Christmas With 'Proud to be Irish'

Hello everyone! :) Just a little note to share the good news officially. Today, we received a phone call from our station manager, Darrin Scott, requesting that we do four hours of 'Proud to be Irish' on Christmas Day! :) Of course, we said yes, right away.

So, that's our news everyone: Tune in to 'Proud to be Irish' on Sunday, 25 December 2011 from 12 Noon to 4 PM EST for our Irish Christmas Traditions show. You can also log on to http://www.wvcr.com and click on 'Listen Live' to join us as well! :) Hope to see you there and Nollaig Shona Daoibh!

CD Received

Live at Sky Heart by The Intermountain Trio (2010)
Genre: Folk
When did we receive it? 14 December 2011

First of all, we would like to thank the members of Intermountain Trio for sending us a copy of their first CD for possible airplay on 'Proud to be Irish'. For those of you who would like to know, Intermountain Trio was formed by two former members of the local folk group, The Foothills Trio. We look forward to listening to this CD very soon.

Playlist For 11 December 2011

1. The Pub With no Beer by Patsy Watchorn (1995) (Reels)
2. Greatest Irish Hits by The Clancy Brothers (1995) (The Jug of Punch)
3. Talk to Me by Frances Black (1995) (Soldiers of Destiny)
4. A Night at the Pub by Barleyjuice (2008) (Modern Pirates)
5. Footnotes by Best Foot Forward (1993) (Pegin Letir Mor)
6. The Golden Collection of Irish Music by Various Artists (1994) (Mary From Dungloe)
7. Emigrant Eyes by Geraldine Doyle (1995) (The Moon on Clancy's Wings)
8. A Toast to the Irish Colleens by Deirdre Reilly (1999) (Lady of Knock)
9. The Way Back by Eamonn McGirr and Friends (2002) (Medley)
10. Paddy Noonan's Scottish Party by Paddy Noonan (1991) (Take me Back/Here For the Tartan/Marie's Wedding/Scotland the Brave)
11. 25th Anniversary by The Wolfe Tones (1991) (The Broad Black Brimmer)
12. Goodwill to Men by Seamus Kennedy (2001) (Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake)
13. Celtic Soul by Moira Kerr (2006) (Skye Boat Song)
14. Alive and Live in Ireland by The Elders (2007) (Men of Erin)
15. Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years by The Irish Rovers (1995) (The Unicorn)
16. Talk to Me by Frances Black (1995) (If Love Had Wings)
17. Gaelic Bark by Hair of the Dog (2001) (Monto)
18. Let's Have a Party! by Dermot O'Brien (1985) (There Has to be an End)
19. Profile by The Wolfe Tones (1991) (Song of Liberty)
20. Mother by Isla Grant (2001) (God Please Forgive me)
21. Take me Home to Mayo by Derek Warfield (2001) (Sean South of Garryowen)
22. Room to Roam by The Waterboys (1990) (The Raggle Taggle Gypsy)
23. Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years by The Irish Rovers (1995) (Wasn't That a Party)
24. Songs For a Winter Night by The Foothills Trio (1995) (Lord of the Dance)
25. It'll be Alright on the Night by Harry O'Donoghue (1998) (Gorgeous and Bright)
26. It'll be Alright on the Night by Harry O'Donoghue (1998) (Ride on)
27. Casualties of Retail by Enter the Haggis (2005) (Moved Through the Fair)
28. Casualties of Retail by Enter the Haggis (2005) (Twirling Towards Freedom)
29. We're Making Memories by Mac and O' (1997) (Horse of a Man)
30. It's About Time by Aoife Clancy (1994) (Mantle of Green)
31. Tend the Fire: Christmas With the Coyotes by Coyote Run (2006) (Christmas in the Trenches/Silent Night)
32. All That Might Have Been by Bonnie Logan (2004) (All That Might Have Been)
33. Different Yet the Same by Eamonn McGirr (1996) (The Town I Loved so Well)
34. The Golden Collection of Irish Music by Various Artists (1994) (My Lovely Rose of Clare)
35. Mother by Isla Grant (2001) (Listen to the Children)
34. Look Back...Don't Stare by Triskele (2010) (Anois Anseo)
35. Let's Have a Party! by Dermot O'Brien (1985) (Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman)

