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February 11, 2016

Program 1707: Words, Verses, Music (February 11, 2016) Week 6 From romance to fairy tales, poetry tells the story this week, with songs and tunes inspired by poets’ lives and works. The Loose Noose/Deacon Brodie…by Robin Laing from Walking in Time (Greentrax) I Will Make You Brooches…by Jean Redpath from A Fine Song For Singing (Philo Rounder)    Shining Clear…by Battlefield Band from There’s a Buzz (Temple) From A Railway Carriage…by Bonnie Rideout from Gi’me Elbow Room (Maggie’s Music) Shadow Dance…by Johnny Cunningham from Peter & Wendy (Alula) The Lotus Eaters…by Robin Laing from Ebb and Flow (Whistleberry Music) Neverbird…by Johnny Cunningham from Peter & Wendy (Alula) Calypso’s Island…by Robin Laing from Walking in Time (Greentrax) ID excerpt: Night Ride Across the Caucasus..by Loreena McKennitt from Book of Secrets (Warner)  Tam o’ Shanter (part 1)…by Jim Malcolm from Rohallion (Greentrax) The Landing…by Johnny Cunningham from Peter & Wendy (Alula) Tam o’ Shanter (part 2)…by Jim Malcolm from Resonance (Beltane) Skellig…by Loreena McKennitt from Book of Secrets (Warner Bros) Lullaby…by Loreena McKennitt from Elemental (Quinlan Road)    La Serenissima…by Loreena McKennitt from Book of Secrets (Warner Bros) January 28, 2016 Program 1705: Songs of the Bard (January 28, 2016) Week 4 Hear great singers in the intoxicating embrace of the songs of Robert Burns, a songwriter and collector for the ages. The Lea Rig…by The Paul McKenna Band from Between Two Worlds (Greentrax) Now Westlin Winds…by Dick Gaughan from Gaughan Live! At the Trades Club (Greentrax)  Ae Fond Kiss…by Corrina Hewat from My Favourite Place (Foot Stompin’)  Braw Lads o’ Gala Water…by Ed Miller from Lyrics of Gold (Wellfield)    Highland Mary…by Jim Malcolm from Acquaintance (Beltane)   Rigs o’ Barley…by Emily Smith from A Day Like Today (Foot Stompin’)    [ID excerpt] Brose and Butter…by Corrina Hewat from My Favourite Place (Foot Stompin’)  The Slave’s Lament…by Feisty Besoms from Auld Flames (Feisty Besoms)  Parcel of Rogues in a Nation…by Rod Paterson from Songs from the Bottom Drawer (Greentrax) Ye Jacobites…by Eddi Reader from Sings the Songs of Robert Burns (Compass)  Aye Walkin’ O…by Jock Tamson’s Bairns from Rare (Greentrax)   O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose…by June Tabor from Rosa Mundi (Green Linnet)   Auld Lang Syne…by Jim Malcolm from Acquaintance (Beltane)  Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonie Doon…by Ferintosh from Ferintosh (ferintosh.com) http://www.npr.org/2015/02/07/384387795/the-thistle-shamrock-songs-of-the-bard February 04, 2016 Program 1706: From Vinyl to mp3 (February 4, 2016) Week 5 Music collections have migrated from record shelves to disc drives but a great performance is there for posterity regardless of the storage media.  Enjoy an hour of Celtic masterpieces from across a quarter century. Oró…by Máire Brennan from Máire (Atlantic)  Sevens/Michael Kennedy’s/The Cup of Tea…by Liz Carroll from Lost in the Loop (Green Linnet)  Stór, A Stór, A Ghrá…by Altan from Blackwater (Virgin)     The Savage Wee Beastie/the Limerick Lasses/The Bird in the Bush…by Robin Bullock with John Doyle from Rosewood Castle (Dancing Wolf)   Firethief…by Karine Polwart from This Earthly Spell (Hegri Music) Steel and Stone (Black Water)…by Kris Drever from Black Water (Compass)  Planets…by Kate Rusby from Awkward Annie (Pure Records)   [ID excerpt] Between Earth and Sky…by Robin Bullock from Between Earth and Sky (Maggie’s Music) Jig Gwengamp…by Alan Stivell from Live in Dublin (Dreyfus)    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face…by Christy Moore from Voyage (Platinum) Crossing the Bridge…by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony Classical) This Love Will Carry…by Dougie MacLean and friends ~ MP3 recorded exclusively for The Thistle & Shamrock  (not available) {Other version of this song are available on Dougie MacLean’s cds  “The Essential Dougie MacLean,” “Live,” and “Singing Land”}  (dougiemaclean.com) Black River…by Lúnasa from Sé (Compass)  Dance Pourlet…by Gordon Duncan from Thunderstruck (Greentrax)