Thunder on the Plains

Thunder on the Plains Home of Nebraska's ONLY Celtic music radio show, and so much more!

Tune in to some great Celtic music by Thunder on the Plains, Nebraska's only Celtic radio show! Airing weekly on 89.3 FM KZUM, and streaming live around the world at www.kzum.org.

2-week archive of programming available at
http://kzum.org/archives

Soundcloud (featuring past & recent artist interviews): https://soundcloud.com/thunderontheplains

New Year, new KZUM website!! Check it out!
01/06/2026

New Year, new KZUM website!! Check it out!

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigC...
01/04/2026

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigCDj9zO8vyp5rP0

Did you or a friend miss listening to tonight's episode live? You can stream it RIGHT NOW via our 2-week archive at KZUM.org. Check it out and share with your friends! https://kzum.org/archives/

Want a peek behind-the-scenes? Catch the in-studio livestream, and much more, at https://www.twitch.tv/susan_the_great

Theme song "Lady Susan" by Joseph Carmichael. For more details about his music, visit josephcarmichael.bandcamp.com.

1. Auld Lang Syne - Red Hot Chilli Pipers
2. Kings - Emish
3. The Belfast Polka/Pennsylvania Railroad - Sir James Galway & Phil Coulter
4. Auld Lang Syne - Dougie MacLean
5. January Man/Down the Doon - bohola
6. Ring In the New Year (Ring It In) - William Pint and Felicia Dale, Music of the Sea
7. Nollaig Na mBan - Jennifer Licko
8. Nollaig Na mBan - Cormac Juan Breatnach
9. The 3rd of January - Colcannon
10. January - Conor O'Sullivan
11. Three Ships on the Ocean - The Jig is Up
12. 8th of January/The Battle of New Orleans - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones
13. Is the Big Man Within/The Bruckless Shore/The Humours of Winter - Pat Mangan Music
14. Barnyards of Delgaty - Ellis Island

🎉 Happy New Year, Thunderheads!! 🎉 We're kicking off 2026 in style on tonight's show, with a special live in-studio gues...
01/04/2026

🎉 Happy New Year, Thunderheads!! 🎉

We're kicking off 2026 in style on tonight's show, with a special live in-studio guest - the legendary Dave Marsh of Ellis Island!! He'll be joining us to chat about the band's musical journey and their upcoming LAFTA concert on Saturday, January 17th - and if you're lucky, maybe even he'll play us a tune or two! 🎶

🎙️Be sure to tune in TONIGHT, Sunday Jan 4, 5:30-7:30pm CST, on 89.3FM KZUM, streaming live worldwide on kzum.org and twitch.tv/susan_the_great!

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigC...
12/28/2025

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigCDj9zO8vyp5rP0

Did you or a friend miss listening to tonight's episode live? You can stream it RIGHT NOW via our 2-week archive at KZUM.org. Check it out and share with your friends! https://kzum.org/archives/

Want a peek behind-the-scenes? Catch the in-studio livestream, and much more, at https://www.twitch.tv/susan_the_great

Theme song "Lady Susan" by Joseph Carmichael. For more details about his music, visit josephcarmichael.bandcamp.com.

1. Whisky for Christmas - Barleyjuice
2. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Gaelic Storm
3. Angels - Emish
4. Christmas Eve/Oiche Nollag/High Road to Linton - Eileen Ivers
5. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Christmas In Carrick) - The Barra MacNeils
6. Cold Frosty Morning - Tom Morley
7. Dust of Snow - Matt & Shannon Heaton
8. Ar Phósaís Fós?, The Surround, We'll Hunt the Wren, The New Way to Miltown - Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
9. The Wren in the Furze - The Chieftains
10. Wran Tunes - The Jig is Up
11. A Christmas Childhood/The Wexford Carol - The Noble Call
12. Cariad Cywir/Mari Lwyd/Aberdulais - Moch Pryderi
13. Winterberry Set - The Gothard Sisters
14. Dear Nuala/Christmas Eve - bohola
15. New Year's Day/On Christmas Night - Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, and Al Petteway
16. The Olde Year Now Away Has Fled (Greensleeves) - Áine Minogue
17. Here's to Ye A' and a Happy New Year - Debbie Brewin-Wilson
18. D'Ye Mind Lang Syne - Andy M. Stewart
19. New Year's Waltz - Tannahill Weavers
20. Drops of Brandy - The Fire
21. Tak a Dram - Siobhan Miller
22. Auld Lang Syne - Eddi Reader
23. Auld Lang Syne - Red Hot Chilli Pipers
24. Diod Diod - CALAN

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigC...
12/21/2025

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigCDj9zO8vyp5rP0

Did you or a friend miss listening to tonight's episode live? You can stream it RIGHT NOW via our 2-week archive at KZUM.org. Check it out and share with your friends! https://kzum.org/archives/

Want a peek behind-the-scenes? Catch the in-studio livestream, and much more, at https://www.twitch.tv/susan_the_great

Theme song "Lady Susan" by Joseph Carmichael. For more details about his music, visit josephcarmichael.bandcamp.com.

