Program Highlights and Schedules for April-June 1999


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CC99-13 4/1/99 New Releases
The Celtic music world is bursting at the seams with new recordings these days. This week's program will offer a small sample of some of the best of these.
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CC99-14 4/8/99 Cherish the Ladies
Cherish the Ladies is the name of one of the top Irish-American traditional bands, which happens to be all women. This week's program profiles their careers as individual recording artists and as a band.
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CC99-15 4/15/99 The Whistle
Our occasional series on particular instruments in Celtic music focuses this week on the tin whistle, aka pennywhistle or simply "whistle." In the hands of excellent players like Mary Bergin, Larry Nugent, and Joanie Madden, this simple instrument shows the great beauty and complexity of Irish dance music and airs.
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CC99-16 4/22/99 Chicago's Irish Musicians
Chicago has been a major center for Irish music since the immigration of the 1840s brought many a musician there, including the great collector and publisher of tunes, Chief O'Neill. Contemporary musicians associated with Chicago will be highlighted in this week's program.
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CC99-17 4/29/99 Celtic Grab Bag
A program without a specific theme allows us to reach into the grab bag and pull out some old favorites from a variety of sources.
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CC99-18 5/6/99 New Releases
It's that time of the month again, when the new releases have been piling up to such an extent that we need to start hearing some of the best selections from them. Vocals, instrumentals, indicative of the full range of Celtic music.
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CC99-19 5/13/99 Celtic Rhythms
It all started with the bodhran, the Irish goat-skin drum. The percussion that accompanies Irish and Scottish music these days has grown to incorporate a wide variety of instruments, linking Celtic dance and vocal music with the world beat. This week's program focuses on the percussion.
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CC99-20 5/20/99 Thomas Moore, the Bard of Ireland
The great poet laureate of Ireland's past, Thomas Moore, was born 220 years ago on May 28, 1779. In honor of his birthday, we'll hear some of his songs that are still being performed two centuries later.
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CC99-21 5/27/99 Musical Profile of Matt Molloy
The most venerated flute player in the traditional Irish music world these days is Matt Molloy, currently a member of The Chieftains, but formerly with The Bothy Band and Planxty. This retrospective of his career samples from a large number of solo and ensemble albums in which his flute artistry is foregrounded.
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CC99-22 6/3/99 New Releases
The U.S. Postal Service keeps bringing us new CDs from lots of record companies, so we'll keep doing our best to deliver some of that music on to you, over the airwaves, C.O.D.--Celtic On Demand!
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CC99-23 6/10/99 Singer/Songwriters
Not all the great songs are from the old days. Many a good song is being crafted by British, Irish, Scottish, and North American singers who maintain links with the Celtic and British Isles traditions, and we'll be hearing from some of these folks in this week's program.
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CC99-24 6/17/99 Celtic Potpourri
Freshen the air in your listening space with Celtic Potpourri, courtesy of your host, Bryan Kelso Crow. A mixed bag of breath-taking vocals and instrumentals.
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CC99-25 6/24/99 Maggie's Music