Celtic Harmonics

27/07/2024

Happy Saturday (here in Irvine CA anyway)!
Here is tomorrow's list for Sunday July 28 2024 Celtic Harmonics. Tune in at 88.9 FM KUCI in Irvine or www.kuci.org at 8am Pacific Time.
Sidmouth Folk Festival is the focus! Most of the artists featured will be playing between August 2nd to 9th 2024 in Devon, England. Many artists who usually have solo tracks heard here on this show will be collaborating with others. Double bass player Ben Nicholls shows up with other artists via his release called Duets!
I need to close out the show with a couple of tributes. I know I don't spotlight EVERY passing in the music world. That said, I happened to have a couple of tracks to honor, one, the last of the original Four Tops, and two, the great British blues player John Mayall. I hope you approve.

Artist - Track - Album -
Oysterband - John Barleycorn - The Big Session, Vol 1

Steeleye Span - To Be Human (TP Mix 4) (Extra Chorus) - Wintersmith (in collaboration with Terry Pratchett) Deluxe Edition
Martin Carthy - I'm Champion At Keeping 'Em Rolling - Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
Ben Nicholls (with Martin Simpson) - Flash Company ** - Duets
Aly Bain & Jay Ungar - Macilmoyle - Transatlantic Sessions Series 1 Vol. 3
Phil Cunningham - Cèilidh Funk - Green Linnet Records - 25 Years of Celtic Music Disc 1

Show of Hands (Steve Knightly) - Unlock Me - Lie of the Land
Show of Hands (Phil Beer and Imelda Staunton) - The Lads In Their Hundreds/Isca Rose - Centenary Live At Exeter Cathedral
Eliza Carthy - Thirty-Foot Trailer - Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
Spiers and Boden - Funney Eye/Cheshire Hornpipe - Fallow Ground

Ben Nicholls (with Patsy Reid) - Tibby Fowler - Duets
Jon Boden - Cinnamon Water - Last Mile Home
Seth Lakeman - The Shoals of Herring - Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
John Doyle (with John McCusker) - Teelin Harbour - Path of Stones
Michael McGoldrick - Waterman's - Wells for Zoe - Water for Life

Kinnaris Quintet - Can You Repeat That Please? - The Fisherman in the Wardrobe - Free One
Ralph McTell - From Clare to Here - Streets of London and Other Story Songs
Kate Rusby - Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Blazin' Fiddles - Catch and Kiss - North

Daphne's Flight - Ain't No Sunshine - Daphne's Flight
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - Seek The Light - Seek The Light
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan - Travel These Ways - As Still As Your Sleeping
Steeleye Span - Somewhere Along the Road (by Rick Kemp) - Catch Up: The Essential Steeleye Span

The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Love (with spoken intro) - The Motown Story: The Sixties [Disc 1]
John Mayall - California - The Turning Point
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26/07/2024

Imagine you are LUCKY enough to make it to this year's festival in Sidmouth!
I'll feature a good lineup of songs and artists who will be hitting the stage this year on Celtic Harmonics on Sunday July 28, 2024. Have a peek in this link to get some idea of what you will hear on Sunday morning.
I'll also feature a couple of artists who passed away just recently to close out the show. 😌

The 70th Sidmouth Folk Festival, 2-9th August 2024, brings an irresistible feast of world-class folk music, song and dance to the Devon seaside town.

20/07/2024

Hello! Here is tomorrow's playlist for Celtic Harmonics Sunday July 21, 2024. Tune in at KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California or www.kuci.org on the web. TIME of show is 8 am to 10 am every Sunday morning since 2015!
I'll finish the theme of Journeys with some tracks that missed the train last week.
And THEN, let's look at ourselves! Songs about Reflection and whatever Muse you need to open yourself up to what's in the mirror.
New music from Ruth Moody.
Old classic Country from Keith Whitley "I Never Go Around Mirrors"!
New music on other subjects towards the end. Music from Linda Thompson and The Proclaimers, Ismay, and Nick Taylor.
Thanks to a long time listener, I'll share some of his favorites. Music from Pete Bardens, Adrian Legg, and Michael Spriggs. Good stuff!

