This week, Katie and Joe explore music featuring the oft-maligned banjo. The Irish Tenor Banjo is not the same as the 5-string banjo that defines Bluegrass music. Instead, it has four strings tuned G-D-A-E and played with a guitar pick. Although expression and dynamic range isn’t the same as a fiddle–banjos seem to have only one volume setting–the instrument is still capable of adding drive and excitement to a fast tune and a langorous melody to a song or slower tune.We understand that two hours of solid banjo would be a little drastic, so we intersperse with some beautiful material that doesn’t necessarily have a banjo in the mix. This week’s artists include Solas, John and Maggie Carty, Colleen Raney, Rebecca Lomnicky, Kevin Burke, and Paddy Glackin.
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | Vital Mental Medicine/The Pullet | Solas | For Love and Laughter |
| 2 | Memories Of Ballymote / Gurteen Cross (Polkas) | John and Maggie Carty | Settle Out Of Court |
| 3 | Billy O’Shea | Michael Black | Michael Black |
| 4 | Jigs: An Buachaill Dreoite:The King Of The Pipers | Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry and John Blake | Memories From The Holla |
| 5 | Ríleanna / Reels: Ormond Sound, The Torn Jacket | Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh | Foxglove & Fuschia |
| 6 | Mick Coynes, the Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Neill Lyons | Skins and Sins |
| 7 | Roi Xordo | Luar Na Lubre | Plenilunio |
| 8 | Quand J’etais Jeune | Shira Kammen | Mistral |
| 9 | Killavil | Paul Meehan | The Lower Road |
| 10 | John Brennan’s / P.J. King’s | Marie & Martin Reilly | Marie & Martin Reilly |
| 11 | Floods of Holm, The Miltown Jig,The Sporting Pitchfork | Michael “Blackie” O’Connell & Karol Lynch | Foolin’ in Doolin |
| 12 | Casadh Cam na Feadarnaighe | Coda | Train of Spirits |
| 13 | Miss Patricia Meagher, Laura Lynn Cunningham | Silly Wizard | Wild and Beautiful |
| 14 | It’s In The Wind/The Laurel Tree/Repeal The Union | The Friel Sisters | Before the Sun |
| 15 | The Long F Set | Rebecca Lomnicky & David Brewer | The Fire |
| 16 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | Solas | The Turning Tide |
| 17 | Finbar Dwyer’s/Finbar Dwyer’s | Angelina Carberry | An Traidisiún Beo |
| 18 | Ann’s Regency Jig / the Cordal Jig | Cé | Between Words |
| 19 | Senior Celtic Y El Gropo | Ann Gray | Tales of Magpies & Ravens-a Collection |
| 20 | Sean Reid’s Reel, Toss the Feathers | Mick Moloney | With Eugene O’Donnell |
| 21 | Suite De Loudeac | Kevin Burke and Ged Foley | In Tandem |
| 22 | Ballad of Hollis Brown | Doolin’ | Doolin’ |
| 23 | Blessings Of Silver / Seanin McDonagh’s (Reels) | John and Maggie Carty | Settle Out Of Court |
| 24 | The Braes of Busby, Granny in the Corner, Mike Flanagan’s…. | Mórga | Mórga |
| 25 | Savage Paddy: Miss McGuinness (feat. Oisin Mac Diarmada & Sean Earnest) | Damien Connolly | Inspired |
| 26 | O Mouro | Luar na Lubre | O Son Do Ar |
| 27 | Love & Freedom | Colleen Raney | Linnet |
| 28 | The Town of Bally Bay | Máirtín de Cógáin | The False Start |
| 29 | The Dispute at the Crossroads / The Jolly Tinker (reels) | Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan | The Whirlwind |
| 30 | Wee C Whistle Set | Nuala Kennedy & Mike Bryan | A Wee Selection |