Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/27/487634690/the-thistle-shamrock-clear-sounds

July 21, 2016

Program 1730: Clear Sounds (July 21, 2016) Week 29 Enjoy the pure beauty of the unaccompanied voice - solo and layered – along with virtuoso solo instrumentalists. The Yellow Tinker/The Yellow Pantsuit...by Liz Carroll from On The Off Beat  (lizcarroll.com) John o' Dreams...by Jean Redpath from A Fine Song for Singing (Philo/Rounder)    Wedding Waltzes...by Ross Ainslie from Wide Open (Great White)  How Can I Keep From Singing?...by Julee Glaub from Fields Faraway (Julee Glaub)  Nice Feeling...by Pierre Bensusan from Encore (MVD audio)    Fill, Fill the Merry Bowl... by Rod Paterson from The Complete Songs of Robert Tannahill, Volume III (Brechin All Records) Dog Bites...by Anna-Wendy Stevenson from Anna-Wendy Stevenson (Eclectic) [ID excerpt] Red Rocking Chair...by Little Windows from Just Beyond Me (Little Windows)  Inis Sui...by Maire Breatnach from The Celtic Heartbeat Collection (Celtic Heartbeat) The Water is Wide...by Maura O'Connell from The Best of The Thistle & Shamrock, Vol 1 (Valley Entertainment) The Winter's End...by Liam O'Flynn from The Celtic Heartbeat Collection (Celtic Heartbeat)  Captive Song of Mary Stuart...by Jean Redpath from A Fine Song for Singing (Philo/Rounder)   Alas! Poor Queen...by Jean Redpath from Summer of My Dreams (Philo/Rounder)    Sandhunter...by Maeve Gilchrist from 20 Chandler Street (Adventure Music)  A Group...by Tracey Dares from Crooked Lake (CBC Maritimes)

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/22/487040771/the-thistle-shamrock-essential-celtic

July 14, 2016

Program 1729: Essential Celtic (July 14, 2016) Week 28 Learn how to inject a Celtic core into your music library that reflects past and present, honors tradition, and celebrates the spirit of innovation. Fiona Ritchie has some suggestions to enhance any personal music collection. Maudabawn Chapel/The Wild Irishman/The Moher Reel…by Kevin Burke & Micheál O Domhnaill from 20th Anniversary Collection Green Linnet Records (originally on” Portland”) (Green Linnet)  Níl sé ina Lá…by Maighread & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Dónal Lunny from Idir an Dá Sholas (Between Two Lights)   (Green Linnet)  Gaeltacht…by Alan Stivell from Renaissance of the Celtic Harp (Rounder)  Sliabh Gallion Braes…by Dolores Keane, John Faulkner, Eamonn Curran from Farewell to Eirinn (Wundertüte) The Atlantic Reels…by Brian McNeill from 20 Year Profile of Greentrax (Greentrax) Puirt a beul…by Karen Matheson from Downriver (Compass)   Mary Kelly’s/ Glasca Tabla/Belle’s Fancy…by Martyn Bennett from The Piper & the Maker (Greentrax) ID Excerpt: Suite des Montagnes…by Alan Stivell from Zoom (Keltia/Disques Dreyfus) She is Like the Swallow…by Karan Casey from Songlines (Shanachie)    The Winding Hills…by Seamus Egan from When Juniper Sleeps (Shanachie)  Lassie Lie Near Me…by Dick Gaughan from Prentice Piece (Greentrax) John Brennans (Silver Spire)/Drag Her Round the Road…by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples from Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples (Mulligan)  The Sands O’ the Shore…by Heather Heywood, Corrina Hewat, Chris Miles from Scots Women: Live From Celtic Connections 2001 (Greentrax) Molindinar…by William Jackson from The Wellpark Suite  (Also on The Celtic Suites) (http://wjharp.com)  Blair Atholl/The Cairdin O’t/Lexy McAskill…by Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, Christian Lemaitre  from The Celtic Fiddle Festival  (Green Linnet) #Celtic

Ministry - Everyday is Halloween

Ethel Waters and the Plantation Orchestra - Dinah (1926)

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/13/485837966/the-thistle-shamrock-world-beat

July 7, 2016

Program 1728: World Beat (July 7, 2016) Week 27 Circumnavigate the worlds of Celtic music with an hour of Afro-Balkan-Latin-Urban-Country-Celtic fusion. Whisky & Sangria…by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony) The Road to Corrandulla…by Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael Goldrick, Jim Murray from Tunes (Compass)   Braighe Locheil…by Baka Beyond from East to West (Narada)   No Place Like Home…by Gerry O’Connor from No Place Like Home (Myriad Media)   Co Ni Mire Rium…by Capercaillie from Beautiful Wasteland (Survival) Children of Africa…by Janet Russell & Christine Kydd from Janet Russell  & Christine Kydd (Greentrax)    Èireann…by Afro Celt Sound System from Afro Celt Sound System Volume 2: Release (Real World)    ID Excerpt: M'ionam…by Capercaillie from Beautiful Wasteland    (Survival)    Homage à Gilles Brunet…by La Bottine Souriante from J’ai Jamais Tant Ri (DEP)  Fairy’s Lament/Reel a Bouche…by Kim Robertson from The Spiral Gate (Narada)     Kato Sta Limonadika/The Trip to Amnesia…by  The House Band from Groundwork (Green Linnet) Zagreb…by Tony McManus, Alain Genty, Soig Siberil from The Clear Stream (Greentrax)   The Bear’s Rock…..by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane from East Wind (Tara Music)  Marta’s Dance/The Russian Dervish…by Brendan Power from Brendan Power Plays Music from Riverdance   (Greentrax) #Celtic

