Celtic

Program Highlights and Schedules for April - June 2008
Program # Feed Date Title  
08-14 4/3/08 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for a roundup of new and recent songs and tunes from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
08-15 4/10/08 Give Us a Song
When friends gather for social occasions, and when audiences are enjoying informal music sessions, the phrase "Give us a song!" often leads to some of the well-known songs featured in this week's program.
  
08-16 4/17/08 Loreena McKennitt's "Ancient Muse"
Each track in this week's program highlights a different instrument used in traditional or contemporary Celtic music. Saxophone anyone?
  
08-17 4/24/08 Best of 1978
Thirty years ago, the revival of interest in traditional Irish & Scottish music was in full swing, with bands like Planxty, The Bothy Band, De Danann, Silly Wizard, and a good many others hitting their stride. We'll sample some of the best songs and tunes of 1978 in this week's program.
   
08-18 5/1/08 New Releases
Vocals and instrumentals from new and recent releases should make for many tapping toes and smiles of enjoyment!
  
08-19 5/8/08 Garden Variety Music
With flowers springing up all around us by this time of year, what better time for a program of songs and tunes with floral titles and references, along with songs in celebration of the merry month of May and the gardening that it entails!
  
08-20 5/15/08 Kevin Burke at Work
Kevin Burke, master of the Irish fiddle, continues to release CDs in his fourth decade of recording, and is now the owner of his own record label, Loftus Music. His recent duo CD with Cal Scott, as well as his new releases with Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival, give us plenty of material for this week's program.
  
08-21 5/22/08 A Long Way to Tipperary
We're joined this week by Irish language teacher and whistle player Sinéad Ní Mhaoilmhichil from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, for a look at Tipperary musicians of the past and present, including the likes of John McCormack, and The Clancy Brothers.
  
08-22 5/29/08 Old Favorites
Anything that's not a new or recent release is fair game for this week's program, looking back over the last several decades of Celtic favorites.
  
08-23 6/5/08 New Releases
What's up in the Celtic music world? Tune in at the top of each month for our sampling of some of the best songs and tunes from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
08-24 6/14/08 Celtic Americans
We stick within our own shores this week for a survey of some of the best Irish- and Scottish-inspired music being composed or played by American musicians.
  
08-25 6/19/08 Whiskey in the Jar
In recognition of this year's 400th anniversary of Bushmills Distillery in the North of Ireland, we round up songs about the pleasures--and perils--of "uisce beatha," the water of life.
  
08-26 6/26/08 Summer Festival Preview
Find out who's playing at some of the summer festivals around the U.S., and in Ireland, with samples of their music in this week's program.




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