Katie and Joe play tunes and songs about the workers who labor to bring us the comforts of life. Whether calloused hands grip ship rigging, a pickaxe, a hammer, or a plow, there’s a song in the Celtic tradition about the sweat and hard work…and little pay.
This week, we play Dermot Byrne, E´amonn Coyne & John Doyle; The House Devils; FourWinds; Dublin Gulch; Solas; Kathleen Keane; Frank Harte-Donal Lunny; The Dogwatch Nautical Band; Great Big Sea; Barry Kinane; Karan Casey; Ed Miller; Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley; Bodega; and Dick Gaughan
Our FairPlé score: 33
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Duffy’s Cut: Mile 59 | Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne & John Doyle | Liag |
| 3 | The State of Arkansas | House Devils, The | Irish Folk: Adieu to Old Ireland |
| 4 | The Ludlow Massacre | FourWinds | FourWinds |
| 5 | Farewell, Johnny Miner | Dublin Gulch | Tap ‘Er Light |
| 6 | Labour Song | Solas | Shamrock City |
| 7 | The Coalminer-Speed the Plough-The Rainy Day | Kathleen Keane | Kathleen Keane |
| 8 | Galbally Farmer | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | There’s Gangs of Them Digging |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | Ramblin’ Sailor | The Dogwatch Nautical Band | Like a Proper Deep Sea Rover |
| 11 | I’se The B’y | Great Big Sea | Great Big Sea |
| 12 | Barry Kinane | The Old Grey Cobblestone | |
| 13 | The Four Loom Weaver | Karan Casey | Distant Shore |
| 14 | The Wark O’ the Weavers | Ed Miller | Border Background |
| 15 | Mickey Dam | Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley | The Western Shore |
| 16 | Crooked Jack | Bodega | Bodega |
| 17 | Workers’ Song | Dick Gaughan | Handful Of Earth |