04
– Somewhere Along the Road – 4:25
– Raking and Roguing – 3:20
– High On a Mountain – 3:31
– Grace O’Malley – 3:14

Second Hour:
Kris Drever – Black Water [Scotland]:
– Patrick Spence – 3:46
– Honk Toot – 4:00
– Harvest Gypsies – 3:26
– Rodney’s Glory – 4:54

Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie – Cut and Run [U.S.]:
– Girls in Black – 4:30
– Penny for the Guy – 4:18
– Spoils of War – 3:53
– The Mango Song – 4:09

Old Blind Dogs – The World’s Room [Scotland]:
– To The Beggin’ I Will Go – 3:32
– Bannockburn Road – 5:43
– Edward – 5:09
– The Ritual – 4:39

Third Hour:
The Fenians – A Distant City Street [U.S.]:
– The Good Ship Calibar – 4:11 (4)
– The Rising of the Moon – 3:23 (10)
– Bold O’Donahue – 2:40 (12)
– The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – 7:16

The Mahones – Here Comes Lucky [Canada]:
– One Last Shot – 3:33
– Is This Bar Open ‘til Tomorrow – 4:09
– The Battle of Auchtermuchty – 1:31
– Whiskey Devils – 2:56
– Will You Marry Me – 3:02

The Chieftains – Another Country [Ireland]:
– Wabash Cannonball – 3:22
– Cotton–Eyed Joe – 2:37
– Finale: Did You Ever Go A–Courtin', Uncle Joe/Will The Circle Be Unbroken – 12:06

Playlist for May 20, 2009

First Hour:
Niamh Parsons – Heart’s Desire [Ireland]:
– My Lagan Love – 3:12
– Jenny Picking Cockles/Colliers – 2:44
– A Kiss in the Morning Early – 2:55
– The Brown Bull of Cill na Móna/The Tipperary Temptress – 3:03
– Tide Full In – 2:27
– Bramblethorn – 3:05

Neal Hellman – Oktober County [U.S.]:
– Durango – 3:56
– Robertson’s Unreel – 2:15
– Little St. Anne – 3:55
– Sheebag Sheemore – 4:47
– Oktober County – 3:21

Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs [U.K.]:
– Canadee–I–O – 5:57
– Barrack Street – 4:29
– Planxty Davis – 2:47
– Farewell to the Gold – 5:19

Second Hour:
Maria Kalaniemi – Ahma [Finland]:
– Kaamos – 6:20
– Lovina – 3:10
– Nibe – 3:32
– Arctic Paradise – 4:10

Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner – Mighty Rain [Ireland]:
– Stone Boat – 2:41
– If Not For You – 2:50
– In the Garden – 4:17
– Donal Nua – 4:23
– Let There Be New Flowering in the Field – 2:39

Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Union Cafe [U.K.]:
– Scherzo and Trio – 6:57
– Yodel 3 – 3:27
– Organum – 3:50
– Silver Star of Bologna – 4:06

Third Hour:
Kips Bay – Into the Light [Ireland]:
– The Unemployment Line – 5:22
– Aires De Pontevedra – 3:46
– Dandelion Girl – 4:27
– My Angel Boy – 4:46

The American Wake – Tell No Tales [U.S.]:
– She Swears Like a Sailor – 3:46
– The Drinking Jolly Roger – 3:09
– Ballydesmond – 1:42
– The Doryman – 4:08
– Ballydesmond (reprise) – 1:08
– What Did the Deep Sea Say – 3:02

Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left [U.K.]:
– River Man – 4:22
– Three Hours – 6:17
– Cello Song – 4:50
– Man in a Shed – 3:56
– Fruit Tree – 4:51

Playlist for May 13, 2009 (Guest host: Ellie Blair)

First Hour:
Various Artists – The Future Sound Of Gaeldom [Scotland]:
– James Browns March - Michael McGoldrick
– New Day Dawning - Tartan Amoebas
– Las Temporadas - Big Sky
– Hi Horo - Alyth McCormack

Burach - Unstoppable [Scotland]:
– The Fool Inside
– Abby’s Jig/The Jilting
– Lochtairlort Rain/A Storm In The West/Jacobs Ladder
– Through The Night/Edinburgh Takeaway