Artist - Track - Album -
John Doyle - Jigs to Reel: The Glad Eye/The Journeyman/The Wayward Son - Wayward Son

Mick Post - II. Onward - Message from the Mountains
Ruth Moody - Comin' Round The Bend ** - Wanderer
Cliar - The Harpie Set: Riona's Trip to Ulva/Dannsa Klondyker - Traditional and Contemporary Gaelic
Billy Strings (with Dad Terry Barber) - Long Journey Home - Single from Me/and/Dad

I Draw Slow - Twin Sisters - Turn Your Face to the Sun
Robert Mosci - Reflected Back - Reflected Back
Meernaa - Mirror Heart - So Far So Good
The House Band - The Twin Katies = The Return To Chernobyl / The Humours Of Westport / Master MacLeod's Reel / The Twin Katies - Another Setting

I Draw Slow - Whiskey Mirrors - White Wave Chapel
Graham Nash - Man In The Mirror - Reflections (Box Set)
Keith Whitley - I Never Go Around Mirrors - Don't Close Your Eyes
Kyle Thayer - The Looking Glass/Watershed Reel - Rainshadow
Horslips - Hall of Mirrors - Treasury - The Very Best of Horslips

This Frontier Needs Heroes - When The Muse Comes - Go With The Flow
Bonny Light Horseman - Speak To Me Muse ** - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Artemisia - The Faerie Muse - The Celtic Lounge
Marmalade - Reflections of My Life - Reflections of the Marmalade

Suzie Brown - Some See The Flowers - Some See The Flowers
Taylor Ashton - Stranger - Stranger to the Feeling
Pete Bardens - Afterthought - Speed of Light
Adrian Legg - The Irish Girl - Guitars And Other Cathedrals
Michael Spriggs - Heysham to Douglas - Without Words

Linda Thompson (Feat. The Proclaimers) - Bonnie Lass ** - Proxy Music
Ismay - The Lonely Stallion - Desert Pavement

Nick Taylor - Broken Souls ** - Not Alone
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14/07/2024

Good morning. Here is your playlist for today's show Sunday July 14, 2024. Celtic Harmonics on KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California and www.kuci.org streaming live at 8am to 10am Pacific time.
So we've established it is Summertime.
What do you do this time of year?
You take a trip. A journey. Or just get out and wander!
Enjoy today's show on that theme! Everything from Jefferson Airplane to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards to Dolores O'Riordan to Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore!

Artist - Track - Album -
Jefferson Airplane - Embryonic Journey - Surrealistic Pillow

Touchstone - The Lonely Wanderer - Jealousy
Solas - Trip to Kareol - The Turning Tide
Donal Lunny and Guests - Declan - Journey: The Best of Donal Lunny
Hannah Read - Way Out I'll Wander - Way Out I'll Wander
Clannad - Journey's End - Macalla


The Wandering Hearts - River To Cry - Mother
Crary, Evans, and Barnick - Gospel Medley: I'm On My Journey Home & Ecstasy - Prime Time
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Your Long Journey - Raising Sand
John Doan - Journey Home - Celtic Twilight 2
Runa - The Last Trip Home - Current Affairs

Popcorn Behavior - March of the Ents - Journeywork
Baka Beyond and the Baka Forest People - Wandering Spirit - East to West
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Journey To The Line - Spirit of the Glen Encore
Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning - Wayfarer - Celtic Twilight 2
Doolin' - Trip to Gurteen/ Adele's Bath - "Exile" Vol 3

The Rattling Kind - Wandering the Mire - Single
Jeremy Garrett - Footprints - Wanderer's Compass
Cinder Well - Wandering Boy - No Summer
Davy Knowles - The Only Son - Single From If I Should Wander
Dolores O'Riordan - The Journey - No Baggage

Tim O'Brien - Wandering - The Crossing
Bear McCreary - This Wandering Day (feat. Megan Richards) - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season One from Amazon)
Robbie Robertson - Wandering Souls - Sinematic
Solas - I Wandered by a Brookside - Another Day
Jesse Wi******er - Wander My Way Home - Gentleman of Leisure

