Past Shows

This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music featuring tracks that we had to leave off of the last 10 shows simply because we ran out of time. We’re also excited to premiere a couple of … Read More

Trad Celtic music, being folk music, has a vast repertoire of songs and tunes featuring criminals, cheaters, cads, and other ne’er-do-wells. This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music featuring these Celtic anti-heroes. Some are well-known … Read More

January 25 marks the birthday celebration of the life, music, and poetry of Scotland’s great bard, Robert Burns. Scots around the world hold a great feast featuring Scottish fare, haggis, and fine whiskys. The feast concludes with performances of Burns’ … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe explore the songs and tunes surrounding emigration. Much of the Irish music about emigration focuses on the calamitous Great Hunger of 1847 and the desperate people who fled across the sea to the US … Read More

[This is a re-airing of Show 145, first aired 1/2/21] January 6th is the last day of the liturgical Christmas Season. In Ireland, the last day of Christmas is celebrated by women going out and enjoying themselves while the men … Read More

[This episode previously aired on 12/23/23] This week, Katie Marie and Joe prepare their lists of resolutions for the coming year. We’ve assembled an hour of Celtic music dealing with the new year, promises made and broken, and the spirit … Read More

The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year and heralds the lengthening of the days. Many of the world’s faiths observe major feasts and festivals around the same time. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Yalda, Dongzhi, or … Read More

It’s cold and snowy, and it’s approaching the Winter Solstice, so Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music that seems appropriate for Midwinter. So…when is Midwinter? It depends on who is celebrating it. It can be the … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe take a look back at all the trad Celtic releases that came out in 2025, and we’ve come up with an hour-long show featuring some of these tracks. We had to leave a bunch … Read More

Every so often–about 10 shows or so–Katie Marie and Joe pick up the tracks that we had to leave off the prior ten shows due to time constraints, and we give them their own spotlight. The artists this week: Shira … Read More