Program Highlights and Schedules for April - June 2009
Program # Feed Date Title  
09-40 10/1/09 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for some great new vocal and instrumental tracks from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
09-41 10/8/09 40 Years with Christy Moore
One of Ireland's best known and loved singers, Christy Moore, has been recording and performing for more than four decades. He has been a member of some of the most influential bands, like Planxty and Moving Hearts. This week's program features some favorite songs from albums throughout his career.
  
09-42 10/15/09  Band Medleys
The music this week is primarily instrumental, as we feature medleys of tunes by some of the best bands in the Celtic genre.
  
09-43 10/22/09 Celtic American Women
Some of the finest Celtic musicians are from within our own shores, and this week's program features some of our leading female singers and instrumentalists, like Liz Carroll, Joanie Madden, Eileen Ivers, and more.
   
09-44 10/29/09  Old Favorites
After rummaging through the record library, who knows what we will come up with for this week's mix of songs and tunes from not-quite- recent recordings. We promise it will be good.
  
09-45 11/5/09 New Releases
Tune in to find out what's exciting in the Celtic music world as we sample new and recent releases.
  
09-46 11/12/09 Guinness at 250
The Guinness company celebrates their 250th anniversary this year, and we'll join in the celebration with songs and tunes that fit the occasion!
  
09-47 11/19/09 Songs of John Spillane
Cork singer/songwriter John Spillane has become one of the most iconic voices among contemporary Irish singers. It's time we devoted a special program to his rich musical output which just keeps on coming.
  
09-48 11/26/09 Highlights of the 2009 Southern Illinois Irish Festival
The Southern Illinois Irish Festival happens in our home town of Carbondale, Illinois, the last weekend of April each year. This week's program features highlights of the 2009 concert by the Scottish 4-sister band Give Way, and the Nashville Irish family band The Willis Clan.
  
09-49 12/3/09 New Releases
Last chance for any new 2009 releases to get into the running for our Album of the Year. We continue to offer great selections from new and recent albums by Celtic performers.
  
09-50 12/10/09 thirty Years Ago (Best of 1979, Part Two)
Irish and Scottish traditional recordings were on the upswing in the late 1970s, and this week we look back 30 years ago to some of the albums that were released that year.
  
09-51 12/17/09 A Celtic Christmas
We hope you can join us for a Celtic Christmas celebration, drawing from a rich variety of Christmas albums from Irish, Scottish, English, and North American performers. Sorry, no Bing Crosby songs.
  
09-52 12/24/09 The Holly and the Ivy
Americans have a fascination with a Dickensian English Christmas/ Yuletide season, and we will fuel that fascination this week with English traditional music for the holidays.
We hope you can join us for a Celtic Christmas celebration, drawing from a rich variety of Christmas albums from Irish, Scottish, English, and North American performers. Sorry, no Bing Crosby songs.
  
09-53 12/24/09 Best of 2009
Tune in to find out which album gets selected as the Celtic Connections Album of the Year for 2009. Past recipients of the award are listed on our website, www.celticconnectionsradio.org




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