The Winter Solstice has passed, along with the holiday celebrations, leaving New Year’s Day as the last holiday before the long dark winter sets in. Katie Marie and Joe put together a playlist of Celtic music to get you through the long winter nights. We also feature four new releases to cross our mixing console.
The artists we play this week: Le Vent du Nord, Burd Ellen, Susan Mckeown & Lindsey Horner, Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan (new!), Siobhan Miller, Diarmuid O’Brien, Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling (new!), FullSet, Jayne Pomplas, Rachel Walker & Aaron Jones (new!), Sharon Shannon, Ruth Keggin, Eithne Ní Uallacháin, and The Friel Sisters (new!)
Our FairPlé score this week: 86
Playlist:
| # | Track | Artist | Release |
| 1 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 2 | Manteau d’hiver | Le Vent du Nord | Tromper Le Temps |
| 3 | Thug an Geamhradh Leis an Crodh | Burd Ellen | Silver Came |
| 4 | Winter King | Susan Mckeown & Lindsey Horner | Though the Bitter Frost & Snow |
| 5 | Come Away In | Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan | (single) |
| 6 | Scotland’s Winter | Siobhan Miller | Flight of Time |
| 7 | As I Went Out Upon The Ice The Prowling Fox The Ballydesmond — Polkas | Diarmuid O’Brien | Cairde Cairdín |
| 8 | In the Bleak Midwinter-The Anticipation | Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling | The Pear Tree |
| 9 | The First Of Winter | FullSet | Notes Between The Lines |
| 10 | Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses | Nuala Kennedy | Behave the Bravest |
| 11 | The Frost is All Over-The Apple in Winter-Tatter Jack Walsh | Jayne Pomplas | Lost & Found |
| 12 | Duanag a Chìobair | Rachel Walker & Aaron Jones | Amongst The Wild Rowans |
| 13 | Duncan’s: Chi Mi’n Geamhradh-The Palm Tree-The Flowers Of Brooklyn | Sharon Shannon | The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990-2005 |
| 14 | Heeym Yn Geurey (Chi Mi’n Geamhradh) | Ruth Keggin | Turrys |
| 15 | Winter Snows | Eithne Ní Uallacháin | Bilingua |
| 16 | The Queen of the Rushes-Scully Caseys-McGoverns Favourite (Jigs-Reel) | The Friel Sisters | Northern Sky |