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Southwest Chief ** - TexiCali
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06/07/2024

Happy July everyone! Time to pull out the Summer songs for this week's playlist. Celtic Harmonics Sunday July 7, 2024! Tune in at 8am Pacific Time and hear two hours of songs that will bring back memories - or create plans - for the best summers of your life.
I paired up two voices from Canadian brothers.
Irish artists Mundy, Horslips, Niamh Parsons, Bagatelle, and the Pogues come out today. You'll hear one set of "Summer in [fill in the blank]" part of the world.
KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine California or www.kuci.org is where you'll find me.

Artist - Track - Album -
Mundy - July - 24 Star Hotel

Shannon Lay - July - Geist
Elephant Sessions - Summer - All We Have is Now
Bonny Light Horsemen - Summer Dream - Rolling Golden Holy
Westerly Sound - Klamath Lake - Still

Paul Brady - The Lakes Of Pontchartrain [New Recording) - Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady
Horslips - Come Summer - Treasury - The Very Best of Horslips
Gaelic Storm - The Schooner Lake Set - Special Reserve
Sharon Shannon and The Hothouse Flowers - On the Banks of The Old Pontchertrain - The Diamond Mountain Sessions

The Grascals - Bevans Lake Crossing - The Grascals
Jim Wurst - Spirit Lake -
Tony Rice - Summer Wages - Native American
Niamh Parsons - Lakes of Coolfin - In My Prime
Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever - The Lakeside Barndances - Wells for Zoe - Water for Life

Stan Rogers - Your Laker's Back In Town - From Coffee House to Concert Hall
Garnet Rogers - Summer Lightning - All That Is - The Songs of Garnet Rogers
Michael Chapman - Caddo Lake - True North
Mapache - What A Summer - Swinging Stars
Kioea - Angel Lake - Stand Tall

Bagatelle - Summer In Dublin - Single
June Tabor - Mississippi Summer - Anthology
Janis Ian - Summer In New York - Light At the End of the Line
The Pogues - Summer in Siam - Hell's Ditch

Martha and the Muffins - On A Silent Summer Evening (Echo Beach Version) - Marthology: The In and Outtakes
New Rival (Kevin Cookson) - Summer Fell - My Urban Condition

02/07/2024

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. Or so she said.
I've known about this show since the last millennium but not aware of it playing over the air near me for a long time.

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30/06/2024

Happy Sunday! Here was the playlist for today's Celtic Harmonics. Sunday June 30 2024.
What about the instruments themselves? was what I thought when I saw the song "Singing To The Mandolin" as new music from Bonny Light Horseman. From there, I picked some more strings, a little piano, some pipe, some fiddles, and some drums.
The remaining half hour or so was new music to the station from Beware Wolves, Mark and Maggie O'Connor, Malin Lewis, Anya Hinkle, Heather Little, and Sherayah.
Finished it off with a new yet vintage piece from The Young Rascals to keep in your mind for the summer of 2024.
What did you think??

Artist - Track - Album -
An Lár - The Man on the Bodhran - Deception

Bonny Light Horseman - Singing To The Mandolin ** - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Kaleidoscope - Banjo - Incredible! Kaleidoscope
Nell and Jim Band - Bass Fiddle Fanfare - Western Sun
Carol Thompson - The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls - Irish Harp Music
Jesse Wi******er - I Turn To My Guitar - Love Filling Station

Rathkeltair - Pipe Pickin' Hoedown - 8
Traditional by Hawthorne String Quartet - Piper's Lullaby - The Secret of Roan Inish Soundtrack
Maddy Prior and June Tabor - Silver Whistle - Silly Sisters
Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie - A Dram to Warm the Piper - Journeys of the Heart

Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling - My Father's Piano - Duet
Finny McConnell - Fiddlers Green (For Gord) - The Dark Streets of Love
The Albion Band - Fiddle on the Washboard - Acousticity
Corey Purcell - Polkas (Gas Station Sushi/Whiskey and a Fiddle) - Undaunted
The Highlander Celtic Rock Band - The Craic Fiddle - North of the Wall

TEYR - The Drummer - Estren ("Stranger" in Cornish)
Capercaillie - Seice Ruairidh - Roddy's Drum - Dusk Till Dawn: The Best of Capercaillie
Red Hot Chilli Pipers - The Chilli Drummers Fanfare - The Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Genesis - Drum Duet - Encore Hollywood Bowl 2007-10-13

Beware Wolves - Green Thumb ** - Beware Wolves Vol 3
Mark and Maggie O'Connor - All We Will Be ** - Life After Life
Malin Lewis - Cycle Lane ** - Halocline

Anya Hinkle - Dark Angel ** - Oceania
Heather Little - My Father's Roof ** - By Now
Sherayah - Where The Flowers Don't Grow ** - Single

The Young Rascals - Groovin' (Poolside Remix) - Single
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29/06/2024

So last week was "basically Instrumentals".
I ran across one new song I wanted to include in tomorrow's show that immediately turned me on to the question "What about the INSTRUMENTS themselves?" So tomorrow, a big chunk of the show will be some strings, a little piano, some pipes,
AND
a set of DRUMS!
Anyone out there like drum solos? I'll pair the bit below with another group in the drum set. Enjoy that 11 minutes to your percussional delight!

Red Hot Chilli Pipers Drum Fanfare including the Inveraray & District Juvenile Drum Corp at The Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline 30/12/12.

23/06/2024

Good morning! Here is today's playlist for Sunday June 23, 2024. Celtic Harmonics starts at 8am Pacific Time this morning. Tune in your radio to 88.9 FM KUCI in Irvine California or www.kuci.org on the web.
First show of the college quarter. It's Summer! I'll keep the words to a minimum as these tracks are basically instrumentals! I'll try not to blather on between sets as I've got almost 109 minutes of music lined up!
New music from Cadosia Street tucked into a set of twangy guitar!
Like TWANG? Tune in tonight to DJ Wanda and Howdylicious at 8 PM.

Artist - Track - Album -
Bellowhead - Cross-eyed and Chinless - Reassembled

Ali Levack - Hypersomnia - Single
Alexander Nakarada - The Vikings - The Viking Path
Bruno Coulais,Kila, and AURORA - Wolves - WolfWalkers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Flook - The Coral Castle - Ancora

Alison Brown - Sweet Sixteenths - On Banjo
Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland Sierra Hull Justin Moses Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton - Rhapsody in Blue(grass) - Rhapsody in Blue

Ballistic Cats - Long After Midnight - Studebaker Love Story
Ben Vaughn - Vibrato in the Grotto - Mood Swings
Cadosia Street - Space Noodle ** - The River Inside of Me
Broken Social Scene - Pacific Theme - You Forgot It In People

Blues Project - Flute Thing - Projections
Davy Spillane - Rainmaker - Pipedreams
Flook - The Crystal Year/Foxes' Rock - Ancora

Doolin' - Gisele's Mazurka (Live) - Live in Lorient
Kaleidoscope - Sefan - Incredible Kaleidoscope! (Expanded Version)
Bùmarang - The Road to Shigawake - Echo Land
Camel - Supertwister - Mirage

Carlos Nunez - Danza de Espadas - Danza de Espadas
Talisk - The Knife - Abyss
Bruce Cockburn - Seven Daggers - Crowing Ignites
Richard Thompson - The Knife-Edge - Strict Tempo!

Dire Straits - Six Blade Knife - Live At The BBC 1978-1981
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15/06/2024

Gates open very soon!

​June 15th & 16th Kraemer Park, Placentia CA

15/06/2024

Happy Father's Day Weekend to everyone here in the USA.

