Thistle

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March 17, 2016 Program 1713: Dáithí Sproule (March 17, 2016) Week 11 Meet a gentle architect of today’s Irish music sound and one of its greatest guitar accompanists as Fiona meets Dáithí Sproule at the Swannanoa Gathering’s Traditional Song Week. The Humours of Lauderdale/The Roseville…by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk)  Bánchnoic Éireann Ó …by Skara Brae from Skara Brae (Gael Linn) An Cailin Rua… by Skara Brae from Skara Brae (Gael Linn) Fill, Fill, a Rúin…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance The Piney Boy…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance [ID Excerpt]: Tourish’s Wedding…by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk) The Little Man with the Brown Shoes/Ducks in a Row/The Butterfly Reel/Pauline Conneely’s…by Trian from Trian II (Green Linnet) Verse of love poem/song in Irish… by Dáithí Sproule   live performance Gabham Molta Bríde…by Dáithí Sproule from A Heart Made of Glass (Green Linnet)   My Dearest Dear… by Dáithí Sproule  live performance Beidh Aonach Amárach…by Altan from Another Sky (Narada World) The Crow in the Sun…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance

March 10, 2016 Program 1711: Irish Pairs (March 10, 2016) Week 10 Few musical sounds make a more honest and direct statement than duos in the Irish tradition.  Enjoy hearing them combine voices, guitars, fiddles, flutes and other acoustic instruments. Dowd’s No. 9/Come West Along the Road...by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill from Live in Seattle (Green Linnet)  Through the Fields/The Man of the House/The Shores of Lough Reagh...by Cormac Breatnach & Martin Dunlea from Music for Whistle & Guitar (Dioscai Mandala)  Donal Og...by Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill with Donal Lunny from Idir an Da Sholas - Between the Two Lights  (Green Linnet)  Breton Gavottes...by Kevin Burke & Micheal O Domhnaill from Flight of the Green Linnet (Green Linnet) The Plains of Kildare...by Andy Irvine & Paul Brady from Legends of Ireland (Rhino Entertainment)   Master Crowley’s/The Jug of Punch...by Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon from The Twentieth Anniversary Collection (Green Linnet) The Two Conneeleys’...by Christy Moore & Micheal O’Suilleabhain from A River of Sound (Virgin) ID Excerpt: The Real Blues Reel… by Brendan Power and Mick Kinsella from A River of Sound (Virgin) Amhran: Inion a Bhaoghailligh...by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy from Ceol Aduaidh (Green Linnet)  Meilti Cheann Dubhrann/Cloch na Ceithre Mhile...by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy from Ceol Aduaidh  (Green Linnet) Beir mo Dhuthracht...by Seamus Begley & Stephen Cooney from Celtic Voices (Green Linnet) Niamh’s Capers/The Flogging/The Reconciliation...by Gerry O’Connor, Daithi Sproule from Gaelic Roots (Kells Music) The Green Laurels...by Claire Mann from Claire Mann (Foot Stompin’ Records)  Ta mo Madra...by Seamus Begley & Stephen Cooney from Meiteal (Kells Music) John Henry’s/The Commodore/Galway High Reel...by Claire Mann from Claire Mann (Foot Stompin’ Records)