Week 30 (#2096)
Hear how mandolin and banjo, instruments from Italian and West African origins, are also perfectly suited to today’s Celtic melodies, with Chris Thile, Rhiannon Giddens, Simon Mayor, and Mary Z. Cox.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Sailor on the Rock…by Gerry O’Connor from Time to Time (Mulligan)
The Bonny Irish Boy…by The Greenfields of America from The Greenfields of America (Compass)
Fahey’s #25/Molly on the Shore/Bonnie Anne…by The Greenfields of America from The Greenfields of America (Compass)
Red Paddy on the Ridge…Jigjam from Phoenix (jigjam.ie)
Two Breton Tunes: Eliz Iza/Dérobée de Guingamp…by Simon Mayor from New Celtic Mandolin (Acoustics)
Little Margaret…by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi from There is No Other (Nonesuch)
[ID excerpt] Funk the Cajun Blues…by Gerry O’Connor from Time to Time (Mulligan)
George V’s Army/Mr. Murray’s Strathspey/The Marquis of Huntly/Prince Edwards Island Wedding Reel…by Ken Perlman from Frails & Frolics (Redbud)
Wayfaring Stranger…by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi from There is No Other (Nonesuch)
Campbell’s Farewell to Red Gap…by Mary Z. Cox from Drumming on the Edge of Banjo (maryzcox.com)
Song for a Young Queen…by Chris Thile from Not All Who Wander Are Lost (Sugar Hill)
Here and Heaven…by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile from The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Sony Music Entertainment)
The Crows of Killimer/Box Reel #2/Boys of Malin/The Opera House…by Solas from (Compass)