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Episode 120: Celtic Roots Radio 75 – Argue and Phibbs, Sligo and 'Vincie, The Bush'

2023-10-1729:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Song of the Lakes (Michigan, USA) – 'Benzie Rover’ (Walking the Plank) Ockham's Razor (Washington State, USA) – 'Buile Shuibhne (The Frenzy of Sweeney)’ (Secrets & Silence) Heidi Jane (California, USA) – 'The Hardest Of Times’ (A Thousand Reasons Why) Folk Arts Quartet (Boston, USA) – 'Le Reel du Pendu’ & ‘Chinquapin Hunting' (Folk Arts Quartet) Dolbro Dan (Northern Ireland, UK) – 'Kiss Goodbye' (Folk Dope) Meerant (France) – ‘Le Serment’ (Fells)Harpeth Rising (Ohio, USA) – 'Last Honest Man’ (Harpeth Rising) Iona (England, UK) – 'Bi-Se I Mo Shuil, Part 1’ (Woven Chord) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Episode 119: Celtic Roots Radio 74 – 'Scraik a' dawn' and 'clabber to the knee!'

2021-03-2729:58

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: The Langer's Ball (Minnesota, USA) 'The Shores Of Botany Bay’ (Ships Are Sailing) Northern Exposure (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Co. Clare’ (Looking Back to Look Forward) Bap Kennedy (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Cold War Country Blues’ (Howl On) Slemish (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Brian Boru's March' (Slemish) A Different Thread (England, UK) 'Red Is The Rose’ (Some Distant Shore) King Boru (Northern Ireland, UK) 'The Voyage of Saint Columbanus' (Anam Cara) AllDayNight (Arizona, USA) ‘Highlands’ (Open The Sky)Mara Katria (New York, USA) 'Dark Night Of The Soul’ (The Dark Night Of The Soul) The Elders (Missouri, USA) 'Right with the World’ (Right with the World) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 73 – 'Plates a' meat', Ruby Murray and 'a churn a-dryin''

2021-03-0929:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Brave the Sea (Ohio, USA) 'A Pirate's Life’ (A Pirate's Life) The Borderers (Australia) 'Na Mara’ (Inspire) The Elders (Missouri, USA) 'Galway Girl’ (Gael Day) Julie Henigan (Missouri, USA) 'Hanover' & 'Clinch Mountain Backstep' (American Stranger) The Blarney Rebel Band (New York, USA) 'Stand With Me Boys’ (Beneath The Surface) Eric Val (Pennsylvania, USA) 'Grandad's Lessons' (Saying Goodbye) W. Ed Harris (Arizona, USA) ‘The Reel of Mullinavat’ (Turas Ceilteach)Dolbro Dan (Northern Ireland,UK) 'Ballad of the Golden Harmonica’ (Folk Dope) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 72 – Lockdown, self-isolation and St. Patrick

2020-05-1529:56

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Captain Tractor (Alberta, Canada) 'Johnny’s Ghost’ (Famous Last Words) Searson (Ontario, Canada) 'Galician Night’ (Fade & Shine) Donna Hughes (Florida, USA) 'Nothing Easy’ (Hellos, Goodbyes and Butterflies) Stephanie Cadman (Ontario, Canada) 'Bogged Down' (Celtic Blaze) Catherine O’Connell (Chicago, Illinois, USA) 'A Song for the Fox’ (Small Miracles) Celtaire String Band (Texas, USA) 'Whiskey Before Breakfast' (Packaged in the Past) Eden Burning (England, UK) ‘The Reel of Pickering Pick’ (Smilingly Home)A Different Thread (England,UK/North Carolina, USA) 'Long Black Veil’ (Some Distant Shore) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 71 – The 'black stuff' – a traveller's tale!

2020-03-1729:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Brave The Sea (Ohio, USA) ‘Jig of Death’ (The Kraken) Chuck Levy (Arizona, USA) ‘Sandy Boys' (Banjourneys) Doug Folkins (British Columbia, Canada) ‘Pour Me Another’ (Another Last Call) Cady Finlayson Band (New York, USA) ‘Blarney Pilgrim/Ward’s Jig' (Irish Coffee) Celtic Rant (Nova Scotia, Canada) ‘Courtin’ in the Kitchen’ (Encore) Ceol Leinn (Texas, USA) ‘The Gael’ (Ceol Leinn) Dan Donnelly (England, UK) ‘Friends Like You’ (Country & Northern)Joanie Madden (New York City, USA) ‘Bantry Girls Lament’ (Celtic Twilight 6)