A New Dawn - Moola Mantra with Crystal Bowls by Tomoko Gakiya

Marion Harris - I'm a Jazz Vampire - 1920

Stary Olsa - One (Metallica cover) LIVE

Thistle & Shamrock

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/06/484965757/the-thistle-shamrock-more-new-summer-sounds

June 23, 2016 Program 1726: New Summer Sounds (June 23, 2016) Week 25 The flow of music is never ending and an early summer crop of new releases always yields some fine music.  Fiona handpicks some new sounds recently released by rising artists along with the latest from your favorites. O'Neill's Cavalry March...by Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Martin Hayes from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Step It Out Mary...by Screaming Orphans from Toy Theatre (screamingorphans.com) Jackson Scot's Reels...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Little Birdie...by Yo-Yo Ma from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Roisin Dubh...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) The Green Fileds of Glentown/The Old dudeen/McFadden's Handsome Daughter...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) [ID excerpt] Bonnie Prince Charlie...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Love is a Strange Thing...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park) Breton Set...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Suzhou Sisters...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) St. James Infirmary Blues...by  Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Rhianna Giddens from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) The Bull's March...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Boys of Ballycastle...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Jig Celeste...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park)

June 30, 2016 Program 1727: More New Summer Sounds (June 30, 2016) Week 26 Fiona handpicks more of the best new sounds recently released by rising artists along with the latest from your favorites. Horizons...by Andrew Finn Magill from Branches (andrewfinnmagill.com) Poor Wayfaring Stranger/Morning Dew...by Danielle Paus from Siren Song (daniellepaus.com) Little Bridget Flynn/Sally in the Garden...by Peadar MacMahon from The Legacy of Percy French (peadarmacmahon.com) Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife...by Alastair Savage from Alone With History (Woodland Records) Pleasures of Hope/Stananivy Reel...by Danielle Paus from Siren Song (daniellepaus.com) Christmas in September... by Heidi Talbot from Christmas in September (heiditalbot.com) Foo Foo...by John McCusker from Hello, Goodbye (Under One Sky Records) [ID excerpt] Gaelic Ghost ...by Bill Leslie from Across the Water (billleslie.com) The Blackthorn Stick/The Green Mountain/The Red-Haired Lass...by Andy Lamy from The New Blackthorn Stick (andylamy.com) Greylag Geese...by The Paul McKenna Band from Paths That Wind (paulmckennaband.com) Baby Don't Weep/Dodging Lizards/Change in the Weather...by The Paul McKenna Band from Paths That Wind (paulmckennaband.com) Miriam...by Bill Leslie from Across the Water (billleslie.com) December...by Andrew Finn Magill from Branches (andrewfinnmagill.com) The North Sea Holes...by The Jeremiahs from The Jeremiahs (thejeremiahs.ie) Consistency...by Allan MacDonald and Neil Johnstone from The Bruce 700 (Bruce700) #Celtic

Traffic-John Barleycorn ......Must Die

Ween - Baby Bitch (with lyrics)

Bats in the Belfry, Cats in the Attic: The Cure's 2016 Tour

Bats in the Belfry, Cats in the Attic: The Cure's 2016 Tour: found on Goth Memes Ryan and I went to see The Cure this month when they came to Atlanta. They played at a big amphitheater, so we sat o...

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484159115/the-thistle-shamrock-new-summer-sounds

June 23, 2016

Program 1726: New Summer Sounds (June 23, 2016) Week 25 The flow of music is never ending and an early summer crop of new releases always yields some fine music.  Fiona handpicks some new sounds recently released by rising artists along with the latest from your favorites. O'Neill's Cavalry March...by Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Martin Hayes from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Step It Out Mary...by Screaming Orphans from Toy Theatre (screamingorphans.com) Jackson Scot's Reels...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Little Birdie...by Yo-Yo Ma from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Roisin Dubh...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) The Green Fileds of Glentown/The Old dudeen/McFadden's Handsome Daughter...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) [ID excerpt] Bonnie Prince Charlie...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Love is a Strange Thing...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park) Breton Set...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Suzhou Sisters...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) St. James Infirmary Blues...by  Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Rhianna Giddens from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) The Bull's March...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Boys of Ballycastle...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Jig Celeste...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park)