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Saturday March 17, 2007
| This week I decided to focus on my very favourite Irish tracks, as well as some new releases and concert features and such. I made a playlist on the iBook. 79 songs! 6 and a half hours. This would not do. So I managed to cull it to 60 songs, running 4 hours. Now ordinarily I would cull about 12 more songs to allow for talking and psa's. This week I decided to try using \"live\" voice overs and cross fades, and to try to get all 60 songs on the air, maybe not in their entirety, of course. Just wondered if anyone would notice / mind / complain, and also wanted to see how I would cope with the pressure. Got off to a bad start by leaving late - just couldn't tear myself away from the game on TV until the final whistle. So I started a few minutes late. Managed 59 of the 60 songs, though. | ||||
| # | Artist | Song Title | Album (label) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Street | Music For A Found Harmonium | Irish Times (Green Linnet) | |
| 2 | Thomas Mapfumo | Vanofira Chiiko? | Rise Up (Realworld) | |
| 3 | Alex Cuba | Penita En La Cara | Agua Del Pozo (Caracol) | |
| 4 | Afro Celt Sound System | Lagan | Further In Time (Realworld) | |
| The beginning of Spring - vernal equinox next week - also marks the Persian new Year Festival, Norooz | ||||
| 5 | Axiom Of Choice | Elixir | Unfolding (Narada) | |
| 6 | Honari Family Ensemble | Janeka | Vasheen (Indie) | |
| 7 | Amir Haghighi & Amy Stephen | Shaydaee | Wanderer (Indie) | |
| Sweden to Klezmer next (OK, not exactly St. Patrick's Day material, but what's wrong with variety, anyway?) | ||||
| 8 | Bazar Bla | Kebabchichi | Nysch (Xource) | |
| 9 | Ranarim | Maj Vare Valkommen | Morgonstjarna (Drone, Sweden) | |
| 10 | Kleztory | Zoi Zayn Gelebt | Nomade (Amerix) | |
| Add some Cajun / Creole music to spice the Irish stew | ||||
| 11 | Grouyan Gombo | Pierrot Grouillette | Betsy Stomp (Milagro) | |
| 12 | Savoy Family Band | Lapin Dans Son Nique | Festivalink (FestivaLink.net) | |
| 13 | Pine Leaf Boys | Chez Moreau | La Musique (Arhoolie) | |
| 14 | Les Amis Creole | La Reel Des Hotels | Les Amis Creole (Arhoolie) | |
| Toronto blues rocker goes back to her Italian roots with a great folk CD. In town next weekend: | ||||
| 15 | Rita Chiarelli | Tu Vuo Fa L Americano | Cuore (Mad Iris Music) | |
| 16 | Rita Chiarelli | Chitarra Romana | Cuore (Mad Iris Music) | |
| And a little Slovakian flute music, and a touch of curry, before the green deluge! | ||||
| 17 | Radim Zenkl | Kyvalka | Folk Alliance Conference 19 (Folk Alliance) | |
| 18 | Jaime RT & Andy Hillhouse | Quantum Curry | Spark (Dog My Cat) | |
| 19 | Alias Ron Kavana | Shamrock City | Galway To Graceland (Alias) | |
| 20 | Aracdy | The Sally Gardens Medley | Many Happy Returns (Shanachie) | |
| 21 | Dervish | Red Haired Mary | Midsummer's Night (Kell's Music) | |
| 22 | Danu | Neili / Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Swing Band / Dayna Thomas's / Jazzin' With Mag Leary | The Road Less Travelled (Shanachie) | |
| 23 | Buille | The Wrong House / The Baltimore Fox | Buille (Compass) | |
| 24 | Karan Casey | The Curra Road | Distant Shore (Shanachie) | |
| 25 | Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill | The Bucks Of Oranmore / Eileen Curran / Jimmy On The Moor | The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet) | |
