Show 374 – Memorial Day
(2025-05-24)

posted in: Past Shows

Memorial Day is a solemn remembrance of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in battle, and Celtic music tells their stories through the centuries. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of songs and tunes telling the tales of the fallen and those left behind.

The artists this week: Tony MacMahon & Steve Cooney, The Tannahill Weavers, FullSet, Gráda, Mike McNutt, Mason & Weed, The Wolfe Tones, Shantalla, Solas, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Niamh Parsons, Lúnasa, and Guichen.

Our FairPlé score this week: 31

Playlist:

# Track Artist Release
1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
2 The Battle of Aughrim (Cath Eachroma) Tony MacMahon & Steve Cooney Scaoil Amach an Pocaide
3 The Ghost of Mick McDonnell The Tannahill Weavers Òrach (The Golden Anniversary)
4 Both Sides the Tweed FullSet Notes After Dark
5 The Eighteenth Of June Gráda Cloudy Day Navigation
6 Battle of Waterloo-Wee Highland Laddie Mike McNutt Family Tradition
7 Mace Bell’s Civil War March Mason & Weed Across the Pond
8 The Fighting 69th The Wolfe Tones The Anthology of Irish Song
9 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
10 John Riley Shantalla Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings
11 The Wind That Shakes The Barley Solas Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers
12 Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Foxglove & Fuschia
13 The Wounded Huzzar Niamh Parsons Blackbirds and Thrushes
14 The Bonny Light Horseman Lúnasa Cas
15 Battle Swing Guichen BroZHers