Celtic Roots Radio 70 – Down at 'The Yard' – The Titanic Quarter

2020-03-1129:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Dust Rhinos (Manitoba, Canada) 'Until the Evening Ends’ (The Day After The Night Before) W. Ed Harris (Arizona, USA) 'Morrison's’ (Ye Banks and Braes) Searson (Ontario, Canada) 'Friday Night’ (Live) Kickin Grass Band (Missouri, USA) ‘Cloverleaf’ (On the Short Rows) Donna Hughes (Florida, USA) 'Losin' You’ (Hellos, Goodbyes and Butterflies) Eden Burning (England, UK) ‘Jigs’ (The Hatchery)Phil Circle (Chicago, USA) 'One More Man' (Baritones 61.7) Andy Rogers (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Sophia Sing To Me’ (Single) Sammy Horner (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Lonesome Boatman' (Celtic Praise Box Set) Catherine Duc (Adelaide, Australia) 'Inishowen Dawn’ (Voyager) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 69 – Balagan – 'What are ye like?'.

2020-02-1829:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: The Mighty Regis (California, USA) 'Reilly’s Daughter’ (Co. Sligo) The Irish Experience (Washington State, USA) 'The Wicked Jig’ (Green Energy) The Rolling Kings (Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada) 'In Through The Narrows’ (Raise A Glass) The Elders (Missouri, USA) ‘Turnpike’ (American Wake) Michael Cole (Florida, USA) 'Enough’ (Cabin Music) W. Ed Harris (Arizona, USA) ‘Julia Delaney’ (Yours to Discover) Wookalily (Northern Ireland, UK) 'Diamonds & Gold' (All The Waiting While) The Rogues (Texas, USA) 'The Rose of Sharon’ (Made in Texas) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 68 – ‘R'aper blades’ and the 'glass hammer'

2020-02-0329:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: The Galway Hooker Band (California, USA) ‘Johnny Jump Up’ (Hooker Style) Julie Henigan (Missouri, USA) ‘Tettenhall Allotment’ (American Stranger) Lucy Billings (Tennessee, USA) ‘Let’s Not and Say We Did’ (No Other Road) Scott Boswell (Arizona, USA) ‘Thistle’ (Thistle) Ian Flanigan (New York, USA) ‘The In-Between’ (Give Me Color) Flailing Shilaleighs (Ontario, Canada) ‘Julia Delaney’ (Yours to Discover) Goodnight Suzie (Washington State, USA) ‘Sing' (Boombox) Jenne Lennon (Illinois, USA) ‘Bonny Portmore’ (Goin’ Back Home) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 67 – 1798, a bridge and 'the priest's grave'

2020-01-2129:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Lick The Tins (N. Ireland/London, UK) ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ (Blind Man on a Flying Horse)) Sarah Burnell (Ottawa, Canada) ‘Galician Excerpt’ (Return Ticket) Catherine Fraser (South Australia) ‘Larach Alasdair/Butlers of Glen Ave/Miss Gordon of Park/Moll in the Wad’ (Rhymes & Reasons) The Rolling Kings (Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada) ‘The Leaving of Liverpool’ (Raise a Glass) Didgericruise (Arizona, USA) ‘Fisher’s Hornpipe’ (Didgericruise) CommonUnion59 (California, USA) ‘Too Big to Fail Blues’ (Banquet of Boxes) Nick Cooke (England, UK) ‘Gerry the Frog/Old Noll’s Jig’ (ReD) Nikki Nash (California, USA) ‘Room For Me' (Nikki Nash) The Harper and the Minstrel (Massachussetts, USA) ‘O Gin I Were A Baron’s Heir’ (A Sonnet For The Queen) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 66 – Columbanus – how the Irish saved civilisation!

2020-01-1429:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: The Elders (Missouri, USA) ‘Men of Erin’ (Live at the KCP&L Plaza Lighting Celebration) Gerry Loggins (California, USA) ‘12-string Zydeco’ () WhozYaMama (Washington State, USA) ‘Je suis pas une prisionier – I’m Not a Prisoner’ (Demo) Jesse Ferguson (Ontario, Canada) ‘The Rocky Road to Dublin’ (The Parting Glass) W. Ed Harris (Arizona, USA) ‘Tiarna Mhuigheo’ (Turas Ceilteach) Deborah Henriksson (Vasteras, Sweden) ‘My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose’ (The Heart's Cry) Clandestine (Texas, USA) ‘The Ewe & The Sound’ (ReD) Jerry McLean (California, USA) ‘Our Music and our Arts’ (Jerry McLean) Ken O’Malley (California, USA) ‘Easy and Slow’ (Women of Ireland) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 65 – 'Ye cannae take our freedom!'

