Image: a Victorian Stroh violin of the type used in the early recording era by James Scott Skinner, heard in this week’s show.
Week 9 (#2075)
Join host Fiona Ritchie to explore music captured on 10” shellac discs and some wax cylinders by pioneering artists from a century ago. As well as music from the early recording era, you’ll also hear digital re-masters of recordings and tune versions by today’s artists.
Shetland Reels…by Catriona Macdonald from Bold (Peerie Angel Productions)
Boys of the Lough/Mary Walker/McFadden’s/Dylan’s…by Brendan Mulvihill from Masters of the Folk Violin (Arhoolie)
Lord McDonald/Ballinasloe Fair…by Michael Coleman from The Wheels of the World - Vol. 1 (Yazoo)
Hector the Hero…by Tony McManus from Tony McManus (Greentrax)
The Bonnie Lass o’ Bon Accord/Marquis of Huntly’s Farewell/The Ten Pound Fiddle…by James Scott Skinner from The Strathspey King (Temple)
The Bonnie Lass o’ Bon Accord…by Celtic Fiddle Festival from Rendezvous (Green Linnet)
The Laird o’ Drumblair…by James Scott Skinner from The Strathspey King (Temple)
Cutting Bracken/Brisk Bob/The Laird o’ Drumblair…by Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, Christian Lemaitre from The Celtic Fiddle Festival (Green Linnet)
[ID excerpt] Cradle Song…by Alasdair Savage from Alone With History (Woodland)
Mouth Music/Eddie Curran’s Favourite…by Dolores Keane and John Faulkner from Broken Hearted I’ll Wander (Mulligan)
Drowsy Maggie…by Patsy Touhy from The Wheels of the World - Vol. 2 (Yazoo)
Crossing the Bridge…by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony)
Tell Her I Am/The Trip to Sligo…by Michael Coleman from The Wheels of the World - Vol. 2 (Yazoo)
Ballydesmond Polkas…by Kevin Burke from Sligo Made (Loftus)
If You Were Mine…by Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac from Seinn (turtlemusik)
Money Musk/Johnny will You Marry Me/Keel Row…by James Morison Orchestra from The Wheels of the World - Vol. 1 (Yazoo)