CD Received

Fairytale of New York by Kyf Brewer (2011)
Genre: Celtic Rock, Holiday
When did we receive it? 7 December 2011

First of all, we would like to thank the New York, New York management of Barleyjuice (whose lead singer is Kyf Brewer) for sending us a copy of Kyf's latest solo single, Fairytale of New York for possible airplay on 'Proud to be Irish'. We haven't actually had a chance as yet to listen to the song, but please do keep an eye on the newly reinstated playlists as we will begin to play Christmas and Christmas-themed cuts throughout the coming weeks. :)

Playlist For 4 December 2011

1. Soul Lilt by The Dady Brothers (1991) (Leather Britches Medley)
2. Dancing the Dublin Reel by Carl Corcoran (1995) (Malachy)
3. Irish Capers by The Go-Lucky Four (1967) (Song of the Dawn)
4. Here we go Again by Blackthorn (1996) (Sons of Molly)
5. Ireland's Original by Johnny McEvoy (1993) (The Roseville Fair)
6. Dark Island by North Sea Gas (2003) (Roses o' Prince Charlie)
7. The Golden Collection of Irish Music by Various Artists (1994) (My Lovely Rose of Clare)
8. Irish Showbands by Various Artists (2008) (Ireland Swings)
9. Lenahan by Lenahan (2003) (County of Queens)
10. Paddy Noonan Presents Irish Eyes by Paddy Noonan (1986) (Irish Eyes)
11. We're Making Memories by Mac and O' (1997) (Horse of a Man)
12. I Just Want to Dance With You by Sheila Noonan (1995) (Two Sisters)
13. Growin' up Irish by Bobby O'Brien (2003) (Kelleher's Ball)
14. Ghosts of Our Past by The Biblecode Sundays (2008) (Better Man Than Me)
15. Where There's Life by Joe Giltrap (1994) (Sound the Pibroch)
16. Emerald Dawn by Emerald Dawn (2011) (Star of the County Down)
17. Paddy Reilly's Ireland Volume 1 by Paddy Reilly (1986) (Where the Three Counties Meet)
18. Mother by Isla Grant (2001) (My Homeland)
19. Dark Island by North Sea Gas (2002) (Flower o' Scotland)
20. Different Yet the Same by Eamonn McGirr (1996) (Whiskey in the Jar)
21. Look Back...Don't Stare by Triskele (2010) (Sonny)
22. For the Times by Schooner Fare (1993) (Roddy McCorley)
23. Celtic Pride II by Various Artists (1997) (Henry Joy)
24. For the Times by Schooner Fare (1993) (Freeborn Man)
25. Ireland's Original by Johnny McEvoy (1995) (Rich Man's Garden)
26. Seize the Day by Frank Jaklitsch (1996) (Mingulay Boat Song)
27. Michael's Londra Beyond Celtic: The Soundtrack by Michael Londra (2011) (My Irish Molly-O)
28. Emerald Dawn by Emerald Dawn (2011) (Whiskey For my Mates)
29. Shamrock the Album by Anne Barrett (2003) (The Boy From Ballymore)
30. October Winds by The Emigrants (1997) (Gentle Annie)
31. Irish Album by The Celtic Tenors (2003) (Phil the Fluter's Ball)
32. Soldiers and Dreams by Aoife Clancy (2001) (Summertime is Coming/O-Ro)
33. Scottish Tranquility by Phil Coulter (1984) (The Rowan Tree)
34. Live in Concert by The Schenectady Pipe Band (2009) (Grant us Peace)
35. Different Yet the Same by Eamonn McGirr (1996) (The Town I Loved so Well)
36. In Good Company by The Foothills Trio (1994) (Calgary, my Home Away From Home)
37. The Golden Collection of Irish Music by Various Artists (1994) (Green Hills of Kerry)
38. Comedy Countdown by Frank Kelly (2001) (Christmas Countdown)