Kate Price - Deep Hearts Core [U.S.]:
– The Labyrinth
– The Journey On
– Siuil A Ruin

Second Hour:
Kevin Burke’s Open House - Hoof And Mouth [Ireland/Scotland/U.S.]:
– The Okarina/The Tattoo
– Hoof And Mouth
– The Slit Rock/The Pipe On The Hob/Blue Adder
– Paddy The Caffler/Polka/Tolka Polka

Heather McLeod - Crossing Tides [Scotland]:
– Walk The Block
– Sunshine
– Fantasy
– Red Mist

Sian James - Pur [Wales]:
– The Girl Who Was Refused
– There Is My Sweetheart
– Wilt Though Go My Blackbird
– A Longing For Meirionydd

Third Hour:
Eleanor McEvoy - What’s Following Me [Ireland]:
– A Glass Unkissed
– Precious Little
– Whisper A Prayer To The Moon
– All That Surrounds Me

The Funky String Band - Mongrel Unleashed [Scotland]:
– Tommy Shades
– The Corkhill Set
– Sarah Hoy’s
– Wat Ye Wha I Met Yestreem

Fraser Fifield - Slow Stream [Scotland]:
– Slow Stream
– Strathspey A93
– South Of Here

Playlist for May 6, 2009

First Hour:
Various Artists – Folk 'n' Hell [Scotland]:
– Shooglenifty – The Pipe Tunes – 4:54
– Coelbeg – The Jolly Beggar/The Man in Black – 5:22
– The Humpff Family – Beaujolais Nouveau – 3:06
– Rock Salt & Nails – Grandmother's Eyes – 3:14

Aine Minogue – The Twilight Realm [Ireland]:
– King of the Faeries – 4:31
– The Mermaid – 2:24
– Deandai, Deandai – 2:36
– Gloine an Beoir – 1:09
– The Selkie – 4:07
– Rince Na Sidhóga – 1:41

Norma Waterson – Norma Waterson (self–titled) [U.K.]:
– Black Muddy River – 4:21
– God Loves a Drunk – 4:41
– There Ain't No Sweet Man (Who's Worth the Salt of My Tears) – 2:54
– Anna Dixie – 3:42

Second Hour (hosted by Ellie Blair):
Saoirse - Celtic Eclectic [USA]:
– Donald McGillavry
– Farewell To Tarwaithe

Dalla - Rooz [Cornwall]:
– The Smith's Fire
– King Of Sweden
– Midsummer Bonfire
– Crantock Games

Susan McKeown/Cathy Ryan/Robin Spielberg - Mother Songs Celebrating Mothers and Motherhood [Ireland/USA]:
– Mother Of Mine
– Rock me To Sleep Mother
– Mother's Celebration

Third Hour:
Oysterband – Liberty Hall [U.K.]:
– Bonnie Susie Cleland – 5:31
– Liberty Hall – 4:10
– Barnstead Downs – 3:39
– St. Peter’s Tea Gardens – 2:48
– Six Grey Men – 3:45

Ashley MacIsaac – Ashley MacIsaac (self–titled) [Canada]:
– Save Me from Tomorrow – 4:03
– To America We Go – 3:42
– Chorus Jig/The King’s Reel – 2:51
– Bog an Login – 2:05
– Fairy Dance – 3:38

Hothouse Flowers – Into Your Heart [Ireland]:
– Alright – 4:36
– Magic Bracelets – 3:41
– Si Do Mhamo I – 6:36

Playlist for April 29, 2009

First Hour:
Capercaillie – Secret People [Scotland]:
– Tobar Mhoire (Tobermory) – 3:50
– Four Stone Walls – 3:16
– The Whinney Hills Jigs – 6:10
– The Harley Ashtray – 4:07
– Oran – 2:25

William Pint & Felicia Dale – The Set of the Sail [U.S.]:
– Tom Bowling – 3:36
– Jack Tar Ashore – 5:13
– Fire Down Below – 5:08
– Adieu les Filles de Mon Pays – 3:13

