May 12, 2020
What do rampant evictions, military ship collisions, and Christmas trees have to do with jigs and reels? Learn how Gaelic culture resonated in Canada’s “New Scotland,” and down in the Boston States, from singer Mary Jane Lamond and fiddle players Troy MacGillivray, Andrea Beaton, Alasdair Fraser, Katie McNally, and Lee Cremo.
Plenty of music here, too. Full playlist below.
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Music Heard on IMS Episode 40
all music traditional, unless otherwise indicated
Tune: “Blue Bonnets Over The Border/Khazi,” from Happy Daze
Artist: Battlefield Band
Tune: “Little Bird Lullaby,” from Irish Music Stories Production
Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “The B Minor Cut,” from Cuts
Artist: Andrea Beaton
Song: “Fail il o agus ho ro eile” c/o An Drochaid Eadarainn’s site Artist: Mìcheal Eòin Chaluim Sheumais Mhóir (Mickey John H. MacNeil of Jamesville)
Tune: “Celtic Grooves,” from Irish Music Stories Production
Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: Robert Cormack of Aberdeen,” from Musical Ties
Artist: Troy MacGillivray
Tune: “Holy Strathspeys Pat,” from Off the Floor
Artist: Wendy MacIsaac
Tune: “Down the Burn, Davie Lad,” from The Boston States
Artist: Katie McNally
Tune: “Wapikatji’j,” from Traditionally Yours: Mi’kmaq Drums,
Young and Old
Artist: Michael R. Denny
Tune: “Donald & Gordon’s” from Pìob is Fidheall
Artists: Kenneth & Angus MacKenzie
Song: “Seinn O,” from Suas e!
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Tune: “Out on the Ocean,” from License to Drive 'Er
Artist: Andrea Beaton
Tune: “Pound the Floor,” from Irish Music Stories Production
Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Meaning of Life,” from Irish Music Stories Production
Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: "Rockabye by Firelight,” from Irish Music Stories
Production Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Constitution Breakdown,” from Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings (Creation's Journey: Native American Music)
Artist: Lee Cremo
Tune: “Grupai Ceol Memories,” from Irish Music Stories
Production Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “Taste of Gaelic,” from The Cabin Sessions
Artists: Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright
Tunes: “Tom Ward's Downfall/Lucy Campbell,” from Green Grass
Blue Grass
Artist: Brock McGuire Band
Song: “Rinn Mi Corr is Naoi Mile (I Travelled more than Nine
Miles),” from Seinn
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Tune: “Triumph Theme,” from Irish Music Stories Production
Music
Artist: Matt Heaton
Tune: “The Barren Rocks of Aden / Mairi’s Wedding” from Live at
Celtic Colors (Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion in Sydney: Big
Ceilidh at the Big Fiddle at, October 2018)
Artist: Cape Breton University Pipe Band
Song: “A Mhorag 's Na Horo Gheallaidh,” from Lan Duil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Song: “A flaisgaich oig a S'cheanalteadh (My cheerful young
man),” recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1939.
Artist: Mary MacPhee
c/o
Library of Congress
Song: “An Nochd Is Trom Tha Mo Cheum (Tonight My Step Is
Heavy),” from Làn dùil
Artist: Mary Jane Lamond
Tune: “Farewell,” from Coffee and the Mojo Hat
Artists: Neil Pearlman and Nicole Rabata
Tune: ‘Silver and Stuff,” from Ports of Call
Artists: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
Tune: “The Second Star Hornpipe Set (Howie MacDonald piano),”
from The Judique Flyer
Artist: ‘Buddy MacMaster
Tune: “Blue Bonnets Over the Boarder,” from Close To the
Floor
Artist: Ashley MacIsaac