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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) http://www.npr.org/2015/04/22/401467536/the-thistle-shamrock-heading-south