Our 520th episode, which aired on August 25, 2024. De Danann – The Broken Pledge/Jenny's Welcome To Charlie, Selected Jigs Reels & Songs Open the Door for Three – Fineen The Rover, The Prosperous Gale Danu – Snug in the Blanket/Patsy Geary's, Seanchas Brad Tuck – Clasped to the Pig, The Rocky Isle The Cottars – Pleasures of Home Medley, Made in Cape Breton Elaine Reilly – Madame Bonaparte/The Boys of Ballysadare, Epiphany: Irish Traditional Music on the Tenor Banjo The Bow Tides – The Power of Three, Sailing On Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts – Hunting The Hare, Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts Sharon Shannon – Phil Cunningham Set, Sharon Shannon Honey & The Bear – The Trying, Away Beyond the Fret Fairport Convention – Mason’s Apron, Live in Finland 1971 Chris Norman – La Have River Waltz, Beauty of the North

Our 519th episode, which aired on August 18, 2024, and featured Celtic music as performed by classical string players. The Twisted Twenty – Ragged Sailor Set, The Twisted Twenty Maxwell Quartet – Fisherrow/Noose & The Gillies, Gather (EP) Fiddlers2 – Flora Mcdonald/Fair Maid Of Oban/Road To Errogie, Mirrors of Elsewhere: Scotland David Greenberg – Sleepy Maggie’s Messenger, Multiple Voices for One James Ross & Maxwell Quartet – The Swilkie, Landscape to Light Maxwell Quartet – The Burning of the Piper’s Hut/The Marquis of Huntly/Miss Gordon of Gight, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 & Folk Music from Scotland Maxwell Quartet – Fear a’ Bhàta/Da Full Rigged Ship/Da New Rigged Ship, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 & Folk Music from Scotland The Twisted Twenty – The Marquis of Huntly’s Strathspey/Sir Ronald MacDonald’s Reel, EP The String Family – Lord of the Dance, The Glen Time for Three – Ashokan Farewell/Amazing Grace, Time for Three

Our 518th episode, which aired on August 18, 2024. Open the Door for Three – The Fairy Jig Set, The Prosperous Gale Open the Door for Three – Farewell Lovely Mary/The Lizzes, The Prosperous Gale Lane to the Glen – The Melvin Wave/The Lane to the Glen, Lane to the Glen Great Big Sea – Scolding Wife, Courage & Patience & Grit NEW TO YOU: Buioch – Bergin’s Jigs, Buioch Fiddlers 3 – Julie Delaney/Joe Moroze/Irish Reel, Fiddlers 3 Richard Wood – Glymur Jig Medley, Infectious Dervish – Bold Doherty, Midsummer’s Night Finbar Furey – Madam Bonaparte, The Irish Pipes of Finbar Furey Caroline Keane & Tom Delany – Top It Off/Trouble in Paradise/Larry McDonogh's, Never Say Goodbye Say Good Luck CLOSET CLASSIC: Five Hand Reel – Kempy’s Hat, Five Hand Reel Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl – A Highland Lamentation, Wooden Flute & Fiddle

Our 517th episode, which aired on July 21, 2024, and marked our eleventh anniversary with listener requests. The Elders – Happy Feet, Live at the Uptown Theater The Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights, A Drop of the Hard Stuff Talisk – The Millhouse, The Abyss Carbon Leaf – A Song for the Sea, Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle Danu – Never Tire of the Road/The Green Fields of America, Seanchas Julie Fowlis – Into the Open Air, Brave movie soundtrack Rankin Family – Mo Run Geal Dileas, online video from Hogmanay 1992 Stan Rogers – Barrett’s Privateers, Between the Breaks...Live Tim Edey – The Reculver Polcas, Daybreak J.P. Cormer & Tim Edey – Guitar Medley, online audio recorded at Celtic Colours 2010 Breabach – The Last March, Celtic Colours Live Volume Six

