Past Shows

Women’s History Month is drawing to a close, so we took the opportunity for one more show featuring women artists of Irish and Celtic music. What’s special about today’s show is that most of these artists were All-Ireland champions in … Read More

March is Women’s History Month, and International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8th. We’re a little late on this, as St. Patrick’s Day and St. David’s Day all cluster around the first two weeks of March. But, we’re making … Read More

It’s a fine collection of songs and tunes to start off your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. According to legend, St Patrick was born in Roman-occupied Britain in the 5th century, was kidnapped by Irish brigands, and taken as a slave … Read More

Katie and Joe play a set of music without a common theme this week, just a collection of songs and tunes that caught their attention. It’s a Free-For-All show! This week we play: Gráda; Maeve Donnelly, Geraldine Cotter, Charlie Harris … Read More

March 1st marks St. David’s Day, the celebration of the patron saint of Wales. Katie and Joe mark the occasion by playing songs and tunes by Welsh artists. Welsh music is famous for grand choral arrangements sung in fabulous harmonies, … Read More

It’s a Raggle Taggle show, where we play tracks from the past ten episodes that didn’t make it into prior shows. Not only is it a Raggle Taggle show, it’s also our one hundredth episode–so we’re playing unplayed tracks which … Read More

If you’re feeling a saccharine hangover from St. Valentine’s Day, Katie and Joe have the cure for you. It’s the antithesis of a St. Valentine’s love song show: every song and tune is about love gone bad. The Irish, Scottish, … Read More

St. Valentine’s Day is the holiday to celebrate the most ephemeral, complex, confusing, and wonderful of human emotions: love. Katie and Joe pick out music where love saves the day, faithful sweethearts stay true, and the endings are happy. Traditional … Read More

It’s time for a Free-For-All show where Katie and Joe play songs and tunes not connected by any theme. Featuring artists from Cape Breton, Ireland, Orkney Islands, Virginia, and California, we play music linked by the simple fact that we … Read More

The first days of February are a time of transition, known by St. Brigid’s Day, Candelmas, Imbolc, First Milk of the Ewes, or in the U.S., Groundhog Day. It’s the time when people look ahead to spring, and in more … Read More