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May 12, 2016 Program 1720: Swannanoa Memories - part 1 (May 12, 2016) Week 19 Join Fiona at the Swannanoa Gathering in the North Carolina mountains, for highlights from her many musical encounters at Traditional Song Week. Craggy Pinnacle…by Al Petteway and Amy White from High in the Blue Ridge (Fairewood Studios) Fiddle solo…by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available. The Lads o' the Fair...by Brian McNeill performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available. (The Lads o' the Fair can be found on Battlefield Band's cd "Live Celtic Folk Music") Pretty Polly…by David Holt from Grandfather’s Greatest Hits (High Windy) Soldier’s Joy/Mississippi Sawyer/Arkansas Traveler by David Holt from Grandfather’s Greatest Hits (High Windy) Shady Grove…by Doc Watson & David Holt from Legacy (High Windy) [ID Excerpt] Up on Flat Top Mountain…by Al Petteway and Amy White from High in the Blue Ridge (Fairewood Studios) 8th of January/Cumberland Gap… by Sheila Kay Adams, Bruce Green, Carl Jones from All The Other Fine Things (Granny Dell Records) Pretty Fair Miss… by Sheila Kay Adams performed live at Traditional Song Week 2009, Swannanoa Gathering, NC - recording not available Mo Níon Ó...by Cathie Ryan performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available (Mo Níon Ó can be heard on Cathie Ryan's CD "Through Wind and Rain") Óró, 'Sheanduine Dóite...by Cathie Ryan from Through Wind and Rain (Mo Leanbh) Somewhere Along the Road...by Cathie Ryan performed live at the Swannanoa Gathering - recording not available (Somewhere Along the Road can be heard on Cathie Ryan's CD "Somewhere Along the Road") Craggy Pinnacle…by Al Petteway and Amy White from High in the Blue Ridge (Fairewood Studios)   May 05, 2016 Program 1719: Tales of the Riverbank (May 05, 2016) Week 18 Sources of life and timeless inspirations to song-makers, rivers run through many of our well-loved and best-known landscapes.  Their quiet country banks and neglected docksides are now often the focus of rural rediscovery, urban regeneration, and seaside redevelopment.  Hear songs about grand city quays and unspoiled country streams. I Am A River…by Luka Bloom from Tribe (Big Sky Records)     Johnny Todd/Far From Home…by Ossian from The Best of Ossian (Iona) Voyage for Ireland…by Pierre Bensusan from Nice Feeling (Zebra Acoustic)     Annan Waters…by Niamh Parsons from In My Prime (Green Linnet)    A Walk on the Shore…by Boys of the Lough from Lonesome Blues and Dancing Shoes (Lough Records) Sweet Afton…by Tony Cuffe from The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 1 (Linn) The Afton…by Eddi Reader from Peacetime (Compass)  [ID excerpt] River…by Enya from Watermark (Geffen)  Sweet Thames Flow Softly…by Planxty from Planxty (Shanachie)    Crossing the Bridge…by Kim Robertson from Wood, Fire & Gold (Dargason)   Both Sides the Tweed…by Dick Gaughan from Prentice Piece (Greentrax) The Tail o’ the Bank...by Battlefield Band from Celtic Hotel (Temple Records/Flying Fish) Sitting in the Stern of a Boat...by Alasdair Fraser from Return to Kintail (Culburnie Records) Ship in Full Sail/The Bohola Jig/Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies... by Bohola from Bohola (Shanachie) #Celtic