Show 115 – Do Me Justice
(2020-06-06)

posted in: Past Shows

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