Image: Singer, guitarist, fiddler and mandolinist Skip Gorman, featured in this week’s playlist (photo courtesy of the artist at Skip Gorman)
Week 22 (#2140)
From Irish cowboys on the plains to the Orkney men in Hudson Bay, we unpick the Celtic roots of North American folk music with Skip Gorman, Graham Rorie and more.
The Cowboy Jig…by Skip Gorman from Celtic Fiddle Rambles with Skip Gorman, Vol 1 (Old West Recordings)
Oh Shenandoah/Shenandoah Falls…by James Galway with Jay Unger and Molly Mason from A Song of Home ~ An American Musical Journey (BMG)
Pretty Saro…by James Galway with Jay Unger and Molly Mason from A Song of Home ~ An American Musical Journey (BMG)
McQuillen’s Reel/Janine’s Reel/The Arizona Reel…by Skip Gorman from Celtic Fiddle Rambles with Skip Gorman, Vol 1 (Old West Recordings)
The Princess Royal/Johnny Cope…by Skip Gorman from Celtic Fiddle Rambles with Skip Gorman, Vol 1 (Old West Recordings)
[ID excerpt] The Black Isle…by Skip Gorman from Celtic Fiddle Rambles with Skip Gorman, Vol 1 (Old West Recordings)
Fort Hope…by Graham Rorie from The Orcadians of Hudson Bay (https://www.grahamrorie.com/the-orcadians-of-hudson-bay)
A Roving on a Winter’s Night…by James Galway with Jay Unger and Molly Mason from A Song of Home ~ An American Musical Journey (BMG)
The Last Calling Port…by Graham Rorie from The Orcadians of Hudson Bay (https://www.grahamrorie.com/the-orcadians-of-hudson-bay)
The Cowboy’s Soliloquy…by Skip Gorman with Kate MacLeod from Trails, Rails, Hills & Tales (Old West Recordings)
Derwentwater’s Farewell/Lad O’Beirne’s Reel/Ornette’s Trip to Belfast/Virginia Reel…by Skip Gorman from Celtic Fiddle Rambles with Skip Gorman, Vol 2 (Old West Recordings)
Giving Back…by Graham Rorie from The Orcadians of Hudson Bay (https://www.grahamrorie.com/the-orcadians-of-hudson-bay)