1. Santa, See You Tonight - Wild Colonial Bhoys
2. The Winter King - Syr
3. Irish Holiday - The Gleasons
4. Sunrise at Solstice - We Banjo 3
5. The Darkest Midnight - Cara Dillon
6. Dance of the Winter Solstice - House of Hamill
7. Song of Solstice - Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
8. Solstice Dance - Wee Brazen Hussies
9. Solstice Carol - Magpie
10. The Druid's Winter - Will Millar
11. The Wexford Carol - Alison Krauss
12. Farewell to a Season - Joseph Carmichael
13. Get Me Through December - The Outside Track
14. Gloomy Winter - Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, and Al Petteway
15. The Holiday Slides - The Jig is Up
16. Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child Lullaby) - The Barra MacNeils
17. Silent Night - The Celtic Tenors
18. The Boar's Head/The Yeoman's Carol/Sussex Carol - Laura MacKenzie
19. Merry Christmas to All and Goodnight - Ashley Davis and John Doyle
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Screaming Orphans
21. Carol of the Bells Medley - Cassie and Maggie
22. Guinness For Two - Steel City Rovers
23. The Bells - CALAN

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigC...
12/14/2025

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigCDj9zO8vyp5rP0

Did you or a friend miss listening to tonight's episode live? You can stream it RIGHT NOW via our 2-week archive at KZUM.org. Check it out and share with your friends! https://kzum.org/archives/

Want a peek behind-the-scenes? Catch the in-studio livestream, and much more, at https://www.twitch.tv/susan_the_great

Theme song "Lady Susan" by Joseph Carmichael. For more details about his music, visit josephcarmichael.bandcamp.com.

1. Driving Home for Christmas - The High Kings
2. The Star of the County Down/Sweeney's Buttermilk/Jenny's Chickens - Kevin Burke & Michael O'Domhnaill
3. The Angel Gabriel - Cassie and Maggie
4. The Holly Bush/McFadden's Own/The Bucks of Oranmore - The Yanks
5. In the Bleak Midwinter (Scots) - Iona Fyfe
6. The December Letter - Aoife Scott
7. Winter Fairly - Siobhan Miller
8. The Bushes of Jerusalem - The Jig is Up
9. The Ballad of Chanukah - Magpie
10. Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Christmas Eve - Helicon
11. Chanukah Chase - Magpie
12. Shalom Chaverim/Patapan/Ding D**g Merrily on High - Helicon
13. Christmas Time is Here - Jennifer Buehler, Wedding harpist
14. Chant de Noel/Mummer's March/McAllistrum's March - The New England Irish Harp Orchestra
15. Christmas Ever - bohola
16. Celtic Yuletide - Tannahill Weavers
17. Christmas In Killarney - Terry the Irish Minstrel
18. Christmas Time in Ireland - The Noble Call
19. Good King Wenceslas/The Thrush in the Storm/The Hot Water Bottle/No, I'm Liz Carroll - Cherish The Ladies
20. The Jingle Bells Suite - The Fire
21. Carnations - Séamus Begley
22. Santa Kills Me - Scottish Fish
23. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Joy to the World - The CELTS as seen on PBS
24. Hellbound Sleigh - The Rogues

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigC...
12/07/2025

We made the largest Celtic Christmas playlist on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xrDgOigCDj9zO8vyp5rP0

Did you or a friend miss listening to tonight's episode live? You can stream it RIGHT NOW via our 2-week archive at KZUM.org. Check it out and share with your friends! https://kzum.org/archives/

Want a peek behind-the-scenes? Catch the in-studio livestream, and much more, at https://www.twitch.tv/susan_the_great

Theme song "Lady Susan" by Joseph Carmichael. For more details about his music, visit josephcarmichael.bandcamp.com.

1. The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
2. Christmas Day - The Elders
3. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Screaming Orphans
4. Baloo Lammy - The CELTS as seen on PBS
5. Arthur McBride/Planxty Irwin - Peat in the Creel
6. The Huntsman's Bag of Grain/Goosegirl's Song/New Year's Day - Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, and Al Petteway
7. Winter Jig - Ashley Davis
8. Cornish Wassailing - Kate Rusby
9. Miss Fogarty's/Trip to the Cottage - bohola
10. At This Time of Year (Merry Christmas) - Siobhan Miller
11. Gaudete - The Celtic Tenors
12. An Nollaig Theas - Oisín Mac Diarmada and Séamus Begley (of Téada)
13. The Ding D**g Polkas - The Jig is Up
14. Hunting the Wren - LANKUM
15. Friedemann Stickle's - Tannahill Weavers
16. The Woodcutter's Song - William Pint and Felicia Dale, Music of the Sea
17. Come Day Go Day - Siucra (Matt & Shannon Heaton with Celtic Singer Colorado)
18. Ragtime Rudolph - Frankie Gavin & De Dannan
19. Noel Nouvelet - Druidstone
20. Snowy Path - North Texas School of Irish Music
21. Deck the Halls with Lots of Banjos - We Banjo 3
22. Carol - Scottish Fish
23. Little Drummer Girl - Scottish Fish
24. Vixen - Cassie and Maggie
25. Apples In Winter/Frost Is All Over/A Merry Christmas - Eileen Ivers
26. Mari Lwyd - CALAN

See you there!!
12/01/2025

See you there!!

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Tune in to some great Celtic music by Thunder on the Plains, Nebraska's only Celtic radio show! Airing weekly on 89.3 FM KZUM, and streaming live around the world at www.kzum.org.

2-week archive of programming available at http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/dj/thunder-on-the-plains.

Soundcloud (featuring past & recent artist interviews): https://soundcloud.com/user-513353892-987585605