Image: Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist Loreena McKenitt.
Week 49 (#2115)
Music is the gift that will keep giving through the year to come. Host Fiona Ritchie offers some new music and seasonal favourites that will all make welcome gifts for music lovers everywhere.
Breton Carol…by Loreena McKennitt from A Midwinter Night’s Dream (Quinlan Road)
Kerry Slides…by the Chieftains from The Foxhunt - San Francisco 1973 & 1976 (Claddagh / Universal)
Blinding…by Luke Jackson from Of The Time (First Take)
The Drouthy Burn…by Dougie MacLean and Jamie MacLean from Flo (Dunkeld)
I Saw Three Ships…by John Renbourn from A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh (Green Linnet)
Garçon À Marier/Orgies Nocturnes/Dans Fisel…by Touchstone from A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh (Green Linnet)
Swannanoa…by Janis Ian from The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
[ID excerpt] The Snowy Path…by Altan from A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh (Green Linnet)
Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G Minor - IV Presto…by Chris Thile from Bach Sonatas and Partitas (Nonesuch)
Petty harbourt Bait Skiff…by Ofra Harnoy from On The Rock (Analekta)
Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No 1 in G Major…by Chris Newman from Breaking Bach (Old Bridge Music)
The Diamond Ring…by Karen Matheson from Still Time (Compass)
Strathspeys and Reels…by Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainsley and Steven Byrnes from LAS (Great White)
Better Times Will Come…by Janis Ian from The Light at the End of the Line (Rude Girl)
Noël Nouvelet…by Loreena McKennitt from from A Midwinter Night’s Dream (Quinlan Road)