As summer evolves into fall, it brings with it celebrations of Celtic culture in many parts of North America. Often these celebrations include Celtic games of strength and endurance, along with traditional food and libations. For this show, we’ll celebrate the broad variety of American musical performers that play the traditional and contemporary music of Celtic culture. It’s the songs, tunes and artists of the Irish diaspora … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Ken Perlman / “Londonderry Hornpipe-Jenny Dang the Weaver-Sleepy Maggie” / Frails & Frolics
               / Redbud
Kitty Donohoe / “The Lark in the Morning” / The Irishman’s Daughter / Roheen
Liz Carroll & John Doyle / “Rolling the Barrell-The Laurel Tree-O’Rourke’s” / In Play / Compass
Nancy McCallion / “All Around My Hat” / Opossum & Praties / Self Produced

Katie McNally Trio / “The Martlet-Father John Angus Rankin” / The Boston States /
              Self-Produced
The Duhks / “You and I” / The Duhks / Sugar Hill
Finest Kind / “As I Roved Out” / Silks & Spices / Fallen Angle Music
Ken Perlman / “Pride of the Ball-MacKinnon’s Rant-Lasses of Glenalladale-St. Kilda Wedding”
              / Frails & Frolics / Redbud

Grayson & Whitter / “Handsome Molly” / My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean / Nehi
Evan Carawan / “The Good Wife-The Kid on the Mountain” / Homeward Bound / Turquoise
Connie Dover / “I Am Going to the West” / The Border of Heaven / Taylor Park

The Once / “Willie Taylor” / The Once / Borealis
Marla Fibish-Erin Shrader-Richard Mandel / “Heather on the Moor”/ Irish Music from San
              Francisco / Self-Produced
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways