This week, we salute Mothers Day with a selection of songs and tunes that feature mothers, grandmothers, mothers in good times, mothers in questionable situations, and teenagers trying their best to avoid their mothers. We also have some good old fashioned tunes that have nothing to do with mothers at all!We feature some fine songs and tunes this week from such artists as Cathie Ryan, Dervish, Celtic Woman, and L?nasa. In the second hour, we present the second half of last week’s interview with Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter of the New World String Project, a collaboration between Aryeh and Lisa and Stu Mason and John Weed of West Coast favorites, Molly’s Revenge.(Fair Ple score: 50)
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | A Mháithrín, A’leigfeá ‘Un An Aonaigh Mé? (Mother, Will You Let Me Go To the Fair) | Cathie Ryan | The Music Of What Happens |
| 2 | Mammy’s Plaidie-The Boyne Hunt-Jerry Hollands | Caitlín & Ciarán | Caitlín & Ciarán |
| 3 | Seán Sa Cheo-John Dohertys-The Highland Man Kissed His Granny | Danú | Up In The Air |
| 4 | Eddie Kelly’s-Mother’s Delight | Michael Hubbert and Mickie Zekley | Mooncoin |
| 5 | The Whole Chicken Soup- The Bird In The Bush- The New-Mown Meadow- The Silver Spear | Kevin Burke And Mícheál Ó Domhnaill | Promenade |
| 6 | Reels: Mother and Child Reel-Farewell to Connacht | Eliot Grasso | Up Against the Flatirons |
| 7 | The Gartan Mothers Lullaby | Órla Fallon | The Water Is Wide |
| 8 | What Put the Blood | The Alt | The Alt |
| 9 | Waltzes: A Mother Loves A Blessing-Where The Blarney Roses Grow | Florence Fahy | Tunes From The Flaggy Shore |
| 10 | Canadian Barn Dance-Colonel Maclean of Ardgour-Donal MacLean’s Farewell to Oban | Kinlochard Ceilidh Band | The Essential Scottish Ceilidh Party Album |
| 11 | As I Roved Out | Planxty | The Well Below The Valley |
| 12 | A Stor Mo Chroi | Dervish | Harmony Hill |
| 13 | The Story of Giles Cory-Mother’s Delight | Mason & Weed | Across the Pond |
| 14 | Slip Jigs: The Mother’s Day-Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight | Randal Bays | Masters Of The Irish Guitar |
| 15 | Gipsy Princess-Granny in the Corner-Fleur de Mandragore | Three Mile Stone | Three Mile Stone |
| 16 | Circle of Joy | Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne | Two Worlds One |
| 17 | The Star Of Munster-John Stenson’s No. 1-John Stenson’s No. 2 | Kevin Burke | If The Cap Fits-30 Year Anniversary Edition |
| 18 | Mo Nion O | Cíana | Loneliest Road |
| 19 | W.T.’s 97Th-The Mother & Child Reel | Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan & Colm O Caoimh | Sailing Back To You |
| 20 | Fine Flowers in the Valley | Shantalla | Shantalla |
| 21 | Geordie | Colleen Raney | Linnet |
| 22 | Little Monster | The Here & Now | Ladybird |
| 23 | Coaineadh Na Dtri Muire (Lament Of The Three Marys) | Cathie Ryan | The Music Of What Happens |
| 24 | Spike Island Lassies, Tom Moylan’s, Donegal Traveler (Reels) | Gailfean | Won’t You Come Out Tonight |
| 25 | Si Do Mhaimeo í (The Wealthy Widow) [Live] | Celtic Woman | Celtic Woman |
| 26 | Ryestraw | Lúnasa | Lá Nua |