Program Highlights and Schedules for January - March 2005
Program # Feed Date Title  
05-01 1/6/05 The Slip Jigs and Reels
Steve Tilston's classic ballad about an Irish immigrant turned outlaw in the American west starts a program full of slip jigs, and reels, and songs about the dances.
  
05-02 1/13/05 O Canada!
Canadian Celtic musicians are featured in this week's program, dominated by music from Canada's most thoroughly Celtic region, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
  
05-03 1/20/05 Robert Burns Birthday Celebration
Scotland's great poet, collector and writer of songs, Robert Burns, was born January 25, 1759. Our annual celebration of his birthday features recordings of a small sample of his songs by some of Scotland's leading singers.
  
05-04 11/27/05 Boston Celtic
Boston area Celtic musicians (that's "Keltic," not "Seltic"!) are featured in this week's program, and the lineup of native and relocated musicians in Boston is quite an impressive one!
   
05-05 2/3/05 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for the year's first roundup of new and recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
05-06 2/10/05 Child Ballads V
The classic ballads of England and Scotland were collected by Harvard Professor Francis Child in the late 1800s, and they continue to turn up in recordings by British and Celtic singers, as will be featured in this week's program (not to be confused with songs for children).
  
05-07 2/17/05 Buttons and Bows
The featured instruments in this week's program are button accordions and fiddles, as heard in bands like the aptly-named Buttons and Bows.
  
05-08 2/24/05 Their Music Lives On
This week we feature musicians who have died in recent years, and who left us a legacy of recordings, including the likes of Johnny Cunningham, Derek Bell, Frankie Kennedy, and Andy McGann.
  
05-09 3/3/05 New Releases
Host Bryan Kelso Crow samples some of the best vocal and instrumental tracks from new and recent releases in this week's program.
  
05-10 3/10/05 A Great Day for the Irish
St. Patrick's Day gives us the occasion for a celebration of Irish music and culture.
  
05-11 3/17/05 Songs of Ewan MacColl
A number of present-day singers continue to record songs written by the great Scottish singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl. This week we feature some of his classic recordings as well as covers of his songs by contemporary singers.
  
05-12 3/24/05 Old Favorites
We dip into the record collection for treasures from past decades on this week's program.
  
05-13 3/31/05 Festival Preview
Performers at this year's Southern Illinois Irish Festival will include the Chicago Irish band Gan Bua, singer Deborah Packard, local band The Dorians, and students of the St. Louis Irish Arts group, all of which are featured on this week's festival preview program.




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