Here is your playlist for tomorrow Sunday Jun 16, 2024 Celtic Harmonics. Tune into KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California at 8:00 AM Pacific Time for two hours of a theme I'll call Imagine That! Also stream on www.kuci.org.
Whats, Ifs, and What ifs! 🤔
I heard some distressing news last week so I hope to take listeners to other places in their minds and away from troublesome situations. For a couple of hours at least. But I'll acknowledge that things can feel desperate during one certain set.
You'll hear another twosome from Richard Thompson (New!) and Fairport Convention (Old!). New music from The Wandering Hearts too.

Artist - Track - Album -
The Long Ryders - If I Were A Bramble and You Were a Rose - State Of Our Union

Strings & Things - What If The Unsolicited Dance
Hiss Golden Messenger - If It Comes In the Morning - Quietly Blowing It (Due out in Jun 2021)
Lúnasa (feat. Eric Bibb) - My Lord What A Morning - Cas
Cody Canada - Wonder if the World Can Wait That Long - The Next Waltz - Volume 3
Shovels and Rope - What A Wonderful World (feat. John Paul White) - Busted Juice Box Vol. 3

Rathkeltair - What It Is - The Lost Rathkeltair Vol 1
Salt House - If I Am Lucky - Huam
Jeremy Garrett - What Would We Find - Circles
Geoffrey Miller - If the World Ever Starts Again - All Night H***y Tonk Man

Richard Thompson - What's Left to Lose ** - Ship to Shore
Fairport Convention - If (Stomp) - Fairport Convention
Ben Winship - That's What Ghosts Are For (Featuring Owen Winship) - Toolshed
Declan O'Rourke - If I Didn't Care - Forever Young: The Windmill Lane Sessions
The Wandering Hearts - What Fools Believe ** - Mother

Bongshang - If and When - Folk N Hell: Fiery New Music from Scotland
Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me - What About Me
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Greatest Hits (1970 - 2020)
Dire Straits - What's The Matter Baby - Live At The BBC 1978-1981

Young Dubliners - If I Should Fall From Grace With God - With All Due Respect
Solas - Who's in the What Now? - Reunion - A Decade of Solas
Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová - If You Want Me - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Ben Nicholls (with Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman) - I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight - Duets
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - If Anybody Had A Heart - Reflections (Box Set) or Live it Up 1990

The Seldom Scene - If I Were A Carpenter - Live At Cellar Door
John McCutcheon - If I Were A Featherbed - The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Marley's Ghost - If You Were A Bluebird - Jubilee

Matt Pond PA & Alexa Rose - Imagining Everything - Single from Call and Response
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10/06/2024

Here is your playlist for today's show. Celtic Harmonics June 9, 2024.
From full Set #2 to the end, I took the titles of some new or just interesting songs and built the rest of the set around key words. You'll pick that up as you read below. Some nice discoveries and some nice alternate genre picks I think!
Got to play some gems from my show's past that I just love, too!

Artist - Track - Album -
Glen Folk Four - Reilly's Daughter - Irish Drinking Songs

Kíla - Jasmine Tóg É Go Bog É
Laura Jane Wilkie - I am Sad in the Braes of the Glen - Vent (Due Out early July)
Jon Shain - Song For Isabella - Restless Soul Syndrome
Peatbog Faeries - Jason's Famous Banjo - What Men Deserve to Lose

Mark and Maggie O'Connor - Spice of Life ** - Life After Life
Jocelyn Pettit - Silk and Spice - Wind Rose
Barleyjuice - Hard Life of Ivan MacRae - Bonny Prince Barley
Horslips - The Life You Save - Treasury - The Very Best of Horslips

Salt House - Lord Ullins Daughter - Huam
The Brothers Gillespie - Coventina's Daughter - The Fell
Beoga with Devin Dawson - Matthew's Daughter - Carousel
Shooglenifty - The Arms Dealer's Daughter (Live Version) - Radical Mestizo

Grant and Cranneys Sugar Island - Heart of Gold ** - Dreamers
Pharis & Jason Romero - Pale Morning - Tell 'Em You Were Gold
Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart - The Wind
Interference - Gold - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Maura O'Connell - Wall Around Your Heart - Stories

