We’re into the month of May, and while much of the US is still digging out from Winter, the ancient Celts celebrated Bealtaine–the first of May–as the start of Summer. And, there’s also Mother’s Day right around the corner. Katie Marie has put together an hour of trad music celebrating both Bealtaine and Mother’s Day.
This week, we feature artists: Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin; Eliot Grasso; Cathie Ryan; Flook; Randal Bays And Roger Landes; Bodega; T With The Maggies; Dervish; Ranarim; Martha Guiney; Danú; Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, and Brendan Dolan; Three Mile Stone; Randal Bays; and Poitín.
The FairPlé score for this week: 47
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Amhrán Na Bealtaine | Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin | A Stór Is A Stóirín |
| 3 | Reels: Mother and Child Reel-Farewell to Connacht | Eliot Grasso | Up Against the Flatirons |
| 4 | A Mháithrín, A’leigfeá ‘Un An Aonaigh Mé? (Mother, Will You Let Me Go To) | Cathie Ryan | The Music Of What Happens |
| 5 | Granny In The Attic | Flook | Rubai |
| 6 | Mother’s Day-The Sport Of The Chase (Slip Jigs) | Randal Bays And Roger Landes | House To House |
| 7 | Granny hold the candle while I shave the chicken’s lip 2-The Lochaber Badger-Alice’s Reel-Donegal Reel | Bodega | Bodega |
| 8 | Thugamar Fhéin An Samhradh Linn | T With The Maggies | T With The Maggies |
| 9 | The Bealtine Set | Dervish | Traveling Show |
| 10 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 11 | Maj vare välkommen | Ranarim | Morgonstjärna |
| 12 | The Ravens Call-Mama Menas | Martha Guiney | The Raven’s Call |
| 13 | Seán Sa Cheo-John Dohertys-The Highland Man Kissed His Granny | Danú | Up In The Air |
| 14 | Redicans Mother [The Barony]-The Bridal-Humours of Whiskey (SLIP JIGS) | Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan | Pride of New York |
| 15 | Gipsy Princess-Granny in the Corner-Fleur de Mandragore | Three Mile Stone | Three Mile Stone |
| 16 | Slip Jigs: The Mother’s Day-Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight | Randal Bays | Masters Of The Irish Guitar |
| 17 | Mother And Child | Poitín | One For The Road |