Episodes

This week, it’s the Irish Bouzouki in all its many different styles. Katie and Joe explore the use of this uniquely Irish instrument which evolved from the Greek tetrachordo bouzouki. Irish musicians, Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, were on holiday … Read More

This week we continue our Samhain special from last week by playing even more creepy songs and tunes for the first half. The second half, we chase the bad spirits away by playing lively tunes to wrap up the show.This … Read More

It’s Samhain! In the Celtic calendar, Hallowe’en is one of the two times of year when the veil thins out between the world of the living and the spirit domain, allowing ghosts, spirits, and faeries to easily cross over into … Read More

There isn’t a theme this week, but Joe is out sick, so Katie Marie plays a selection of new music and some old favorites.This week, Katie plays Damien O’Reilly; Mossie Martin; Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan; Dylan Carlos, … Read More

This week, Katie came in before the show and removed the existing playlist that we had worked out and replaced it with a playlist of her own, to which she listens in the car on her long commute to work. … Read More

Every tenth show, Katie and Joe collect a bunch of the tracks that didn’t make it into the prior ten episodes due to time constraints. It’s a way to make sure that these great tracks don’t slip away unheard into … Read More

Even though summer is still in full swing here in the high desert, the afternoon winds are picking up, and the nights are becoming downright chilly. It’s the Autumnal Equinox, and Katie and Joe put together a set of music … Read More

Autumnal Equinox is coming up, so this week, we’re featuring a dozen tunes and songs about day and night–six each. Here in the high desert, we’re coming into the season of wild temperature swings where we wear short sleeved shirts … Read More

Katie and Joe bring in this week’s selections based simply on what caught their attention in the world of Celtic music. At the recording time of this episode, Hurricane Dorian is still churning up the eastern seaboard of the US … Read More

In this hour, we focus on labor, the labor movement, and the men and women working the backbreaking jobs that keep the world turning. We only have one instrumental piece this time, which means a bunch of songs about work. … Read More