Thistle

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January 12, 2017 Program 1755:  The Long View (January 12, 2017) Week 2 Fiona picks a few favorite extended arrangements of traditional tunes, including classic recordings from Kevin Burke and Alan Stivell. Gavotte...by Pierre Bensusan from Encore (MVD Audio)   Toss the Feathers/College Groves/Pinch of Snuff/The Earl'sChair/The Woman of the House/The Girl That Broke My Heart/The Drunken Tinker/Paddy Cronin's/McFadden's Handsome Daughter/The Hunter's Purse/Toss the Feathers...by Kevin Burke from If The Cap Fits (Mulligan)  The Fabled Hare...by Maddy Prior from Year (Park)   [ID Excerpt] Merrily Kissed the Quaker...by Pierre Bensusan from Encore (MVD Audio)   Gaeltacht...by Alan Stivell from Renaissance of the Celtic Harp (Rounder)   Magheracloone/Norland Wind...by Battlefield Band from Rain, Hail or Shine (Temple)   Welsh Arrow Suite...by Pierre Bensusan from Encore (MVD Audio)

January 5, 2017 Program 1754: Underneath the Stars (January 05, 2017) Week 1 Drawing meaning, guidance and solace from the sun moon and stars, our music looks to the Northern and Western skies this week. The Moonlight Piper…by Carlos Núñez with The Chieftains from Brotherhood of Stars (RCA Victor) The Planets....by Kate Rusby from Awkward Annie (Pure Records)  The Sound of the Sun: The Three Sea Captains / The Sound of the Sun...by Fred Morrison from The Sound of the Sun (Lochshore)  Land of the Setting Sun…by Talitha Mackenzie from Indian Summer (Sonas) Hunter's Moon/Getting There/The Morris Minor...by Liz Carroll & John Doyle from In Play (Compass) Such a Night of Stars… by Eamon Friel from Word of Spring (Thran)    ID excerpt: The Crow in the Sun …by Dáithí Sproule from The Crow in the Sun (New Folk)  New Moon…by Ceilidh Minogue from Ceilidh Minogue (Greentrax) Sun, Moon and Stars…by Filska from A Thousand Miles Away (Foot Stompin’) Laughing With the Moon…by Hilary James & Simon Mayor from Laughing with the Moon (Acoustics Records) Moondance…by Nightnoise from The White Horse Sessions (Windham Hill) Lloer Dirion (Tender Moon)...by Carreg Lafar from Profiad (Carreg Lafar)  Dark Light…by Davy Spillane from A Place Among the Stones (Columbia)