Date aired: 10/7/11
This week we started with a song, or two...by the Decemberists..
The playlist was inspired by the music of the Decemberists and started with a song about a mining tragedy that happened in the US, June 1917. Seemed like a good time to think of mine safety and appropriate considering the audience of our community station, many of whom are here for mining.
I followed the roots of the music from the album "The King is dead" and along with going to REM and Bruce Springsteen, the story song format led me to the Emerald Isles and Scotland and traditional folk music for a modern audience.
Playlist
Rox in the Box - The Decemberists - album "The King is dead" 2011
Alasdair MacColla - Clannard - album "Lore" 1996
The Rosses Highlands - Altan - album "Harvest Storm" 1992
Tobar Mhoire (Tobermory) - Capercaillie - album "Secret People" 1993
Hi Rim Bo - Capercaillie - album - "Secret People" 1993
The Cullybacky Hop - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
Glentrasna - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
The Ballivanich Reel/ The boy in the boat - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
Eireann - Afro Celt Soundsystem album "Capture" 2010
Down by the water - The Decemberists - album "The King is dead" 2011
Garinish Island/The Magic Hat - Cloudstreet - album "Swallow the Concertina" 2000
The Lock Flight - Cloudstreet - album - "The Fiddleship" 2004
And we finished the show with Australian group Cloudstreet playing some traditional Australian music. (showing it's Celtic roots!)
They will be in town at the end of July for the opening of the Red Earth Festival and should be brilliant!
Looking forward to some live music in town!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2jca0s-04
