Celtic Songlines

Featured this week on Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM is Brìghde Chaimbeul, Brìghde performs with the Scottish smallpipes, a bellows-powered set of bagpipes with a double-note drone. Her music opens and closes today's session. Also featured are the extraordinary sounds of the fiddle with Davis' own Florie Brown and of the harp, Margie Butler. Both are alumnae of the band Golden Bough. We'll also hear from Eliza Carthy, Lisa Lynne (harp) with Aryeh Frankfurter (keyed fiddle) and from Russia with hurdy-gurdy is Andrey Maslenskaya. We also have a listen with Fairport Convention and Scotland's Old Blind Dogs.

Tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM, stream at @kdrt.org, or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts. The program replays on KDRT each Wednesday 1-2 p.m., Thursday 6-7 p.m., Sunday 4-5 p.m.

The Celts, as with other cultures, believe this time of year is when the veil between the world of the living and those who have passed is thinnest. This week on Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM the playlist is reflective.

The world of traditional Irish music lost a giant this past week with the passing of Paddy Moloney. Closer to home, my father also passed within the past week. The Chieftains are featured and I include several pieces which were favorites of my father.

This week's songs and tunes are often played to honor the dead within Ireland and the UK, we hear from Dervish w/ Abigail Washburn the Celtic Fiddle Festival (Johnny Cunningham, Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaître), Robert Burns as read by Gordon Kennedy, Enya, the Lone Piper and Clannad Irish Band.