Celtic Songlines

This week on Celtic Songlines we bring a close to a few wonderful years providing Celtic music on the KDRT airwaves. This final program includes several of my favorite artists and tunes including Ashley Davis, the Pied Pipers, Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Al Petteway, Kris Colt, Barley Juice, Niamh Dunne, Danú, Lúnasa and Golden Bough.  Slán go fóill (Goodbye, for now). Next week on Feb 20th, please join me as we begin a new musical adventure with the program "High Country Music Radio." 

This week on Celtic Songlines are selections from Solas' "Sunny Spells & Scattered Showers.".Also featured is Marla Fibish with Martin Hayes, along with Magpiety, Silly Wizard, The Tannahill Weavers, Drónan, Old Blind Dogs, Shirley Collins, the Prairie Druid - Patty Tutty, and the Battlefield Band. 

  "Mists Among the Stones" is borrowed from a song title on this week's songlist. As a mid-winter mist settles over our lands the session includes tunes and songs from the UK's Salt House, "Fallow Ground" from John Spiers &  Jon Boden, the band Bellowhead, a trio including Mike McGoldrick, John Musker & John Doyle, the band Runa, Coscán, Sam Sweeney, the Poppy Seeds, The Furrow Collective, Moore, Moss & Rutter. Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

We open our mid-January Celtic Songlines with Danú, David Brewer, a live session from 1967 with Davy Graham, De Dannan, Molly's Revenge with Christa Burch, Niamh Parsons, Kieran Fahy, Clannad, Emily Smith, Kris Colt and the Battlefield Band with Alison Kinnard.  Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

This week's session of Celtic Songlines features a new release from Cillian Vallely & David Doocey with tunes from The Yew & the Orchard. Also featured are The Wilderness Yet, Emma Langford, Brad Reid, Van Morrison, Emily Smith, The Chieftains, Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, Golden Bough, Liz Carroll with John Doyle.

This week on Celtic Songlines we begin with the lovely voice of Niamh Parsons, Italian-Celtic band Alban Faum, Molly's Revenge, a song composed of a Welsh knight and his lover by David Crosby with Graham Nash, Máire Brennan, more beautiful harmomies with Scottish folk trio The McCalmans, Bulgarian-Celtic band Eriney, The Fureys, and a Parting Glass with Kris Colt.  Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM with replays Monday 8-9pm, Saturday 6-7pm. Outside the broadcast area you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.

This week's session of Celtic Songlines features Old Blind Dogs, Kris Colt, Archie Fisher, The Black Country Three, Sandy Denny, the band Turlough, Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach, Golden Bough and Boxing Banjo.

This week's playlist for Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM features the band Dervish w/Rhiannon Giddens, from Bulgaria neo-folk band Eriney, Lorkin O'Reillyy, Danu, Jerry Garcia with David Grisman, Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan, JigJam and Paddy Tutty, Prairie Druid Music. Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM with replays Monday 8-9pm, Saturday 6-7pm. Outside the broadcast area you can stream at @kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.

This week on Celtic Songlines we explore more fantastic musicians playing music from the Celtic lands. Come along lads and lassies for Plantxy, The Drowsy Lads,  Patrick Street, the wonderful duo of Anna & Elizabeth, The House Devils, Emily Smith with Jamie McClennan, Altan, pagan folk band Daridel, Brigid Mae Power and Shane Cook with Jake Charron.