Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/08/421213653/the-thistle-shamrock-underneath-the-stars

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July 2, 2015 Program 1675: Underneath the Stars (July 2, 2015) Week 27   Drawing meaning, guidance and solace from the sun moon and stars, our music looks to the Northern and Western skies this week. The Moonlight Piper…by Carlos Núñez with The Chieftains from Brotherhood of Stars (RCA Victor) The Planets....by Kate Rusby from Awkward Annie (Pure Records) The Sound of the Sun: The Three Sea Captains / The Sound of the Sun...by Fred Morrison from The Sound of the Sun  (Lochshore) Land of the Setting Sun…by Talitha Mackenzie from Indian Summer (Sonas) Hunter's Moon/Getting There/The Morris Minor...by Liz Carroll & John Doyle from In Play (Compass) Such a Night of Stars… by Eamon Friel from Word of Spring (Thran)   ID excerpt: The Crow in the Sun …by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk) New Moon…by Ceilidh Minogue from Ceilidh Minogue (Greentrax) Sun, Moon and Stars…by Filska from A Thousand Miles Away (Foot Stompin’) Laughing With the Moon…by Hilary James & Simon Mayor from Laughing with the Moon (Acoustics Records) Moondance…by Nightnoise from The White Horse Sessions (Windham Hill) Lloer Dirion (Tender Moon)...by Carreg Lafar from Profiad (Carreg Lafar) Dark Light…by Davy Spillane from A Place Among the Stones (Columbia)

June 25, 2015 Program 1674: Claudine Langille (June 25, 2015) Week 26  Join Fiona at The Swannanoa Gathering in the mountains of North Carolina for a conversational, musical encounter with vocalist and leading banjo and mandolin player Claudine Langille.  Hear why songs and tunes from the Canadian Maritimes, Ireland and Appalachia flow through Claudine’s music. The Kilmoulis Jig...by Touchstone from The New Land (Green Linnet) Polka, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Cliffs of Moher/Cook in the Kitchen, Charlie Piggot's Reel... by Claudine  Langille. Recorded live at The Swannanoa Gathering's Traditional Song Week (Recording not available) ID Excerpt: Between Friends...by Claudine Langille from The Fin and The Feather (Claudine Langille) Do You Love an Apple?...by The Bothy Band from Live in Concert (Green Linnet) Jack Haggerty … by Touchstone from The New Land (Green Linnet) Jealousy...by Claudine Langille. Recorded  live at The Swannanoa Gathering's Traditional Song Week  (Recording not available) Red, Red Rose...by Gypsy Reel from Red, Red Rose (Mount Hollywood Records) Livin' in the Snow...by Claudine Langille. Recorded  live at The Swannanoa Gathering's Traditional Song Week  (Recording not available) Pernod Waltz...by Claudine Langille from Red, Red Rose (Mount Hollywood Records)