NPR50: Celtic Voices I

Image: Scottish singer Jean Redpath (1937-2014)

Week 35 (#1997)
For NPR’s 50th anniversary, Fiona Ritchie fondly remembers some of the musical voices, now silent, who have helped shape the sound of Thistle through NPR’s five decades.

Leitrim Fancy/Round the World for Sport/Rip the Calico/Martyn Wynn’s/The Enchanted Lady/The Holy Land…by the Bothy Band from The Best of the Bothy Band (Green Linnet)
The Death of Queen Jane…by the Bothy Band from The Best of the Bothy Band (Green Linnet)
The Green Groves of Erin/The Flowers of Red Hill…by the Bothy Band from The Best of the Bothy Band (Green Linnet)
Úr-Chill An Chreagáin…by Relativity from Relativity (Green Linnet)
Barbara Allen…by Pete Seeger from American Folk Anthology (Not Now Music)
One Percent Phosphorous Banjo Riff…by Pete Seeger from At 89 (Appleseed)
[ID excerpt] The Dark Island…by Celtic Fiddle Festival from Encore (Green Linnet)
Sheath and Knife…by Jean Redpath from Now & Then (Jean Redpath Records)
Sonny’s Dream…by Jean Redpath from Leaving the Land (Philo)
Johnny’s Big Set…by Celtic Fiddle Festival from Encore (Green Linnet)
Leaving Brittany/The Pernod Waltz…by Relativity from Relativity (Green Linnet)