Our 516th episode, which aired on July 14, 2024, and featured artists performing at this year's Celtic Colours International Festival. Andrea Beaton – Blacksmith Delights on the Banks, With Betty & Dave John Doyle & Mick McAuley – It’s Sunrise, John Doyle & Mick McAuley Beolach – Rector At The Feis/Untitled/Marianne’s Reel/Pibroch O’Don, Beolach Breabach – Changing World, Fas Genticorum – Le Persuadeur, Au Coeur du l’Aube Howie MacDonald – Bras d’or House/Cabot/Bobby Cuthbertson, Howie MacDonald Doug Lamey – Lakewind to The Narrows, True North Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – We Remember You Well, Home Anna Massie – My Life Is Over Again, Two Down J.P. Cormier – The Letter, The Chance Warbelow Range – Cottage In The Grove/The Curlew/Farewell to Ireland, Warbelow Range Jim Payne & Fergus O’Byrne – Waltz Around the Cape, How Good Is Me Life!

Our 515th episode, which aired on July 7, 2024. Daimh – If It Plays, Sula The Elders – Lucky One Time, Gael Day Ten Strings and a Goat Skin – Maid Behind the Bar, Ten Strings and a Goat Skin Richard Thompson – From Galway to Graceland, Acoustic Classics Carlos Sweeney McCartin – John Joe’s/The Ladies Step Up to Tea/Byrne’s Mill, The One After It Ken Perlman – Bee's Wing Hornpipe/President Garfield's Hornpipe, Devil in the Kitchen JigJam – Water’s Hill, Across the Pond Heidi Talbot – Glenlogie, In Love & Light Qristina & Quinn Bachand – Loch Mountain/Yellow Tinker/The Girl Who Broke My Heart, Family Gatehouse – Spailpín Fánach, Tus Nua Matt & Shannon Heaton – Limerick Liftoff/Little-Leaf Linden, Whirring Winds Ivan Drever – Banks of the Ness/Here Is Where the Heart Is, Revisited (The Wolfstone Songs) Beoga – Hay Days, How to Tune A Fish

Our 514th episode, which aired on June 23, 2024. Trouble in the Kitchen – The Tap Room/TheRoad to Port Fairy/The Abbeyleix/Sweeney's Dream, The Next Turn Dave Gunning – Sing It Louder, Lift The Bothy Band – Pretty Peg/Craig’s Pipes, 1975 Runrig – Protect and Survive, Live at Celtic Connections 2000 Florence Fahy – The Trip To Birmingham/The Fairhaired Boy/The Fox On The Prowl, Tunes from the Flaggy Shore Pine Tree Flyers – Echoes of Scotty O’Neill/The 79th’s Farewell to Gibraltar, Pine Tree Flyers Altan – The Donegal Selection: An Bothar Mor/Tommy Peoples’ Reel/Is Cuma Liom, Donegal Phil Odgers & John Kettle – If I Knew, Far Rockaway: The Songs of Phil Ochs Ed Yother – Oak Cliff Road /O'Dowd's Pitch/Kitty on the Rail, First Figure The Mickey Finns – Tanks and Barbed Wire, On the Dole Four Winds – The Flags of Dublin/Ger Quigley's/Fred’s Favourite, Four Winds Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright – Across the Field, The Cabin Sessions

Our 513th episode, which aired on June 9. 2024. Pine Tree Flyers – Smith's Reel/Pointe-Au-Pic, Pine Tree Flyers Nuala Kennedy – Sally Sits Weeping/Blue Devils’ Jig, Shorelines Carlos Sweeney McCartin – The Humours of Bolton Street/Whiskey Hollow/Brendan McMahon’s, The One After It Daoiri Farrell – Blackwater Side, single release Reverie Road – Land’s End, Reverie Road Daimh – Puff Puff, Sula Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne – The Grumpy Old Man/Maart's Fancy, Rakes & Misfits Seamie O'Dowd – Wandering Aengus (alternate take) – I Am Of Ireland: Yeats in Song Gerry O’Connor, Gabriel McArdle & Martin Quinn – Lanigan's Ball/Madam I'd Love To Be Tossing Your Hay, Jig Away the Donkey Yann Falquet – Le Départ, Les Secrets du Ciel Freda Leask – Old Man of Madison, single release Tommy Sands – Is There Anyone Else Up There, single release Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – The Sweet Nightingale, Home

