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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Celtic Song with a Nod to Middle Earth

It is written that Lothlórien was the vast woodland realm of the Galadhrim elves located near the lower Misty Mountains in northern Middle-earth, Lothlórien is also a fantastic band of musicans featured this week, recording during their wanderings among the forests of New Zealand. Also featured are the equally mystical sounds of Leveret, Vincey Kechan, Maddy Prior & June Tabor, Billy Ross & Janet Russell from Burns: The Complete Songs, prog band Gryphon, Loreena McKennitt, Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble, The Shee and the De Dannan All Stars.

Tune in live 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.

New Releases and Old Favorites

Several new releases and old favorites are featured on this week's Celtic Songlines with the band Kalos, Mike Tod, Sweeney's Men, Archie Fisher, Dando Shaft, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, Lankum, Danish band Myrkur, Turlough, a bit of Silly Wizard, Danú, Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan and the Whisltebinkies. 

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.

Music from the Celtic Lands

This week on Celtic Songlines a jump start with Solás, the boundry pushing Incredible String Band, Natalie Haas & Alasdair Fraser, Altan, beautiful vocals of Niamh Parsons, the Celestial Aeon Project, Andrei Krylov & Anastasia Goose, harmony singing of Anúna with Michael McGlynn, Sarah McQuaid, local favorites Donut Exchange, John Doherty, Enda Seery and Arise & Go. 

Tune in live 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.

New Release from Martin Hayes and other Tunes and Song from the Celtic Lands

This week on Celtic Songlines,  a new project from fiddle player Martin Hayes, one of Irish traditional music's most significant talents. Also featured are Mac Talla Mor, guitarist and songwriter John Doyle with Mike McGoldrick, Dougie Maclean, the wonderful music of Ashley Davis, a George Burns piece recorded by Gordon Kelly, Van Morrison with the Chieftains, violinist Florie Brown, Bulgaria's Eriney, MagPiety  and Silly Wizard. 

Tune in live 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.

New release from Lankum, with tunes and song from near and within the Celtic Lands

This week's session presents selections from the Dublin-based band Lankum and their new album, False Lankum. Also featured are Dervish, Ye Vagabonds, whistle player Mary Bergin, Emily Smith with Hawk & Crow, Altan, Kris Colt, Martin Carthy, Sandy Denny, Spiers & Boden, and DeDannan. 

 

Arise and Go Forth with Celtic Songlines

Replay this week with Arise and Go forth! This week's Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM opens with traditional Celtic from the band Arise & Go, a taste of Cape Breton with Stephen MacDonald and Natalie MacMaster, Ohio's The Drowsy Lads, from Rachel Newton Music & Lauren MacColl: "a humanizing tribute to the women who were accused in the Scottish witch trails", the brilliant sounds of Aoife Scott, the band Open The Door For Three, a bit of Marrakesh from Shane Hennessy, Magpie Lane's Speed the Plough and a lively tune from the band Flook! 



Tune in live 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 Whistles and Pipes and a Prairie Druid

I'm out of town this week so a replay with The Castlebar Traveller, The Dusty Miller and a Prairie Druid are included in this week's Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM. Tune in to the whistle and pipes of Louise Mulcahy, a bit of water from the well with The Chieftains, The Shee  , John Doyle and his Path of Stones, The Furrow Collective, fiddler Aidan Connelly, from the UK we'll hear from Moore-Moss-Rutter, the band Runa, from the Canadian prairie is singer-songwriter Paddy Tutty, Prairie Druid Music and The Tannahill Weavers.



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.

Songlines within and near the Celtic Lands

This week's session features Anne Briggs & Bert Jansch, piper Brigid Chaimbeul, Marla Fibish, The Wolfe Tones, Sweeny's Men, Shide & Acorn, guitarist Gwenifer Raymond, Lisa Lynn & Aryeh Frankfurter, Irish polkas with Kevin Burke, Liz Carroll & John Doyle. 

Tune in live 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.

Celtic Songlines for March 14, 2023: Celtic tunes and song

This week's program features The Whistlebinkies, Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl (Heal & Harrow), Open the Door for Three, Celtic folk band Faun, Runa, Fir Arda, Connla, Dougie Maclean with Alan Roberts, Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, and Scotland's Old Blind Dogs.

Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m. Or stream at kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts.

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