Program Highlights and Schedules for October - December 2006
Program # Feed Date Title  
06-40 10/5/06 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for this month's roundup of new and recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
06-41 10/12/06 Teada in Concert
The Irish 5-man band Teada (Irish for "strings") is gaining major acclaim in Ireland and elsewhere. We bring them to you this week in an exclusive concert recording from the 2006 Southern Illinois Irish Festival.
  
06-42 10/19/06 Mc and Mac
A program in which all the major performers have surnames starting with Mc or Mac is guaranteed to bring a mix of Irish and Scottish music.
  
06-43 10/26/06 The Harvest Home
"The Harvest Home" is the title of a well known hornpipe, but it also gives the inspiration for this week's autumnal selections, including music associated with the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain.
   
06-44 11/2/06 New Releases
Sample new and recent releases from North America, Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of western Europe in this week's program.
  
06-45 11/9/06 The Nashville Connection
A lot of Celtic music is being recorded in Nashville these days, facilitating a mix of American musicians with those from Ireland and Scotland. This week's program highlights this Nashville connection.
  
06-46 11/16/06 Solas Reunion
The great Irish-American band Solas brought all their former members back together for a rousing concert which has been released on both CD and DVD. Tune in for vocal and instrumental highlights from the Reunion CD.
  
06-47 11/23/06 Nordic Roots
This week's program features traditional and innovative recordings from the Scandinavian countries, with some very exciting and wild arrangements by groups like Vasen, Garmarna, and JPP.
  
06-48 11/30/06 New Releases
Tune in for our monthly roundup of new vocal and instrumental Celtic music, with host Bryan Kelso Crow selecting all the best tracks he comes across on new CDs.
  
06-49 12/7/06 Family Bands
Musical families have produced some of the major recordings of Celtic music, and this week we feature such family bands as Clannad, Leahy, the Clancys, the Mulcahys, and the Sands family.
  
06-50 12/14/06 Next to New
Sitting next to our stacks of 2006 releases are CDs from several previous years, and this week's program features tracks from those that have fallen out of the New Releases rotation.
  
06-51 12/21/06 Celtic Christmas
Christmas and seasonal music from the Celtic traditions will be featured in this week's program.
  
06-52 12/28/06 Best of 2006
Tune in this week for a survey of the best Celtic albums of 2006, culminating in host Bryan Kelso Crow's choice of "Celtic Connections Album of the Year" for 2006. Which one will it be?!




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