It’s a Hogmanay Free For All where Katie and Joe play some new and old tracks to bring in the New Year. This week, we also lost the great Johnny Connolly, so we play a couple of tracks from this Irish melodeon master. This week, we feature tracks from Johnny Óg Connolly; Marie & Martin Reilly; Johnny Connolly; Josephine Marsh; Peter Nardini; Mary Rafferty; Verena Commins & Julie Langan; Becky Tracy; Karine Polwart; Ed Miller; Donncha Ó Briain, Johnny Connolly & Charlie Lennon; MacDara Ó Raghallaigh; Burning Bridget Cleary; and Ímar.Our FairPlé score this week: 50
Playlist:
# | Track | >Artist | Release |
1 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
2 | Slip Jigs- P.J. Conlon’s Slip Jigs | Johnny Óg Connolly | Fear Inis Bearachain |
3 | Declan Rourke’s Reels | Marie & Martin Reilly | Marie & Martin Reilly |
4 | First House in Connaught-The Sally Gardens | Johnny Connolly | An Mileoidean Scaoilte |
5 | Carolan’s Fancy-East Of Glendart | Josephine Marsh | Josephine Marsh |
6 | Hogmanay-Atholl Highlanders | Peter Nardini | The Best Of Battlefield Band 1977-2001-Temple Records |
7 | The Gooseberry Bush-Ard Aoibhinn (Reels) | Mary Rafferty | Hand-Me-Downs |
8 | The Slippy Wet Jig (Verena Commins), Bracken’s, Port Na Sióg | Verena Commins & Julie Langan | Fonnchaoi |
9 | The Black Isle | Becky Tracy | Evergreen |
10 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
11 | Beo (Bonus Track Live) | Karine Polwart | This Earthly Spell (Expanded Edition) |
12 | Ferry Me Over | Ed Miller | Border Background |
13 | Port Tom Mór-The Flying Wheelchair | Donncha Ó Briain, Johnny Connolly & Charlie Lennon | Ceol Ar an bhFeadóg Stáin |
14 | Maids of Mount Cisco Selection | MacDara Ó Raghallaigh | Ego Trip |
15 | On a Sea of Fleur De Lis | Burning Bridget Cleary | Pressed for Time |
16 | Revenge | Ímar | Avalanche |