Wow, something mysterious happened, and my posts regarding these three episodes have vanished from WordPress. Here are the play lists, but, alas, I don’t think I can recreate the program notes.
July 17th, 2016 – Episode 9 – Island Life
12:00: Harper Tasche – Nostalgia
12:04: Solas – Crested Hens
12:09: Forest Halls Celtic – Live
12:10: Lunasa – Morning Nightcap
12:15: Silly Wizard – Isla Waters
12:19: Forest Halls Celtic – Live
12:22: Seumus Gagne – O Is Toil Agus Gu Ro Thoil Leam
12:25: The Owner’s Daughter – Blow the Candle Out
12:29: Forest Halls Celtic – Live
12:31: Afro Celt Sound System – Eireann
12:36: Maire Brennan – Against the Wind
12:41: Enya – Athair Ar Neamh
12:45: Forest Halls Celtic – Live
12:46: Sakaue Masume – Rosemary
12:52: Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac – If You were Mine
12:55: Spookytree (Deb Knodel & Jane Valencia) – Lochaber No More
12:56: Cossu, Scott – Vashon Poem
August 7th, 2016 – Episode 10 – First Harvest
In the Celtic Wheel of the Year, this is time of the First Harvest – the beginning of the harvest season, and of the gathering of community in various ways: through festivals, markets, and so on. In this episode we’ll be enjoying a kind of musical gathering, in which various musical styles, from traditional to modern, intermingle. So, I invite you to listen today for elements of jazz, rock, folk, and ballad, and more in our wanders through the forest. We’ll also stepping outside the Celtic realm of the forest into a neighboring area of myth and magic, with that of a pair of folk-indie-pop songs from Iceland.
12:01: Catriona McKay & Chris Stout – Smugglers Set
12:08: Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham, Manus Lunny – Nil Si I nGra
12:12: Tristan Le Govic – Jag tanker sa titt
12:14: Johnnie Lawson – Excerpt 5
12:18: Live – Forest Halls Celtic
12:18: Plethyn – Breuddwyd Glyndwr
12:21: Golden Bough – Song of the Wandering Aengus
12:25: Listenbee – Nottamun Town
12:28: Johnnie Lawson – Excerpt 6
12:31: Jochen Vogel – Give me Your Hand (Tabhair dom do Lamh)
12:34: Capercaillie – Nil Si I nGra
12:39: Gaelic Storm – Scalliwag
12:42: Live – Forest Halls Celtic
12:45: Seabear – I-ll Build you a Fire
12:45: Seabear – I’ll Build You A Fire
12:48: Of Monsters And Men – Mountain Sound
12:52: Spookytree (Deb Knodel & Jane Valencia) – Lochaber No More
12:52: John Renbourn – The Mist Covered Mountains of Home-The Orphan -Tarboulton
12:59: Live – Forest Halls Celtic
August 21st, 2016 –Episode 11 – Selkie
The legends of the Selkie – remarkable people who are seals in the sea and humans on land – are haunting, often sad, and strangely compelling. Today we take a deep dive into the music and magic of the Selkie with tales and songs arising from the coasts and islands of Scotland and Ireland, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands, as well as some contemporary expressions.
12:00: Spookytree – Lochaber No More
12:02: Carolyn Allan, Jenny Keldie, Phil Cunningham – The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry
12:05: Kim Robertson – The Selkie
12:08: Heather Dale – The Maiden and the Selkie
12:16: Jean Redpath – The Song Of The Seals
12:20: Patrick Ball – The Seal
12:23: Mason Daring and the Secret of Roan Inish – The Roan Inish Theme
12:25: Mason Daring and the Secret of Roan Inish – Fiona Explores
12:30: Seamus Byrne – Ocean Surf
12:37: Anne Roos – The Mermaid’s Tears
12:43: Mary McLaughlin – Sealwoman-Yundah
12:47: Knodel and Valencia – The Fisherman’s Song for Attracting Seals
12:55: Tori Amos – Selkie