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Radio Show – Episode 26 – Musical Garden – April 2, 2017

Forest Halls Celtic is one year old! In celebration we wander a musical garden, pausing to listen to some tunes that Jane is inspired to include in her Celtic harp repertoire, hear some of her favorite discoveries from the first year of the show, and savor some music and folklore that springs from the earth. Please join us!

12:01: Lilt – The Long Journey / The Mouse in the Meadow / The Maid in the Cherry Tree
12:05: Enya – Siuil A Run
12:09: Solas – Crested Hens
12:20: The Green Fields of America – The Islander’s Lament
12:24: Athena Tergis – The Porthole of the Kelp / Terralsole
12:27: Ashley Horn and Daniel Horn – Port na bPucai
12:33: Goitse – Serendipity
12:37: Kim Robertson – Ferry Me Across The Water
12:41: Paul Machlis – In The Mist
12:46: Paul Machlis – Nightblossom
12:49: Caoimhin Vallely – The Strayaway Child
12:52: Cara Dillon – Hill of Thieves

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Radio Show – Episode 25 – Spring! – March 19, 2017

In this show we celebrate the arrival of spring with a ramble into the Celtic music countryside. We’ll also enjoy a whole lot of harp, as many harpers appear or are featured throughout this program.

12:01: Moya Brennan – Black Night
12:04: The Colour of Memory – The Old Man and the Sea
12:06: Ceolbeg – Cantabrian Jig
12:08: Ceolbeg – Johnny Cope
12:14: Alasdair Fraser and Tony McManus – The Sweetness of Mary/Devil in the Kitchen/Willie Davie/The Sound of Mull/The High Road to Linton
12:17: Knodel and Valencia – Waltz of the Little Girls
12:22: Athena Tergis – Johnny McGreevy’s/Owney Davey’s/O’Callaghan’s/Margaree Reel
12:26: Green Fields of America – Across the Western Ocean
12:33: Gráinne Hambly – Crib of Perches/Garrett Barry’s
12:35: Siobhán Armstrong – Seabhac na hEirne
12:38: Katrien Delavier – Dinnie Delaney (jig) / the star of Munster (reel)
12:45: Adam Agee and Jon Sousa – Fead An Iolar
12:49: The Casey Sisters – Slip Silver/The Surround
12:52: Spookytree (Deb Knodel & Jane Valencia) – Lochaber No More
12:53: Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Time Goes

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Radio Show – Episode 24 – Living and Dying – March 5, 2017

As part of the Vashon Conversation with the Living about Dying project, this Sunday’s Forest Halls Celtic show is devoted to music and folklore around this theme. We’ll slip past the Veil and enter the Otherworld to experience grief, longing, and beauty on our musical journey. Joining us is special guest and master storyteller, Allison Cox, sharing a tale. Come enjoy her warmth, good humor, and marvelous way with words!

12:02: Karen Matheson (of Capercaillie) – Dark Alan (from Rob Roy)
12:06: Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis – Niel Gow’s Lament of the Death of his Second Wife
12:10: Andy M Stewart – The Land O The Leal
12:16: Allison Cox – Interview and Storytelling
12:42: Kim Robertson – Separation of Soul and Body
12:44: Kim Robertson – The Clergy’s Lamentation/Separation Of Soul And Body
12:51: Tina Malia – Shores of Avalon
12:57: Spookytree (Deb Knodel & Jane Valencia) – Lochaber No More

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