This week, it’s traditionally tax time in the U.S., so Katie Marie and Joe spin up tracks that feature tunes and songs about poverty, hard times, tax collections, and death. Joe mistakenly attributes the quote “Nothing is certain but death and taxes” to notable Nevada local, Mark Twain, but it was Ben Franklin commenting on the fragility of Democracy.
This week, we play: Damien O’Reilly, The Friel Sisters, Dublin Gulch, Alan Kelly Gang, John Whelan, Altan, Nuala Kennedy, Tommy Martin, Lau, Solas, Trian, Ann Gray, The Tannahill Weavers, and The Yanks.
This week’s FairPlé score: 36
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Kerrymans Fling-I have no Money-Donald Blue | Damien O’Reilly | Dúchas |
| 3 | Jigs- Helvic Head-I Buried My Wife & Danced On Top of Her-Frahers (feat. Gearoid Ó Maonaigh & Seamus O’Kane) | The Friel Sisters | The Friel Sisters |
| 4 | The Bold Tenant Farmer | Dublin Gulch | Dirty Old Town |
| 5 | The Poorest Company | Alan Kelly Gang | The Last Bell |
| 6 | Piper’s Despair-Longford Collector-Seller’s Bonnet | John Whelan | Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) |
| 7 | The Tin Key-Sam Kelly’s Jig-The Gravediggers (Jigs) | Altan | The Widening Gyre |
| 8 | Death And The Lady | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 9 | Poor But Happy At 53-Tom Martins Reel | Tommy Martin | Uilleann Piper |
| 10 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 11 | Ghosts | Lau | Lau Unplugged |
| 12 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | Solas | The Turning Tide |
| 13 | The Poor Man’s Fortune-The Fiddler’s Key-The Blessings Of Silver | Trian | Trian II |
| 14 | Neil Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife | Ann Gray | Tales of Magpies & Ravens |
| 15 | The Ghost of Mick McDonnell | The Tannahill Weavers | Òrach (The Golden Anniversary) |
| 16 | I Have No Money/The Flooded Road to Glenties/Molly Bawn | Yanks | Haymaker |