Celtic Songlines

Celtic Songlines celebrates the music, stories, and traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

 

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A Frolic with Celtic Guitar & Fiddle

This week on Celtic Songlines the sound of fingerstyle guitar and fiddle-play flow throughout the playlist. Duck Baker brings the guitar along with Davey Graham who is featured later on with a live session (1967) from Hull University. The playlist includes Cape Breton style fiddler Brad Reid Music, a bit of Burns with vocalist Janet Russell and Billy Ross. From Ireland The Wilderness Yet, singer/songwriter Emma Langford, the band Dervish and fiddler Sam Sweeney.

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

 

Celtic Songlines "Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers"

Featured this week on Celtic Songlines is Solas, a couple of selections from their album Sunny Spells & Scattered Showers. Also featured is more great music from the Celtic catalogue, featuring Marla Fibish, Magpiety, Novemthree, Silly Wizard, The Tannahill Weavers, Barcelona's Drónán, Old Blind Dogs, Shirley Collins, our favorite Prairie Druid Patty Tutty and the Battlefield Band. 

Tunes and Song from the Celtic Lands

This week's Celtic Songlines features several selections from the popular Irish folk music band, Altan, that formed many years ago in County Donegal. Also featured is the Santa Cruz based band, Charmas, Sandy Denny, Sweeney's Men, Rúna, Highland Fling, Alasdair Roberts with Norway's Völvu, Dervish, Nova Scotia's Brad Reid and Lúnasa. 

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

Music from the Celtic Lands

This week on Celtic Songlines are Kerfuffle, Louise Mulcahy with a medley of jigs and reels, Drónán, the legendary Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan, harpist/vocalist Mary O'Hara, the band Runa, a raven tune from Cuélebre, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, the all star band Usher's Island and Arty McGlynn.

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM with replays Monday 8-9pm, Saturday 6-7pm. Outside the broadcast area you can stream at @kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.

Replay with Lively Celtic Tunes and Drones

Celtic Tunes and Drones. This week's session of Celtic Songlines at KDRT 95.7FM features Boys of the Lough, Mike McGoldrick with John McCusker & John Doyle, The Shee, Silly Wizard, Kieran Fahy, Myrkur, Eivør, Natalie MacMaster, Danú, selections from Wizard Women of the North and The House Devils.

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at @kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.

Tunes and Songs from the Celtic Lands

This week's session of Celtic Songlines features several musicans new to  the playlist, including Margaret Davis, Highland Fling, Vince Conaway and Celtic Stone. Also featured are Old Blind Dogs, award wining composer and guitarist William Coulter, Shirley Collins, Rakish, Boston based Laura Federson with Joel Wennerstrom and Owen Marshall, The Pied Pipers, Shelley Phillips with Robin Petrie, the band Dervish

Dramagical

This week's Celtic Songlines features selections from a new album release titled Dramagical, from Champion Scottish fiddler and Gàidhlig singer Seán Heely. Also on the playlist is Patrick Street, Socks in the Frying Pan, the Bay Area's Culann's Hounds, favorite Kris Colt, the trio Open the Door for Three, Liz Carroll & John Doyle, the Poppy Seeds, Kate Rusby and Novemthree.

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

Traditional Celtic Tunes and Drones

This week's session features Boys of the Lough, Mike McGoldrick with John McCusker & John Doyle, The Shee, Silly Wizard, Kieran Fahy, Myrkur, Eivør, Natalie MacMaster, Danú, selections for Wizard Women of the North and The House Devils. 

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

Sunny Spells

As we endure summer's heat, "Glass of Water" and "Sunny Spells"  are titles found on this week's playlist. Arriving soon on the West Coast is the band Téada, they're on the playlist as are the bands Charmas, Clannad, and from the UK we have Salt House and Moore-Moss-Rutter. Also joining the session are Irish vocalist Nuala Kennedy, Ghizela Rowe with a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry, Bob & Carol Pegg, Shide & Acorn, Tommy Maken & Liam Clancy, the band Solas and Vincey Keehan. 

Tune in on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7 FM, with replays Monday 8–9 p.m. and Saturday 6–7 p.m. Outside our broadcast area, you can stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. 

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