Migrations - The Making of America with Karine Polwart

Week 12: March 21, 2019 (#1869)

Fiona Ritchie celebrates Carnegie Hall’s citywide Migrations festival with Karine Polwart. The Scottish songwriter, spoken-word performer, and essayist performs as part of the festival at Carnegie Hall. We enjoy music from Karine’s new album Laws of Motion as Karine talks to Fiona about the lasting impact of 18th-and 19th-century Scots and Irish migrations in North America, and more. (Fiona Ritchie Productions is a partner organization of the Migrations festival.)
All tracks from Karine Polwart’s CDs

Laws of Motion…from Laws of Motion (Hudson Records)
Lark in the Clear Air…from A Pocket of Wind Resistance (Hudson Records)
Remember the Geese…from A Pocket of Wind Resistance (Hudson Records)
Salters Road…from Traces (Borealis Records) Follow the Heron…from Threshold (Borealis Records)
[ID excerpt] Labouring and Resting…from A Pocket of Wind Resistance (Hudson Records)
[excerpt] Behind our Eyes…from This Earthly Spell (Hegri Music)
Terminal Star (Live at Celtic Connections)…from Threshold (Borealis Records)
I Burn But I Am Not Consumed…from Laws of Motion (Hudson Records)
Matsuo’s Welcome to Muckhart…from Laws of Motion (Hudson Records)
Rivers Run…from Threshold (Borealis Records)

Best of the Best

Week 10: March 14, 2019 (#1868)
We explore some of the finest “best of” compilations from artists whose collected works will enhance any music library.
Bodachan A Gharaidh/General MacDonald /Craig An Fhithich…by Battlefield Band from The Best of Battlefield Band (Temple)
Do You Love an Apple…by The Bothy Band from The Best of the Bothy Band (Green Linnet)
Leitrim Fancy/Round the World for Sport/Rip the Calico/Martin Wynne’s/The Endchanted Lady/The Holy Land…by The Bothy Band from The Best of the Bothy Band (Green Linnet)
Tri Martolod…by Alan Stivell from 70/90 Zoom (Disques Dreyfus)
Ceol Bhriotanach…by The Chieftains from The Very Best of the Claddagh Years Vol 2 (Claddagh)
Waiting for the Wheel to Turn…by Capercaillie from Dusk Till Dawn (Survival)
ID Excerpt: Jig in the Castle …by Antoni O’Breskey from The Colours of Music (O’Music)
Deep in the Darkest Night…by Maddy Prior from Collections (The Very Best of 1995-2005) (Park Records)
The Maid of Coolmore …by Antoni O’Breskey from The Colours of Music (O’Music)
Leaving the Land…by Eric Bogle from Singing the Spirit Home (Greentrax)
Carolina Rua…by Mary Black from The Collection (Telstar)
Trust in You…by Paul Brady from Nobody Knows (The Best of Paul Brady) (Compass)
Scojun Waltz/Rander’s Hopsa…by Dick Gaughan from Prentice Piece (Greentrax)