Playlist For 6 October 2013

1. Green Groves by Lenahan - Lenahan (2003)
2. The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker - Live! (1989)
3. Ballad of St. Ann's Reel by Joe Giltrap - The Mountains of Mourne (2000)
4. Raggle Taggle Gypsy by The Mahones - Draggin' the Days (1994)
5. Liverpool Lou by Patsy Watchorn - The Pub With no Beer (1995)
6. Donegal and Back Again by The Highland Rovers Band - Unusual Days (2007)
7. Dancer in the Dance by Shirae - Tiger's Island (2004)
8. The Ferryman by Guaranteed Irish - Out in Front (1991)
9. Come to the Bower by Seamus Kennedy - On the Rocks (2004)
10. Leavin' London/House of Lords/Cat o' Nine Tails by Brendan Woods - Cashman's Diary: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (1999)
11. Mo Run Geal, Dileas/My Faithful Fair One by The Rankin Family - The Rankin Family (1989)
12. Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
13. This Story I Tell You is True by T. R. Dallas - This Story I Tell You is True (2010)
14. The Parting Glass by The High Kings - The High Kings (2008)
15. Local Hero by Phil Coulter - Recollections (1993)
16. Sound the Pibroch by Joe Giltrap - Where There's Life (1994)
17. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
18. If Wishes Were Fishes by North Sea Gas - Glencoe Massacre (2008)
19. All of the Hard Days Are Gone by The McKrells - Somethin' Fierce (2000)
20. Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman - Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance (1996)
21. Step it Out Mary by The High Kings - Memory Lane (2010)
22. Hearts on Fire by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
23. The Galway Girl by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
24. Rose of Tralee by Andy Cooney - Boston Rose and Other Irish Favorites (1989)
25. The Mermaid by Get up Jack - The Road Home (2013)
26. Sonny by Triskele - Look Back...Don't Stare (2010)
27. Eagle Bay by Kevin McKrell - Bound For Boston (2003)
28. Ballad of William Crotty by Joe Giltrap - The Soldier's Tree (1999)
29. Ringsend Rose by The Emigrants - Roisin Dubh (1996)
30. Belfast by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan Presents Irish Eyes (1986)
31. Four Green Fields by Danny Doyle - Danny Doyle Collection Volume 1: Emerald Encore (1995)
32. Perhaps Love by John Denver - Definitive: All Time Greatest Hits (2004)
33. Catch me if You Can by Various Artists - Celtic Heritage (2006)
34. Roseville Fair by Aoife Clancy - It's About Time (1994)
35. Waltzing With Bears by Tommy Makem - Rolling Home (1989)
36. One Day at a Time by Various Artists - Emerald Classics (1988)
37. Bonnie Dundee/Steamboat by Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band - The Pipes (and Drums) Are Calling (2009)
38. The Town I Loved so Well by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)

CD Received

A Sweeter Place by Girsa (2011)
Genre: Irish Folk
When did we receive it? 5 October 2013

First of all, we would like to thank our good friend and a faithful listener to 'Proud to be Irish' - Glenn - for sending us two CDs by Girsa - an all-girl Irish band from Pearl River, New York. By the way 'girsa' means 'young girls' in Gaelic! :)

Many thanks again, Glenn! Please keep an eye on our newly reinstated playlists as we may be playing some cuts off this CD, as well as the other one on future programs.

CD Received

Girsa: Traditional Irish Music by Girsa (2009)
Genre: Irish Folk
When did we receive it? 5 October 2013

First of all, we would like to thank our good friend and a faithful listener to 'Proud to be Irish' - Glenn - for sending us two CDs by Girsa - an all-girl Irish band from Pearl River, New York. By the way 'girsa' means 'young girls' in Gaelic! :)

Many thanks again, Glenn! Please keep an eye on our newly reinstated playlists as we may be playing some cuts off this CD, as well as the other one on future programs.

