Katie and Joe play songs that helped define rebellions and uprisings over the centuries as the Celtic nations sought justice and and end to tyranny. It’s music that still resonates–especially today.
“No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetic expression. If such a movement has caught hold of the imagination of the masses, they will seek a vent in song for the aspirations, fears and hopes, the loves and hatreds engendered by the struggle. Until the movement is marked by the joyous, defiant singing of revolutionary songs, it lacks one of the most distinctive marks of a popular revolutionary movement; it is the dogma of the few and not the faith of the multitude” – James Connolly, 1907
This week we play Len Graham, Frank Harte & Donal Lunny, Arcady, Ann Gray, Donal Clancy, Joe Heaney, Planxty, Mick Moloney-Jimmy Keane-Robbie O’Connell with Liz Carroll, James Keane, Iarla O? Lionáird, Solas, Niamh Dunne, and Silly Wizard.
Our FairPlé score this week: 31
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-glued |
| 2 | Do Me Justice | Len Graham | Claddagh’s Choice, Vol. I & II |
| 3 | Rights Of Man | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | 1798 The First Year Of Liberty |
| 4 | The Boys of Barr na Sraide | Arcady | Many Happy Returns |
| 5 | The Seven Rebels Set | Ann Gray | A Twist In The Tale |
| 6 | The Sean Bhean Bhocht | Donal Clancy | Songs of a Roving Blade |
| 7 | The Wife Of The Bold Tenant Farmer | Joe Heaney | Say A Song |
| 8 | Johnny Cope | Planxty | Cold Blow And The Rainy Night |
| 9 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
| 10 | There Were Roses | Mick Moloney-Jimmy Keane-Robbie O’Connell with Liz Carroll | 20th Anniversary Collection |
| 11 | The Rights Of Man-The Golden Eagle | James Keane | James Keane |
| 12 | Taimse im’ chodhladh (I Am Asleep) | Iarla O´ Lionáird | The Highland Sessions Volume One |
| 13 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | Solas | The Turning Tide |
| 14 | Ballyneety’s Walls | Niamh Dunne | Portraits |
| 15 | Donald McGillavry-O’Neill’s Calvary March | Silly Wizard | So Many Partings |