Thistle & Shamrock

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/06/484965757/the-thistle-shamrock-more-new-summer-sounds

June 23, 2016 Program 1726: New Summer Sounds (June 23, 2016) Week 25 The flow of music is never ending and an early summer crop of new releases always yields some fine music.  Fiona handpicks some new sounds recently released by rising artists along with the latest from your favorites. O'Neill's Cavalry March...by Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Martin Hayes from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Step It Out Mary...by Screaming Orphans from Toy Theatre (screamingorphans.com) Jackson Scot's Reels...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore...by Mick McAuley from Highs and Bellows (Mick McAuley) Little Birdie...by Yo-Yo Ma from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) Roisin Dubh...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) The Green Fileds of Glentown/The Old dudeen/McFadden's Handsome Daughter...by Andrew Finn Magill from Roots (andrewfinnmagill.com) [ID excerpt] Bonnie Prince Charlie...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Love is a Strange Thing...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park) Breton Set...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) Suzhou Sisters...by Steve Baughman from O'er Quiet lands Suspended (celticguitar.com) St. James Infirmary Blues...by  Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Ensemble featuring Rhianna Giddens from Sing Me Home (Masterworks) The Bull's March...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Boys of Ballycastle...by Cillian Vallely from The Raven's Rock (cillianvalely.com) Jig Celeste...by New Celeste from A Perfect Sky (Park)

June 30, 2016 Program 1727: More New Summer Sounds (June 30, 2016) Week 26 Fiona handpicks more of the best new sounds recently released by rising artists along with the latest from your favorites. Horizons...by Andrew Finn Magill from Branches (andrewfinnmagill.com) Poor Wayfaring Stranger/Morning Dew...by Danielle Paus from Siren Song (daniellepaus.com) Little Bridget Flynn/Sally in the Garden...by Peadar MacMahon from The Legacy of Percy French (peadarmacmahon.com) Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife...by Alastair Savage from Alone With History (Woodland Records) Pleasures of Hope/Stananivy Reel...by Danielle Paus from Siren Song (daniellepaus.com) Christmas in September... by Heidi Talbot from Christmas in September (heiditalbot.com) Foo Foo...by John McCusker from Hello, Goodbye (Under One Sky Records) [ID excerpt] Gaelic Ghost ...by Bill Leslie from Across the Water (billleslie.com) The Blackthorn Stick/The Green Mountain/The Red-Haired Lass...by Andy Lamy from The New Blackthorn Stick (andylamy.com) Greylag Geese...by The Paul McKenna Band from Paths That Wind (paulmckennaband.com) Baby Don't Weep/Dodging Lizards/Change in the Weather...by The Paul McKenna Band from Paths That Wind (paulmckennaband.com) Miriam...by Bill Leslie from Across the Water (billleslie.com) December...by Andrew Finn Magill from Branches (andrewfinnmagill.com) The North Sea Holes...by The Jeremiahs from The Jeremiahs (thejeremiahs.ie) Consistency...by Allan MacDonald and Neil Johnstone from The Bruce 700 (Bruce700) #Celtic