2020-01-0629:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Jason Macdonald (Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada) – ‘Storm on the Way’ (Got a Ways to Go) Didgericruise (Arizona, USA) – ‘Over the Ganges Waterfall' (Didgericruise) The Rolling Kings (Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada) – ‘Raise a Glass’ (Raise a Glass) Dark Patrick (Ukraine) – ‘Lachin Y Gair’ (Fainne Gael An Lae) Rapidly Agin’ (Northern Ireland, UK) – ‘Duelling Banjos’ (A Few Dollars More) Jay Wars & the Howard Youth (Melbourne, Australia) – 'Abraham Brown’ (Love in the Time of Fear) Julie Henigan (Missouri, USA) – ’Hoban’s Hill’ (American Stranger) Billy Brandt & Sarana VerLin (Michigan, USA) – ’Knock On Wood’ (Live From Billy's Basement) Catherine Duc (Melbourne, Australia) – ‘Seallaibh Curraigh Eoghainn (Owen’s Boat)’ (Voyager) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 64 – Galicia – the Cinderella of Celtic nations

2019-12-3129:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Gil Fourney (south of France) – ‘Celtic Game’ (single) Maidens IV (Ohio, USA) – ‘Intro Maidens Melody' (Celtic Fire) Fiona J. Mackenzie (Ohio, USA) – ‘Oran a Bhliadhna uir – Cape Breton New Year Song’ (Duan Nollaig) Tartanic (Texas, USA) – ‘Desert Storm’ (Uncivilized) Common Union 59 (San Francisco, USA) – ‘On a wing and a Prayer’ (Magnolia Waltz) Charlie Gear (Florida, USA) – 'Final Crossing’ (Ode to The Laurel Lass) Homesick Elephant (Los Angeles, USA) – ’The Fictional Ballad of James McNulty, 1890-1970’ (The Pilgrim & The Pen) Dan Charness (New York City, USA) – ‘Generation Y’ (Not for Love) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 63 – Roast potatoes, chips 'n' mash!

2019-12-2429:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Lori Willcuts (Oregon, USA) – ‘You Stole My Heart’ (One More Step) Raymond McCullough (Northern Ireland, UK) – ‘Ar tir seo aguinne (Our Land)' (Single) Jakob Freely (Ohio, USA) – ‘Radio’ (The Elliot EP) Zonk Ha Stronk (Rennes, Bretagne, France) – ‘Rond du Loudeac’ (Zonk Ha Stronk) Andrew McFayden (British Columbia, Canada) – ‘Duan Nollaig Set’ (Coinneal) Piob agus Fidil (Chicago, Illinois, USA) – 'Sliabh na mBan’ (Conor’s Garage Band Stuff) Laura Mulcahy (Co. Clare, Ireland) – ’Once Upon a Time in the Sand Dunes’ (FUNERAL, HOME, LIZARD) Closer Than Strangers (Pennsylvania, USA) – ‘God & Ghosts’ (Closer Than Strangers) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 62 – Huguenots, 'Millies' and the ‘wee blue blossom’

2019-12-1729:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from: Rathkeltair (Florida, USA) – ‘More Tetley, Vicar?’ (Something GOOD for a Change) Clandestine (Texas, USA) – ‘The Hare Reels' (ReD) Bayou Teche Band (Andy Bakke) (Louisiana, USA) – ‘Louisiana Man’ (Bayou Teche Band)Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra (Washington, DC, USA) – ‘Neptune’s Reel/Woman of the House’ (Songs for the Night Sea Journey) Jason Bennett (Colorado, USA) – ‘How Many Miles (till I forget about you)’ (Walsenburg Line) Low Country Boys (Northern Ireland, UK) – 'Tumblin Jack’ (Plain and Simple) The Henry Girls (Donegal, Ireland) – ’December Moon’ (December Moon) Donna Hughes (Florida, USA) – ‘The Way I Am’ (From the Heart) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 61 – Irish export – good and not so good!

