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August 19, 2010 |
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Program 1421: One, Two… (August 19, 2010) Week 33
Enjoy this hour dedicated to some of the great solo artists and duos whose craft is uncluttered, crystal clear acoustic music.
The Green Mandolin/Nordicana…by David Surette from The Green Mandolin (Madrina)
A Breath on the Cold Glass…by Wendy Weatherby from A Breath on the Cold Glass (Lochshore)
The Wagoner’s Lad…by Sarah McQuaid from I Won’t Go Home ‘til Morning (Sarah McQuaid)
The Crooked Road to Dublin/The Crib of Perches…by Sarah Blair from Flower of the Red Mill (Newgrange)
Marie Hamilton…by Wendy Stewart & Gary West from Hinterland (Moulincairn)
The Surround/The Red Stockings…by Kevin Burke & Cal Scott from Across the Black River (Loftus Music)
Little Margaret…by Laura Boosinger from Down the Road (Laura’s Label)
[ID excerpt] Hannah…by Sarah Bauhan from Lathrop’s Waltz (Whistler’s Music)
Aoidh, Na Dèan Cadal Idir…by Julie Fowlis from Cuilidh (Shoeshine)
Muddy Water…by Heidi Talbot from Wells for Zöe (Compass)
Todlen Hame…by Sylvia Barnes from The Colour of Amber (Greentrax)
Tiree Love Song…by Ross Kennedy from Scottish Voice and Acoustic Guitar (Greentrax)
Doinna…by Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry from At First Light (Compass)
The Blackest Crow…by Atwater Donnelly from The Blackest Crow (Rabbit Island Music)
Cameron’s Caper…by Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas from In the Moment (Culburnie) |
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August 12, 2010 |
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Program 1420: New Waves (August 12, 2010) Week 32
Celtic music is constantly evolving and finding new pathways. Join us for new music from the crest of the wave.
Ghost of Tom Joad…by Solas from The Turning Tide (Compass)
The Cock o’ Byam…by Saltfishforty from Netherbow (Saltfishforty)
Isflak… by Catriona McKay & Chris Stout from White Nights (Catriona McKay)
Fiollaigean… by Maeve Mackinnon from Celtic Woman 4 (Valley Entertainment)
Reynardine... by The Carolina Chocolate Drops from Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)
An T-Oighr’Og…by Baka Beyond from Baka Beyond the Forest (White Swan)
[ID Excerpt]: A Riverboat’s Gone…by Strung from Band of Gypsies (Strung Canada)
A La Orilla de Un Palmar…by The Chieftains with Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt from San Patricio (Blackrock)
Sailing to Mexico… by The Chieftains with Carlos Nuñez from San Patricio (Blackrock)
Encore…by Salsa Celtica from En Vivo En El Norte (Discos Leon)
Raggle-taggle Lad… by Ashley Hutchings and Ken Nicol from Copper, Russet and Gold (Park)
Tolka Polka/Hanter An Dro/Welsh Fairy Dance/French Mediaeval Tune…by Bellevue Rendezvous from Tangents (Bellevue Rendezvous)
Caravanserai…by Loreena McKennitt from A Mediterranean Odyssey (Quinlan Road) |
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August 5, 2010 |
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Program 1419: Little Windows (August 5, 2010) Week 31
Meet Julee Glaub and Mark Weems who mix Appalachian and Irish music and relish the beauty of two unaccompanied voices in close harmony. Hear them weave their timeless harmonies and talk about the power of communal song.
Little Windows…by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)
Gypsy Davy…by Julee Glaub from Blue Waltz (Julee Glaub)
Dear Irish Boy…by Julee Glaub *Live Studio Performance*
Foggy Dew…by Mark Weems from Short Time Here, Long Time Gone (Little Windows)
A Sailor Being Tired…by Mark Weems *Live Studio Performance*
Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains…by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)
[ID excerpt] Brand New Start…by Mark Weems from Short Time Here, Long Time Gone (Little Windows)
The Three Labradors…by Mark Weems from Short Time Here, Long Time Gone (Little Windows)
Red Rocking Chair…by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)
Palms of Victory…by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)
Bold Lieutenant/Soldier’s Joy/Ju-Ju’s Buck Dance…by Mark Weems *Live Studio Performance*
Fathers Now Our meeting is Over…by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)
Moody Nabors…by Mark Weems from Short Time Here, Long Time Gone (Little Windows) |
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July 29, 2010 |
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Program 1418: Song of the Times (July 29, 2010) Week 30
An old ballad may offer a fascinating glimpse of the past but what do today's songwriters have to say about our contemporary concerns? Find out this week.
