Celtic Connections

Program Highlights and Schedules for January - March 2008
Program # Feed Date Title  
08-01 1/3/08 New Releases
We kick off the new year with a roundup of new and recent releases by Celtically-connected musicians.
  
08-02 1/10/08 Music of O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan was Ireland's best known classical harp composer. His compositions continue to be played and recorded by some of the leading Celtic musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, as we will hear in this week's program.
  
08-03 1/17/08 Songs of Robert Burns
Scotland's great composer and collector of songs, Robert Burns, was born January 25, 1759. Fans around the world celebrate all things Scottish on Burns Day, and we will honor his work with recordings of his songs by some of Scotland's finest singers.
  
08-04 1/24/08 Illinois Irish
The state of Illinois can boast having some of the great Irish musicians and bands among its natives and its immigrant residents. This week we feature not only Chicago's finest, but some music from downstate as well.
   
08-05 1/31/08 New Releases
We start the month with a sample of some of the best vocal and instrumental tracks from the Celtic traditions.
  
08-06 2/7/08 Canada's Provinces
Traditional music is played all across Canada, though we hear mostly from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This week we travel from east to west in search of music from each of Canada's provinces.
  
08-07 2/14/08 Liz Carroll & John Doyle in Concert
This week we feature highlights from a concert by fiddle player extraordinare Liz Carroll and Irish music's #1 guitar player John Doyle, recorded exclusively for Celtic Connections in April 2007 at the Southern Illinois Irish Festival.
  
08-08 2/21/08 Old Favorites
We'll go back through the last few decades of Irish, Scottish, and English traditional music for this week's roundup of old favorites.
  
08-09 2/28/08 St. David's Day Celebration
March 1 is celebrated in Wales as St. David's Day, and we'll take the occasion to feature an all-Welsh musical program.
  
08-10 3/6/08 New Releases
A sampling of new and recent vocal and instrumental music from the Celtic traditions.
  
08-11 3/13/08 St. Patrick's Day Celebration
It's an all-Irish program this week in honor of Ireland's patron saint.
  
08-12 3/20/08 Maggie's Music
Maryland hammer dulcimer player Maggie Sansone founded her own record label for American Celtic musicians more than 20 years ago, and the label has produced an impressive catalog over the years. This week's program samples from the Maggie's Music roster.
  
08-13 3/27/08 Festival Preview
Tune in this week for a preview of musicians who will be appearing at this year's Southern Illinois Irish Festival, April 25-27 in Carbondale, IL.



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