Robert Vincent - The Insider - Single from Barriers album due out soon
Rodney Crowell - Glasgow Girl - The Outsider
Stacy Antonel - Always the Outsider - Always the Outsider

Sharon Shannon - The Diamond Mountain - The Diamond Mountain Sessions
Brid Harper - The Diamond/Reel Joe Bouchard - Brid Harper
Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside - Diamonds on the Inside
Fairport Convention - Jack O'Diamonds - Fairport Convention

The Waverley Pickers - My Old Friend Wade ** - Early Hits (Album)
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02/06/2024

Here is the playlist for tomorrow June 2, 2024. Celtic Harmonics starts at 8am Pacific Time every Sunday morning. Tune it at KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California or on the web at www.kuci.org.
A little of this. A little of that!
New music from Matt Steady, Malin Lewis, Richard Thompson, BrhyM, Cadosia Street, and Rachel Newton!
I had a hankering for some English Folk too.

Artist - Track - Album -
Kinnaris Quintet June's Garden/Pockets Free One

Socks in the Frying Pan –
Funky In Theory - Without A Paddle
Plu - Dinistrio – Ni - Tri
Matt Steady - The Clearing ** - The Dragon's Refrain
Malin Lewis - Luna's ** - Halocline

Sligo Rags - Arthur McBride - The Night Before the Morning After
Malin Lewis - Trans ** - Halocline
Emerald Web – Eclipse - Manatee Dreams of Neptune
Michael Chapman - Eleuthera - True North
Rhett Butler - Cliffs of Dover (Solo Acoustic Guitar) - The Atlantis Assignment

BrhyM (Bruce Hornsby and yMusic) - The Wake of St.Brendan ** - Deep Sea Vents
Sharon Corr - Upon An Ocean - The Same Sun
Rachel Newton - Angus Og, God of Love and Courtesy, Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea ** - Sealladh
Alison Brown Quartet, Eamonn Coyne, John Doyle - The Wonderful Sea Voyage (of Holy St. Brendan) - Wells for Zoe - Water For Live

Plainsong - Side Roads - In Search of Amelia Earhart
Linda Thompson - Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience (feat. Martin Carthy) - Won't Be Long Now
Richard Thompson - The Day That I Give In ** - Ship to Shore
Cadosia Street - Saria's Song ** - The River Inside of Me
Ken Tillery - Planxty Miss Joanna Swan - Used to Ain't Here No More

Strawbs - Sad Young Man - Hero and Heroine (Remastered)
Judy Dyble - C'est La Vie - Talking With Strangers
Renaissance - Running Hard - Turn of the Cards

Richard Thompson - The Fear Never Leaves You ** - Ship to Shore
Fotheringay (feat Sandy Denny) - Nothing More - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
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26/05/2024

Time for another playlist. Here it is for tomorrow Sunday May 26th 2024. Tune in at 8am Pacific Time until 10 on KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California. Afterwards, come see me (if you can) at the Scottish Fest at the Orange County Fairgrounds!
Tomorrow's theme is to balance last week's theme. I'll do Lasts, Finishes, and Endings or something like that.
New Music from Scottish and Native singer Malcolm MacWatt, Aoife O'Donovan, Coulee Creek, and Louisa Stancioff.
You'll get another wide variety of music. I'll let you know the artists at the start of the show and you can figure out what on my theme they did that will probably come up! Or, just read below!!!
Enjoy!

Artist - Track - Album -
The Pogues - Love You 'Till The End - Pogue Mahone

The House Band - The End of the World - October Song
Sarah McQuaid - Last Song - I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning
Aoife O'Donovan & Anais Mitchell - Over The Finish Line ** - All My Friends
Connla - One Last Cold Kiss - The Next Chapter

Whiskey Sunday - Rocking Chair (end of outlaw) - Holy Water
Malcolm MacWatt - The Last Bowman ** - Dark Harvest
The Oh Hellos - This Will End - Dear Wormwood

