Past Shows

In this hour, we focus on labor, the labor movement, and the men and women working the backbreaking jobs that keep the world turning. We only have one instrumental piece this time, which means a bunch of songs about work. … Read More

Over the past few weeks, Katie and Joe had collected a bunch of shiny, new recordings. We dig deep and sample tracks from all these, and find treasures on all of them. There’s no theme this week, so we just … Read More

This week, Katie challenges Joe to come up with a show that features Celtic performers that happen to be women. Since there are so may incredibly talented women out there, it wasn’t a difficult challenge. However, this often doesn’t play … Read More

For most of this month, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is in full swing in Scotland. Since 1949, this event celebrates Scottish military and civilian life with piping contests, music concerts, dancing, and general carrying-on. Here on High Country Celtic … Read More

We put together a show with the tunes and songs that didn’t make it into any of the prior twelve shows. It’s not because we didn’t like them; we just had too many excellent tunes and songs and we ran … Read More

It’s a beautiful time of year, so ready the scythes, sickles, and flails, because it’s Lughnasa, the Celtic holiday on August 1st celebrating the official start to the harvest. An understandably important festival throughout the Celtic world, Lughnasa is called … Read More

Katie selected a bunch of great tracks for a free-for-all show, where we play tunes and songs without a unifying theme. This week, we play Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford, Adam Hendey, Usher’s Island, Sharon Shannon, The Chieftains, Fódhla, Aoibheann … Read More

This week, Katie and Joe are on the road, but they planned ahead and brought their favorite CDs with them. This week, they pay a Celtic musical tribute to the 50th anniversary of the astounding journey of Neil Armstrong, Buzz … Read More

This week, it’s songs and tunes about our furry friends. Whether they moo, mew, woof, squeak, or bleat, we’ve dug up enough fun music about animals that we would have several weeks’ worth of good material. We’ve distilled our list … Read More

It’s the day after the Summer Solstice, and Joe’s head needs something on the mellow side. Katie drew up a list of tunes and songs that she calls “laid back,” but some of them will definitely get you on your … Read More