THE CURE - MTV Unplugged 1991

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http://www.npr.org/2017/04/05/522713366/the-thistle-shamrock-the-strange-undoing-of-prudencia-hart

March 30, 2017

Program 1766: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (March 30, 2017) Week13 Hear music from the National Theatre of Scotland show that has won acclaim over the past five years, including during its recent run in the U.S.  A non-traditional production playing in bars, pubs and civic spaces, it celebrates Scottish traditional poetry, storytelling and music woven through a supernatural tale. Doctor Angus (Chloe's Passion/Co a ni Mire ri Màiri?/Tubular Peat)...by Nuala Kennedy from A Wee Selection (Under the Arch) Stories From the Debatable Lands...by Kathryn Tickell from Debatable Lands (Park) Selection from the production...by National Theatre of Scotland from The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (live recording from the show) The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie/the Silver Spear...by Malinky from Last Leaves (Greentrax) Killiecrankie...by Jamie McMenemy from Robert Burns The Complete songs, Volume 5 (Linn) The Twa Corbies...by National Theatre of Scotland from The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (live recording from the show) [ID excerpt] The Pipers (The Glasgow Police Pipe Band/Lexie MacAskill)...by Sileas from Beating Harps (Greentrax) Blooming Heather...by Kate Rusby from Awkward Annie (Pure) Yellow on the Broom...by Jean Redpath from Summer of My Dreams (Greentrax) Green Grow the Rashes...by Dougie MacLean from Real Estate (Dunkeld) Blackwater...by Altan from Blackwater (Virgin) Bedlam Boys...by National Theatre of Scotland from The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (live recording from the show) Father John MacMillan of Barra/The Devil in the Kitchen/Miss Drummond of Perth/Mackinnon's Rant/Traditional Reel/Margaree Reel...by Alasdair Fraser and Jody Stecher from The Driven Bow (Culburnie) Tunes and Puirt-a-Beul Set...by Julie Fowlis from Live at Perthshire Amber (Machair)

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground - Official Video [HD]

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http://www.npr.org/2015/08/05/429632799/the-thistle-shamrock-dear-jean

March 23, 2017 Program 1765: Dear Jean (March 23, 2017) Week 12 Artists celebrate Jean Ritchie (1922-2015), singing the songs she taught them and passing along their wisdom.  Much of this week’s music comes from the commemorative CD which includes Robin and Linda Williams, Peggy Seeger, Kathy Mattea, John McCutcheon and many friends of Jean Ritchie. My Dear Companion…. by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt from Trio (Warner Bros) Blue Diamond Mines… by John Doyle from Evening Comes Early (Shanachie)  Wintergrace…. by Atwater.Donnelly from When Winter Calls (Rabbit Island Music) Wondrous Love… by Sarah McQuaid from I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning (sarahmcquaid.com) Black Waters…. by John McCutcheon, Tim O'Brien, Suzy Boguss, Kathy Mattea, Stuart Duncan and Bryn Davies from Dear Jean ~ Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie (Compass)  Now is the Cool of the Day… by Molly Andrews from Dear Jean (Compass)  The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore …by Robin and Linda Williams with John Jennings from Dear Jean (Compass) [ID excerpt] Shady Grove… by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker from Dear Jean (Compass)  One I Love… by Karan Casey from Songlines (Shanachie)   Songwriting Process ~ Jean Ritchie interview excerpt from The Thistle & Shamrock® I Celebrate Life …by Pete Seeger from Dear Jean (Compass) Young Man Who Wouldn't Raise Corn ….by Peggy Seeger… from Dear Jean (Compass)  Jubilee…. by Kathy Mattea and Friends from Dear Jean (Compass) Let the Sun Shine Down on Me …by Kim and Reggie Harris from Dear Jean (Compass)  Advice to Singers ~ Jean Ritchie interview excerpt from The Thistle & Shamrock® I've Got a Mother… by The Starry Mountain Singers from Dear Jean (Compass) The Peace Round… by Jean Ritchie and Friends from Dear Jean (Compass)