Bua – An Spealadóir [U.S.]:
– Lus Na mBanríon/Cuckanandy/Rince Philib A' Cheoil – 3:30
– Johnny Henry's/Martin Wynne's No. 4/Miss MacDonald – 4:31
– The Caladh Thaidhg Regatta/The Skye Road/The Four–Fingered Fisherman – 5:02
– A Mhisg A Chuir An Nollaig Oirnn/Bòg A' Lochain/Seallaibh Curraigh Eòghainn – 4:51

Second Hour:
Ballycotton – Mondland [Austria]:
– Letting Go – 2:52 (4)
– The Flood – 5:35 (6)
– Mondland – 2:22 (8)
– Variations on a Moment – 7:10

The Keltz – The Seas Are Deep [Scotland/India]:
– O’Carolan’s Dream – 3:55
– The Lads of Mull – 3:46
– The Seas Are Deep – 2:50
– The Dam Buster’s Jig – 3:48
– Salutaris Hostia – 2:20

Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila – May Monday [U.K./Finland]:
– Seven Years/Hokpers Vals – 5:23
– Melting/Return to the Stewarty/A Quiet Autumn – 8:09
– Boda – 4:17

Third Hour:
Christy Moore – Listen [Ireland]:
– Does This Train Stop on Merseyside – 3:33
– Shine On You Crazy Diamond – 5:07
– The Ballad of Ruby Walsh – 3:39
– Duffy’s Cut – 3:31
– The Disappeared (Los Desaparacidos) – 3:19

Various Artists – Hands Across the Water: A Benefit for the Children of the Tsunami:
– Jon Randall, Máirtin O'Connor & Alison Brown – Get Through It – 4:35
– Tim O'Brien & Lúnasa – Fair and Tender Ladies – 5:57
– Sharon Shannon & Jackson Browne – A Man of Constant Sorrow – 3:38
– John Prine, Fiona Prine & Dermot Byrne – 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose – 2:57
– Jerry Douglas & Ciaran Tourish – In the Sweet By and By – 2:02

Great Big Sea – Play [Canada]:
– Ordinary Day – 3:11
– Donkey Riding – 2:22
– Seagulls – 2:17
– Recruiting Sargeant – 3:41
– Jakey’s Gin – 2:54
– Rigadoon – 3:01

Playlist for April 22, 2009

First Hour:
Altan – The Blue Idol [Ireland]:
– Daily Growing – 4:54
– Uncle Rat – 2:12
– The Blue Idol – 3:06
– Cuach mo Lon Dubh Buí – 3:03
– Gweebarra Bridge – 3:46

Ben Edom – Spindrift [Scotland]:
– Streets of London/Donna Donna – 3:43
– Banish Misfortune/The Tenpenny Bit/Old Hag You Have Killed Me – 3:45
– The Gaelic Set – 5:27
– The Gray Girls – 3:27
– Broom of the Cowdenknowes – 2:55

Bill Jones – Two Year Winter [U.K.]:
– The Holland Mistress – 3:49
– Night–time Jigs – 3:55
– The Story of Our Darling Grace – 2:49
– Diddling Set – 4:09
– The Haymakers – 3:34

Second Hour:
Bachué – The Butterfly [Scotland]:
– Khazie/ Trip to London/ Cleveland Park – 4:16
– Mirk Mirk Is the Midnight Hour – 5:58
– Gin Ye Kiss My Wife I'll Tell the Minister/Ted's Rant – 6:55

Madredeus – Existir [Portugal]:
– Matinal – 3:25
– Tardes De Bolonha – 3:05
– O Ladráo – 2:50
– O Pomar Das Laranjeiras – 4:21
– Solsticio – 4:15

Modena City Ramblers – La Grande Familia [Italy]:
– Clan Banlieue – 3:57
– Giro di Vite – 2:03
– La Mondina /The Lonesome Boatman – 2:02
– Al Dievel/La Marcia del Diavolo – 3:28
– Il fabbricante dei sogni – 3:22
– La banda del sogno interrotto – 2:59

Third Hour:
Fairport Convention – Close to the Wind [U.K.]:
– Cup of Tea/Loaf of Bread/Miss Monohan’s – 3:19
– London River – 3:00
– Mock Morris/The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly on the Jetty – 4:56
– Close to the Wind – 6:12

