Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/27/475883256/the-thistle-shamrock-wayfaring-strangers

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/05/476942470/the-thistle-shamrock-alan-reid

April 28, 2016 Program 1718:  Alan Reid (April 28, 2016) Week 17 Marking their shared event at Edinburgh’s TradFest, Fiona revisits an encounter with her old friend Alan Reid, the singer and long-time Battlefield Band member who was also her very first radio interviewee.  They reminisce about that meeting and reflect on musical journeys. Joseph McDonald's Jig/The Snuff Wife/The Thief of Lochaber...by Battlefield Band from Home Is Where The Van Is (Temple)   Cockle Geordie...by Battlefield Band from Home Is Where The Van Is (Temple)   The Presbyterian Hornpipe/The Watchmaker's Daughter/The Hurricane...by Battlefield Band from There's a Buzz (Temple)  The Dear Green Place...by Alan Reid from Collection (Temple)    The Devil's Courtship...by Alan Reid from Collection (Temple)   [ID Excerpt] The Wilton Street Dawdle...by Alan Reid from The Sunlit Eye (Temple) The Last Lighthouse Keeper...by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante from Under the Blue (Red Sands Records)   The Gairdner's Son...by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante from The Adventures of John Paul Jones (Red Sands Records)   The Road of Tears...by Alan Reid from Collection (Temple)  Stovies/Trip to Raasay/The Cailleach With The Crash Helmet...by Alan Reid and Rob van Sante from Under the Blue (Red Sands Records)

April 21, 2016 Program 1717: Wayfaring Strangers (April 21, 2016) Week 16 We mark Fiona’s Celtic-Americana event at TradFest, Edinburgh’s annual showcase of Traditional Arts and Culture, by re-tracing the musical migration from Scotland through Ulster to Appalachia. Benton’s Jig/Benton’s Dream… by Patrick Street from No. 2 Patrick Street (Green Linnet Records)  It Was a’ For Our Rightfu’ King…by Dougie MacLean from Craigie Dhu (Dunkeld Records) The Crossing…by Tim O’Brien from The Crossing (Alula Records)  The Rambling Irishman…by  Len Graham & Brian O’hAirt from In Two Minds (www.buamusic.com) The Winding River Roe …by  Cara Dillon from Sweet Liberty (Rough Trade Records)    The Earl o’ Cassillis Lady (The Gypsie Laddies)….by Norman Kennedy from Live in Scotland (Living Tradition) Gypsy Davy…by Julie Glaub from Blue Waltz (Troubadour-ess Music)  Wayfaring Stranger/British Field March…by Timothy Cummings from The Piper in the Holler (Birchen Music)  Young Hunting/Elzig’s Farewell….by Sheila Kay Adams from The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records) Old George’s Square….by Jean Ritchie from None But One / High Hills and Mountains (Greenhays) Shady Grove…by Doc Watson & David Holt from Legacy (High Windy Audio)    Rain and Snow…by Pauline Scanlon from Hush (Compass Records)  A Mountaineer is Always Free…by Pierce Pettis from State of Grace (Compass Records) The Parting Glass…by Al Petteway & Amy White from High in the Blue Ridge (Fairewood Studios) #Celtic