This week we devote a big hunk of our show to airing tracks from Declan O'Rourke's 2017 concept album about the Great Hunger (1845-1852). After reading John O'Connor's "The Work Houses Of Ireland" in 2002, O'Rourke spent 15 years slowly turning O'Connor's and other's harrowing accounts of personal adversity into a song cycle. And just this past week, O'Rourke published his first novel: "The Pawnbroker's Reward," the story of a poor family in County Cork struggling through The Great Hunger.
Also on today's show: new music from ISHILA, Fialla, The McDades, Josh O'Keefe, Chatham County Line, and more.
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Great jazz artists from the 50s and 60s tonight on Jazz After Dark: Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Julie London, Miles Davis Sextet, Ella Fitzgerald, Winifred Atwell, Duke Ellington, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell Octet, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, and Benny Carter.
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Tue, 11/09/2021 - 3:00pm | Ned
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On this episode of Meraki Radio, Alison B begins reading The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. Part 1 contains the first 22 pages of the novel. We will pick up from there next week. Enjoy this lulling reading of a lesser known John Steinbeck novel as we ebb towards winter.
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On this week's Celtic Songlines rather that play one or two pieces from multiple artists, we'll hear a set of three consecutive tunes or songs from a smaller group of musicians. Featured this week are Ireland's Dervish and Lúnasa (named after Lughnasadh, an ancient harvest festival), Scotland's Salt House, from Cape Brèton Natalie MacMaster and back to the Emerald Isle with fiddler Dónal O' Connor and uillean piper, John McSherry.
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.
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