It’s time to get your hands dirty, because it’s Labor Day! It not only ushers in the last gasp of summer, but the date also commemorates the common workers laboring to bring home a living wage. Katie is stuck working today, which–considering the theme–is appropriate. Joe play songs and tunes celebrating those who work with their hands, whether they crew a ship, build roads, till the ground, or toil in the bowels of the earth.This show features a well-rounded crew of artists, such as Solas, Silly Wizard, The Irish Tradition, Christy Moore, Martin Carthy, Joe Heany, Frank Harte, Dublin Gulch, and the Bay Area’s Dogwatch Nautical Band.
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | Farewell, Johnny Miner | Dublin Gulch | Tap ‘Er Light |
| 2 | Leaving It All Behind-On With The Work | Eoin Duignan | Coumineol |
| 3 | Peat Bog Soldiers | The Black Family | Time for Touching Home |
| 4 | The Wife Of The Bold Tenant Farmer | Joe Heaney | Say A Song |
| 5 | Mickey Dam | Frank Harte & Donal Lunny | There’s Gangs of Them Digging |
| 6 | Ferryland Sealer | Great Big Sea | Turn |
| 7 | Three Waulking Songs and a Song for Finishing | Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl | Scottish Drinking and Pipe Songs |
| 8 | The Bonny Labouring Boy | Emily Smith | A Different Life |
| 9 | The Tae Man | Máirtín de Cógáin Project, The | From Cork with Love |
| 10 | Whistling Postman, Berehaven (Reels) | Gailfean | Won’t You Come Out Tonight |
| 11 | The Maid At The Spinning Wheel-Collier’s Jig | The Irish Tradition | The Corner House |
| 12 | A Sailor’s Life | Solas | The Turning Tide |
| 13 | Last Winter Was a Hard One | Walking On Air | Music of Ireland, Scotland & Beyond |
| 14 | The Fishermen’s Song, Lament For The Fisherman’s Wife | Silly Wizard | Wild And Beautiful |
| 15 | McAlpine’s Fusiliers Behan | The Dubliners | The Dubliners |
| 16 | England’s Motorway | The Irish Tradition | The Corner House |
| 17 | Am I Born to Die | Solas | Shamrock City |
| 18 | The Diamondtina Drover | Christy Moore | Ordinary Man |
| 19 | The Miller of Draughin-The Humours of Castlefin | Paddy O’Brien | Masters of the Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze |
| 20 | Springhill Mine Disaster | Martin Carthy With Dave Swarbrick | Martin Carthy |
| 21 | Sarah Daly-The Copper King’s Daughter | Dublin Gulch | Tap ‘Er Light |
| 22 | The Coalminers, Croga, The Blockers (Reels) | Therese McInerney, Brian Donnellan, Sharon Howley | Down The Strand |
| 23 | The Coalminer-The Galway Rambler | Kieran Hanrahan | Irish Tenor Banjo |
| 24 | Old Moke Pickin’ on a Banjo | The Dogwatch Nautical Band | Like a Proper Deep Sea Rover |
| 25 | The Factory Girl | The Bothy Band | Out Of The Wind Into The Sun |
| 26 | Doctor Angus | Nuala Kennedy & Mike Bryan | A Wee Selection |
| 27 | Sailor Boy | Blás | Blás |
| 28 | Pharaoh | The House Band | 20th Anniversary Collection |
| 29 | Wee C Whistle Set | Nuala Kennedy & Mike Bryan | A Wee Selection |