Program Highlights and Schedules for January - March 2006
Program # Feed Date Title  
06-01 1/5/06 New Releases
Host Bryan Kelso Crow presents a sample of the best vocal and instrumental music from both sides of the Atlantic, from new and recent releases.
  
06-02 1/12/06 Music of O'Carolan
The harp compositions of blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) continue to be recorded in new arrangements for a variety of traditional instruments. We sample O'Carolan's music this week.
  
06-03 1/19/06 Songs of Robert Burns
Each year we celebrate the birthday of Scotland's great poet and songwriter Robert Burns, born January 25, 1759, with a program full of new and classic recordings of his songs by some of our greatest singers.
  
06-04 1/26/06 David Munnelly Band in Concert, Part 1
Irish accordion player David Munnelly and band visited our studios in August 2005 for a rousing concert of dance tunes and vocals, with guest vocalist Jodee James. Tune in this week for the first half of the concert by this rising star in the company of Irish bands.
   
06-05 2/2/06 Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration
The first broadcast of Celtic Connections was February 3, 1991, on WSIU radio in southern Illinois. The program became syndicated in 1996, and it now reaches 110 stations in 23 states. This week we celebrate the program's 15th anniversary by highlighting the "Album of the Year" from each of the years we have been broadcasting.
  
06-06 2/9/06 New Releases
Join Bryan Kelso Crow for a roundup of new and recent Celtic music releases from western Europe and North America.
  
06-07 2/16/06 Women of England
English traditional singers and musicians have many interconnections with their neighboring Celtic musicians, and this week we focus on England's great female performers, including the likes of June Tabor and Maddy Prior, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, Hilary James, and more.
  
06-08 2/23/06 David Munnelly Band in Concert, Part 2.
Continuing with the rousing in-house concert that we broadcast last month, David Munnelly's 1920s-style Irish dance band brings the house down with its lively conclusion
  
06-09 3/2/06 Music of Sean O'Riada
Sean O'Riada (1931-1971) was one of Ireland's most influential composers in the 20th century. He organized a concert of traditional musicians in Dublin which led to the formation of The Chieftains. He composed for film and television, and he recorded performances on harpsichord. This week we profile the man and his works, both orchestral and traditional.
  
06-10 3/9/06 New Releases
Tune in for our monthly roundup of new and recent vocal and instrumental tracks from Celtic releases.
  
06-11 3/16/06 Duo Acts
Two people can make great music together, especially when it's a winning combination like Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Hilary James and Simon Mayor, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, or Win Horan and Mick McAuley. All these and more are featured on this week's program of duo acts.
  
06-12 3/23/06 A Visit with Irish Poet Moya Cannon
Moya Cannon is a Galway-based poet with two books of poems and a third on the way, a number of which include references to the music and to her musician friends. In a recent visit to our studio, she graciously offered a reading of some of her poems, and talked with host Bryan Kelso Crow about the inspiration she gets from the Irish musicians, who will also be featured in the program.
  
06-13 3/30/06 Festival Preview
The tenth annual Southern Illinois Irish Festival is coming up April 28-29, 2006, and this week's program offers a preview of the festival's musical guests, including the headliner band from Ireland, Teada.




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