RUNA - Farewell To Tarwathie / The Last Leviathan - Somewhere Along The Road
Malinky - The Dreadful End of Marianna For Sorcery - Last Leaves
Clannad - The Last of the Mohicans (I Will Find You) - Christ Church Cathedral (Live in Dublin)
Jade Warrior - The Last Question - Elements: The Island Anthology

Laura Branscomb (feat. Becky Buller) - End of the Line - Gonna Love Anyway
Louisa Stancioff - End of Your Song ** - When We Were Looking
Coulee Creek - The Last Free Thing (Feat. Rita Mae Reese) ** - Matriarch Song and Verse
The Gibson Brothers - Dreams That End Like This - Long Way Back Home
Ian and Sylvia - Last Lonely Eagle - Ian & Sylvia

The Fighting Jamesons - Last Thing I Remember - Every Day Above Ground
Liam O'Flynn - The Winter's End - The Celtic Heartbeat Collection
Nightnoise - End of the Evening - Nightnoise: A Windham Hill Retrospective
Amazing Blondel - Nocturne - Going Where The Music Takes Me

The Coronas - Different Ending - Closer to You
Hayden Calnin - End - What It Means To Be Human

Plainsong - Amelia Earhart's Last Flight - In Search of Amelia Earhart
Toy Matinee - Last Plane Out - Toy Matinee
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19/05/2024

Here is the playlist for today Sunday May 19th 2024 Celtic Harmonics!
Request for a theme! Request for a song just experienced in concert! And a very old request for a very prog rocky song. All requestors should be listening so I don't want to disappoint!
Theme is "Firsts, Starts, and Beginnings". I'll start out with an unusual song from my library. I'll get a little cinematic with music from Adam Young and Bear McCreary.
Then I'll close with music heard in and around Belfast City! Someone played a marathon show there recently and inspired one request for a 50 year old song that still holds true to fans and newcomers to the artist. You'll find it in this playlist.
Listen at 8am this morning on KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine California and www.kuci.org on that thing called the world-wide web!

Artist - Track - Album -
Jamie Drake - Beginnings - New Girl

James Patrick Gavin - First Born - Chewing the Fat
Adam Young - Maiden Voyage - RMS Titanic - "The Tragedy that Shook the World"
Hayden Calnin - Start - What It Means To Be Human
Poetica (Racheal Sage & David Eggar) - Beginning - Poetica
Luka Bloom - To Begin With - Turf

Tannara - When First I Came to Caledonia - Trig
The Lee Valley String Band - When First Into This Country - Bringing it All Back Home (Music from the BBC TV Series)
Richard Lynch - Starting Now - My Guitar Drips Country
Alex Dupree - Wish You Had Got To Me First - Thieves
Avi Kaplan - First Place I Go - Floating On A Dream

Seamus Ennis - Rainy Day/First You Must Learn the Grip - Green Linnet 20th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
Bear McCreary - In The Beginning - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season One from Amazon)
SugaTree - As We Begin - This Time

Jordi Baizan - Like The First Time - Like the First Time
Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie - It's Early Yet - Cut and Run
Hayden Calnin - In the Beginning - What It Means To Be Human

Avi Kaplan - I'm Only Getting Started - Floating On A Dream
Fleetwood Mac - Before the Beginning - Then Play On
Moth Vellum - Let the Race Begin - Moth Vellum

Bruce Springsteen - If I Was A Priest - Letter To You
Grant and Cranneys Sugar Island - Deeply We Fall (Josh Demo) ** - Dreamers
Lee Rogers - Won't Find Me - Gameblood

John McSherry - Sunset Land - The Seven Suns
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17/05/2024

You might find me volunteering one of the days!

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16/05/2024

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13/05/2024

Our New album is ready to stream on Spotify - Enjoy peeps and don't forget to share - link in comments

13/05/2024

Good stuff right here!

Our New album is ready to stream on Spotify - Enjoy peeps and don't forget to share - link in comments

13/05/2024

Here was today's playlist Sunday May 12th 2024. Flashback about 9 years ago to what I'd played on my 46th show!