Our 512th episode, which aired on June 2, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen. Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Dr. Eels, Home Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – River & The Road, Home Interview with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, part one Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Made to be Played, Home Interview with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, part two Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Home, Home Interview with Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, part three Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – The Quartermaster, Home John C. Van Orman – He’s Waiting, Flight to the Moon Supertrad – Honey in the Woodpile/Miss Murray of Lintrose, Blue Sky on Walnut Supertrad – Two Ruths/Reel of Rio/Forget Me Not/Paddy Lynn’s Delight, Blue Sky on Walnut Supertrad – Blue Sky on Walnut, Blue Sky on Walnut

Our 511th episode which aired on May 26, 2024. Carlos Sweeney McCartin – The Rolling Wave/The Lark on the Strand/The Banks of Lough Gowna, The One After It The Kells – Darcy Farrow, the Kells Keane Connolly McGorman – The Road to the Glen/Toss the Feathers, Keane Connolly McGorman The Rankin Family – Blue Eyed Suzie, Endless Seasons Matt & Shannon Heaton – Golden Castle Hornpipe/Good of the Flock/Milliner’s Daughter, Whirring Winds Tim Edey & Ross Ainslie – Barrisdale, Diad CLOSET CLASSIC: Tuatha – The Lakeside Road/The Galway/King of the Fairies, The Road Less Traveled Iarla Ó Lionáird – Aoibhinn Cronan, Seven Steps to Mercy Duncan Chisholm – Haze Across the Sun, Sandwood Ivan Drever – Bless the Wind, Bless the Wind NEW TO YOU: Pine Tree Flyers – Opera Reel/Golden Wedding Reel, Pine Tree Flyers Bob Hubbach – The Waltz of the Northern Lights, Up North Down East

Our 510th episode, which aired on May 19, 2024, and featured our tribute to The Bothy Band. The Bothy Band – The Kesh Jig/Give Us A Drink of Water, 1975 The Bothy Band – Fionnghuala, Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band – Patsy Geary’s/Coleman’s Cross, In Concert The Bothy Band – The Green Groves of Erin/The Flowers of Red Hill, “An Bothy Band” documentary, 3/31/24 Interview with Kevin Burke, part four The Bothy Band – Music in the Glen, Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band – Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Me In Eirinn, 1975 Interview with Kevin Henry (excerpt), 4/19/13 The Bothy Band – The Navvy On The Line/The Rainy Day, 1975 The Bothy Band – Old Hag You Have Killed Me/Dinny Delaney’s/Morrison’s Jig, Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band – Do You Love An Apple, In Concert The Bothy Band – A Jig & Five Reels, In Concert The Bothy Band – Maids of Mitchelstown, Out of the Wind Into the Sun

Our 509th episode, which aired on May 12, 2024, and featured part two of our salute to Kevin Burke. Kevin Burke – John O’Connor’s/The Hungry Rock/A Nignt at the Fair, Sligo Made Bothy Band – Farewell to Erin, After Hours Kevin Burke – Lord Gordon’s Reel, Up Close Kevin Burke – Bonnie Kate/Jennie’s Chickens, In Concert Kevin Burke – The Butterfly, In Concert Interview with Kevin Burke, part three Kevin Burke – Toss the Feathers Medley, If the Cap Fits Kevin Burke – Fahy’s Hornpipe/The Foxhunter’s Reel, Sligo Made Patrick Street – The Winding Stairs/Ride A Mile, Made in Cork Kevin Burke & Micheal O Dohmnaill – The Promenade, Portland

