Show 424 – Mother’s Day
(2026-05-09)

posted in: Past Shows

It’s Mother’s Day, and Katie Marie and Joe (mostly) honor mothers’ special day by playing an hour of Celtic music all about mothers. Most of the tunes and songs are saluting and venerating mother’s and their steadfast love of their children, but we’ve tossed in a couple of songs about mothers behaving rather badly.

The artists this week: Justin Thériault, Kyle Burghout, & Susan Toman; Rowan Leslie; Poitín; Joshua Dukes; Eliot Grasso; Martha Guiney; The Magic Square; Martin Carthy; Lothlorien; Randal Bays; Karan Casey; Mick Mcauley, Winifred Horan & Colm O Caoimh; and Caitlín & Ciarán.

This week’s FairPlé score: 38

Playlist:

# Track Artist Release
1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
2 Redican’s Mother-Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight-Harvest Moon Justin Thériault, Kyle Burghout, & Susan Toman The Castle
3 The Siren-Mama Brown’s-Code Orange Rowan Leslie Escaping the Dawn
4 Mother And Child Poitín One For The Road
5 Rigney’s-Mother And Child-Far From Home Joshua Dukes The Long Trip Home
6 Reels: Mother and Child Reel-Farewell to Connacht Eliot Grasso Up Against the Flatirons
7 The Raven’s Call-Mama Mena’s Martha Guiney The Raven’s Call
8 Barrell Rafferty’s-The Highlander Who Kissed His Granny-The Firs The Magic Square Isn’t anyone going to stop them
9 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
10 Famous Flowers Of Serving Man Martin Carthy Shearwater
11 The Cruel Mother Lothlorien Greenwood Side
12 Slip Jigs The Mother’s Day-Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight Randal Bays Masters Of The Irish Guitar
13 Mother Earth’s Revenge Karan Casey Chasing the Sun
14 Wt’s 97Th-The Mother & Child Reel Mick Mcauley, Winifred Horan & Colm O Caoimh Sailing Back To You
15 Mammy’s Plaidie-The Boyne Hunt-Jerry Hollands Caitlín & Ciarán Caitlín & Ciarán