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January 19, 2017 Program 1756: New Year Sounds (January 19, 2017) Week 3 Prepare your way for the year ahead with a fresh musical start and a chance to discover artists whose careers are destined to gather momentum in the coming months. Sporan Dhomhnaill/Mist on the Glen/Miss Monaghan...by Battlefield Band from Beg & Borrow (Temple) The Tempest...by Kevin Burke and John Brennan from The Pound Ridge Sessions (Loftus Music) Children Go...By Eileen Ivers and the Band - iTunes download   Sunset Land...by John McSherry from...The Seven Suns (Compass Records) Let No Man Steal Your Thyme...by Cassie & Maggie from The Willow Collection (cassieandmaggie.com) Strip the Willow Set...by Cassie & Maggie from The Willow Collection (cassieandmaggie.com) [ID excerpt] The Glasgow Lasses...by Battlefield Band from from Beg & Borrow (Temple) Óró 'Sé do Bheatha 'Baile ...by Gailfean from Won't You Come Out Tonight (Gailfean.com) Spike Shaped Glasses/Tom Moylan's/Donegal Traveller...by Gailfean from Won't You Come Out Tonight (Gailfean.com) Black Is the Colour of my True Love's Hair...by Invisible Stars - Choral Works From Ireland & Scotland (Signum) The Selkie...by Pippa Reid-Foster from Driftwood Harp (pippareidfoster.com) Clean Pease Strae...by Sgoil Chiùil na Gaidhealtachd from The Right Path (Sgoil Chiùil na Gaidhealtachd) The Atlantean...by John McSherry from The Seven Suns (Compass Records) The Drunken Piper...by Battlefield Band from from Beg & Borrow (Temple)

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)