Show 364 – Women in Celtic Music
(2025-03-15)

posted in: Past Shows

This week, Katie Marie and Joe celebrate Women’s History Month by playing an hour of traditional Celtic music played by women artists or bands where the women leads equal or outnumber the men.

The artists this week: Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary; Portage; The Friel Sisters; Karen Casey; Kathryn Tickell; The Lilies of the Midwest; Kerstin Blodig and Ian Melrose; Grosse Isle; Karan Casey; Lauren MacColl; Hannah Harris; Tiúin; Liz Carroll & John Doyle; and Elaine Reilly.

This week’s FairPlé score: 100

Playlist:

# Track Artist Release
1 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
2 Ag Bruach Dhún Réimhe Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary Hydra
3 Cape Breton Set (Grand E´tang-Compliments To Cameron Chisholm -Allan Dewar’s -Malcolm Finlay’s) Portage Portage
4 The Star of Crolly Town (Song) The Friel Sisters Northern Sky
5 Another Day Karen Casey Folktopia, vol 1
6 Roman Wall Rambo Kathryn Tickell Return to Kielderside
7 The Sliabh Luachra National Anthem The Lilies of the Midwest Cat’s Ceili
8 Kråka Kerstin Blodig and Ian Melrose Kelpie
9 Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses Nuala Kennedy Behave the Bravest
10 Victor Delamarre-Louis Cyr en 6-8 Grosse Isle (single)
11 A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn O (Sweet Comeraigh) Karan Casey The Highland Sessions, Volume Two
12 Roodadoo Lauren MacColl Haar
13 The Mossy Banks-St. Ruth’s Bush-The Stoney Steps Hannah Harris At the Core
14 Song: Het daghet in der Oosten Tiúin The waiting
15 Castle Kelly-Galway Rambler Liz Carroll & John Doyle Double Play
16 The Bunch of Keys-Hughie’s Cap (Reels) Elaine Reilly Epiphany-Irish Traditional Music on the Tenor Banjo