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ST. PATRICK IN AMERICA
At last some good luck with the Irish! For St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll explore Celtic influences in American music and vice versa. With music from Bing Crosby, Rufus Harley, Natalie MacMaster, Van Morrison and Louis Armstrong. Fiona Ritchie of Thistle & Shamrock makes a cameo appearance as do Tiny Grimes and the Rockin’ Highlanders.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: The Cat Rambles to the Child's Saucepan Cherish the Ladies
One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies, Green Linnet - If It Weren't for the Irish Frank Parker
Kiss Me I'm Irish, Columbia - I'm Leaving Tipperary Pat White
The Wheels of the World Vol. 1, Yazoo - Irish Black Bottom Louis Armstrong
The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Vol. 2, Columbia - Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
Hi How Are You Today?, A & M - Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
Good Will Hunting Soundtrack, Capitol - Instrumental: Chanty Son Volt
Wide Swing Tremolo, Warner Brothers - Pretty Little Girl With A Blue Dress On Emma Shelton
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts - Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
Wandering Spirit, Atlantic - When Irish Girls Grow Up Tom Russell w/Iris Dement and Dolores Keane
The Man From God Knows Where, Hightone - At Home With the Exiles Ed Miller
Border Background, Folk-Legacy - Instrumental: Danny Boy Ofra Harnoy
The Danny Boy Album, RCA Victor - Growling Old Man Frank Catchaway
Old Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba, Vol. 2, Falcon - Jig Francais Beausoleil
Parlez-Nous A Boire & More, Arhoolie - Danny Boy Al Hirt
The Danny Boy Album, RCA Victor - My Wild Irish Rose The Jones Brothers
Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon, Whiskey, Women and... - There Were Roses Tommy Sands
recorded live for Folk Masters, - A Stor Mo Chroi Bonnie Raitt w/The Chieftains
Tears of Stone, RCA Victor
HOUR two
- The Ballinakill Hornpipe/The Bridge Hornpipe Sean McGlynn & Mick Moloney
Celtic Winds, Easydisc/Rounder - St. Patrick's Parade Bing Crosby
Top O' The Morning: His Irish Collection, MCA/Decca - Loch Lomand Tiny Grimes and Rockin' Highlanders
The complete 1950-1954, Vol. 3, Blue Moon - Whiskey Before Breakfast John Owen Lardinois
Lewis & Clark: Sounds of Discovery, Chairmaker's Rush - The Night Pat Murphy Died The Flanagan Brothers
The Wheels of the World Vol. 2, Shanachie - I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham Earl Johnson & his Clodhoppers
Old-Time Fiddle Classics, County - Whiskey in the Jar Hazeldine
Orphans, E-Squared - Instrumental: When You And I Were Young, Maggie Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
Yonder, Sugar Hill - Rye Whiskey Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings, Rounder - Pastures of Plenty Solas
Live: Limited Edition Radio Sampler, Shanachie - Jesus Christ U2
Folkways: A Vision Shared, Folkways - Mon vieux est jaloux Madame Bolduc
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts - Diddlage Audrey Saint-Coeur
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts - Dang Me Roger Miller
The Hits, Mercury - The Boys of Bluehill Seamus Ennis
The Gentlemen Pipers, Globestyle - Bagpipe Blues Rufus Harley
Atlantic Jazz: Best of the '60s, Vol. 2, Atlantic - Four Leaf Clover ReBirth Brass Band
Do Whatcha Wanna, Mardi Gras - Instrumental: Midnight on the Water Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Song of the Hills, Shanachie - Ricketts Hornpipe Benton Flippen
Old Time New Times, Rounder - The Drunken Piper set Natalie MacMaster
No Boundaries, WEA - Star of County Down Van Morrison and Chieftains
Irish Heartbeat, Polydor - Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
The Best of Van Morrison, Polydor - End Bed: Dan Hugh and Dan Rory Dave MacIsaac
Nimble Fingers, Pickin' Productions
