Episodes

In spite of Summer refusing to let up, Autumn is upon us. The Autumnal Equinox is coming up, which means it’s time for sweaters, cozy fires, and your favorite pumpkin spiced beverage at the local coffee purveyor. Katie Marie spotted … Read More

This week, Katie Marie and Joe feature women artists, plus it’s Labor Day week in the US. We combine both into the best of both worlds, playing trad Celtic music by women artists playing and singing about work. We feature … Read More

Katie Marie and Joe have picked up the tracks that remain unplayed for the last ten shows, and we give them their own episode in what we call a Raggle-Taggle. These tracks deserve to be heard. We also play a … Read More

Our Free For All shows are not bound by any kind of theme or holiday. It’s an ideal time for Katie Marie and Joe to present new additions to our library plus songs and tunes that have been stuck in … Read More

Jigs and Reels are the predominant rhythms and tempos one hears in Irish and Scottish trad music. To recognize that there are many more fun dance rhythms in Celtic music, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic … Read More

Much to the consternation of melody players, starting in the 1970s with the folk music revival, the guitar and bouzouki made a permanent imprint on traditional Celtic music. Katie Marie and Joe assembled a set list of tracks featuring extraordinary … Read More

Every so often, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic music not bound by any theme or holiday. This Free For All this week features a whole bunch of Breton musicians, along with some new music from … Read More

August 1st marks the Celtic seasonal festival of Lughnasa, marking the beginning of the harvest season. A tall, young, handsome warrior of the Tuatha De Danann, Lugh was the god of justice, war, craftsmen…and harvests. Lughnasa lands at the halfway … Read More

Invented in different countries in the dark reaches of history, bagpipes have endured for centuries across the world. From elegant works of the instrument maker’s art to a seemingly haphazard collection of animal parts, bagpipes feature a bag filled by … Read More

With most of the US and the northern hemisphere enduring a brutal heat wave, Katie Marie and Joe found themselves dreaming of gentle sea breezes and cool ocean water. So this week, we put together an hour of Celtic and … Read More