When Will We All Be Free?…by Karan Casey from Chasing the Sun (Shanachie)
Ballad of Accounting…by The Paul McKenna Band from Between Two Worlds (Greentrax)
Wild Goose Chase… by McGlynn, Newman, Casey, Ní Chathasaigh from Heartstring Sessions (Old Bridge)
Rivers Run… by Karine Polwart from This Earthly Spell (Hegri Music)
A Happier Time... by Ember from Full Circle (Salt & Slate)
Bata is Bóthar…by John Spillane & Louis de Paor from The Gaelic Hit Factory (EMI)
[ID Excerpt]: Tripswitch…by John McSherry & Donal O'Connor from Tripswitch (Compass)
I Cried/Take Me to the Sea…by Battlefield Band from The Road of Tears (Temple)
Thousand Mile Blues… by Atwater.Donnelly from The Weaver’s Bonny (Rabbit Island Music)
Homeless…by Solas from The Hour Before Dawn (Shanachie)
Firethief/Behind Our Eyes… by Karine Polwart from This Earthly Spell (Hegri Music)
Different Drum…by Dick Gaughan from Lucky For Some (Greentrax) |
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July 22, 2010 |
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Program 1417: Armorica (July 22, 2010) Week 29 The peninsula that became Brittany was first named "Armorica" after the Roman conquest of ancient Gaul. Migration from Britain created a distinct community in culture and language and this is reflected in the music and song of today's "Bretagne" or Brittany. Join us to discover the intoxicating music of this coastal area. Laridé/An Dro…by Kornog from Première (Green Linnet)
Lassie Wi’ the Yellow Coatie…by Kornog from Korong (Green Linnet)
Gwenojennoù ar Gavotten… by Skolvan from Live in Italia (Keltia Musique)
Over to Brittany… by Nuala Kennedy from The New Shoes (Compass)
Kig Ha Farz... by Dom Duff from Lagan (Dom Duff)
Ar Galon Digorr…by Annie Ebrel, Gilles Le Bigot, Davy Spillane from Celtic Voices (Green Linnet)
Breton Dances…by Danny Carnahan and friends from Celtic Voyage (Gourd)
[ID Excerpt]: Les Iris Blancs…by Alain Genty from Un Petite Lanterne (Keltia Musique)
Fest Noz...by Lúnasa from Redwood (Green Linnet)
Trois Matelots de Port de Brest… by Arcady from After the Ball (Shanachie)
Ridée…by Michael McGoldrick from Fused (Compass)
Le Petit Encrier… by Tony McManus & Alain Genty from Shifting Sands (Greentrax)
Mélodie Gavotte/Ton A-Boz Gavotenn…by Karma from Nozata (Coop Breizh)
Trois Messagers…by Alain Genty from Un Petite Lanterne (Keltia Musique) |
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July 15, 2010 |
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Program 1416: Soundtracks (July 15, 2010) Week 28 The Chieftains created an Oscar award-winning soundtrack to the 1975 movie Barry Lyndon. In the decades since, the film industry has provided a platform for many commissions of new music drawn from Celtic roots and traditions. We listen to some memorable contributions for the cinema and small screen. Bridge Attack…by Bill Whelan and various artists from Some Mother’s Son -movie soundtrack (Celtic Heartbeat)
Dancing at Lunasa…by Bill Whelan and various artists from Dancing at Lunasa -movie soundtrack (Sony Classical)
She Moved Through the Fair…by Sinead O’Connor from Michael Collins -movie soundtrack (Warner)
O’Sullivan’s March…by The Chieftains from Film Cuts (RCA)
The Fairest of All Yarrow…by Kate Rusby and John McCusker from Heartlands (Pure)
I Wonder What’s Keeping My True Love Tonight…by Kate Rusby and John McCusker from Heartlands (Pure)
Round the Next Corner…by Kate Rusby and John McCusker from Heartlands (Pure)
ID Excerpt: Nearer My God to Thee by Eileen Ivers from Back to Titanic (Sony)
The House in Rose Valley…by Phil Cunningham from Airs and Graces (Green Linnet)
Wafarin’ Stranger…by Maria McKee from Songcatcher (Vanguard)
Main Title from Braveheart…by The Boston Pops Orchestra from The Celtic Album (RCA)
Jack Dawson’s Luck…by Eileen Ivers, Eric Rigler, and various artists from Back to Titanic (Sony)
Ailein Duinn…by Capercaillie from Dusk Till Dawn (Survival)
The Gael…by Dougie MacLean from The Search (Dunkeld) |
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July 8, 2010 |
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Program 1415: Summer Isles (July 8, 2010) Week 27
Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh, The Summer Isles, is an archipelago lying at the mouth of a loch in the Highlands of Scotland. This is our notional departure point for a musical voyage through Hebrides in the light and warmth of the season. Waves of Rush…by Tabache from Waves of Rush (Lochshore)