Four Men and a Dog – Long Roads [Ireland]:
– She’s On My Mind – 3:36
– Nancy – 4:52
– The Sally Gardens – 6:35
– Over the River She Goes – 3:32

Bill Grogan’s Goat – Bill Grogan’s Goat (self–titled) [U.S.]:
– As I Roved Out – 4:20
– Three Drunken Maidens – 4:06
– South Australia – 5:14
– The Banks of the Roses – 3:12

Playlist for April 15, 2009

First Hour:
Molly’s Revenge – Raise the Rafters [U.S.]:
– The Rainy Day – 4:13
– Mary and the Gallant Soldier – 5:27
– The Roving Bachelor – 3:27
– The Close Shave – 4:41

Malinky – Flower & Iron [Scotland]:
– Cows & Cottongrass – 3:56
– The Shipyard Apprentice – 4:20
– Why Should I? – 3:54
– The Road Tae Drumleman – 4:56

Brothers 3 – … Again [U.S.]:
– Lark in the Morning/Langstrom’s Pony – 4:34
– The Wind That Shakes the Barley – 3:46
– Dwyer’s Hornpipe – 3:02
– Willie Macintosh – 1:42
– A Fig for a Kiss/The Butterfly/Morrisson’s Jig – 4:50

Second Hour:
Rachel Hair – The Lucky Smile [Scotland]:
– Back Home – 5:06
– Tsunami Jack – 5:08
– I Lost My Harp in Barcelona – 3:11
– Leis an Lurgainn – 3:21

Genticorum – La Bibournoise [Canada]:
– La Grondeuse Opossum – 4:07
– Le Brandy Culotté – 5:54
– Pinson et Cendrouille – 4:05
– Valse Beaulieu – 4:10

Ariella Uliano – A.U. (almost) a Compilation [Italy]:
– So, We’ll Go No More A Roving – 2:02
– Salley Gradens – 4:27
– My Jolly Plough Fellows – 4:06
– Danza Italiana – 2:29
– Canto D’Autunno – 3:03

Third Hour:
Celtic Nots – Not Music [U.S.]:
– Eamonn’s Reel/The Shepherd’s Daughter – 2:31
– Shady Grove – 5:37
– An Nighean Dubh – 7:42
– Bum In a Sling – 2:27

The Eighteenth Day of May – The Eighteenth Day of May [U.K.]:
– Sir Casey Jones – 3:17
– Highest Tree – 3:27
– Hide & Seek – 3:07
– Monday Morning’s No Good Coming Down – 3:22
– Flowers of the Forest – 5:10

Enter the Haggis – Gutter Anthems [Canada]:
– Intro – 1:12
– The Litter and the Leaves – 4:43
– Cameos – 4:36
– Did You Call Me Albatross? – 1:17
– Sea of Crutches – 5:27
– Bury My Demons – 0:39

Playlist for April 8, 2009 (Guest host Ellie Blair)

First Hour:
Smoky Finish - The Rock “N” Reel Connection [Austria]:
– Being Drunk Set
– Clear This Planet Immediately
– The Queen Of Argyll
– Mullah Set

Capercaillie - Sidewaulk [Scotland]:
– Alasdair Mhic
– Fisherman’s Dream
– The Sidewaulk Reels
– Both Sides Of The Tweed

Paddy Rasta - Listen To Your Heart [Scotland]:
– Meditation
– Freedom
– Molly Malone
– Forty Shades Of Green

Second Hour:
Karen Ashbrook/Paul Oorts - Celtic Café [USA]:
– Behind The Bush In The Garden/Sgt Early’s Dream/Lady Anne Montgomery
– Belgian Jigs
– Valse Petit Dejeuner

Stand Easy - Tainted [USA]:
– Western Thursday/Braes Of Melinish
– Watch Me
– 1,000 Curses On Love
– Leaving Lismore/Donald McLeod

Johnny Cunningham/Susan McKeown - Peter And Wendy [Scotland/Ireland]:
– Two Is The Beginning Of The End/On These Magic Shores
– Stories To Tell
– The Landing
– The Wolves Of Neverland
– Neverbird