March 16, 2017 Program 1764: Live from Ireland (March 16, 2017) Week 11 Re-live some great sets of Irish music, including years of live performances presented by Fiona with The Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies, and more. Darlin' Corey...by Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (live recording - not available ) eileenivers.com Brian Boru's March/Nine Points of Roguery/The Magpie/Pretty Girls...by The Chieftains from Live from Dublin (RCA Victor) Mo Níon Ó...by Cathie Ryan (recorded live at the Swannanoa Gathering)  cathieryan.com The Rambling Irishman...by Len Graham & Brían Ó hAirt from In Two Minds (buamusic)   The Royal Blackbird...by Cathal McConnell & Len Graham from For the Sake of Old Decency (Sage Arts)  An Sagairtin...by Brían ÓhAirt (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)   buamusic.com [ID excerpt] Jig: Greenfields of America...by Brían ÓhAirt and Julee Glaub (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  Crossing the Bridge...by Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (live recording - not available)  eileenivers.com Luna/Reels...by Cherish the Ladies, featuring Donna Long and Liz Knowles (recorded live, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC)  cherishtheladies.com The Pinery Boy…by Dáithí Sproule (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  daithisproule.com  The Crow in the Sun…by Dáithí Sproule (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  daithisproule.com How Can I Keep From Singing?...by Julee Glaub (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  juleeglaub.com  Banish Misfortune/Morning Dew/Arkansas Traveller/Wild Irishman...by The Chieftains from Live from Dublin  (RCA Victor)

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393783651/the-thistle-shamrock-live-from-ireland

March 16, 2017 Program 1764: Live from Ireland (March 16, 2017) Week 11 Re-live some great sets of Irish music, including years of live performances presented by Fiona with The Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies, and more. Darlin' Corey...by Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (live recording - not available ) eileenivers.com Brian Boru's March/Nine Points of Roguery/The Magpie/Pretty Girls...by The Chieftains from Live from Dublin (RCA Victor) Mo Níon Ó...by Cathie Ryan (recorded live at the Swannanoa Gathering)  cathieryan.com The Rambling Irishman...by Len Graham & Brían Ó hAirt from In Two Minds (buamusic)   The Royal Blackbird...by Cathal McConnell & Len Graham from For the Sake of Old Decency (Sage Arts)  An Sagairtin...by Brían ÓhAirt (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)   buamusic.com [ID excerpt] Jig: Greenfields of America...by Brían ÓhAirt and Julee Glaub (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  Crossing the Bridge...by Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (live recording - not available)  eileenivers.com Luna/Reels...by Cherish the Ladies, featuring Donna Long and Liz Knowles (recorded live, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC)  cherishtheladies.com The Pinery Boy…by Dáithí Sproule (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  daithisproule.com  The Crow in the Sun…by Dáithí Sproule (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  daithisproule.com How Can I Keep From Singing?...by Julee Glaub (recorded live at Swannanoa Gathering)  juleeglaub.com  Banish Misfortune/Morning Dew/Arkansas Traveller/Wild Irishman...by The Chieftains from Live from Dublin  (RCA Victor)

March 09, 2017 Program 1763: ThistleRadio New (March 09, 2017) Week 10 Hear some of the recently added tracks that have grown our playlist to more than 1,000 tracks on ThistleRadio, our popular round-the-clock music channel. The Lochmaben Harper...by Emily Smith from A Different Life (White Fall) Braes of Lochiel/La Guabina...by Sharlene Wallace and Kim Robertson from Q&A (Wallace/Robertson) Fainne Gael an Lae...by Iarla Ó Lionáird from Foxlight (Real World) Changing Lanes...by Goitse from Tall Tales and Misadventures (goitsemusic) Ta Se 'na La...by Goitse from Tall Tales and Misadventures (goitsemusic) All the Prayer...by Gerda Stevenson from Night Touches Day (Gean Records) [ID excerpt] Wayfaring Stranger...by Al Petteway from It's Only the Blues (Fairewood) The Banks of Inverness/The Oriental Polka/The Tolka...by Hanz Araki from Foreign Shore (Little Sea) All the Way Home...by Cathy Jordan from All The Way Home (Blix Street Records) Waterbound...by Lilt from Little Falls (Lockhouse Records) Latina...by Chris Stout from Live in Concert (Chris Stout Music) Lums o' Lund...by Catriona McKay from Starfish (Glimster Records)

