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Radio Show – Episode 56 – Surrender – October 11, 2020

We’re leaving the time of balance when day and night are in equal partnership. With shedding and shadow, sunlight has begun its surrender to the dark of the year. Enjoy poetry for the season by Kevin McManus, plenty of music to celebrate the warmth of harvest and love, and honor the shifting waters of emotion and separation. We share some Celtic tree lore as well, that of the magical Rowan. Join us in Forest Halls!

Harpers featured in Show 56: Sandra Parker, Sue Richards, Woad (Deborah Bennett & Maggie Pritchard), Jane Valencia

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Also enjoy encore airings of Show 13 “Fulfillment” and Show 14 “Creative Fire.”
Featured Harp Music: Show 13 – Verlene Schermer and Sileas. Show 14 – Spookytree (Debra Knodel & Jane Valencia), Sharlene Wallace and Kim Robertson, The Harp Twins

01:31 Niamh Ní Charra – Rhubarb and Ginger / The Swaggering Jig/ Hardiman the Fiddler
05:26 Laura Risk – North Highland Reel #18 / North Highland Reel #21 / The Nine Pint Coggie / Sandy King
09:04 The Bothy Band – Do You Love an Apple
13:39 Poem by Kevan McManus with Music by Jane Valencia – The Light of the Water
17:11 Relativity – Gracelands
22:51 Sandra Parker – The Fairy’s Love Song
25:34 Sue Richards and Robin Bullock – Loftus Jones
31:18 Songs of Separation – Unst Boat Song
33:40 Rachel Sermanni – Ae Fond Kiss
37:51 Woad – Mist-Covered Mountains / Short-Coated Mary
42:33 Lore from The Scots Herbal:The Plant Lore of Scotland by Tess Darwin and Music by Jane Valencia – Rowan Tree Folklore
47:48 Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill – P. Joe’s Reel / The Obama Reel
51:16 The Gloaming – Casadh an tSúgáin
57:40 The Irish Consort – Light o’ Love / Lightly Love Ladies

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Radio Show – Episode 50 – The Fairy Tree – May 17, 2020

Here’s what’s “live” on streaming radio program Forest Halls Celtic for on-demand listening.

In Show 50 “The Fairy Tree,” we continue to immerse ourselves in the magic of Beltaine. We’ll feast on fairy music and meet the tree at the heart of the forest. Poetry, tree lore, and a tale weave through these woods. Enjoy harp in the music of Padraigín Ní Uallacháin, and with Anne Roos, Jerry Bauer, and Jane Valencia.

Re-airing is Show 29 “Out on the Land.” With traditional Celtic as a starting point this show takes flight into a landscape of chamber-Celtic, electric folk rock, some Indie folk-fusion music, and even a little jazz. Harp “sightings” include music by Jenny Van der Harten and Máire Ní Chathasaigh (in The Casey Sisters).

Listen to the shows on demand at Voice of Vashon.

Title: Show 50 – The Fairy Tree
02:04 The Gloaming / Samhradh Samhradh
07:50 The Bothy Band / Casadh An tSúgáin (Twisting the Rope)
12:50 Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley / The Fairy Ring / Strollin’ Doon da Strynd / Glaitness House
16:35 Padraigín Ní Uallacháin / Suantraí Sí – A Fairy Lullaby
19:48 Anne Roos / The Fairie Child & The Fairie Queen
24:27 Gary Stadler & Wendy Rule / Dance of the Wild Faeries
29:10 Mara Freeman / Tree Lore – Hawthorn
31:01 Seamus Byrne / Forest and Streams
33:55 Molly Pinto Madigan / Bloom
40:24 Jerry Bauer / I See the Mountains
44:08 Jane Valencia / Story – Tree Gift
52:55 Jane Valencia / Dawn Redwoods
56:05 Eitre / Fairy Reel