Saturday, May 30, 2015

Ong Namo - Snatam Kaur

♥ ♥ ♥ MUL MANTRA - Snatam Kaur - SOMOS UNO...WE ARE ONE ♥ ♥ ♥

Thistle

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/27/410016842/the-thistle-shamrock-debuts

May 21, 2015
Program 1669: Debuts (May 21, 2015 ) Week 21

Look to the next era for this music with the sounds of first time artists on Thistle with recordings from both sides of the Atlantic.
Crow Road Croft...by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl from Wooden Flute & Fiddle (Make Believe)
Consett Y Peipar Coch/Erddigan Y Pibydd Coch...by Anton Emery from Noone Lasses (celticfingerstyleguitar.com)
Earl Richard...by Alistair Ogilvy from Leaves Sae Green (Greentrax)
The Green Cottage/The Glin Cottage/Julia's Norwegian Polka...by Brendan Begley & Caomhin Ó Raghallaigh from A Moment of Madness (Brendan Begley & Caomhin Ó Raghallaigh)
Chi Mi Na Morbheanna...by Hilary Field and Patrice O'Neill from Cantilena (Yellow Tail Records)
Táilliúir an Mhagaidh...by Celia Ní Fhátharta from Irish Traditional Sean Nos Songs (Clo lar-Chonnacht)
J'ai Planté un Chêne...by Mélisande (Electrotrad) from Les Metamorphoses (La Pruche Libre)
[ID excerpt] The Duchess Tree...by Laura Simpson from Aberdeen Branch Session Fowk (TMSA)
A Highland Lamentation...by Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl from Wooden Flute & Fiddle (Make Believe)
Down By the Salley Gardens...by Carolyn Holyoke from Collage (www.carolynholyoke.ca)
Cape Breton Set...by Carolyn Holyoke from Collage (www.carolynholyoke.ca)
Mouth of the Tobique...by Nine-8ths Irish from Out on the Ocean (FGM Records)
Pretty Green Island...by Pat Egan and Alex Caton from Fiddle Tunes and Ballads (pateganmusic.com)
Nancy Rowland's...by Pat Egan and Alex Caton from Fiddle Tunes and Ballads (pateganmusic.com)
Calliope House/Grant's Reel/Trip to Antigonish/Hey Nelson...by Keira from A Fiddle Affair (irishmadness.com)

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Thistle



May 14, 2015
Program 1668: At the Edge (May 14, 2015) Week 20 

Hear an evolving Celtic roots sound, inspired by jazz and classical arrangements and driven by contemporary and world rhythms.
The Ploughman…by Solas from Waiting for An Echo (Shanachie)
The Reel…by Secret Garden from Earthsongs (Decca)  
Maire Mhilis Bhrea…by Solas from Another Day (Shanachie
Miss You…by Winifred Horan from Just One Wish (Shanachie
Craigie Hills…by Scrûj MacDuhk from the Road to Canso (Scruj Tunes)
A Thousand Roads/The Road to Canso/Hare o’ the Dug…by Scrûj MacDuhk from The Road to Canso  (Scruj Tunes)
ID Excerpt: The Napier Stride…by John Rae from Celtic Feet (Caber)
Westlin Winds…by Robin Bullock from The Enchanted Woods (Dancing Wolf
The Grand Hotel/Mary Kelly’s Hatchet…by Kila from Luna Park (Kila)  
Atlantic/ Kresal Eta Laino (Celtic Progression)…by Antoni O’Breskey from Mezulari (O’Music)
Who Will Raise Their Voice?...by Capercaillie from Choice Language (Vertical)
Scraping the Barrel…by Shooglenifty from Live Radical Mestizo (Compass)
MacAlgo…by John Rae from Celtic Feet (Caber) 





Saturday, May 16, 2015

Snatam Kaur - Liberations Door - (Full Album)

Thistle and Shamrock

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/12/405881204/the-thistle-shamrock-fresh-takes



New Music from Altan

May 07, 2015
Program 1667: Fresh Takes (May 7, 2015 ) Week 19

Established artists and old friends bring new music to the show with their latest releases and innovations.
The Immigrant...by Damien Connolly from Inspired  (Damien Connolly)
Thig am Bata...by Ályth McCormack from Homelands (ANE Records)
My Lagan Love/The Maids of Mitchelstown...by Patsy O'Brien from Irish Guitar (patsyobrienswebsite.com)
My Mary...by Jim Malcolm from The Corncrake (Beltane)
Le Rosier...by Le Vent du Nord from Têtu (Borealis)
Alasdair's...by Steph Geremia from The Open Road (Blackbox Music)
[ID Excerpt] Tell Me Now...by Damien Connolly from Inspired (Damien Connolly)
1952 Vincent Black Lightening...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax)
The Almost Reel Set...by RSAMD 2010 from The Future of Our Past (Greentrax)
Arrow and Heart...by Eamon Friel from Brave New World (Thran Records)
Same Old Man...by Scythian from Old Tin Can (Scythian)
Cúirt Robin Finley...by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass)
The Triple T...by by Altan from The Widening Gyre (Compass)
April 30, 2015
Program 1666: Westward (April 30, 2015) Week 18

Hear wild fiddle music and singing in the language of the Gael.  Music from western places in Ireland and Scotland is the music of lonely, rugged mountainsides and sea-swept coastlines.
Blink/The Central Line/Lexy Macaskill's…by Flook from Flatfish (Flatfish Records)
Chi mi’n Gheamhraidh…by Gary West from The Islay Ball (Greentrax)
Coisich, a Ruin…by Capercaillie from Delirium (Survival Records)
The Stone in the Field/Famous Ballymore/The Traveller…by Joe McKenna from The Irish Low Whistle  (Shanachie)
West Coast of Clare…by Niamh Parsons from Heart’s Desire (Green Linnet)
Dheannain sugradh…by Alyth McCormack from An Iomal (The Edge) (Vertical Records)
The Dispute at the Crossroads/Columba Ward's/Siuns Reel…by Altan from Another Sky (Virgin Narada)
ID Excerpt: Paddy Fahy's Reel…by Sean Tyrrell from Belladonna (Long Walk Music)
The Old Bush/The Reel with the Burl…by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill from The Lonesome Touch  (Green Linnet)
Llostail me le Sairsint…by Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill from Idir an Da Shoals (Green Linnet)
Calum Sgaire…by Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus from Return to Kintail (Culburnie)
The Dark Island…by Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister from The White Swan (Lochshore)
The Song of the Seal…by Karan Casey from Seal Maiden (Music for Little People)
Lucy Campell's…by Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry from At First Light (Vertical Records)
Lexy Macaskill…by Peatbog Fairies from Mellowosity (Greentrax)

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404652717/the-thistle-shamrock-westward