Our 508th episode, which aired on May 5, 2024, and featured part one of our salute to Kevin Burke. Kevin Burke & Micheal O Dohmnaill – Maudabawn Chapel/The Wild Irishman/The Moher Reel, Portland Bothy Band – The Strayaway Child, Out of the Wind Into the Sun Interview with Kevin Burke, part one Kevin Burke, Sharon Shannon & Sean Smyth – The Mason’s Apron/Laington’s Reel, excerpt from Music from an Irish Cottage Kevin Burke – The Millstream/The Geese in the Bog/The Devils of Dublin, Made in Sligo Kevin Burke – Lucy’s Fling/S’ioma Rud a Chunnaic Mi/Some Say the Devil is Dead, An Evening with Kevin Burke Interview with Kevin Burke, part two Kevin Burke – Paddy Fahy’s Jigs/The Cliffs of Moher, If the Cap Fits Kevin Burke & John Brennan – The Tempest, The Pound Ridge Sessions Kevin Burke & Micheal O Dohmnaill – Tom Morrison's/The Beare Island Reel/George White's Favourite/Dipping The Sheep, Portland Kevin Burke – The King of the Fairies, Sweeney’s Dream: Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo Ireland Kevin Burke – The Long Acre/Clyde's Banks, Open House Kevin Burke – The Sailor on the Rock/Michael Kennedy’s Reel/The Hop Down Reel, An Evening with Kevin Burke Kevin Burke & John Brennan – Lonesome Moonlight Waltz, The Pound Ridge Sessions

Our 507th episode, which aired on April 28, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Ken Perlman. Forrest Oliphant – Cripple Creek (excerpt), online recording Ken Perlman – Rakish Paddy, Devil in the Kitchen Ken Perlman – Rock Valley Jig/Light & Airy/The Munster Lass, Northern Banjo Ken Perlman – Poppy Leaf/Stack Of Barley/East Neuk of Bear River, Northern Banjo Interview with Ken Perlman, part one Ken Perlman – Pride Of The Ball/Mackinnon's Rant/Lasses of Glenaladale/St. Kilda Wedding, Frails & Frolics Interview with Ken Perlman, part two Ken Perlman – Captain Campbell/The Cape Breton Wedding Reel/Andrew Renwick’s Ferret, Island Boy Interview with Ken Perlman, part three Ken Perlman – Kenmure's Awa'/Wilfred's Fiddle/Jackson’s Jig, Northern Banjo Ken Perlman – The Marchioness Of Tullibardine/Dinky’s Reel/Little Donald in the Pigpen, Frails & Frolics Ken Perlman – Madam Bonaparte, Clawhammer Banjo & Fingerstyle Guitar Solos Ken Perlman – Stella’s Trip to Kamloops/Devil in the Kitchen/The High Reel, Devil in the Kitchen Ken Perlman – Where the North River Flows, Frails & Frolics

Our 506th episode, which aired on April 21, 2024, and featured music and conversation with Boiled in Lead founder Drew Miller. Boiled in Lead – Tom & Jerry/Nine Points of Roguery, Boiled in Lead Boiled in Lead – Bold Lovell, 40 Years Live Boiled in Lead – Snow on the Hills/Swedish Jig, Orb Boiled in Lead – I’ll Sing You Sail Away Ladies, 40 Years Live Interview with Drew Miller of Boiled in Lead Boiled in Lead – Cuz Mapfumo, From the Ladle to the Grave Boiled in Lead – Newry Highwayman, 40 Years Live Boiled in Lead – Pinch Your Sister, Alloy 2.2 Boiled in Lead – House Carpenter, Alloy 2.2 Boiled in Lead – The Microorganism, 40 Years Live Boiled in Lead – J'Taime Helena, studio preview track

Our 505th episode, our annual Halfway to Celtic Colours feature. J.P. Cormier – Shenandoah/The Chorus Jig/The Q, Celtic Colours Live Volume 3 Gunning & Cormier – I Never Picked Cotton, Celtic Colours Live Volume 8 Beolach – The Hot Lunch Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 1 Ur – The Puirt Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 4 Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright – Jig to Reel, Celtic Colours Live Volume 6 Tim Edey & Troy MacGillivray – The Devil And The Dirk Set, Celtic Colours Live Volume 1 The Pine Tree Flyers – Money Musk, Celtic Colours Live Volume 10 Nuala Kennedy – Tá 'na Lá, Celtic Colours Live Volume 8 Natalie MacMaster – Minnie & Alex’ Favourites, Celtic Colours Live Volume 6 Ye Vagabonds – The Lowlands of Holland, Celtic Colours Live Volume 6 Breabach – The Last March, Celtic Colours Live Volume 6

