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July 9, 2015 Program 1676: Musical Breizh (July 9, 2015) Week 28  Intoxicating melodies from Brittany fill the airwaves this week, with the bands Kornog and Skolvan, traditional vocalist and specialist in Breton “gwerz” songs Annie Ebrel, and the father of pan-Celtic music, harper Alan Stivell. Suite de Ridees…by Tony McManus from Ceol More (Greentrax) Boules et Guirlandes…by Skolvan from Swing & Tears (Keltia Musique)   Ar Galon Digorr…by Annie Ebrel, Gilles le Bigot, Davy Spillane from Voix Celtiques -Celtic Voices (Keltia Musiques) Gavotten…by Celtic Fiddle Festival (featuring Christian LeMaitre) from Rendezvous (Green Linnet) Er Pasker/Stella Splendens…by Jean-Michel Veillon from Er Pasker (Coop Breizh) Scotland the Brave…by Jamie McMenemy from Les Grands Airs Celtiques (Keltia Musique) Dans Plinn…by Kornog from Korong (Green Linnet) ID Excerpt: An Derez….by Jacques Pellen & Riccardo del Fra from Sorseez  (Gwerz) Toutouig…by Morgan from Born of The Sea   (Telen) Ne Bado Ket Atao…by Alan Stivell from International Tour (Dreyfus Records) Toniou Bale Deus Kreiz Breizh…by Pennou Skoulm from Breton Ballroom (Diffusion Breizh) Le Reve de Sam…by Bagad Bro Kemperle from Ar Gouriz Ruz (Coop Breizh) Hanter-Dro…by Alain Pennec from Alcoves (Keltia Musique) La Langue de Chez Moi…by Sonerien Du from Au Coeur de la Musique Bretonne (Coop Breizh) Breton Set…by Maggie Sansone from Dance Upon the Shore (Maggie’s Music)

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) #celtic