As summer evolves into fall, it brings with it celebrations of Celtic culture in many parts of North America. Often these celebrations include Celtic games of strength and endurance, along with traditional food and libations. For this show, we’ll celebrate the broad variety of American musical performers that play the traditional and contemporary music of Celtic culture. It’s the songs, tunes and artists of the Irish diaspora … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #18-38: Celtic Music in North America

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Ken Perlman / “Londonderry Hornpipe-Jenny Dang the Weaver-Sleepy Maggie” / Frails & Frolics / Redbud

Kitty Donohoe / “The Lark in the Morning” / The Irishman's Daughter / Roheen

Liz Carroll & John Doyle / “Rolling the Barrell-The Laurel Tree-O'Rourke's” / In Play / Compass

Nancy McCallion / “All Around My Hat” / Opossum & Praties / Self Produced

Katie McNally Trio / “The Martlet-Father John Angus Rankin” / The Boston States / Self Produced

The Duhks / “You and I” / The Duhks / Sugar Hill

Finest Kind / “As I Roved Out” / Silks & Spices / Fallen Angle Music

Ken Perlman / “Pride of the Ball-MacKinnon's Rant-Lasses of Glenalladale-St. Kilda Wedding” / Frails & Frolics / Redbud

Grayson & Whitter / “Handsome Molly” / My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean / Nehi

Evan Carawan / “The Good Wife-The Kid on the Mountain” / Homeward Bound / Turquoise

Connie Dover / “I Am Going to the West” / The Border of Heaven / Taylor Park

The Once / “Willie Taylor” / The Once / Borealis

Marla Fibish-Erin Shrader-Richard Mandel / “Heather on the Moor”/ Irish Music from San Francisco / Self Produced

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways