This week, Katie Marie and Joe explore traditional Celtic music expressing the themes of heroes, freedom, and justice. Although the fight for civil rights and freedom were very different in Ireland than the struggle in the US in the ’60s, there are distinct parallels, as there is a universality in people clamoring for rights and freedom and the ruling class determined to preserve their power.
The artists this week: Andy M. Stewart And Manus Lunny, Na Mooneys, Preston Howard Wilde, Kierah, Len Graham, Molly’s Revenge, Beth Patterson & Patrick O’Flaherty, Shay Black, Charlie Piggott-Gerry Harrington, Warbelow Range, Karan Casey, Paddy Canny, Frank Harte-Donal Lunny, and Paddy Keenan & Paddy Glackin.
Our FairPlé score this week: 29
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Freedom Is Like Gold | Andy M. Stewart And Manus Lunny | Dublin Lady |
| 3 | Jenny’s Welcome To Charlie | Na Mooneys | Na Mooneys |
| 4 | Good Natured Man, Byrne’s, The Rights of Man | Preston Howard Wilde | Good Natured Man |
| 5 | Hector the Hero-Lady Madelina Sinclair-Miss Wedderburn-Little Donald in the Pigpen | Kierah | A Fiddle Affair |
| 6 | Over the Hills and Far Away | Len Graham | Over the Hills & Far Away |
| 7 | The Battle of Waterloo | Molly’s Revenge | Raise the Rafters |
| 8 | Oro, Sedah Do Bheatha Abshaile | Beth Patterson & Patrick O’Flaherty | Caelic |
| 9 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 10 | Aughrim’s Great Disaster | Shay Black | (field recording) |
| 11 | Mairsealacha: Marches The Battle Of Aughrim-Napoleon Crossing The Alps | Charlie Piggott-Gerry Harrington | The New Road |
| 12 | John Brown the Emancipator | Warbelow Range | Warbelow Range |
| 13 | Freedom Song | Karan Casey | Chasing the Sun |
| 14 | Hornpipes Poll Ha’penny-The Rights Of Man | Paddy Canny | Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler |
| 15 | Rights Of Man | Frank Harte-Donal Lunny | 1798 The First Year Of Liberty |
| 16 | Jenny’s Welcome To Charlie | Paddy Keenan & Paddy Glackin | Doublin’ |