Bothan Àirigh am Bràigh Raithneach…by Julie Fowlis from Uam (Shoeshine)
Samhradh, Samhradh… by The Chieftains from The Chieftains Collection (Claddagh)
Moch di Luain… by Karen Matheson from Time to Fall (Vertical)
Summer’s Gone... by Heidi Talbot from Distant Future (Compass)
Miughalaigh…by Maggie MacInnes from A Fàgail Miughalaigh (Marram)
Corrievreckan…by Michael McGoldrick from Aurora (Vertical)
[ID Excerpt] Skye Air...by Back of the Moon from Fortune's Road (Foot Stompin')
Gaeltacht… by Alan Stivell from Renaissance of the Celtic Harp (Rounder)
Gaeltacht (The Boys of Ballivanich)… by Eclipse First/Scotrail Valeof Atholl from Names and Places (Iona)
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July 1, 2010 |
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Program 1414: Sheila Kay Adams (July 1, 2010) Week 26
For seven generations her family has passed down English, Scottish and Irish ballads that crossed the Atlantic with their ancestors in the 1700s. Join Fiona and the intimate audience gathered at the Swannanoa Gathering during its Traditional Song Week to enjoy the Appalachian ballads and stories of the unique singer, author and tradition-bearer Sheila Kay Adams.
Young Hunting/Elzig’s Farewell…by Sheila Kay Adams from All The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records)
I’m Going Back to North Carolina…by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair… by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
There Was an Old Farmer Who Lived by the Sea… by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
Young Emily... by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
Pretty Saro…by Jim Taylor from All The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records)
[ID Excerpt] George Booker…by Sheila Kay Adams and friends from All The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records)
8th of January/Cumberland Gap… by Sheila Kay Adams, Bruce Green, Carl Jones from All The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records)
Pretty Fair Miss… by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
Little Matty Groves (excerpt)… by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC
Over Home...by Sheila Kay Adams Live at the International Storytelling Festival (Granny Dell Records) |
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June 24, 2010 |
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Program 1413: Bridges (June 24, 2010) Week 25
There are loads of songs and tunes commemorating the landmarks that span our rivers and railways. Every bit as powerful as these physical structures, music is our bridge across time and place and our way to connect with one another. Cross all forms of bridges with us this week.
Crossing the Bridge… by Kim Robertson from Wood, Fire & Gold (Dargason)
Gweebarra Bridge… by Altan from The Blue Idol (Narada)
Bridges… by Katie Doherty from Bridges (Park)
Dunkeld Bridge… by The Whistlebinkies from A Wanton Fling (Greentrax)
The South Bridge of Edinburgh/The Bridge of Perth/The New Bridge of Ballater/The New Bridge of Rutherglen… by The Musicians of Edinburgh (David Johnson, Artistic Director) from The Art of Robert Burns (Scotstown Music)
The Nodding Song (Gude’en Tae Ye Kimmer)/The Skye Bridge Dance… by Ceolbeg from Ceolbeg 5 (Greentrax)
Bellman’s Polska… by Christy O’Leary from The Northern Bridge (Old Bridge)
[ID excerpt] Dunkeld Bridge… by Pete Clark from Even Now (Smiddymade)
Bridge Attack… by Bill Whelan from Some Mother’s Son (Celtic Heartbeat)
The Cure at Troy… by Liam Neeson from Across the Bridge of Hope (White Records)
The Busker on the Bridge… by Nightnoise from A Different Shore (Windham Hill)
Calum Beag O Thìr a’Mhurain/The Twisted Bridge… by Maggie MacInnes from Spiorad Beatha (Marram)
Atlantic Bridge… by Davy Spillane from Atlantic Bridge (Tara)
Crossing the Bridge… by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony)
Trip to Skye/Logie Bridge… by Jock Tamson’s Bairns from Rare (Greentrax) |
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June 17, 2010 |
