Past Shows

This week, Katie Marie and Joe celebrate the laborers chronicled in Celtic music that struggle for better wages, safer conditions, and a better life. Marred by violence and frequent death, the labor movement gave us the lifestyles we’re used to. … Read More

This week on High Country Celtic Radio, Katie Marie and Joe play tracks that they enjoy, unlinked by any theme. Well, a small mini-theme–we do play some fire- and smoke-related songs and tunes as northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe take a musical tour around the world, where the music is from artists that don’t come from Scotland, Ireland, or the other five Celtic regions or the US. Playlist: # Track Artist Release 1 … Read More

This week, it’s just too hot to be thoughtful and clever, so Katie Marie and Joe put together a Free For All show, where there isn’t a unifying theme; we just play what sounds good to us with tracks from … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together a show featuring songs and tunes about the four elements: earth, fire, water, and air. The idea for this show came about after they finally settled back in after scrambling to get … Read More

The Celtic holiday Lughnasadh is celebrated on August 1st as a time to commemorate the harvest and to start looking down the year to the coming of Autumn. Katie Marie and Joe put together a show full of music revolving … Read More

Katie Marie and Joe take a trip across the Irish Sea and the Channel to visit the Celtic regions of Europe: Brittany and Northern Spain. Featuring different instruments and rhythms, the sounds of Brittany, Galicia, and Asturias may sound “foreign” … Read More

It’s the Three Instruments of the Apocalypse: Accordions, Banjos, and Bagpipes. Although the butt of jokes and subject of cartoons, in the hands of skilled players, these instruments showcase traditional Celtic music in the best possible light. The artists we … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe beat the heat by spinning up cool, Celtic tracks without any overall theme, although uilleann pipers do seem to be the favored instrument for this show. Artists this week: Alison Perkins & Nicolas Brown; … Read More

It’s Independence Day here in the States, and Katie Marie and Joe celebrate not with fireworks, but with Celtic music played by American artists. So, wherever you go–whether it’s into the backyard or the backcountry–take this along as the perfect, … Read More