Past Shows

Happy Solstice! Katie Marie and Joe are celebrating by playing an hour of free-reed instruments in trad music: accordion, melodeon, and concertina. The artists this week: CUAS; Siobhan And Murty; Johnny B. Connolly; Tony MacMahon & Steve Cooney; Josephine Marsh; … Read More

Last week, Katie Marie and Joe looked out the station window at all the trees fully leafed out, and decided that we need to put together a show celebrating trees. Fortunately, traditional Celtic music doesn’t disappoint when it comes to … Read More

It’s Father’s Day here at High Country Celtic Radio, and Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music celebrating all those with dad bods who love grilling and opening stuck pickle jars. The artists this week: Rowan Leslie, … Read More

Summertime is finally here, with warm sun, green trees, thunderstorms, and lazy days. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music celebrating Summer, in all it’s blazing and raining glory. This week, we play tracks from: Liam Merriman … Read More

Show 322 Playlist: # Track Artist Release 1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest 2 The Battle of Waterloo Molly’s Revenge Raise the Rafters 3 Mick Ryan’s Lament Kevin Burke and Ged … Read More

There is so much fantastic Trad music to choose from that Katie Marie and Joe have to leave tracks out when we put our shows together. So, every ten shows, we pick through all the tracks we had to leave … Read More

Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Trad Celtic music celebrating Mother’s Day. A special treat this week: a third of the tracks are from Canadian artists. The artists this week: Frankie Gavin; Emer Mayock; Bodega; Isaac Alderson … Read More

The First of May is the Celtic festival of Bealtaine, or Beltane or Calan Mai, which marks the first day of Summer. It was the time to drive cattle to summer pastures, and sacred bonfires were lit. It was time … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe explore beyond the boundaries of Pure Drop trad music and wade through the waters of backup and accompaniment. Frequently belittled by the proponents of straight-ahead, dance music that feature the familiar melody instruments, backup … Read More

From Donegal, to Sliabh Luachra, to Scotland and beyond, the fiddle is the core instrument in traditional Celtic music. This week, Katie Marie and Joe bring you foot-stomping dance music featuring fiddlers from Ireland, Scotland, the US and Canada. The … Read More