Past Shows

The show ends in a zero, which means that it’s time for us to go through our last nine shows and pick out tracks that didn’t make it into their respective shows. For each show, Katie and Joe pick out … Read More

It’s Fair Plé Day! This is a day that acknowledges not only the contributions of women in Celtic and folk music, but advances the idea that festival promoters and broadcasters give women performers a fair shake. This week, Katie and … Read More

This was an especially difficult playlist to whittle down to a mere two hours. In this episode, Katie and Joe present a more somber playlist dedicated to the men and women killed and wounded in war, and to those who … Read More

Put in the earplugs and hide the cats! Grab your sporran and a mouthful of haggis, because this is a show that features bagpipes of all types. From the veuze and biniou of Brittany, the gaita of Galicia, the great … Read More

Theme? We don’t need no theme! Katie Marie and Joe Bly each brought their own stack of CD’s to today’s show. We’re blowing the dust off some older CDs in our library as well as featuring new releases from Nava, … Read More

This week, we salute Mothers Day with a selection of songs and tunes that feature mothers, grandmothers, mothers in good times, mothers in questionable situations, and teenagers trying their best to avoid their mothers. We also have some good old … Read More

To celebrate May Day, we’ve assembled a show about labor, unions, and hard work. Katie and Joe pulled up some meaty selections featuring a broad selection of work songs from the looms, collieries, roadways, railways and high seas. We also … Read More

This week, Katie and Joe explore music featuring the oft-maligned banjo. The Irish Tenor Banjo is not the same as the 5-string banjo that defines Bluegrass music. Instead, it has four strings tuned G-D-A-E and played with a guitar pick. … Read More

Katie is off at work, but she had a great idea for a show theme: the Irish bouzouki as an accompaniment instrument. Most of the music you’ll hear on this episode has a bouzouki buried in the mix somewhere–just listen … Read More

It’s our third “Free For All” show. Joe Bly and Katie Marie take turns calling up a tune or a song. What are they in the mood for today? Listen to find out what made the final cut.As requested by … Read More