Program Highlights and Schedules for October- December 1997



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CC97-40 10/02/97 New Releases
A sampling of new CDs that have landed on the Celtic record shelf over the summer.
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CC97-41 10/09/97 Smoky Chimney Band
This week's program features this excellent Irish instrumental album by fiddle player Gerry Harrington, accordion player Eoghan O'Sullivan, and guitar player Paul De Grae, along with interviews with the musicians by Bryan Kelso Crow in Madison, WI in July 1997.
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CC97-42 10/16/97 A Mixed Bag
Vocal and instrumental selections from the Celtic Connections library of LPs and CDs.
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CC97-43 10/23/97 Halloween Special: A Samhain Celebration
Samhain is the traditional Celtic holiday from which our modern-day Halloween celebration emerged. This week's program features music about Samhain, Halloween, and the fall harvest season.
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CC97-44 10/30/97 Celtic Fiddles
First in an occasional series of programs highlighting some of the great past and present fiddle players in the Celtic traditions.
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CC97-45 11/06/97 Samples of New Releases
 

 

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CC97-46 11/13/97 Brother Acts
From the Clancy Brothers to the sons of Tommy Makem, brother acts have been a popular tradition in Celtic music. This week's program will feature the singing traditions as well as instrumental music performed by brothers from the Celtic lands.
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CC97-47 11/20/97 Sister Acts
Vocal and instrumental music performed by sisters from the Celtic lands.
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CC97-48 11/27/97 Souvenirs of Milwaukee Irishfest 1997
Celtic Connections is proud to offer the American media premier of a young brother/sister duo from Galway, Brendan & Maureen Browne (accordion & fiddle), recorded live in concert and interviewed by Bryan Kelso Crow at this year's Milwaukee Irishfest. The program will also feature selections from CDs by other musicians that Crow met up with at Irishfest.
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CC97-49 12/04/97 New Releases
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CC97-50 12/11/97 Christmas is Coming! (encore CC96-24)
The goose is getting fat, and we have such a wealth of Celtic music for the Christmas season that we'd better start listening to some of it now!
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CC97-51 12/18/97 A Celtic Christmas (encore 96-25)
A program of traditional and contemporary music from a variety of Celtic performers in celebration of Christmas.
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CC97-52 12/25/97 Winter Solstice & The Turning of the Year (encore CC96-26)