Show 308 – The Dark Side of Love
(2024-02-17)

posted in: Past Shows

Just as night follows day, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic music for the week *after* Valentine’s Day. Traditional music the world over is rife with themes of murder, cheating, unrequited love, false love, and death, and Celtic music is no exception. This hour is the thematic opposite of last week’s “Love” show and examines themes that may prove to be uncomfortable for some listeners.

The artists this week: Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin; The Alt; The McGoldrick Family; Joe Heaney; The Mollys; Dervish; Arcady; Altan; Kevin Conneff & The Dublin Trio; Téada; Cassie & Maggie; Len Graham; Cathal Ó Curráin; Nomos; and Nuala Kennedy.

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 I Buried my Wife and Danced on her Grave-Paddy Fahey’s Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin Beo
3 Lovely Nancy The Alt The Alt
4 Down the Broom-Touch Me If You Dare-Willie Bucach Macleod of Stornoway The McGoldrick Family One For The Road
5 The Old Woman Of Wexford Joe Heaney The Road From Connemara
6 On We Go The Mollys This Is My Round
7 Síle Ní Ghadhara Dervish Naciones Celtas II, Camino de las estrellas
8 The Banks Of The Lee Arcady Many Happy Returns
9 The Barley And The Rye (Song) Altan Donegal
10 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
11 The Pride of Pimlico Kevin Conneff, The Dublin Trio The Pride of Pimlico
12 Song-Eileen Óg Téada Coiscéim Coiligh-As the Days Brighten
13 Let No Man Steal Your Thyme Cassie & Maggie The Willow Collection
14 My Love Nell Len Graham I Will Sing You A Story
15 Two Sisters Cathal Ó Curráin Cosán Ceoil
16 Bean Dubh An Ghleanna Nomos Set You Free
17 Sally Sits Weeping: Blue Devils’ Jig Nuala Kennedy Shorelines