A Concert In My Head: April 2016

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Every Day is Halloween (Ministry cover)

Switchblade Symphony "Dissolve"

Friday, April 22, 2016

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - Rare Video-HD

Siouxsie And The Banshees Israel Live

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House

Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Gui...

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 You 16:9 HD

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474068465/the-thistle-shamrock-archie-fisher

April 07, 2016

Program 1715: Archie Fisher (April 7, 2016) Week 14

A chance to revisit Fiona’s time with the legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and broadcaster Archie Fisher, with music from across the decades of Archie’s remarkable career in the transatlantic folk scene.

The Broom of the Cowdenknowes...by The Black Family from The Black Family (Dara)
The Shipyard Apprentice...by Battlefield Band from Battlefield Band (Temple)
King Orfeo...by Barbara Dickson from Words Unspoken (Greentrax)
Will Ye Gang, Love...by Archie Fisher from Will Ye Gang, Love (Green Linnet)
River And The Road...by Archie Fisher from Windward Away (Red House)
[ID excerpt] Lindsay...by Archie Fisher from Will Ye Gang, Love (Green Linnet)
Bonnie Border Lass (guitar intro)...by Archie Fisher from Windward Away (Red House)
Silver Coin...by Archie Fisher from Sunsets I've Galloped Into... (Greentrax)
Adam Cameron...by Archie Fisher from Will Ye Gang, Love (Green Linnet)
Cuillins of Home...by Archie Fisher from Windward Away (Red House)
Borderlands...by Archie Fisher from Windward Away (Red House)

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/07/473355275/the-thistle-shamrock-more-new-spring-sounds

March 31, 2016

Program 1715: More New Spring Sounds (March 31, 2016) Week 13

Fiona handpicks more of the best new sounds from rising artists along with the latest from your favorites.

Little Bird of Heaven...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)
Tha Mi Sgith...by Burning Bridget Cleary from These Are the Days (burningbridgetcleary.com)
A Day in the Life (of Lou)...by Burning Bridget Cleary from These Are the Days (burningbridgetcleary.com)
Corrievrechan...by Jim Malcolm from Live in Perth (Beltane Records)
The Coming Winter...by Krista Detor with Mary Dillon from Barely (Tightrope)
Lament of the First Generation...by Jacqueline Schwab from The Blue Waltz (Midsummer Recordings)
Wild Mountain Thyme...by Gill Bowman from The Red Album (Brechin All Records)
[ID Excerpt] All These Years...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)
The Well...by Eamon Friel from In My Time (Thran Records)
Cleaning the Henhouse/Reel with the Beryl/Charlie Harris's Reel...by Fódhla from Notes from Mill Pond (Fodhla Music)
The Road is Still Leading Us On...by Yvonne Lyon from Scotia Nova (Greentrax)
A Blessing...by Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd from Boxed In (Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd)
The Dubs of Altnacroich...by Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd from Boxed In (Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd)
The Manitoulin Set...by Beppe Gambetta and Tony McManus from Round Trip (Borealis Records)

#Celtic #NPR

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Carlo Gesualdo - Madrigals, Book 6

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/31/472454869/the-thistle-shamrock-new-spring-sounds

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/25/471846511/the-thistle-shamrock-d-ith-sproule

March 24, 2016

Program 1714: New Spring Sounds (March 24, 2016) Week 12

The flow of music is never ending and a spring tide of new recordings is bound to yield some great music. Fiona handpicks some of the best new sounds from rising artists along with the latest from your favorites.

Northern Spy...by Low Lily from Low Lily (lowlily.com)
Farewell My Love and Remember Me...by Eileen Ivers from Beyond the Bog Road (Musical Bridge)
Crossroads...by Eileen Ivers from Beyond the Bog Road (Musical Bridge)
Mackerel Sky...by Eileen Ivers from Beyond the Bog Road (Musical Bridge)
Mo Bhuachailll Dubh Dhonn/Young Tom Ennis...by Nuala Kennedy from Behave the Bravest (Under the Arch)
Glen Where the Deer Is/The Ivy Leaf/The Dublin Lasses...by Nuala Kennedy from Behave the Bravest (Under the Arch)
The Lion's Den/The Burning House...by Nuala Kennedy from Behave the Bravest (Under the Arch)
[ID excerpt] Irish Black Bottom...by Eileen Ivers from Beyond the Bog Road (Musical Bridge)
Helen of Kirkconnell Lea...by Fiona Hunter, Mairi Campbell and Iain MacInnes from Reclaimed (Greentrax)
The Football Match/two reels...by Carlos Nunez from Reclaimed (Greentrax)
Darkness Darkness...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)
Unamed Shetland Reel/Da New Rigged Ship...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)
Sixteen Come Next Sunday...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)
Lucy Locket's/The Quiet Pint/The Sleepy Sailors...by Solas from All These Years (THL Records)

March 17, 2016

Program 1713: Dáithí Sproule (March 17, 2016) Week 11

Meet a gentle architect of today’s Irish music sound and one of its greatest guitar accompanists as Fiona meets Dáithí Sproule at the Swannanoa Gathering’s Traditional Song Week.

The Humours of Lauderdale/The Roseville…by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk)
Bánchnoic Éireann Ó …by Skara Brae from Skara Brae (Gael Linn)
An Cailin Rua… by Skara Brae from Skara Brae (Gael Linn)
Fill, Fill, a Rúin…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance
The Piney Boy…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance
[ID Excerpt]: Tourish’s Wedding…by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk)
The Little Man with the Brown Shoes/Ducks in a Row/The Butterfly Reel/Pauline Conneely’s…by Trian from Trian II
(Green Linnet)
Verse of love poem/song in Irish… by Dáithí Sproule   live performance
Gabham Molta Bríde…by Dáithí Sproule from A Heart Made of Glass (Green Linnet)
My Dearest Dear… by Dáithí Sproule  live performance
Beidh Aonach Amárach…by Altan from Another Sky (Narada World)
The Crow in the Sun…by Dáithí Sproule  live performance