Week 40 (#2002)
For NPR’s 50th anniversary, Fiona Ritchie fondly remembers more of the musical voices, now silent, who have helped shape the sound of Thistle through NPR’s five decades, including Liam O’Flynn, Jean Ritchie, and Andy M. Stewart.
The Broom of the Cowdenknowes…by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry (Green Linnet)
East at Glendart/Brian O’Lynn/Pay the Reckoning…by Planxty from After the Break (Tara)
Ripples in the Rockpools…by Shaun Davey from Granuaile (Tara)
The Gale…by Shaun Davey from The Brendan Voyage (Tara)
Lamentation for James Moray of Abercairnie…by Alison Kinnaird and Brian McNeill from A Celebration of Scottish Music (Temple)
Calum Sgaire…by Christine Primrose and Alison Kinnaird from A Celebration of Scottish Music (Temple)
[ID excerpt] Forest Flower...by The Boys of the Lough from Sweet Rural Shade (Lough)
The Rainy Day/First You Must Learn the Grip…by Seamus Ennis from Green Linnet Records - The Twentieth Anniversary Collection (Green Linnet)
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose…by Davy Steele from Favourite Scottish Songs (Greentrax)
Master Crowley’s/The Jug of Punch…by Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon from Green Linnet Records - The Twentieth Anniversary Collection (Green Linnet)
Over the River to Feed My Sheep…by Jean Ritchie from The Most Dulcimer (Greenhays)
Young man Who Wouldn’t Raise Corn…by Jean Ritchie from Clear Waters Remembered (Greenhays)
Last Old Train’s A-Leaving…by Jean Ritchie from Clear Waters Remembered (Greenhays)
A Jig and Five Reels…by The Bothy Band from Green Linnet Records - The Twentieth Anniversary Collection (Green Linnet)