Episodes

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

This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of trad Celtic music featuring the Irish wooden flute. It’s a simple instrument–basically a wooden tube with six holes for the fingers, plus some keys to hit the in-between notes–but … Read More

It’s the 250th celebration of the United States. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic music featuring the US, immigrants, and the hopes and dreams of those who came to these shores. We also feature a brand … Read More

It’s time to revisit our past ten shows and present tunes and songs that had to get cut to bring the show under an hour. Katie Marie and Joe put together this playlist to revisit these great tracks only to … Read More

Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice both fall on the 21st of June this year. There are a lot more tunes and songs in the Celtic repertoire celebrating mothers than fathers, and the music that does mention a father, it’s … Read More

Everybody is talking about the weather; why doesn’t somebody do something? This quote, attributed to Charles Dudley Warner, aptly describes the indecisive moods of the late Spring and early Summer. Half the country is getting hammered by hail and rain, … Read More