Show 216 – Buttons, Banjos, and Bagpipes
(2022-05-14)

posted in: Past Shows
[This episode previously aired 7/17/21] It’s the Three Instruments of the Apocalypse: Accordions, Banjos, and Bagpipes. Although the butt of jokes and subject of cartoons, in the hands of skilled players, these instruments showcase traditional Celtic music in the best possible light.

The artists we play this week are: Mary Rafferty; Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn; Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne & John Doyle; Solas; Fásta; Kathryn Tickell; Aoibheann & Pamela Quelly; Beoga; Louise Mulcahy; Sharon Shannon; Boxing Banjo; Theresa O’Grady; Lily Gems & Eileen O’ Driscoll; Josephine Marsh; Joe Burke; and Mick McAuley.

Our FairPlé score this week is 63

Playlist:

# Track Artist Release
1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
2 Seamus Tansey’s-Paddy O’Brien’s (Reels) Mary Rafferty Hand-Me-Downs
3 The Green Groves of Erin-Burnes Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn
4 Nia’s Barndance-Cúlfhionn March Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne & John Doyle Liag
5 Vital Mental Medicine-The Pullet Solas For Love and Laughter
6 The Glentaun reel-Callaghan’s Fásta Un Canadien Errant
7 Hareshaw Burn Kathryn Tickell The Best Of
8 Master Crowley’s- Sweeney’s Buttermilk- Maghera Mountain (Reels) Aoibheann & Pamela Quelly Beyond The Bellows & The Bow
9 Boxy Set Beoga A Lovely Madness
10 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
11 Hornpipes: O’Callaghan’s Low / Mrs Crotty’s Louise Mulcahy Tuning The Road
12 Tickle Her Leg Sharon Shannon Spellbound
13 The Slug Boxing Banjo Round #1
14 Reels: Patsy Touhey’s, Tommy Coen’s, The Geese in the Bog Theresa O’Grady BANJO’ista
15 Glen of Aherlow-Miss Monaghan’s Lily Gems & Eileen O’ Driscoll Early Reflections
16 John Naughton’s-Camden Town Josephine Marsh Josephine Marsh
17 The Mullingar Lea-The Crooked Road To Dublin Joe Burke Bucks Of Oranmore
18 The Pumphouse Jig-Malbay Nights-The Fishnet Jig (Jig-Slip Jigs) Mick McAuley An Ocean’s Breadth