Playlist For 29 September 2013

1. Bodhran Beat by More Power to Your Elbow - Fingers of Fun (1996)
2. You're Welcome to Ireland by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
3. Fare Thee Well Enniskillen by Danny Quinn - Gifts From a Bard (2005)
4. Irish Stew by Anne Barrett - Shamrock the Album (2003)
5. The Shamrock and the Rose by The Whole Shabang - Cuttin' Loose! (1996)
6. On the One Road by Get up Jack - The Road Home (2013)
7. Mo Ghile Mear/Our Hero by The Chieftains - The Long Black Veil (1995)
8. My Rose of Ballinrobe by Andy Cooney - Galway Shawl (2001)
9. Dancing the Dublin Reel by Andy Cooney - It'll be Me (2010)
10. McAlpine's Fusiliers by The Galway Blazers - Irish Music in America (1970)
11. Streets of London by Eamonn McGirr - Live on Cape Cod (1985)
12. Set of Tunes Reels by North Sea Gas - Dark Island (2003)
13. It's Been a Very Hard Year by The Makem and Spain Brothers - Up the Stairs (2011)
14. Caledonia by North Sea Gas - Dark Island (2003)
15. The Helicopter Song by The Wolfe Tones - 25th Anniversary (1991)
16. Waltzing With Bears by Tommy Makem - Rolling Home (1989)
17. Medley of Irish Roses: Rose of Killarney/Rose of Tralee/Rose of Mooncoin by Joe Cuddy - Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (1994)
18. Sergeant William Bailey by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones - On the One Road (2009)
19. The Hucklebuck by Bob Brolly - Songs From me to You (2003)
20. Our Heroes by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
21. Catch me if You Can by Various Artists - Celtic Heritage (2006)
22. There Has to be and End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
23. The Bold Robert Emmett by Derek Warfield - A Nation Once Again (2003)
24. My Donegal Shore by Daniel O'Donnell - The Very Best of Daniel O'Donnell (1991)
25. Medley: Beer Barrel Polka/Havanagila/Irish Molly-O by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
26. The Son Never Shines/On Closed Doors by Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
27. Hay Wrap by The Saw Doctors - All the Way From Tuam (1993)
28. Easy and Slow by Various Artists - Dublin Songs (1988)
29. Singing Bird by Sheila Noonan - I Just Want to Dance With You (1995)
30. The Holy Ground by Get up Jack - The Road Home (2013)
31. The Old Man by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
32. The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie by The Brigadoons - 25th Anniversary Reunion: Friends Helping Friends (1997)

Playlist For 22 September 2013

1. Waltz Medley and Jig by The Brigadoons - 25th Anniversary Reunion: Friends Helping Friends (1997)
2. The Holy Ground by Derek Warfield - God Save Ireland (2008)
3. The Winds Are Singing Freedom by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
4. Ireland's Call by Celtic Thunder - Voyage II (2012)
5. The Lark in the Morning by The Screaming Orphans - The Jacket's Green (2011)
6. Daughters and Sons by Woods Tea Co. - Live!: The Collector's Edition (2005)
7. Joyce Country Ceili Band by The Saw Doctors - Songs From Sun Street (1998)
8. Rare Ould Times by Various Artists - Dublin Songs (1988)
9. Fields of Glory by The High Kings - The High Kings (2008)
10. Sing a Mayo Song by Mary McGonigle - When the Roses Bloom Again (1998)
11. The Bells of Dunblane by Eamonn McGirr and Friends - The Way Back (2002)
12. Kiss me I'm Irish by Gaelic Storm - Bring Yer Wellies (2006)
13. We're Here to Drink the Whiskey by Schooner Fare - Closer to the Wind (1994)
14. All That Might Have Been by Bonnie Logan - All That Might Have Been (2004)
15. Many Young Men of Twenty by Danny Doyle - Danny Doyle Collection Volume 1: Emerald Encore (1995)
16. Day of the Clipper by Schooner Fare - Day of the Clipper (1978)
17. Liberty by The Corries - 21st Anniversary Concert (2010)
18. Those Were the Days by Celtic Cross - Shores of America (2007)
19. Highland Cathedral by Phil Coulter - Highland Cathedral (2000)
20. Hills of Tipperary by Eamonn Ryan - Where the New World Meets the Old (2001)
21. Catch me if You Can by Various Artists - Celtic Heritage (2006)
22. Born to be a Bachelor by Gaelic Storm - How Are we Getting Home? (2004)
23. Mickey Relligan's Pup by The Irish Descendants - Encore: Best of the Irish Descendants Volume 2 (2009)
24. My Forever Friend by Eamonn McGirr and Friends - The Way Back (2002)
25. A Bird Without Wings by Celtic Thunder - Act Two (2008)
26. Three Drunken Maidens by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
27. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling by Various Artists - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1994)
28. Will ye no Come Back Again? by Schooner Fare - Day of the Clipper (1978)
29. The Galway Girl by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
30. The Town I Loved so Well by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
31. The Minstrel Boy by The Clancy Brothers - Irish Songs of Drinking and Rebellion (1994)
32. Sonny by Triskele - Look Back...Don't Stare (2010)
33. The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie by The Brigadoons - 25th Anniversary Reunion: Friends Helping Friends (1997)

