A weekly Celtic Music radio show, featuring traditional and contemporary Celtic music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Galicia, and around the world.
07/12/2025
It's a Free For All on High Country Celtic Radio, where Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic tunes and songs that aren't bound by any sort of theme. Our last Free For All show was back in January, so we're catching up!
The artists this week: Sarah McQuaid; Open The Door For Three; Olion Byw; John Cronin & Daithí Kearney; Solenn Lefeuvre & Gilles Le Bigot; Seán McKeon; Andrew Caden & Conor McDonagh; Ciarán Ó Maonaigh & Seán Óg Graham; Scone; Kornog; Ronan Le Bars Group; Tri Yann; and Tulua.
It's a Free For All on High Country Celtic Radio, where Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic tunes and songs that aren't bound by any sort of them
07/05/2025
Show 380 - Raggle Taggle #38 (2025-07-05)
Every ten or so shows, Katie Marie and Joe look back through the tracks left out from the prior shows due to time and we give them a second chance. Here's an hour of great Celtic tunes and songs that deserve to be heard.
The artists this week: Danú; Donald WG Lindsay; Andrew Finn Magill; Ciarán Ó Maonaigh le Seán Óg Graham; Matt Molloy & John Carty With Arty McGlynn; Celtic Fiddle Festival; Nuala Kennedy; Patrick Street; Mary Black; The Dardanelles; Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl; and Four Men & A Dog.
This week's FairPlé score: 18
Playlist:
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Track
Artist
Release
1
Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses
Nuala Kennedy
Behave the Bravest
2
The Garsun Who Beat His Father, Sean Mcguire's, Jimmy Kelly's
Danú
All Things Considered
3
Tak It Man Tak It
Donald WG Lindsay
Two Boats Under the Moon
4
Charles Dickens' Jig, Erynn & Carl's Jig
Andrew Finn Magill
Courting the Sun
5
The Repeal of the Union
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh le Seán Óg Graham
Caillte sa Cheol-Lost in the Music
6
Napoleon Crossing The Alps (March)
Matt Molloy & John Carty With Arty McGlynn
Out Of The Ashes
7
An Droiou
Celtic Fiddle Festival
Play On...
8
Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses
Nuala Kennedy
Behave the Bravest
9
Pity The Poor Hare: On Yonder Hill-Merrily Tripping O'er The Plain-The Kilgrain Hare-Pity The Poor Hare
Patrick Street
Cornerboys
10
Paddy's Lamentation-Ships Are Sailing
Mary Black
Long Journey Home
11
The Doubles
The Dardanelles
The Dardanelles
12
The Gordons
Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl
Wooden Flute & Fiddle
13
Slides: Knocknagoshel Peeler and the Goat Jim O Keeffes
Four Men & A Dog
And the Band Played On
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06/28/2025
It's Independence Day in the US. Katie Marie and Joe commemorate July 4th with an hour of Celtic music played by American artists from coast to coast.
The artists this week: Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan; The Lilies of the Midwest; Dublin Gulch; Bua; Liz Carroll; Open House; Andrew Caden & Conor McDonagh; Haley & Dylan Richardson; Cherish the Ladies; Dréos; Open The Door For Three; Burning Bridget Cleary; and Alan Murray & Andrew Finn Magill.
It's Independence Day in the US. Katie Marie and Joe commemorate July 4th with an hour of Celtic music played by American artists from coast to coast. The arti
06/21/2025
July 1st marks the national holiday of Canada, Canada Day. Formerly known as Dominion Day, the holiday commemorates the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation when the colonies of United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united as a single entity within the British Empire. To honor our neighbors to the north, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of artists from across Canada.
The artists this week: Jane & Kyle, Glengarry Bhoys, Genticorum, Nathan Smith, Brad Tuck, Olivia Barrett, Jerry Holland, The Cottars, Ashley MacIsaac, BARAGWIN, Nuallan, Natalie MacMaster, Stan Rogers, and Cassie & Maggie.
July 1st marks the national holiday of Canada, Canada Day. Formerly known as Dominion Day, the holiday commemorates the anniversary of the Canadian Confederatio
06/14/2025
The fiddle is the driving engine behind much of Celtic dance music. Capable of lonely airs all the way to wild flights of notes and ornaments, the fiddle is the perfect addition to any pub session or performance.
