To celebrate May Day, we’ve assembled a show about labor, unions, and hard work. Katie and Joe pulled up some meaty selections featuring a broad selection of work songs from the looms, collieries, roadways, railways and high seas. We also have some tunes featuring tunes named after work. but just because the nature of this week’s show, it’s mostly songs this week. We’re featuring songs and tunes from such artists as Dick Gaughan, Frank Harte, Kathleen Keane, Solas, and John Doyle.We have started keeping a ?Fair Pl?? score for each show. ?Fair Pl?? is a movement originating in Ireland to ensure a balance in festivals and radio airplay for women performers of traditional Irish and Celtic music. Our goal is a score of 40 to 60.(Fair Ple score: 42)
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | A Pound a Week Rise | Liz Carroll & John Doyle | Double Play |
| 2 | The Coalminer/Speed the Plough/The Rainy Day | Kathleen Keane | Kathleen Keane |
| 3 | Diamantina Drover | Gráda | Endeavor |
| 4 | To the Beggin’ I Will Go | Beth Patterson | Caught in the Act |
| 5 | Workers’ Song | Dick Gaughan | Handful Of Earth |
| 6 | Tunnel Tigers | Frank Harte & Donal Lunny | There’s Gangs of Them Digging |
| 7 | MacAlpine’s Fusiliers | Dublin Gulch | Tap ‘Er Light |
| 8 | Mickey Dam | Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley | The Western Shore |
| 9 | Darby The Driver/Father Quinn’s Jig (Jigs) | Mary Rafferty | Hand-Me-Downs |
| 10 | Springhill Mine Disaster | Chulrua | Barefoot on the Altar |
| 11 | The Cobbler | Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Family & Friends | The Lark in the Morning |
| 12 | The Bonny Labouring Boy | Emily Smith | A Different Life |
| 13 | Blackleg Miner | Richard Thompson | 1000 Years of Popular Music |
| 14 | Hè Mandu | Navan | Òran nan Tonn |
| 15 | Tell God and the Devil | Solas | Shamrock City |
| 16 | Last Winter was a Hard One | Three Mile Stone | Three Mile Stone |
| 17 | The Job of Journeywork | Joe Burke | Bucks of Oranmore |
| 18 | Paddy On The Railway | Mick Moloney | Far From The Shamrock Shore |
| 19 | Labour Song | Solas | Shamrock City |
| 20 | Since I Met You | Aryeh Frankfurter | In Their Footsteps |
| 21 | Blue Diamond Mines | John Doyle | Evening Comes Early |
| 22 | Paddy Hayes’ / The Cobbler (Jigs) | John And Maggie Carty | Settle Out Of Court |
| 23 | Hot Ashfelt | Frank Harte & Donal Lunny | There’s Gangs of Them Digging |
| 24 | Robber Barons | Battlefield Band | Zama Zama-Try Your Luck |
| 25 | Haul Away For Rosie | Short Drag Roger | Heave a Pawl |
| 26 | Wee C Whistle Set | Nuala Kennedy & Mike Bryan | A Wee Selection |