2019-12-1029:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland with music from:Transpher (Melun, near Paris, France) – 'In the Night' (Black Sam)Cantus Lunaris (Munich, Germany) – ‘Outro of Por que Liorax' (Fons Antiquus)Tartanic (Texas, USA) – ‘Briefcase No. 1' (Uncivilized)Greg Symons (Michigan, USA) – ‘One if by Sea' ()Storefront Congregation (Colorado, USA) – ‘Caledonia’ (Kaleidoscope)Anne Roos (California, USA) 'The Wild Rover’ ()Monroe Crossing (Minnesota, USA) – ’The Green Mossy Ground' (The Green Mossy Ground)Druid Roots (Florida, USA) – 'Seven Seas' (Going Home) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 60 – Belfast, Bil-fahst and Canada, eh?

2019-12-0229:56

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland: with music from:Caliorne (Bretagne/Breizh, France) – 'Scottish Purple' (Rock Noz Band)Julie Henigan (Missouri, USA) – 'Jessica's Polka/The Procrastination Polka' (American Stranger)Didgericruise (Arizona, USA) – 'St. Annes Reel' (Didgericruise)Celtic Rant (Nova Scotia, Canada) – 'Courtin’ in the Kitchen' (Encore)Wendy Stewart (New Brunswick, Canada) – 'Yani's Concerto' (Catch the Air)Tater Diggers (Colorado, USA) – 'West Indian Blues' (Tater Diggers)The Doll Sisters (Alberta, Canada) – 'Blue Skies Always' (The Doll Sisters) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 59 – Patrick's Day, Purim and Molly Bloom's pub

2014-03-1629:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from:Bill Grogan's Goat, (Michigan, USA) – 'Waxie's Dargle/Siege of Ennis', (Second Wind) Eamonn Costello and Cathal Clohessy, (Ireland) – 'Aile Dhomhain', (Bosca Ceoil and Fiddle) Druid Roots, (Florida, USA) – 'Going Home', (Going Home) Papilio, (Nova Scotia, Canada) - 'Chorolations', (Emergence) Rachel Taylor-Beales, (Wales, UK) – 'Here We Go Now', (Dust And Gold) Low Country Boys, (Northern Ireland, UK) – 'Farewell', (No Lang Tae Go) Ross Douglas, (Washington State, USA) – 'Here's to the Fools', (Caribou Eclectic) Marianne Green, (Northern Ireland, UK) – 'Tá Mé 'Mo Shuí', (Dear Irish Boy) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 58 – 'To Finaghy and beyond'

2014-03-0629:59

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from:The Sandcarvers, (Wisconsin, USA) - 'Truth Be Told', (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) Bill Grogan's Goat, (Michigan, USA) - 'Stress Bay', (Second Wind) Bidaia, (Villefranque, France) - 'Buhamiak', (Agur Shiva) Adam B Harris, (Western Australia) - 'Blarney Pilgrim', (Wildflower) Sister Girl, (British Columbia, Canada) - 'Lonesome Rambler', (Sister Girl) Natalie Brown, (Iowa, USA) - 'Schönbrunn', (Violin Crossings) Laurel Wiley, (California, USA) - 'There goes my heart', (Laurel Wiley) Rise, (Scotland, UK) - 'Time and Tide', (Uncertain Wonders) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

Celtic Roots Radio 57a – 'Uisce beatha' or a pint a' 'double'

2013-03-1229:58

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Celtic Roots Radio 57 – 'Uisce beatha' or a pint a' 'double'

2013-03-1229:58

Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from:The Sheridan Band, (Ontario, Canada) - 'Run around with me', (Running Wild) Tartanic, (Texas, USA) - 'BAllz/Ringworm', (Unleashed) Boston Blackthorne, (Massachussetts, USA) - 'So Early in the Spring/Red Haired Boy', (County Kerry to Kerry Park) The Sarah Burnell Band, (Ontario, Canada) - 'Calliope', (single) Sam Otis Hill & Co., (Massachussetts, USA) - 'My One And Only', (Sand And Gravel) Rip Van Finnegan, (British Columbia, Canada) - 'The Peace of the Pipe', (Rip Van Finnegan) Andina and Rich, (Wisconsin, USA) - 'Porchlight Blues', (Two Guitars, A Dulcimer and an Attitude) Deborah Henriksson, (Vasteras, Sweden) - 'My Lagan Love', (The Heart's Cry) Produced by Precious Oil Productions Ltd for Celtic Roots Radio

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