The weeks surrounding the Winter Solstice are hosts to some of the most important holidays in faiths across the globe as the sun passes through its shortest time and the days finally begin to get longer. This week, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music around the Winter Solstice. Some tracks are a lively celebration of the season, some are introspective and thoughtful, but they’re all a perfect soundtrack for a Celtic Yuletide.
The artists we play this week: Altan; The Fire; Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekstrom, and Martin Simpson; Steph Geremia; Ruth Keggin; Three Mile Stone; Lothlorien; Fàrsan; Siobhan Miller; Jean-Charles Guichen; Andy Irvine And Paul Brady; The Ceili Bandits; and Sharon Shannon & Friends.
Our FairPlé score this week: 85
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | The Snowy Path | Altan | Harvest Storm |
| 3 | The Cutty Wren | Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekstrom, Martin Simpson | Beautiful Darkness, Celebrating the Winter Solstice |
| 4 | Drops of Brandy | The Fire | The Fire’s Very Scottish Christmas |
| 5 | Heeym Yn Geurey (Chi Mi’n Geamhradh) | Ruth Keggin | Turrys |
| 6 | Christmas In Spiddal-Donegal Mazurka (Mazurkas) | Steph Geremia | Up She Flew |
| 7 | Wheels of the World-Queen of the Rushes-John Dwyer s-Christmas Eve | Three Mile Stone | Three Mile Stone |
| 8 | A-Souling | Lothlorien | Greenwood Side |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | A’ Mhisg a Chuir an Nollaig Oirnn (Drunk at Christmas) | Fàrsan | Fàrsan |
| 11 | Scotland’s Winter | Siobhan Miller | Flight of Time |
| 12 | Les odeurs du passé | Jean-Charles Guichen | ELIPSENN |
| 13 | Arthur Mcbride | Andy Irvine And Paul Brady | Andy Irvine And Paul Brady |
| 14 | The Holly and The Ivy | The Fire | The Fire’s Very Scottish Christmas |
| 15 | Duncan’s: Chi Mi’n Geamhradh-The Palm Tree-The Flowers of Brooklyn (Live) | Sharon Shannon & Friends | Libertango |