Program Highlights and Schedules for January - March 2010

10-01

1/7/10

New Releases

We'll look at some of the first new releases for 2010, as well as some of last year's best vocals and instrumentals, in this week's program.

10-02

1/14/10

Billy McComiskey: Outside the Box

Brooklyn-born accordion player Billy McComiskey has been turning out brilliant recordings since the late 1970s, with groups like Trian, The Irish Tradition, and Green Fields of America, as well as in solo and duo settings. With his recent flurry of work on the Compass Records label, including his new solo CD "Outside the Box," it's time to turn the spotlight on this mainstay of the east coast Irish-American music scene.

10-03

1/21/10

Songs of Robert Burns

Scotland's leading poet and songwriter, Robert Burns, was born on January 25, 1759, and his birthday has become a worldwide day for celebrating all things Scottish. We will sample some of the more than 300 songs he collected, adapted, and wrote, as recorded by some of the leading Scottish vocalists of our own time.

10-04

1/28/10

From the Past Decade

We look back over the past decade this week to sample some of the innovative Celtic music released between 2000 and 2009, posing the question of what to call this decade.

10-05

2/4/10

New Releases

Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for a roundup of new and recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic..

10-06

2/11/10

A Woman's Heart

1994 saw the release of one of the best-selling CDs in Irish music history, "A Woman's Heart," featuring the title song by Eleanor McEvoy. It was soon followed by "A Woman's Heart 2," and, in 2003, by "A Woman's Heart: A Decade On." This week's program features highlights from all three albums, spotlighting some of the leading vocal and instrumental work by Irish and American women.

10-07

2/18/10

The Birds of the Air

This week we find out what a search of the record library yields when we enter in various bird names used in tunes in songs, like "The Lark in the Morning," and "The Yellow Bittern." Water birds and land-based birds are also invited.

10-08

2/25/10

Old Favorites

Vocals and instrumentals from the past several decades rub shoulders with each other in this week's mix of old favorites.

10-09

3/4/10

New Releases

What's new in the Celtic music world? We round up the best of new and recent releases in the first program of each month. Good music just keeps on happening!.

10-10

3/11/10

Hapy St. Patrick's Day

"La Fheile Padraig shona daoibh," or "Happy St. Patrick's Day to you," and we hope you can join us for the celebration of all things Irish in this week's program.

10-11

3/18/10

Celtic American Men

To follow up on last fall's program on Celtic American Women, we'll see who turns up on the list of some of our own top Celtic male singers and instrumentalists, all American born and bred.

10-12

3/25/10

Honoring The Chieftains

In a career spanning more than 40 years, and with more albums by far than any other Irish band, The Chieftains have been Irish music ambassadors to the world. We'll sample a small part of their prodigious output in this week's program honoring their lifelong contributions to preserving and disseminating the music.