Our 504th episode, which aired on April 7, 2024. Ken Perlman – The Bay of Fundy, Devil in the Kitchen Boiled in Lead – Hard Times, 40 Years Live Keane Connolly McGorman – Love Will You Marry Me/Glengarry’s Dirk, The Boyne Mist, Keane Connolly McGorman Jimmy Rankin – No More I'll Go Roving, Moving East Gordon Gunn Band – Fair Dancer Reel/The Mason's Apron, Shoreside Bad Haggis – The Hag at the Churn, Trip Miscellany of Folk – Boys of Bluehill/The Green Grove, Atlantic Sounds Dan Possumato & Friends – Hut on Staffin Island, Tunes Inside The Town Pants – Monahan the Mutineer, Coming Home The Kells – The Cup of Tea/The Ivy Leaf, The Kells Reverie Road – Emma's Reels, Reverie Road Iona Fyfe – Take Me Out Drinking, Peace for Ukraine

Our 503rd episode, which aired on March 31, 2024. Keane Connolly McGorman – Ted Furey’s/Athnuachán, Keane Connolly McGorman Ivan Drever – Song for Yesterday, Concert at Kilden JigJam – Appalachian Irishman, Across the Pond JigJam – Across the Pond, Across the Pond Interview with Jamie McKeogh of JigJam JigJam – Bouli Bouli, Across the Pond JigJam – Time to Go Home, Across the Pond Sean Smyth – Temple Bar Set, The Blue Fiddle CLOSET CLASSIC: Switchback – Banshee's Jigs, Bolinree Chris Norman Ensemble – Meg Merriless/Willy Davie, The Caledonian Flute Wayne Brereton – The Diamantina Drover, The Robin's Call Karen Beaton – Happy Birthday Waltz/Black Velvet Waltz, Helping Hands: Celtic Airs and More

Our 502nd episode, which aired on March 24, 2024. Reverie Road – The Gap of Dreams, Reverie Road DUG – Jubilee, single release Rapalje – Tune for a Found Harmonium, Diamonds Cara Dillon & Paul Brady – Streets of Derry, The Transatlantic Sessions 3 Vol. 1 NEW TO YOU: Alexis Chartrand & Cedric Dind-Lavoie – Mimeux, Au Chemin 4 Doc Rossi – The Fairies Hornpipe/Whisky You're the Devil, Pasqualini Demarzi: Six Sonatas for Cetra or Kitara Cillian Vallely & David Doocey – Bolt the Door, The Yew & The Orchard JigJam – The Robin, Across the Pond Altan – The Yellow Tinker, Donegal Jim Sharkey – Trouble, Our Old Village CLOSET CLASSIC: Ashley MacIsaac & Howie MacDonald – Mocking Bird Medley, Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm Niamh Regan – Madonna, Come As You Are

Our 501st episode, which aired on March 10, 2024. Altan – Port Arainn Mhor/Port Kitty Rua Mooney, Donegal Altan – The Barley & The Rye, Donegal Supertrad – Flowers of Michigan/Wing Commander, Blue Sky on Walnut Virginia Kettle & Rolling Folk – Sailing on the Inside, East of Elsewhere One for the Foxes – Bat in the Cap, Take A Look Around JigJam – Cluck Ole Twig, Across the Pond Kevin Burke – The Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty’s Reel/The Morning Dew, An Evening with Kevin Burke Celtic Woman – Dulaman, Twentieth Anniversary Nuala Kennedy, Kevin Burke & Eamon O’Leary – Liffeyside, rehearsal recording Kevin Burke & Nuala Kennedy – Cashman’s Polka/Lehane’s Polka/Walsh’s Polka, excerpt from Music from an Irish Cottage Brad Reid – Sunday Session, The Bridge Fairport Convention – Polly on the Shore, Sense of Occasion Doolin’ – Chicago Waltz, Circus Boy