Bruce. Guest: Suze Casey. We preview the rest of the CFC's season. Elle Celeste, Lucinda Williams and a experimental twist on a traditional acadian folk song. Events around town, and more.

Playlist:

• Elle Celeste - Back Again
• Cassie and Maggie - Sisters
• Connie Kaldor - Sheep Creek
• Tom Phillips - Ballad Of Miss Rose
• Emily Triggs - Middletown
• Jig Jam - The Mermaid
• Carolyn Harley - Brand New Mile
• John McCutcheon - swimming hole
• Burnstick - Some Kind Of Hell
• The New Customs - Helicopters & Bombardiers
• Rube & Rake - Fleeting Moment
• Lucinda Wiliams - I Envy The Wind
• Christina Haldane & Carl Philippe Gionet - Acadian Folk Songs, No. 12 Partons, La Mer Est Belle

Bruce. We celebrate Robbie Burns and Janis Joplin, remember David Crosby, delve into some new releases by Carolyn Harley, Kris Kruze and Biensure. And more.

Playlist:

• Emily Triggs - Scotland
• Jason Bajada - Humble Lion
• Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain (Live)
• David Crosby - Street To Lean On
• The Byrds - I Am A Pilgrim
• Sam Bush - Down
• Wilf Carter - Blue Canadian Rockies
• Carolyn Harley - I Will Be Received
• Slocan Ramblers - Harefoot's Retreat
• Bluegrass Champs - Scotland
• Lau - Beer Engineer
• Allison Lupton - When First I Went To Caledonia
• Jocelyn Pettit - Ready For The Storm
• Karine Polwart - Tinsel Show
• Battlefield Band - To A Mouse
• The Furrow Collective - Skippin' Barfit Through The Heather
• Kris Kruse - long lost
• Biensüre - Zerin
• Shooglenifty - Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station

Bruce talks to Jiajia Li about the Lunar New Year (Year of the Rabbit). New releases, songs from Joan Baez, Dick Gaughan, John Gorka, Terra Spencer and Steve Seskin. And more.

Playlist:

• Fiver - Rosemary & Rue
• Rita Coolidge - Born Under A Bad Sign
• Justin Saladino Band - Blind Faith
• Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
• Dick Gaughan - No Gods
• Mitch Belot - Down The Rabbit Hole
• What Does It Eat - Ears Of Our Enemies
• Jiajia Li - Horse Race (Global Orchestra Version)
• Ginalina, featuring Woniu He Huangi Niao - The Snail and The Orioles
• John Gorka - Down Where The Rabbits
• Terra Spencer - In The City
• John Hewitt - Too Far To Give Out
• Steve Seskin - A Little Excitement
• Steve Seskin - To Be Who I Am
• Woody Pines - Close Your Eyes And Dream
• The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Where Grass Won't Grow
• The Fretless, featuring Red Rail Ring - Fall Away Blues
• Bill Callahan - Lily

Bruce. We continue to look back at the last year in music. Birthdays of note: Elvis, Elizabeth Cotten, Iris Dement and Sheldon Valleau (Polyjesters). Peter Case. And more.

Playlist:

• Mariel Buckley - Shooting At The Moon
• Elvis Presley - Promised Land
• Peter Case - Ain't Gonna Worry No More
• James Keelaghan - Gathering Storm
• Jenny Allen - A Simple Word
• Julian Taylor - Moving
• Jake Blount - They Are Waiting For Me
• Iris DeMent - The Way I Should
• The Celtic Kitchen Party - Pride of Newfoundland
• Ron Hynes - The Valley Green
• Mary Beth Carty - Blueberry Mountain
• Shanneyganock - Courtin' In The Kitchen
• Elizabeth Cotten - Fox Chase
• Taj Mahal - Freight Train
• The Polyjesters - Be What It May
• Bristol Manor - Impasse

Bruce. End of 2022 show. Ian Tyson, RIP. Hank Williams. Some of the best releases of the past year, folk and otherwise. Corb Lund. The Local Honeys. Pharis & Jason Romero. And more.

Playlist:

• Prairie Ceilidh - The Old Yeare Now Away Is Fled
• Bukkene Bruse - For Such Generous Gifts
• Elizabeth & Jameson - Picture
• Ian Tyson - Navajo Rug
• Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds
• Sam Bush - Granny Won't You Smoke Some Marijuana
• Christopher Sleightholm - The Acid Cowboy
• Clara Engel - High Alien Priest
• Elizabete Balčus - Asparagus or Brussels Sprouts
• Heather May - Hank Williams
• Hank Williams - Farther Along
• John Hewitt - It's A Funny Little World
• Corb Lund - S Lazy H
• Mary Beth Carty - Tow Truck Song
• The Local Honeys - Better Than I Deserve
• Pharis & Jason Romero - Old Bill's Tune
• Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - Difficult Run
• John Fahey - Auld Lang Syne
• Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year

Bruce. Seasonal Songs. Some new releases. Jackie Oates. Souad Massi. The Good Lovelies. Shaye Zadravec. The Chieftains. Loudon Wainwright III. And More.