CD Received

Emerald Dawn by Emerald Dawn (2011)
Genre: Celtic Folk
When did we receive it? 28 November 2011

First of all, we would like to thank the management of the Albany, New York band Emerald Dawn for sending us a copy of their latest CD for possible airplay on 'Proud to be Irish'. We have in fact listened to the CD on December 3 and will slowly be working songs into our playlists as time allows. Please keep an eye on the newly reinstated playlists for cuts played by Emerald Dawn from this and future CDs. :)

Playlist For 27 November 2011

1. Into the Light by Kips Bay (1996) (The Unemployment Line)
2. 50 Irish Party Songs by The Sean O'Neill Band (2007) (The Nightingale/Moonshine/My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/Sing, Irishmen, Sing)
3. In Good Company by The Foothills Trio (1994) (Calgary, my Home Away From Home)
4. Gael Day by The Elders (2009) (Luckotheirish)
5. Celtic Woman by Celtic Woman (2005) (Isle of Innisfree)
6. Irish Capers by The Go-Lucky Four (1967) (Clare's Dragoons)
7. Galway to Graceland by Kevin Evans (1996) (Wild Mountain Thyme)
8. Step it Out by Diarmuid O'Leary (1995) (Lannigan's Ball)
9. Paddy Reilly's Ireland Volume 2 by Paddy Reilly (1986) (Enniskillen Dragoons)
10. Brave Lads All by The Highland Rovers Band (1999) (A Nation Once Again)
11. Memory Lane by The High Kings (2010) (Boulavogue)
12. Draggin' the Days by The Mahones (1994) (Mahones Medley)
13. Danny Boy Trilogy by Red Hurley (1997) (Danny, a Peace Trilogy)
14. All the Way From Tuam by The Saw Doctors (1993) (Green and Red of Mayo)
15. What's the Rumpus? by Gaelic Storm (2008) (What's the Rumpus?)
16. Celtic Collection: The Next Thirty Years by The Irish Rovers (1995) (The Unicorn)
17. The Way Back by Eamonn McGirr and Friends (2002) (The Bells of Dunblane)
18. Closer to the Wind by Schooner Fare (1994) (We're Here to Drink the Whiskey)
19. Heritage by Celtic Thunder (2011) (A Place in the Choir)
20. Celtic Woman by Celtic Woman (2005) (You Raise me Up)
21. Turn a Phrase by Sean Keane (1996) (Music of Healing)
22. Dublin Songs by Various Artists (1988) (Summer in Dublin)
23. Emerald Classics by Various Artists (1988) (One Day at a Time)
24. The Very Best of Daniel O'Donnell by Daniel O'Donnell (1991) (Pretty Little Girl From Omagh)
25. One Drop of Whiskey by The Canny Brothers Band (2010) (Foggy Dew)
26. Celtic Soul by Moira Kerr (2006) (Where Eagles Fly)
27. Shamrocks and Heather by Cahal Dunne (1997) (Scottish Medley)
28. Glencoe Massacre by North Sea Gas (2008) (If Wishes Were Fishes)
29. Different Yet the Same by Eamonn McGirr (1996) (Katy Daly)
30. Celtic Tides: A Musical Odyssey by Various Artists (1998) (Both Sides the Tweed)
31. What's the Rumpus? by Gaelic Storm (2008) (The Samurai Set)
32. Collection by The Rankin Family (1996) (Roving Gypsy Boy)
33. The Wedding Song Collection by Various Artists (1995) (The Irish Wedding Song)
34. 25th Anniversary by The Wolfe Tones (1991) (The West's Awake)
35. Live in Concert by Eamonn McGirr (1984) (Four Green Fields)
36. Hello Again by Pat Roper (2001) (Mother)