Image: pianist Antoni O’Breskey (photo by Milena Giacomazzi)
Week 22 (#2088)
This week Fiona Ritchie explores natural details in music with songs that celebrate the wildlife right under our noses, and wild spaces on our doorsteps.
The Chrystal Year/Foxes’ Rock…by Flook from Ancora (Flatfish)
Raindrops/The First of May…by Deiseal from The Long, Long Note (Starc)
Wildwood Flower…by Al Petteway and Amy White from High in the Blue Ridge (Fairewood Studios)
Dance of the Swan… by Dowally from Early Bird (dowally.com)
Drunken Spider…by Antoni O’Breskey from Samara (nomadpiano.com)
Cuillins of Home…by Archie Fisher from Homeward Away (Red House)
Swallowtail…by Martyn Bennett from Martyn Bennett (Eclectic)
[ID excerpt] The Quiet Glen…by Marla Fibish from The Bright Hollow Fog (Noctambule Music)
Mouse Jigs…by Flook from Haven (World Village)
’S ionadh rud a chunnaic mi/Faca tu saor an t-sàbhaidh/A chur nan gobhar as a’ chreig…by Maggie MacInnes from Port Bàn (Marram Music)
The Soaring Kestrel/Leddy from Cavan…by Lilt from Lilt X (Lockhouse)
Àill/Gleann…by Whyte from Maim (Theatre Guleòr)
All the Pretty Little Horses…by Suzy Bogguss from American Folk Songbook (Loyal Dutchess)
McGoldrick’s Jig/The Fading Light…by Amadama from Way back When (Anadama.com)