 Here’s what’s just ahead on Thistle. Remember that broadcast dates vary depending on where you’re listening, so just check our broadcast schedule and list of streaming stations for dates, times and frequencies.
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September 2: Dáithí Sproule
"One of Irish music's greatest guitar accompanists" - All Music Guide
Meet one of the gentle architects of today's Irish music sound. Join Fiona and the intimate audience gathered at the Swannanoa Gathering during its Traditional Song Week to enjoy musical insights, conversation and song with Dáithí Sproule, as he talks about working with Skara Brae, Liz Carroll Trian and Altan.
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September 9: What's New ?
Our Thistle mailbox is never empty. Join Fiona as she opens some of the recent deliveries and plays them on the radio for the first time.
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September 16: Pulse of the City
Our music often evokes wild landscapes and open spaces but not this week. Hear an hour of music from where most people live and work in our celebration of some well loved and well worn and cityscapes.
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September 23: Hands Across the Water
This week's music is all-American, revealing the quality and range of music from Celtic roots that thrives in communities across the United States.
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September 30: What in the World
Circumnavigate the world of Celtic music with Afro-Balkan-Latin-Urban-Country-Celtic fusion!
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October 7: The Leaving
Follow the story of emigration from the Highlands of Scotland through the medium that conveys its impact most accurately: song. |
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October 14: Local Heroes
Meet some musicians who are best known on their home turf as we relish taking their music to wider audiences. |
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October 21: New Sounds
Join Fiona as she opens some of the recent deliveries to the Thistle mailboxes in the U.S. and Scotland. |
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October 28: Better Believe It
Let your imagination run wild in a romp through some ballads that uncover myths, legends and tales that are more than a little creepy. |
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November 4: Seasons of Mist
An ode to autumn in traditional and contemporary music from Celtic roots. |
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November 11: Connemara
Best known for the Grammy winning "Riverdance," Bill Whelan has played with legendary band Planxty and produced records for U2. His 'Connemara Suite' was written for traditional musicians in a chamber orchestra setting. Hear excerpts from Whelan's music along with other sounds from Ireland's wild west. |
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November 18: American Originals
Join our conversations with song collectors, this time David Holt and Sara Grey who each share their knowledge of the song traditions that span the Atlantic, along with mesmeric clawhammer banjo styles and much more. |
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November 25: Scotsfest
Enjoy a St. Andrew's celebration of music from Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora. |
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December 2: Fairly Drawing In
As the evenings close in around us and winter takes hold, we gather closer to the glowing fireplace, a place for sharing intimate verses of fellowship and songs of the season's worst weather. |
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December 9: A Gentle Revolution
Explore the massive international impact of the small harp, building momentum since the 1970s in music from Celtic roots. |
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