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