Depending on how you look at it, this week is the antithesis or antidote to our Valentine’s Day show. If your box of drugstore chocolates is full of nothing but crinkly papers and the roses are wilting, then you’ll love this week’s present: chock-full of what Celtic music is famous for–songs and tunes about love gone horribly wrong.
This week, we feature not-love-songs by: Malinky, Oirialla, Mick McAuley, Planxty, Trian, The Máirtín de Cógáin Project, Tina Mcloughlin, Brad Tuck, Stray Hens, Gráda, Altan, Maeve Donnelly/Tony McManus, and The Magic Square.
Our FairPlé score this week: 54
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | True Lover John | Malinky | Handsel |
| 3 | McCusker’s Jigs I Lost My Love and Care Not-MacLeod of Mull-The Sweets of May | Oirialla | Oirialla |
| 4 | The House Carpenter | Mick McAuley | An Ocean’s Breadth |
| 5 | The Well Below The Valley | Planxty | The Well Below The Valley |
| 6 | I Once Knew A Little Girl | Trian | Trian II |
| 7 | Bridie And The Pole | Máirtín de Cógáin Project, The | From Cork with Love |
| 8 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 9 | Clumsy Lover | Tina Mcloughlin | Just For Now |
| 10 | As I Roved Out | Brad Tuck | On These Waters |
| 11 | Sovay | Stray Hens | Stray Hens |
| 12 | Once I Loved A Boy | Gráda | Endeavor |
| 13 | The House Carpenter (Gypsy Davy) | Altan | The Widening Gyre |
| 14 | Return To Camden Town-Girl Who Broke My Heart (Reels) | Maeve Donnelly/Tony McManus | Flame on the Banks |
| 15 | The Coachmen’s Whip-The Ash Plant-Eileen Curran’s-Unlucky in Love | The Magic Square | Traditional Irish Music from Boston |