Saturday, May 30, 2015

Sirgun Kaur sings 'Namo Sooraj' from her album Dayaal at Sat Nam Fest

Ong Namo - Snatam Kaur

♥ ♥ ♥ MUL MANTRA - Snatam Kaur - SOMOS UNO...WE ARE ONE ♥ ♥ ♥

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/27/410016842/the-thistle-shamrock-debuts

May 21, 2015
Program 1669: Debuts (May 21, 2015 ) Week 21

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.
Crow Road Croft...by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl from Wooden Flute & Fiddle (Make Believe)
Consett Y Peipar Coch/Erddigan Y Pibydd Coch...by Anton Emery from Noone Lasses (celticfingerstyleguitar.com)
Earl Richard...by Alistair Ogilvy from Leaves Sae Green (Greentrax)
The Green Cottage/The Glin Cottage/Julia's Norwegian Polka...by Brendan Begley & Caomhin Ó Raghallaigh from A Moment of Madness (Brendan Begley & Caomhin Ó Raghallaigh)
Chi Mi Na Morbheanna...by Hilary Field and Patrice O'Neill from Cantilena (Yellow Tail Records)
Táilliúir an Mhagaidh...by Celia Ní Fhátharta from Irish Traditional Sean Nos Songs (Clo lar-Chonnacht)
J'ai Planté un Chêne...by Mélisande (Electrotrad) from Les Metamorphoses (La Pruche Libre)
[ID excerpt] The Duchess Tree...by Laura Simpson from Aberdeen Branch Session Fowk (TMSA)
A Highland Lamentation...by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl from Wooden Flute & Fiddle (Make Believe)
Down By the Salley Gardens...by Carolyn Holyoke from Collage (www.carolynholyoke.ca)
Cape Breton Set...by Carolyn Holyoke from Collage (www.carolynholyoke.ca)
Mouth of the Tobique...by Nine-8ths Irish from Out on the Ocean (FGM Records)
Pretty Green Island...by Pat Egan and Alex Caton from Fiddle Tunes and Ballads (pateganmusic.com)
Nancy Rowland's...by Pat Egan and Alex Caton from Fiddle Tunes and Ballads (pateganmusic.com)
Calliope House/Grant's Reel/Trip to Antigonish/Hey Nelson...by Keira from A Fiddle Affair (irishmadness.com)

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Thistle



May 14, 2015
Program 1668: At the Edge (May 14, 2015) Week 20 

Hear an evolving Celtic roots sound, inspired by jazz and classical arrangements and driven by contemporary and world rhythms.
The Ploughman…by Solas from Waiting for An Echo (Shanachie)
The Reel…by Secret Garden from Earthsongs (Decca)  
Maire Mhilis Bhrea…by Solas from Another Day (Shanachie
Miss You…by Winifred Horan from Just One Wish (Shanachie
Craigie Hills…by Scrûj MacDuhk from the Road to Canso (Scruj Tunes)
A Thousand Roads/The Road to Canso/Hare o’ the Dug…by Scrûj MacDuhk from The Road to Canso  (Scruj Tunes)
ID Excerpt: The Napier Stride…by John Rae from Celtic Feet (Caber)
Westlin Winds…by Robin Bullock from The Enchanted Woods (Dancing Wolf
The Grand Hotel/Mary Kelly’s Hatchet…by Kila from Luna Park (Kila)  
Atlantic/ Kresal Eta Laino (Celtic Progression)…by Antoni O’Breskey from Mezulari (O’Music)
Who Will Raise Their Voice?...by Capercaillie from Choice Language (Vertical)
Scraping the Barrel…by Shooglenifty from Live Radical Mestizo (Compass)
MacAlgo…by John Rae from Celtic Feet (Caber) 





Saturday, May 16, 2015

Snatam Kaur - Liberations Door - (Full Album)

Thistle and Shamrock

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/12/405881204/the-thistle-shamrock-fresh-takes



New Music from Altan

May 07, 2015
Program 1667: Fresh Takes (May 7, 2015 ) Week 19

Established artists and old friends bring new music to the show with their latest releases and innovations.
The Immigrant...by Damien Connolly from Inspired  (Damien Connolly)
Thig am Bata...by Ályth McCormack from Homelands (ANE Records)
My Lagan Love/The Maids of Mitchelstown...by Patsy O'Brien from Irish Guitar (patsyobrienswebsite.com)
My Mary...by Jim Malcolm from The Corncrake (Beltane)
Le Rosier...by Le Vent du Nord from Têtu (Borealis)
Alasdair's...by Steph Geremia from The Open Road (Blackbox Music)
[ID Excerpt] Tell Me Now...by Damien Connolly from Inspired (Damien Connolly)
1952 Vincent Black Lightening...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax)
The Almost Reel Set...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax)
Arrow and Heart...by Eamon Friel from Brave New World (Thran Records)
Same Old Man...by Scythian from Old Tin Can (Scythian)
Cúirt Robin Finley...by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass)
The Triple T...by by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass)
April 30, 2015
Program 1666: Westward (April 30, 2015) Week 18