Third Hour:
Keltik Elektrik - Hotel Kaledonia [Scotland]:
– Trans-Highland Express
– Disko Breizh
– Julia Meets The Skyeman

Eddie Reader - Peacetime [Scotland]:
– Mary And The Soldier
– Aye Waulkin-O
– Ye Banks And Braes O Bonnie Doon
– Peacetime

Phamie Gow - Dancing Hands [Scotland]:
– Dancing Hands
– Goodbye To The Sea And The Sailors
– Highflyer
– Indian Summer

Playlist for April 1, 2009

First Hour:
Matt & Shannon Heaton – Lover’s Well [U.S.]:
– Brad’s Honeybees – 3:15
– Bay of Biscay – 5:06
– New Married Couple – 3:31
– Golden Glove – 4:58

Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Scottish Music [Scotland]:
– The Cast – The Scots Callan O’Bonnie Dundee – 5:22
– Dick Gaughan – Erin–Go–Bragh – 4:31
– Bert Jansch – Just a Dream – 3:42
– Old Blind Dogs – Malcolm Ferguson/Finbar Saunders – 3:56

Robin Williamson – Just Like the River and Other Songs for Guitar [Scotland]:
– The Silence Between the Words – 2:27
– Jordan Is a Hard Road – 3:50
– Matt Groves and Lady Bernard – 7:00
– Down in Cupid’s Garden – 2:17
– Song for Bina – 2:33

Second Hour:
Ron Kavana – Irish Ways (Disc 4) [Ireland]:
– Fenians, the Land League and Parnell – 5:36
– The Wife of the Bold Tenant Farmer – 3:05
– The Uncrowned King / the Pinch O'Snuff – 3:22
– Revival and Rising – 5:46
– The Foggy Dew – 6:05
– Easter 1916 – 1:06
– War of Independence and Civil War – 6:34
– Four Green Fields – 5:37
– Cry, Cry, Cry – 4:34
– Free State to the Troubles – 5:12
– In the Smoke – 4:59
– The Travellin' People/Death Chant of the Navaho – 4:45
– You Northern Gaels – 0:38
– Reconciliation – 3:31
– Old Ireland / New Ireland – 7:29
– Lovers and Friends – 4:16
– Irish Ways – 4:59

Third Hour:
Perry Rose – Hocus Pocus [Ireland/Belgium]:
– Glasgow – 3:04
– Top of the World – 3:45
– Hocus Pocus – 2:53
– Julia Delaney & Martin Wynne’s – 2:25
– Come Around – 3:21
– The Old Copperplate – 2:46

Molly’s Revenge – Raise the Rafters [U.S.]:
– The Rainy Day – 4:13
– Mary and the Gallant Soldier – 5:27
– The Close Shave – 4:41

Playlist for March 25, 2009

First Hour:
Malinky – Flower & Iron [Scotland]:
– Pad the Road Wi Me – 3:14
– The Broomfield Hill – 4:09
– The Drunken Duck – 4:53
– The Ploughboy and the Maid – 3:57

Lauren MacColl – Strewn With Ribbons [Scotland]:
– The Prophet – 5:03
– Honesty – 5:12
– Lost My Heart On Friday – 3:13
– Highland Wedding – 2:45

Bodega – Under the Counter [Scotland]:
– The Stomping Ground – 4:05
– Puirt – 4:06
– Balaich An Iasgaich – 4:09
– Missing Tramp – 4:32

Second Hour:
Ron Kavana – Irish Ways (Disc 3) [Ireland]:
– Young Robert Emmet – 2:20
– Robert Emmet's Last Words/Scaffold Passage – 1:28
– Emmet's No More – 0:25
– After '98 – 1:38
– The Plains of Waterloo – 3:58
– The Whiteboys – 3:22
– Buachaillín Bán – 2:11
– Daniel O'Connell – 3:53
– Daniel O'Connell & Érin Go Bragh – 1:05
– Further Catastrophe – 4:42
– O'Connell's Dead – 0:22
– The Praties/The Lord's Prayer – 2:34
– The Great Hunger – 7:00
– Mad Visions – 1:50
– The Famine Year – 0:47
– Skibereen – 5:47
– Diaspora – 6:26
– The New Road – 4:42
– Canada–I–O – 3:42
– The New Dominion – 0:14
– Crossing the Niagara – 1:20
– Bound for South Australia – 2:01
– The Plains of Emu – 0:38
– Adieu and Farewell – 5:15
– On the Tide – 0:22
– No Irish Need Apply – 3:28
– The Battle of Bull Run – 0:26
– Muldoon, the Solid Man – 5:04

