Program Highlights and Schedules for June- September 1997
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| CC97-23 | 06/05/97 | Bothy Band 20th Anniversary |
| This week's program marks the first in an occasional series of "Celtic Classics," and celebrates the 20th anniversary of the recording of The Bothy Band's third album, "Out of the Wind Into the Sun," in June 1977 in Dublin. This great Irish band of the late 1970s has never been equalled. We'll feature the entire album this week. |
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| CC97-24 | 06/12/97 | A Bloomsday Celebration: Music from James Joyce's Ulysses |
| June 16 is a special day in Dublin every year, as the day in which the action of James Joyce's great novel "Ulysses" took place. The novel is full of references to Irish traditional songs as well as music hall and operatic songs of the time, and we will feature some of that music this week, along with readings from the novel by several famous Irish actors and writers, including Joyce himself. |
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| CC97-25 | 06/19/97 | Etain: An Irish Legend Set to Music by Tim Janis |
| Tim Janis, a Celtic-inspired composer from Maine, sets the legendary Irish tale of Etain and Midir to music in a full-length CD just released. It features the singing in Irish of Kate Chadbourne, who also provides us narration. |
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| CC97-26 | 06/26/97 | Highlights of Carbondale, IL Irish Festival |
| This is the first full program featuring highlights from two evenings of music by outstanding Irish-American performers, recorded especially for Celtic Connections. Musicians include Celtic Thunder, Joe Derrane & Zan McLeod, Mick Moloney, Liz Carroll, and local band The Dorians. |
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| CC97-27 | 07/03/97 | Music of County Clare (encore of CC96-06) |
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| CC97-28 | 07/10/97 | Scottish Ensembles (encore of CC96-07) |
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| CC97-29 | 07/17 /97 | Altan: Blackwater (encore of CC96-08) |
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| CC97-30 | 07/24/97 | A Celebration of Singing (encore CC96-10) |
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| CC97-31 | 07/31/97 | Green Linnet 20th Anniversary Collection (encore CC96-14) |
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| CC97-32 | 08/07/97 | Canadian Connections (encore CC96-15) |
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| CC97-33 | 08/14/97 | A Celtic Cornucopia (encore CC96-16) |
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| CC97-34 | 08/21/97 | Old Styles Into New (encore of CC96-20) |
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| CC97-35 | 08/28/97 | Citterns and Bouzoukis (encore of CC96-22) |
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| CC97-36 | 09/04/97 | Donegal Traditions (encore of CC96-23) |
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| CC97-37 | 09/1/97 | The Chieftains: Santiago (encore CC97-05) |
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| CC97-38 | 09/18/97 | The Black Family Singers (encore CC96-13) |
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| CC97-39 | 09/24/97 | An Introduction to Celtic Music (encore CC96-11) |