Program Highlights and Schedules for October - December 2005
Program # Feed Date Title  
  
05-40 10/6/05 New Releases
Host Bryan Kelso Crow presents a sample of the best vocal and instrumental music from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
05-41 10/13/05 Celtic Colors
Inspired by the annual October music festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the selections in this week's program are based on the colors in their titles.
  
05-42 10/20/05 The Chieftains 5: 30th Anniversary
1975 saw the release of the fifth album by Ireland's best known ambassadors of traditional music, The Chieftains, and it remains one of the favorites of host Bryan Kelso Crow. This week's program features the entire album, with comments on the members of the band at that time.
  
05-43 10/27/05 Singer-Songwriters
This week's program highlights the work of singer-songwriters from both sides of the Atlantic, working in the Celtic and British Isles traditions.
  
05-44 11/3/05 New Releases
Tune in this week for our monthly sample of new and recent tracks from some of the leading Celtic musicians
  
05-45 11/10/05 Up Sligo!
Ireland's County Sligo is a rich area for traditional music, and this week we focus on bands and soloists from this county.
  
05-46 11/17/05 Old Favorites
A grab-bag of Celtic recordings from recent decades, keeping the vinyl and the older CDs in circulation.
  
05-47 11/24/05 Gan Bua in Concert
The headliner band at the 2005 Southern Illinois Irish Festival was Chicago quartet Gan Bua ("without talent"). This week's program features highlights of their high-powered concert, which proves them to be quite talented indeed!
  
05-48 12/1/05 New Releases
Don't miss our once-a-month roundup of the best of Celtic music from new and recent releases.
  
05-49 12/8/05 French Canadian Musique
There is much intermingling of the musical traditions of Scotland and Ireland with those of Quebec, and this week we explore the French Canadian connections with the Celtic music world, spotlighting bands like Le Vent du Nord and Genticorum.
  
05-50 12/15/05 Best of De Danann
Irish traditional band De Danann was one of the most influential bands of the 1970s and 1980s, even continuing into the 1990s. We sample from their many albums this week in a semi-chronological review of the band's career.
  
05-51 12/22/05 A Celtic Christmas
Music for the Christmas season, from the Celtic traditions, on this week's program.
  
05-52 12/29/05 Best of 2005
It's time for our once-a-year selection of the Celtic Connections album of the year, culled from the new releases we have featured throughout the year. Our website contains a page listing past winners. Who will it be for 2005?? Tune in to find out!




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