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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
- 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: Jabadaw The Chieftains
The Essential, RCA/Legacy - Growling Old Man Frank Catchaway
Old Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba, Vol. 2, Falcon - Jig Français 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: The Bank of Ireland Michael Grogan
From Galway to Dublin: Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Music, Rounder - 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: Rusty Nails Kila
Dublin to Dakar: A Celtic Odyssey, Putumayo - 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 - Dan Hugh and Dan Rory Dave MacIsaac
Nimble Fingers, Pickin' Productions
