Episodes

Nollaig Na mBan, “Women’s Christmas”, marks the end of the holiday season in Ireland. It’s a time when women get to go out and celebrate while men stay at home, do all the chores, and clean up after the holidays. … Read More

It’s a Hogmanay Free For All where Katie and Joe play some new and old tracks to bring in the New Year. This week, we also lost the great Johnny Connolly, so we play a couple of tracks from this … Read More

Katie and Joe play music that pays homage to the shortest day of winter. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or the Solstice, it’s a time for celebration and reflection. Humans from the dawn of time recognized the importance … Read More

Katie and Joe present an all-Scottish show, featuring Scottish songs and tunes for the entire episode. St. Andrew’s Day fell on November 30th, so we’re a week late. Grab a big helping of haggis and a shortbread biscuit and settle … Read More

Our Raggle-Taggle shows are collections of tracks that Katie and Joe did not get to play over the last ten shows. Whether due to time or due to continuity, these tracks were left on the studio room floor, but carefully … Read More

The Free For All shows are where Katie and Joe don’t feature a theme; instead they play tracks that caught their attention over the past week. The music can be modern or old, or even fresh out of the studio. … Read More

Traditional Irish and Scottish music tends to be heavy on the jigs and reels, since these rhythms are easy to play and fit many different dances. In this episode, Katie and Joe explore other rhythms and dances that deserve our … Read More

It’s a Free For All show this week, which means that we play songs and tunes that we like, and we bet you’ll like them as well. There’s no theme, but we still toss in some favorite music from Brittany. … Read More

This week, Katie and Joe pay homage to the U.S. holiday, Veteran’s Day, by playing songs and tunes about the young men who went off to war as soldiers and sailors, as well as about those left behind. Since the … Read More

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