Thistle and Shamrock

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New Music from Altan

May 07, 2015

Program 1667: Fresh Takes (May 7, 2015 ) Week 19 Established artists and old friends bring new music to the show with their latest releases and innovations. The Immigrant...by Damien Connolly from Inspired  (Damien Connolly) Thig am Bata...by Ályth McCormack from Homelands (ANE Records) My Lagan Love/The Maids of Mitchelstown...by Patsy O'Brien from Irish Guitar (patsyobrienswebsite.com) My Mary...by Jim Malcolm from The Corncrake (Beltane) Le Rosier...by Le Vent du Nord from Têtu (Borealis) Alasdair's...by Steph Geremia from The Open Road (Blackbox Music) [ID Excerpt] Tell Me Now...by Damien Connolly from Inspired (Damien Connolly) 1952 Vincent Black Lightening...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax) The Almost Reel Set...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax) Arrow and Heart...by Eamon Friel from Brave New World (Thran Records) Same Old Man...by Scythian from Old Tin Can (Scythian) Cúirt Robin Finley...by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass) The Triple T...by by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass)

April 30, 2015 Program 1666: Westward (April 30, 2015) Week 18 Hear wild fiddle music and singing in the language of the Gael.  Music from western places in Ireland and Scotland is the music of lonely, rugged mountainsides and sea-swept coastlines. Blink/The Central Line/Lexy Macaskill's…by Flook from Flatfish (Flatfish Records) Chi mi’n Gheamhraidh…by Gary West from The Islay Ball (Greentrax) Coisich, a Ruin…by Capercaillie from Delirium (Survival Records) The Stone in the Field/Famous Ballymore/The Traveller…by Joe McKenna from The Irish Low Whistle  (Shanachie) West Coast of Clare…by Niamh Parsons from Heart’s Desire (Green Linnet) Dheannain sugradh…by Alyth McCormack from An Iomal (The Edge) (Vertical Records) The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/Siuns Reel…by Altan from Another Sky (Virgin Narada) ID Excerpt: Paddy Fahy's Reel…by Sean Tyrrell from Belladonna (Long Walk Music) The Old Bush/The Reel with the Burl…by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill from The Lonesome Touch  (Green Linnet) Llostail me le Sairsint…by Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill from Idir an Da Shoals (Green Linnet) Calum Sgaire…by Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus from Return to Kintail (Culburnie) The Dark Island…by Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister from The White Swan (Lochshore) The Song of the Seal…by Karan Casey from Seal Maiden (Music for Little People) Lucy Campell's…by Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry from At First Light (Vertical Records) Lexy Macaskill…by Peatbog Fairies from Mellowosity (Greentrax) http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404652717/the-thistle-shamrock-westward