CD Received

The Road Home by Get up Jack (2013)
Genre: Celtic Folk
When did we receive it? 22 September 2013

First of all, we would like to thank Mike DeAngelis - a member of the singing duo Get up Jack - for giving us their new CD. Mike DeAngelis and John Haggarty both stopped by last Sunday to chat about their new collaboration, Get up Jack, celebrating 40 years together in music. For those of you who recognize their names, Mike DeAngelis and John Haggarty are also members of the ever-popular local band, Hair of the Dog!

Please keep an eye on our newly reinstated playlists as we may be playing some cuts from this CD on future programs.

Playlist For 15 September 2013

1. The Merry Ploughboy by Derek Warfield - God Save Ireland (2008)
2. The Promise and the Dream by Shay O'Callaghan and Gillian Carroll - The Promise and the Dream (1994)
3. Macnas Parade by The Saw Doctors - Sing a Powerful Song (1997)
4. Wild Mountain Thyme by Kevin Evans - Galway to Graceland (1996)
5. Footsteps Through the Rosses by Margo - Old Friends of Mine (1992)
6. Plastic Bullets by The Wolfe Tones - Profile (1991)
7. Bag of Spuds/Jenny's Chickens by Derek Warfield - God Save Ireland (2008)
8. Mothers, Daughters, Wives by Carmel Dempsey - Keepin' up the Payments (1996)
9. The Minstrel Boy by Geraldine Doyle - Emigrant Eyes (1995)
10. Green and Red of Mayo by The Saw Doctors - Sing a Powerful Song (1997)
11. These Are my Mountains by Paddy Noonan - Paddy Noonan's Scottish Party (1991)
12. Shoals of Herring by Various Artists - Bringing it All Back Home Volume 1 (1994)
13. When You Were Sweet Sixteen by The Fureys - The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1991)
14. Compass by The Gothard Sisters - Compass (2013)
15. God Save Ireland by The Go-Lucky Four - Irish Capers (1967)
16. Loving Arms of Co. Down by Maire McVicker - Dreams of my Land (1994)
17. Mountains of Mourne by Dominic Kirwan - Echoes of Ireland (2003)
18. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen by Various Artists - Emerald Classics (1988)
19. One For the Morning Glory by Harry O'Donoghue - It'll be Alright on the Night (1998)
20. Phil the Fluter's Ball by The Celtic Tenors - Irish Album (2003)
21. Skye Boat Song by Moira Kerr - Celtic Soul (2006)
22. Catch me if You Can by Various Artists - Celtic Heritage (2006)
23. N17 by The Saw Doctors - Sing a Powerful Song (1997)
24. The Mountains of Pomeroy by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones - On the One Road (2009)
25. Slan Abhaile by Cathie Ryan - Cathie Ryan (1997)
26. There Has to be an End by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
27. Lady of Knock by Deirdre Reilly - A Toast to the Irish Colleens (1999)
28. The Town I Loved so Well by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)
29. You Touched Upon my Life by Various Artists - The Wedding Song Collection (1995)
30. The Galway Girl by Hair of the Dog - Liam Left the Lights on Again (2012)
31. Anniversary Waltz by The Fureys - The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur (1991)
32. Ireland's 32/Irish Washerwoman by Dermot O'Brien - Let's Have a Party! (1985)
33. The Irish Wedding Song by Various Artists - The Wedding Song Collection (1995)
34. The Boys of the Old Brigade by Hair of the Dog - At the Parting Glass (2001)
35. Ireland by Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses (1995)
36. The Old Man by Eamonn McGirr - Different Yet the Same (1996)