This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music celebrating May Day, recognized around the world as a day to celebrate the struggles of workers to forge a better life for themselves and the laborers who came after them. If you are enjoying your weekend, then thank the workers who fought for that and more.
The artists this week: Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland & Deirdre Galway; Karan Casey; Ed Miller; Eimear Arkins; Emily Smith; Liz Carroll; Mary Macnamara; Solas; Dublin Gulch; Kinnfolk; Shantalla; Poitín; Dick Gaughan; and Dónal McCague & Tommy Fitzharris.
The FairPlé score for this week: 40
Playlist:
# | Track | Artist | Release |
1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
2 | May Day (reel-jig) | Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland & Deirdre Galway | Music in the Glen |
3 | The Four Loom Weaver | Karan Casey | Distant Shore |
4 | The Wark O’ the Weavers | Ed Miller | Border Background |
5 | An Spailpin Fanach | Eimear Arkins | What’s Next |
6 | The Bonny Labouring Boy | Emily Smith | A Different Life |
7 | The Tractor Driver-A Tune for the Girls | Liz Carroll | Lake Effect |
8 | Spailpin Fanach, Little Beggerman | Mary Macnamara | The Blackberry Blossom |
9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
10 | Labour Song | Solas | Shamrock City |
11 | A Miner’s Life | Dublin Gulch | Dirty Old Town |
12 | Byker Hill | Kinnfolk | The Knotted Circle |
13 | Midlothian Mining Song | Shantalla | From the East Unto the West |
14 | Blackleg Miner | Poitín | One For The Road |
15 | The Auchengeich Disaster | Dick Gaughan | Prentice Piece |
16 | The Jolly Tinker-McFadden’s Own | Dónal McCague & Tommy Fitzharris | The Bank of Turf |
17 | Tell God and the Devil | Solas | Shamrock City |