Playlist:

• The Klezmatics - Honeyky Hannukah
• Souad Massi, featuring Piers Faccini - Mirage
• Fairuz - You Can Forget
• Mary Beth Carty - Friendship Memories
• Cynthia Hamar - Bandit
• Various Artists - Mamu - Innu Pishum
• Florent Vollant - Kassinu
• Jackie Oates - Robin Tells of Winter/Gracious Wings
• The Good Lovelies - Song For A Winter's Night
• Auri - Kakitei (i) Berns Nomira
• Caleb Nichols - I Fell In Love On Christmas Day
• Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
• Maddy Prior - Long Shadows
• Shaye Zadravec - Silver Bell
• The Chieftains - The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve
• Kitka - Alila
• Loudon Wainwright III - Pretty Good Day
• Payphones - All There Is

Bruce. Songs for Channukah by artists of Jewish heritage. A selection of new releases. Oscar Lopez, Bela Fleck, Steve Goodman, Orit Shimoni. And more.

Playlist:

• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 8 Days (Of Hannukah)
• Veronica Stanton - New Dream
• Mary Beth Carty - Dutch Tea Jigs
• The McDades - Nomadic Mood & Caroline's Reel
• Rachel Sage - Maybe She'll Have Cats
• Orit Shimoni - Sharp Tongued Girl
• chuck brodsky - The Hands of Victor Jara
• Rakkatak - Gracias A La Vida
• Oscar Lopez - No Barricade
• James Keelaghan - Second Hand
• Ian Davies - Bad Weather Blues
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - The Hannukah Waltz
• Steve Goodman - Mama Don't Allow It
• Sam Bush - John McLaughlin
• The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Old Time Angels
• Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
• Black Ox Orkestar - Oysgeforn Bessarabian Hora

Bruce. Jean Ritchie. Ballads & Train songs. New releases. A musical trip to Mexico. And more. Or less.

Playlist:

• Rachel Cambrin - Me and Bobby McGee
• Bill Callahan - Coyotes
• Booth Shot Lincoln - John Hardy
• Ginalina, featuring Diu Diu Deng - Taiwanese Train Song
• Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - Long Black Veil
• Sam Bush - Down
• Jeanne Ritchie - There Lived An Old Lord (Child #10)
• The Local Honeys - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
• John Hewitt - Man of Constant Sin
• Abigail Lapell - Halfway To Mexico
• Bow Thayer - Lil Mexico
• Orkesta Mendoza - Misterio
• Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Chicos Tristes
• Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio - Hatajo de Negritos (Pasacalle/Paloma Ingrata)
• Tamarack Cunningham - Bus Tickets
• Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Okhume Ukhaduame

Bruce. A whole bunch of new releases. World Aids Day. Stan Rogers. Geoff Berner. Sam Bush. Hazel & Alice. And more.

Playlist:

• Ginalina, featuring Liang Zhi Laohu - Two Tigers
• Marissa Nadler - So Long and Far Away
• Kronos Quartet, Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe + Stuart Bogie - Sorrow, Tears + Blood
• Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita - Gniri Balma
• Sam Bush - A Simple Thing As Love
• Jake Blount - Once There Was No Sun
• Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - Sugar Tree Stomp
• Pharis & Jason Romero - A Bit Old School
• John Hewitt - Mountain Town
• Dave Gunning - Middle Ground
• Stan Rogers - The Witch of the Westmoreland
• Mary Beth Carty - Oran Boisdale (Fail i Fail o)
• Jocelyn Pettit - Silk and Spice
• Geoff Berner - What Kind of Bear Am I?
• Fairuz - It's Not A Problem
• What Does It Eat - Breath
• Bristol Manor - Something In The Woods

Bruce. A morose (?) collection of tunes about pigeons. New music from Dave Gunning. Old music from Lavender Country. And more.

Playlist:

• Snotty Nose Rez Kids, featuring WellSpoke - Redskin Cowboys
• Secret Emchy Society - Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other
• Lavender Country - Waltzing Will Trilogy
• Mariel Buckley - Love Ain't Enough
• Jake Blount - The Downward Road
• Natalie MacMaster - Barndances
• The Local Honeys - Throw Me In The Thicket (When I Die)
• Rob Heath - The Highwayman
• Pete Seeger - Frog Went A-Courting
• Dave Gunning - Hard Missing You
• Dala - Don't Believe The Actress
• Julian Taylor - Wide Awake
• Garnet Rogers & Doug Long - King Of Rome/O'Neill's Dream
• Altan - The Tullaghan Lasses/The Cameronian/The Pigeon on the Gate
• Sarah Davachi - Harmonies In Green