Program Highlights and Schedules for July - September 2004
Program # Feed Date Title  
04-27 7/1/04 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for a survey of some of the best vocal and instrumental music from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
04-28 7/8/04 The Birds and the Beasts
The songs and tunes in this week's program are named for birds and animals that held significance for Scottish, Irish, and English people of centuries past. No snakes are anticipated.
  
04-29 7/15/04 All Done With Strings [encore of #03-43]
This week we focus on Celtic music as played on stringed instruments, including guitar, harp, bouzouki, banjo, fiddle, and more.
  
04-30 7/22/04 Concert Appearances
CDs recorded before live audiences can give us a better feel for what performers do most of the time. All of this week's selections come from concert recordings by some of the leading soloists and groups in Celtic music.
   
04-31 7/29/04 A Visit with Karan Casey [encore of # 03-44]
One of Ireland's top young traditional singers, Karan Casey from Co. Waterford, joins us to discuss her recording and performing career, with tracks from her complete discography.
  
04-32 8/5/04 New Releases
The summer promises the continued arrival of excellent new CDs by singers and musicians whom we admire. Tune in to this week's program for host Bryan Kelso Crow's selections of some of the best new and recent tracks.
  
04-33 8/12/04 Old Favorites [encore of #03-46]
Audience favorites from the past three decades or so of Celtic music are highlighted in this week's program.
  
04-34 8/19/04 Ride On: The Songs of Jimmy McCarthy [encore of #03-47]
Irish songwriter Jimmy McCarthy wrote about the stories behind his songs in his recent book, "Ride On." This week we feature some of Ireland's top singers performing his best known songs.
  
04-35 8/26/04 Piper Mick O'Brien
One of Ireland's outstanding uilleann pipers, Mick O'Brien from Dublin, recently dropped by the studios of Celtic Connections, giving us the opportunity to hear about the components of the pipes and to feature some of his recordings, including the excellent new fiddle/pipes/whistles CD "Kitty Lie Over" which he recorded with Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.
  
04-36 9/2/04 New Releases
New and recent tracks from both sides of the Atlantic are featured in this week's program.
  
04-37 9/9/04 Irish Music in New York
This week's program celebrates the long tradition of Irish music recordings by New York native and immigrant musicians, with a focus on current performers like Brian Conway, Joanie Madden, and Jerry O'Sullivan.
  
04-38 9/16/04 Poetry and Song
Music inspired by Irish and Scottish poetry, or poems set to music, or readings by noted poets with musical backgrounds, all fall under this week's program theme exploring the links between music and poetry. We'll hear from Seamus Heaney among others.
  
04-39 9/23/04 Reel to Reel III
Put on your dancing shoes and clear the floor as we launch into the third in an occasional series of programs featuring entirely one type of dance tune, in this case the ever-popular reel.
  
04-40 9/30/04 Old Favorites
We browse the record shelves for a random mix of vocal and instrumental music from the past several decades in this week's program.




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