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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)

December 29, 2016 Program 1753:  New Year’s Resolution: Keep Music Live! (December 29, 2016)  Week 52 From the pubs and clubs of home to international festival stages, some great live performances electrify this hour of music as we turn the page on yet another music-filled year. Glenlogie…by Jim Malcolm from Live in Glenfarg (Beltane)  Katie Campbell’s Rambles/Streets of Forbes…by Niamh Parsons from Loosely Connected (Greentrax) Man of Arran…by Niamh Parsons featuring the Loose Connections from Loosely Connected (Greentrax) Canan Nan Gaidheal…by Scottish Women & Band from Scottish Women (Greentrax)  Trip to Skye…by Skolvan from Live in Italia (Keltia Musique)   Sir Patrick Spens…by Jim Malcolm from Live in Glenfarg (Beltane)  ID Excerpt: Flowers of Edinburgh…by Jim Malcolm from Live in Glenfarg (Beltane)  Bogey’s Bonnie Belle…by Christy Moore, Donal Lunny & Jimmy Faulkner from Live in Dublin (Tara Music)  The Rocky Road to Dublin/Indian Ate the Woodchuck…by Mozaik from Live From the Powerhouse (Compass) Breileach…by Capercaillie from Dusk Till Dawn (Survival)   The Big Set…by The Unusual Suspects from Live in Scotland (Foot Stompin’) The Kerry Dances…by Frankie Gavin and Stephane Grappelli from Frankie Gavin 2003-2004 Collection (Frankie Gavin)