Artist - Track - Album -
Francis Black - Long Ago and Far Away - Stronger

Barleyjuice - Weekend Irish - The Barleyjuice Irish Collection
Barleyjuice - Whiskey and W**d - This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
The Black Donnellys - The Brazen Head - The Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys - The Island - The Black Donnellys

Sligo Rags David Burns Solo - Soledad - Free Download from website
Sligo Rags - My Favorite Things/If the Skies Be Ablaze - If the Skies Be Ablaze
Asspocket Whiskey Fellas - Castles Made of Sand - First Flask and Free Download from website
Asspocket Whiskey Fellas - Galway Girl - First Flask and Free Download from website

Planxty - Cunla - Well Below the Valley
Planxty - Time Will Cure Me - Well Below the Valley
Runa - Molly and Johnny - Jealousy
Runa - Fionnghuala - Stretched on Your Grave

Luka Bloom - Bridge of Sorrow - The Acoustic Motorbike
Luka Bloom - Black is the Colour - Turf
The Frames - When Your Minds Made Up - The Cost (Deluxe Edition)
The Frames - What Happens When the Heart Just Stops? - For the Birds
Kila - 5:30 Mind the Gap
Kila - AM - Suas Sios


Grant and Cranneys Sugar Island - Dreamers ** - Dreamers
Gerry Beckley - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Precious To Me
** New

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12/05/2024

Rewind back to May 2016 for a playlist of songs tomorrow May 12th 2024!

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04/05/2024

Here is your playlist for tomorrow's Celtic Harmonics. Sunday May 5, 2024. Tune in at 8am at 88.9 FM KUCI in Irvine or www.kuci.org streaming live.
As they all say "I can't believe it is MAY already!".
May songs today at the start of the show.
Three more tracks from Mike Pinder and The Moody Blues. You don't need vocals to make a song!
New music from No. Ireland's Grant and Cranneys Sugar Island, Beware Wolves and also Chris Smither!
Newly acquired music from Billy Bragg and Richard Thompson.
AND some hints of players coming to Celtic festivals in Orange County CA very soon! Enjoy!

Artist - Track - Album -
Poitin - The Pleasant Month of May - Simple Pleasures

Stuart Mason and John W**d - The Queen of May Set (Glen of Aherloe/Queen of May/Lad O'Beirne's Geese in the Bog) - Across the Pond
Moving Hearts - May Morning Dew - Moving Hearts Live in Dublin
Jon Mark - Mayday Morning - A Celtic Story
Archie Fisher - Lord of the May - A Silent Song

Trapper Schoepp - May Day - May Day
Craig Cardiff - Emm & May - All This Time Running
Salamander Crossing - Five Days in May - Bottleneck Dreams

The Moody Blues - Lost In A Lost World (Instrumental Demo) - Seventh Sojourn (Deluxe Edition)
The Moody Blues - You and Me (Beckthorns Backing Track) - Seventh Sojourn (Deluxe Edition)
The Moody Blues - When You're a Free Man - Seventh Sojourn (Deluxe Edition)

Grant and Cranneys Sugar Island - Who Let The Light Out ** - Dreamers
Chris Smither - Time to Move On ** - Single from All About The Bones
Billy Bragg - The Price I Pay - Must I Pay You A Picture - The Essential Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg - Moving The Goalposts - Must I Pay You A Picture - The Essential Billy Bragg
Richard Thompson - Old Rocking Chair's Got Me - A Thousand Years of Popular Music

The Real Sarahs & Alex de Grassi - Hello In There - Everything Changed
Beware Wolves - Goodbye ** - Beware Wolves Vol 3
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen - Eight Miles High - At Edward's Barn
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen - Wait A Minute - At Edward's Barn

The Mighty Ship - Whiskey In The Jar - Single
Young Dubliners - If I Should Fall From Grace With God - With All Due Respect
Joyce & David - Cabin Fever/Clueless/Les Rapides Du Cheval Blanc - New Roads
Bad Haggis - While You're Asleep - Trip
The Ploughboys - Sad, Sad Song - Legacy

War - Cinco De Mayo - Greatest Hits
** New