Third Hour:
Andy Irvine – Rude Awakening [Ireland]:
– Never Tire of the Road – 4:04
– Viva Zapata! – 4:29
– Allan McLean – 5:05

The Elders – Pass It On Down [U.S.]:
– Love of the Century – 5:07
– Devil’s Tongue – 4:31
– Highlands – 4:33

The Zydepunks – Finisterre [U.S.]:
– Dear Molly – 2:34
– When My Ship Comes In – 3:41
– One More Chance – 2:25
– Cuando Crecerán Los Flores – 4:22
– Song for Mike – 3:54

Playlist for March 18, 2009

First Hour:
Various Artists – Hidden Treasures: Irish Music in Chicago:
– John Williams – Micho’s Jig/Mikey’s Reel – 2:59
– Aine Meenaghan – This Night is Dark – 3:23
– Joseph Sobol – O’Sullivan’s March – 3:15
– Jim McCandless – Beat the Devil – 3:23
– Maureen O’Shea – The Blacksmith – 3:19
– Bruach Na Carraige Báine – Dennis Cahill – 2:46

Various Artists – New Folk Roots & Traditional Music From Northern Ireland (Disc 1) [Ireland]:
– Four Men and a Dog – Maybe Tonight – 3:42
– Meabh O'Hare & Conor Byrne – War Hent Trabrin/The Navigator – 3:54
– Eilidh Patterson – That Was Then, This Is Now – 3:23
– Croabh Rua – O'Leary's Motorbike/Elizabeth Kelly's Delight/The Humours of Ballingarry – 4:02
– Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – Cara Caoin (Beloved Friend) – 4:29
– West Ocan String Quartet – Queen of the Scals – 2:35
– Pat McManus – Aye – 3:54
– Eamon Friel – The Waltz of the Years – 4:12
– Robert Watt – Highland Pipe Medley – 5:01

Second Hour:
Ron Kavana – Irish Ways (Disc 2) [Ireland]:
– Wild Geese – 0:18
– Suil a Ruin – 7:28
– Penal Days – 0:23
– The Penal Laws – 2:32
– Farewell to Granuaille – 0:11
– Deorai – 1:17
– Rambiling Irishman – 3:36
– The Bardic Tradidtion and the Death of O'Carolan – 3:57
– An Entree – 0:10
– A Modest Proposal – 1:36
– John Barry – 0:31
– American War of Independence – 1:18
– At the Siege of Valley Forge – 0:19
– Sean Bhean Bhocht – 2:06
– The Rights of Man – 2:21
– The Summer Soldiers – 3:55
– 1798 and the United Irishmen – 3:46
– Dunlavin Green – 5:37
– Boolavogue – 4:49
– Forging of the Pikes – 0:38
– Who Fears to Speak of '98 – 0:21
– Roddy Mccorley – 3:55
– A Winter's Tale – 0:28
– By Memory Inspired – 2:37
– Truth and Understanding – 6:16
– The Union – 0:31
– The Shamrock Shore – 4:22

Third Hour:
Christy Moore – Live At the Point [Ireland]:
– Welcome To The Cabaret – Live at the Point – 4:52
– Delirium Tremens – 4:37
– Go Move Shift – 2:06
– Casey – 3:51
– Fairytale of New York – 5:48

The Pogues – The Ultimate Collection [Ireland]:
– Sally MacLennane – 2:44
– Dirty Old Town – 3:45
– Repeal of the Licensing Laws – 2:10
– Young Ned of the Hill – 2:45
– Thousands are Sailing – 5:27
– The Irish Rover – 3:39
– The Sunnyside of the Street – 2:43