Thistle - Welsh

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/04/390684742/the-thistle-shamrock-welsh-roots

March 02, 1017

Program 1762: Welsh Roots (March 02, 2017) Week 9 Explore some well-loved and emerging roots music from Wales. Swansea Barracks…by Rag Foundation from Minka (Fflach) Tros yr Aber – Over the Estuary…by Crasdant from Dwndwr – The Great Noise (Sain) Elen a’r Eos…by Ffynnon from Adar Gwylltion (Taith)  En filant ma Quenouille…by Ffynnon from Adar Gwylltion (Taith) Malldraeth…by LIio Rhydderch & Elin Wyn Jones from Enlli (Fflach)  A Ei Di’r ‘Deryn…by Ember from Open all the Doors (Salt & Slate Records) Moelyci…by Steve Eaves from Moelyci (Sain)    ID excerpt: Tra Bo Dau...by Cerys Matthews (with Gwenan Gibbard) from Hullabaloo (Rainbow) Bwthyn…by Toreth from Toreth (Fflach) Can y Fari…by Julie Murphy & Dyland Fowler from Ffawd (Fflach) Alabaina Wood…by Robin Huw Bowen from Y Fford I Aberystwyth – The Road to Aberystwyth (Sain)  Four Loom Weaver…by Rag Foundation from Minka (Fflach)  Storm…by Ember from Open All the Doors (Salt & Slate Records)  Ty Bach Twt...by Cerys Matthews (with Gwenan Gibbard) from Hullabaloo (Rainbow) Dadl Dau...by Cerys Matthews (with Gwenan Gibbard) from Hullabaloo (Rainbow)

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The Grail of the summer stars by  Kinuko Y. Craft

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/06/243480608/the-thistle-and-shamrock-brian-mcneill-at-swannanoa

February 23, 2017 Program 1761: Brian McNeill at Swannanoa (February 23, 2017) Week 8 Join Fiona and the multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/singer Brian McNeill as they share conversation and music at the Swannanoa Gathering in the North Carolina Mountains. St. Christopher And The Magpie...by Brian McNeill from To Answer the Peacock (Greentrax) The Steel Grey Skies/The Boy's Lament for his Dragon...by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available. (The Boy's Lament for His Dragon can be found on Brian MacNeill's cd "The Road Never Questions", and also on "Live & Kicking" by Brian MacNeill & Iain MacKintosh) The Lads o' the Fair...by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering -  (The Lads o' the Fair can be found on Battlefield Band's cd "Live Celtic Folk Music") The Baltic Tae Byzantium...by Brian McNeill from The Baltic Tae Byzantium (Greentrax) [ID excerpt] The Gilded Shadows...by Brian McNeill from The Busker and The Devil's Only Daughter (Temple)  When the Laverock Sang in the Morning...by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available. (The Laverock Sang can be found on Brian MacNeill's cd "Unstrung Hero") Bring the Lassie Hame...by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available. (Bring the Lassie Hame can be found on Brian McNeil's cd "The Baltic Tae Byzantium")

