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Each week Celtic Songlines celebrates the music, stories and traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other Celtic lands.  No green beer on this week's program but you could find a few shamrocks from the band Altan, the trio of Natalie Padilla, Blayne Chastain and Peter Romero, the band Turlough, SoCal's Banshee in the Kitchen, Buddy MacMaster and Natalie, The Clancy Brothers, fiddler Ardan Connelly, Cherish the Ladies, John Doyle and Karan Casey, percussionist Colm Phelan with Sarah Jean Murphy and, finally, a vocal treasure from Judy Garland.  

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.

Farmers markets are places where local produce and foods are sold directly by farmers to consumers. Some are small with just a few stands and others span many city blocks. Hear how farmers markets started more than 5000 years ago, why their numbers grew in the mid-2000s, and how they benefit our food system. Meet Randii MacNear, Manager of the Davis Farmers Market who tells us about the origins of the Davis Farmers Market, how she decides which vendors are selected, and how the market navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Then visit Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home to the oldest continuously operated public farmers’ market in the United States. Find out why Lancaster was the capital of the U.S. for just one day, and how the area became the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish community.