| 26 | Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan | The Lost & Found / The Hag At The Churn / The Wind Off The Lake | Long Grazing Acre (Hot Conya) | |
| 27 | Niamh Parsons & The Birkin Tree | Carrickfergus | Birkin Tree Three (Indie, Italy) | |
| Another break from the Irish music, with a hot new release and three concert previews: | ||||
| 28 | Eric Bibb | Buckets Of Rain | Diamond Days (Tel-Arc) | |
| 29 | Lester Quitzau | Waiting | So Here We Are (Indie) | |
| 30 | Mae Moore & Lester Quitzau | Compass | Oh My ! (Indie) | |
| 31 | Mae Moore & Lester Quitzau | Little Wing | Oh My ! (Indie) | |
| 32 | Steve Dawson | Trouble On The Run | We Belong To The Gold Coast (Black Hen) | |
| A look back at some highlights from the recent Folk Alliance in Memphis: | ||||
| 33 | Houston Jones | Jig Etude | Three Crow Town (Summerhill Records) | |
| 34 | Diana Jones | Lay Me Down | My Remembrance Of You (Newsong Recordings) | |
| 35 | Ollabelle | Fall Back | Riverside Battle Songs (Verve Forecast) | |
| 36 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Sally Ann | Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind (Music Maker) | |
| A great new bluegrass CD with a CD launch show coming up this Monday: | ||||
| 37 | John Reischman & The Jaybirds | Cleo Belle | Stellar Jays (Corvus) | |
| 38 | John Reischman & The Jaybirds | Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still | Stellar Jays (Corvus) | |
| 39 | John Reischman & The Jaybirds | Deception Falls | Stellar Jays (Corvus) | |
| Easing back towards St. Patrick's Day with some quebecois rockin' bluegrass fusion and Scottish Acid-Croft music: | ||||
| 40 | Norouet | Gazon Bleu | Spirale (Indie) | |
| 41 | Shooglenifty | McConnell's Rant | Troots (Shoogle) | |
| 42 | Shooglenifty | The Patient Nurses / Wattle Grove / Another Bucket Of Eels | Troots (Shoogle) | |
| Some rather amusing variations on the theme of Irish music: | ||||
| 43 | Tom Lewis | St. Patrick's Song | 360 Degrees (Borealis) | |
| 44 | Ariane Lydon | Come Clean My Chimney | Still She Moves (Candy Rat Records) | |
| 45 | Andy Irvine | They'll Never Believe It's True / Froggy's Jig | Way Out Yonder (Appleseed) | |
| 46 | Michael Smith | The Princess & The Frog | Folk Alliance sampler (Folk Alliance) | |
| 47 | Christy Moore | The Reel In The Flickering Light | Ordinary Man (Green Linnet) | |
| 48 | Altan | A Bhean Udai Thall | Acoustic Folk Box (Topic) | |
| 49 | Lunasa | The Dingle Berries / The Hop Slide / Padraig O'Keefe's / Nessa The Mover / Trip To Dingle | Se (Compass) | |
| 50 | Four Men & A Dog | Martin Wynn's / Touch Me If You Dare / The Bucks Of Oranmore | Maybe Tonight (Hook) | |
| 51 | Solas | The Flowing Bowl | Reunion (Compass) | |
| 52 | Liam O'Maonlai | Cathain | Common Ground (EMI) | |
| 53 | North Cregg | Sliabh Luchra Polkas | The Roseland Barndance (Greentrax) | |
| 54 | Liz Carroll & John Doyle | Kieran's Polka / The Bike To Ballyhahill | In Play (Compass) | |
| 55 | Oysterband | Blackwaterside | Rise Above (Omnium) | |
| 56 | Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies | Tom-Tom | The Parish Notices (Tantobie) | |
| 57 | John Spillane | The Moon Going Home | Hey Dreamer (EMI) | |
| and finally a look ahead to next month's Django Fest, April In Paris, right here on the left coast | ||||
| 58 | Van Django | And Django Took The Car | Live On CBC (Indie) | |
| 59 | Marc Atkinson Trio | Cleo's Claws | II (Indie) | |