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Program 1412: New Releases and Debuts (part 2) (June 17, 2010) Week 24 There's more! We continue unwrapping the outstanding new music incoming to the Thistle mailbox. Abe's Axe…by Gráda from Natural Angle (Compass)
The Butcher Boy…by Gráda from Natural Angle (Compass)
Whelan’s/Princess Nancy…by The Press Gang from The Press Gang (Press Gang Music)
Ryestraw…by Lúnasa from Lá Nua (Lúnasa)
Ship in Order...by Ewan Robertson from Some Kind of Certainty (Greentrax)
Oigfhear a Chuil Duinn…by Lauren MacColl from Strewn With Ribbons (Make Believe)
Excuses…by Danny Ellis from 800 Voices (Commercial Arts)
[ID Excerpt] The Lament for Eoghan Rua O’Neill…by Peter Carberry from Trad. Irish Music from Co. Longford (Peter Carberry)
Soldier's Joy…by Mary Z. Cox and Yazid from Drumming on the Edge of Banjo (Mary Z. Cox)
Ghost of Tom Joad…by Solas from The Turning Tide (Compass)
Pontevedra to Carcarosa…by Lúnasa from Lá Nua (Lúnasa)
Malcolm Jones’s Jigs...by Kevin MacLeod & Luke Plumb from Ali ‘Beag’ MacLeod & Kevin MacLeod: Braes of Badentarbat (Beag CD)
What Are You Waiting For?…by Munnelly from Tight Squeeze (DMB)
Let Me In This Ae Night/Miss Grace Speirs of Elderslie’s Reel…by Chris Norman & David Greenberg Duo from Let Me In This Ae Night (Boxwood) |
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June 10, 2010 |
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Program 1411: New Releases and Debuts (part 1) (June 10, 2010) Week 23 Catch up on the latest releases from favorite artists who regularly appear in the Thistle playlist and discover new rising names in roots-based music. Freefalling…by Michael McGoldrick from Aurora (Compass)
Sweet Torment…by Strung from Band of Gypsies (Slab Town)
Fairytale Lullaby…by Munnelly from Tight Squeeze (DMB)
Poitín March/Devlin’s/Basket of Oysters/Crotty’s Glory…by Téada from Ceol & Cuimhne – Music & Memory (Compass)
He ‘m èille...by Diàmh from Diversions (Greentrax)
Highland Jigs…by Gabe McVarish from Eclection (Greentrax)
[ID Excerpt] An Dro…by Dan Possumato from Pulling Out the Stops (Old Box)
The Wave-Sweeper…by John McSherry from Soma (Compass)
Ho Re Ho Ro…by The Clancy Legacy from The Clancy Legacy (Aodoro)
Breton Tune/Lillies in the Field/The Limestone Rock…by The Clancy Legacy from The Clancy Legacy (Aodoro)
Clueless Wife...by Skerryvore from Skerryvore (Tyree)
Hills of Donegal…by Mike Vass & Dave Wood from Wait What? (Greentrax)
Seis, Ocho, Nueve…by Salsa Celtica from En Vivo En El Norte (Discos Leòn)
Bear Island Reel…by Jeremy Kittel from Chasing Sparks (Compass) |
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June 3, 2010 |
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Program 1410: All Women (June 3, 2010) Week 22 We focus this time upon music from some of today’s leading women artists, including Òran na Mnà (a Woman’s song), original Gaelic compositions by Maggie MacInnes "linking the voices and feelings of women from centuries past to the present day." When Will We All Be Free…by Karan Casey from Chasing the Sun (Shanachie)
The Jolly Seven/The Rascal on the Haystack/Bonkers in Yonkers…by Cherish the Ladies from Woman of the House (Rounder)
Mary and the Soldier…by Eddi Reader from Peacetime (Compass)
Lord Castle’s Reel/High Up the Glen…by Anna-Wendy Stevenson from Anna-Wendy Stevenson (Eclectic)
Reel for a Water Diviner…by Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman from Firewire (Old Bridge)
Boots of Spanish Leather…by Dervish from Spirit (Compass)
Crowley’s/Jackson’s…by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony)
Tha Mo Bhreacan-sa Fo’n Dìle…by Mary Jane Lamond from Stòras (Mary Jane Lamond)
ID excerpt: Flora and the Primroses…by by Maggie MacInnes from Oran Na Mna (Marram Music)
The Woman of the House/Johnny’s Wedding… by Donna Long from Handprints (Donna Long)
Do Mhàiri a Nighean & Mhàiri’s Dance…by Maggie MacInnes from Òran na Mnà (Marram)
A Mother’s Parting Blessing…by Maggie MacInnes from Òran na Mnà (Marram)
Elfin Knight…by Kate Rusby from The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly (Pure Records)
The Raheen…by Aoife Granville from Sráid Eoin Shuffle (Aoife Granville)
Non Smoking Single Female…by Eleanor McEvoy from Non Smoking Single Female (Moscodisc)
Reel de la Sauvagine/Mutt’s Favorite/The Old Time Wedding Reel…by Halali from Halali (Footprint) |
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