Past Shows

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of trad Celtic music featuring tunes and songs by women artists. The artists this week: The Shee, Liz Carroll & Jake Charron, Kathryn Tickell, Altan, Cara … Read More

March 1st is the feast day of St. David, the patron saint of Wales, so Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Welsh traditional and contemporary music. Wales is home to massive, soaring choirs and unique instruments that … Read More

Just as night follows day, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic music for the week *after* Valentine’s Day. Traditional music the world over is rife with themes of murder, cheating, unrequited love, false love, and death, … Read More

Celtic music is famous for its anthems of war and touching songs of love–as G.K. Chesterton wrote years ago, “The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their … Read More

?It’s a Free For All featuring 2023 releases! In this week’s show, Katie Marie and Joe put together a collection of tracks where the only unifying theme is that they were released in 2023. Last year saw a fabulous variety … Read More

Here in the US, for those of us in northern or high mountain climates, Spring is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind on February 1st. However, known on various calendars as Imbolc or St. Brigid’s Day, this … Read More

[This show was previously aired January 21, 2023] January 25 is Robert Burns’ birthday, and Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of songs and poems penned by the great Scottish poet. While surrounded by the profound upheavals of … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe explore traditional Celtic music expressing the themes of heroes, freedom, and justice. Although the fight for civil rights and freedom were very different in Ireland than the struggle in the US in the ’60s, … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe start exploring tunes outside the boundaries of the usual jig and reel rhythms common in traditional Celtic music. Reels are a driving 4/4 rhythm, mimicked by saying “Watermelon”, and you can match the rhythm … Read More

Every tenth show, Katie Marie and Joe put together a selection of tracks that had to be dropped from the prior ten shows due to time. These tunes and songs are worthy of airplay, so we give them a much-deserved … Read More