Episodes

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

Show 316 Playlist: # Track Artist Release 1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest 2 The Poor Man’s Fortune-The Fiddler’s Key-The Blessings Of Silver Trian Trian II 3 Neil Gow’s Lament for … Read More

It’s a Free For All show this week, where Katie Marie and Joe don’t stick to any theme–we just play whatever strikes our fancy. We play tracks from two brand new releases, and Joe takes another deep dive into the … Read More

A tip of the hat and press of the handshake buzzer to April Fool’s Day this week. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music full of fun-n-games. We also include songs of trickery and betrayal–because not all … Read More