Program Highlights and Schedules for
October - December 2001
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| Program # |
Feed Date |
Title |
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| 01-40 | 10/4/01 | New Releases |
| Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for an hour of new recordings from the Celtic
traditions. |
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| 01-41 | 10/11/01 | Dougie Maclean |
| A stirring selection of songs and tunes from the prolific career of the
wonderful Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, and fiddle player Dougie
Maclean. |
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| 01-42 | 10/18/01 | Flute & Fiddle |
| Take some of the finest Irish and Scottish flute players, add some of the
finest fiddle players, and what do you get? Lots of lively duets! Flute
player Kevin Crawford has done just that on his newest album, with a whole
host of fiddle players joining him in turn. We'll feature selections from
that album as well as other fine flute/fiddle duets on this week's program. |
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| 01-43 | 10/25/01 | Samhain Celebration (Halloween Special) |
| Music for the harvest season and for Halloween, in honor of the ancient
Celtic festival of Samhain, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. |
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| 01-44 | 11/1/01 | New Releases |
| Our monthly roundup of new and recent recordings, with a select mix of
vocals and instrumental music from the Celtic lands and their neighbors. |
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| 01-45 | 11/8/01 | Music of Cape Breton |
| Many of the older musical practices of Scottish Gaelic culture have
survived and are thriving in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This week we survey
some of the exciting professional music that is emanating from that Celtic
island on our own continent. |
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| 01-46 | 11/15/01 | Reel-to-Reel II |
| Tighten up your dancing shoes for an hour of back-to-back reels! It's a
relay game in which the last tune in one band's medley must be the first
tune in the next band's medley. Let's see how long we can last without a
break! |
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| 01-47 | 11/22/01 | The House Band |
| England's House Band has produced some of the finest recordings of Celtic
music anywhere, and we spotlight their versions of some great songs and
instrumentals this week. |
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| 01-48 | 11/29/01 | Child Ballads Part 2 |
| Our occasional survey of these classic folk ballads of the British and
Irish Isles, collected by Professor Francis Child in the late 1800s,
continues this week as we find new recordings of the old ballads still
turning up. |
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| 01-49 | 12/6/01 | New Releases |
| Our final selection of new and recent releases for the year paves the way
for next month's "Best of 2001" program. |
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| 01-50 | 12/13/01 | Christmas is Coming |
| The goose is getting fat...but don't kill it! Turn on your radio instead,
for a warmup to the Christmas season with old and mostly unfamiliar songs
of the season from British, Irish, Scottish, and other western European
traditions. |
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| 01-51 | 12/20/01 | Celtic Christmas |
| Meditative and celebratory music for the winter solstice and Christmas. |
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| 01-52 | 12/27/01 | To Drive the Cold Winter Away |
| Winter's upon us, but be not dismayed. Let there be dancing when music is
played! |
