Program Highlights and Schedules for July - September 2006
Program # Feed Date Title  
06-27 7/6/06 New Releases & Festival Preview
As part of our monthly survey of new vocal and instrumental releases, we will preview some of the performers on the festival circuit this summer.
  
06-28 7/13/06 20 Years of Greentrax
The Greentrax record label out of Scotland is one of the most prolific producers of CDs by Celtic performers. Their recent 2-CD collection sampling their recordings of the past 20 years gives us plenty of material for this week's program.
  
06-29 7/20/06 Harmonica Showcase
This week we highlight one of the smallest instruments used in both vocal and instrumental music by Celtic artists, among many others, the harmonica. We will look particularly at how harmonica players can perform the intricate ornaments more commonly heard on other instruments playing the dance tunes of Scotland and Ireland.
  
06-30 7/27/06 Songs of Nic Jones
British folk and traditional singer Nic Jones was a huge influence on many of today's recording artists. This week we sample from his vocal and instrumental repertoire from the 1970s-80s.
   
06-31 8/3/06 New Releases
Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for this month's roundup of new and recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
06-32 8/10-06 Battlefield Band Retrospective
Scotland's Battlefield Band has been on the international Celtic music scene almost since its inception. This week we look back through their numerous recordings, with their frequently changing personnel, to trace the development of this significant band.
  
06-33 8/17/06 Irish Male Singers in the Spotlight
Who are your favorite Irish male singers? Setting aside those highly popular tenors, we focus this week on the great male traditional and folk singers of Ireland from the past as well as the present.
  
06-34 8/24/06 Come for to Dance
New England and Appalachian contradance and square dance music has its roots in the music of Ireland, Scotland, and England. We explore these dance traditions in this week's program, featuring particularly music by the VanNorstrand brothers and their Great Bear Trio from upstate New York.
  
06-35 8/31/06 New Releases
Join us for a sampling of some of the best new vocal and instrumental music from the Celtic world.
  
06-36 9/7/06 Best of 1976 (30 Years Later)
What was the state of the art in Celtic and British Isles music 30 years ago? Some of the great recordings came out in 1976. Tune in this week to hear what they were.
  
06-37 9/14/06 A Musical Tour of the Celtic Lands
From the highlands of Scotland to the Celtic regions of France and Spain, we take a whirlwind musical tour of the 7 Celtic regions of western Europe in this week's program.
  
06-38 9/21/06 Musical Marriages
A number of married couples are also musical performers, and this week's program recognizes those couples who perform music from the Celtic traditions.
  
06-39 9/28/06 Old Favorites
We roam through the record stacks to pull out great vocal and instrumental tracks from recordings of the past several decades for this week's program.




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