February 16, 2017 Program 1760: ThistleRadio Classic (February 16, 2017) Week 7 Hear some of the classic tracks that are the bedrock of our playlist for ThistleRadio, our popular round-the-clock music channel. Glentown...by Donal Lunny from Donal Lunny Cooflin (Blue Note) The Hungry Rock...by Dervish from Live in Palma (Compass) Máire Mhór...by Dervish from Live in Palma (Compass) The Green Groves of Glentown/The Flowers of Redhill...by The Bothy Band from The Best of The Bothy Band (Green Linnet) Are Ye Sleepin' Maggie...by Dougie MacLean from Tribute (Dunkeld) The Gael...by Dougie MacLean from The Essential Dougie MacLean (Dunkeld) Theme from Harry's Game...by Clannad from Past Present (RCS) [ID excerpt] Cockle Geordie...by Battlefield Band from Home is Where the Van Is (Temple) The Shetland Fiddle Diva/Purfy...by Catriona Macdonald from Bold (Peerie Angel Productions) Another Day...by Karan Casey from Distant Shore (Shanachie) Fisher Street...by Michael McGoldrick from Fused (Compass) Buachaillin Deas Óg Mé...by MacDara from The Love Token (MacDara) Dove Across the Water: Iona Theme/March - The Cunning Workmen...by Ossian from Dove Across the Water (Iona) Caravanserai...by Loreena McKennitt from An Ancient Muse (Quinlan Road) February 09, 2017 Program 1759: Love Songs (February 09, 2017) Week 6 Move beyond the traditional notion of romantic love this week to hear of a bond with landscape, language, and the natural world – all in the finest music from Celtic roots. Venus in Tweeds...by Shooglenifty from Venus in Tweeds (Greentrax) The Gowden Locks of Anna…by MacAlias from Highwired (Greentrax) Jim Batty’s/The Bloom of Youth…by Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry from At First Light (Vertical Records)  To The Homeland…by Maura O’Connell from Walls & Windows (Sugar Hill)  I Love the Trees…by Nomos from Set You Free (Green Linnet) Suite de Ridees…by Tony McManus from Ceol More (Greentrax) Voices of the Land…by Maire Brennan from Maire (Atlantic) Gi’e Me Lass Wi’ a Lump o’ Land…by Ian F. Benzie from I’se The B’y (Lochshore) ID Excerpt: Dans Fisel...by Tony McManus from Tony McManus (Greentrax)  A’ The Airts…by Ceolbeg from Seeds to the Wind (Greentrax)  Wild West Waltz…by Wendy Stewart from About Time (Greentrax) The Beauty Spot/The Maid Behind the Barrel…by Danu from All Things Considered (Shanachie) More Than Just a Dram…by Robin Laing from The Angel’s Share (Greentrax)  Aibreann - The Last Pint…by Lunasa from Lunasa (Compass)   Tail Toddle Finale…by Skyedance from Skyedance - Live in Spain (Culburnie) February 02, 2017 Program 1758: Debuts (February 02, 2017) Week 5 Look to the next era for this music with the sounds of first time artists on Thistle with recordings from both sides of the Atlantic. The Boatman...by Connla from River Waiting (connlamusic.com) Colin Macintosh/Black Horse...by Katie McNally Trio from The Boston States (Heath Music) The Burning of Auchindoun...by Sophie Ramsay from The Seas Between Us (sophieramsay.com) The Martlet/Father John Angus Rankin...by Katie McNally Trio from from The Boston States (Heath Music) On the Road...by Liza Mulholland from Fine 'n' Rosy (Metagama Productions) White Room/The Congress Reel...by Wake the Dead from Deal (Celtoid) [ID excerpt] Potting Shed Stomp...by Liza Mulholland from Fine 'n' Rosy (Metagama Productions) On a Boat...by Eddie and Luc from Tirade (Brig Records) Here's the Tender Coming...by Eddie and Luc from Tirade (Brig Records) Daily Growing...by Connla from River Waiting (connlamusic.com) Escaldarium...by Connla from River Waiting (connlamusic.com) Saints and Sinners...by Connla from River Waiting (connlamusic.com) The Enchanted...by Connla from River Waiting (connlamusic.com)