Hear wild fiddle music and singing in the language of the Gael.  Music from western places in Ireland and Scotland is the music of lonely, rugged mountainsides and sea-swept coastlines.
Blink/The Central Line/Lexy Macaskill's…by Flook from Flatfish (Flatfish Records)
Chi mi’n Gheamhraidh…by Gary West from The Islay Ball (Greentrax)
Coisich, a Ruin…by Capercaillie from Delirium (Survival Records)
The Stone in the Field/Famous Ballymore/The Traveller…by Joe McKenna from The Irish Low Whistle  (Shanachie)
West Coast of Clare…by Niamh Parsons from Heart’s Desire (Green Linnet)
Dheannain sugradh…by Alyth McCormack from An Iomal (The Edge) (Vertical Records)
The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/Siuns Reel…by Altan from Another Sky (Virgin Narada)
ID Excerpt: Paddy Fahy's Reel…by Sean Tyrrell from Belladonna (Long Walk Music)
The Old Bush/The Reel with the Burl…by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill from The Lonesome Touch  (Green Linnet)
Llostail me le Sairsint…by Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill from Idir an Da Shoals (Green Linnet)
Calum Sgaire…by Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus from Return to Kintail (Culburnie)
The Dark Island…by Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister from The White Swan (Lochshore)
The Song of the Seal…by Karan Casey from Seal Maiden (Music for Little People)
Lucy Campell's…by Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry from At First Light (Vertical Records)
Lexy Macaskill…by Peatbog Fairies from Mellowosity (Greentrax)

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404652717/the-thistle-shamrock-westward

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Thistle


April 23, 2015
Program 1665: Kick Back (April 23, 2015) Week 17

There’s more to this roots music business than high-energy dance tunes.  Ease through hand-picked soothing voices and free-spirited instrumentals.
Ca Dé Sin Do’n Té Sin…by Clannad from Banba (RCA
Bonnie Jean…by Karen Matheson from Time to Fall (Vertical)  
Pamela Rose Grant/The Ewie Wi’ the Crooked Horn/The Scolding Wives of Abertarff…by Tony McManus/Alan Genty  from Singing Sands (Greentrax)  
‘S fhada leam an Oidche Ghemhradih…by Dougie MacLean from Riof (Dunkeld)   
Teehan’s…by Michael McGoldrick from Fused (Compass
The Lowlands of Holland…by Donal Lunny from Coolfin (Blue Note)
ID Excerpt: Midnight Walker…by Davy Spillane from Pipedreams (Tara Music)
Little Sadie …by John Doyle from Wayward Son (Compass)  
An Honourable Peace/The Drip…by William Jackson from Duan Albanach (Mill)  
Bí Liom…by Moya Brennan from Two Horizons (Decca)  
What Makes You Dream…by Bohinta from Belladonna (Celtic Collections)
Swedish…by Karen Tweed & Timo Alakotila from May Monday (Northside)
Ubi Caritas…by Connie Dover from The Wishing Well (Taylor Park
Darklight…by Davy Spillane from A Place Among the Stones (Columbia)


 
April 16, 2015
Program 1664: Heading South (April 16, 2015) Week 16 

Fiona celebrates the musical connections her captured her attention when she first traveled through the U.S. in the early 1980s, by exploring the music of the Southern Mountains.
Wheel Hoss/ Redbird/ Tripping up to Larne…by Cúig from Prospect (Green Linnet)
Ireland’s Green Shore…by Tim O’Brien from The Crossing (Alula)
The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife…by Afterhours from Hung Up and Dry (Celtic Music 1992)
The Farmer’s Cursed Wife…by Tim O’Brien and The Boys from Oh boy! O’Boy! (Sugar Hill
Brickyard Joe…by Norman & Nancy Blake from Just Gimme Somethin’ I’m Used To (Shanachie)   
A Pretty Fair Miss…by Duck Baker & Molly Andrews from American Traditional (Day Job)  
There Was a Lady…by Relativity from Relativity (Green Linnet)  
ID Excerpt: Speed the Plow Medley…by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor from Appalachia Waltz (Sony)
Indian Whoop…by James Bryan & Carl Jones from Two Pictures (Martin Records)
Barbara Allen…. by Emmy Rossum from Songcatcher (Vanguard)
Barbara Allen… by Emmylou Harris from Songcatcher (Vanguard)
Shady Grove…by Ian Carmichael from Ceilidh House Sessions (Greentrax)
High on a Mountain…by Four Men & a Dog from Barking Mad (Cross Border Media)
A Mountaineer is Always Free…by Pierce Pettis from State of Grace (Compass)   
Star of the County Down…by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor from Appalachia Waltz (Sony)