The artists this week: The Kane Sisters; Liz Carroll & John Doyle; Liz Carroll; Na Mooneys; Fiddlehead; Takehiro Kunugi; Oisin Mac Diarmada; Rowan Leslie; Hamish Imlach; Natalie MacMaster; Trian; Adam Agee & Jon Sousa; and Liz Knowles.
This week's FairPlé score: 62
Playlist:
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Track
Artist
Release
1
Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses
Nuala Kennedy
Behave the Bravest
2
Fahey's-Fahey's-The Wild Swans at Coole (Reels)
The Kane Sisters
Under The Diamond
3
A Pound a Week Rise
Liz Carroll & John Doyle
Double Play
4
Miss Cathy Chilcott-Fiddle Heaven & Fish On
Liz Carroll
On the Off Beat
5
Jenny's Welcome To Charlie
Na Mooneys
Na Mooneys
6
Dulaman-Last Chance
Fiddlehead
The Pure Drop
7
???????
The fiddle is the driving engine behind much of Celtic dance music. Capable of lonely airs all the way to wild flights of notes and ornaments, the fiddle is the
05/31/2025
Memorial Day has come and gone, students are out of school, and summer is officially in full swing. To be pedantic, Summer of course really starts on June 20th this year--but we all know summer is here. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic tunes and songs about the biggest and boldest of the seasons.
The artists this week: Becky Tracy; Damien Mullane; T With The Maggies; Liam Merriman & Eoin O Meachair; Zoë Conway; The Bothy Band; Joe Burke, Andy Mcgann & Dolan; Andy Lamy feat. Brian Conway & John Walsh; Cedar Dobson; Poor Man's Gambit; Donald WG Lindsay; Ad Vielle Que Pourra; Bernard Bizien, Konogan an Habask; Dàimh; and James Keane.
Memorial Day has come and gone, students are out of school, and summer is officially in full swing. To be pedantic, Summer of course really starts on June 20th
05/24/2025
Memorial Day is a solemn remembrance of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in battle, and Celtic music tells their stories through the centuries. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of songs and tunes telling the tales of the fallen and those left behind.
The artists this week: Tony MacMahon & Steve Cooney, The Tannahill Weavers, FullSet, Gráda, Mike McNutt, Mason & W**d, The Wolfe Tones, Shantalla, Solas, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Niamh Parsons, Lúnasa, and Guichen.
Memorial Day is a solemn remembrance of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in battle, and Celtic music tells their stories through the centuries. Katie Marie
05/17/2025
With the summer festival season kicking off in Scotland, Katie Marie and Joe celebrated by playing an hour of Scottish songs and tunes played by Scottish artists. We also play a track off a CD just sent to us by Eliot Grasso of the band Dréos.
The artists this week: Dàimh, Cala, Lauren MacColl, Dréos, Battlefield Band, Dick Gaughan & Andy Irvine, Harem Scarem, Ed Miller, Canach, Sarah Markey, Karine Polwart, Mac-Talla, and Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl.
With the summer festival season kicking off in Scotland, Katie Marie and Joe celebrated by playing an hour of Scottish songs and tunes played by Scottish artist
05/03/2025
Mother's Day falls on May 11th, the second Sunday of May in the US and Canada. In Ireland and the UK, it's celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which was March 30th this year. May 1st is also May Day/International Worker's Day and also Bealtaine--the start of Summer in the Celtic calendar. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Celtic Music celebrating mothers, and giving a nod to Bealtaine.
The artists this week: Emer Mayock; Cathie Ryan; Burning Bridget Cleary; Méabh Music; Tradify; dBize; John And Maggie Carty; The Alt; Lorcán Mac Mathúna, Raphael De C**k, James Mahon; Ranarim; Dervish; Na Rósaí; Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin; and Michael Mcgoldrick.
Mother's Day falls on May 11th, the second Sunday of May in the US and Canada. In Ireland and the UK, it's celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which was Ma
04/19/2025
This week, Katie Marie remarked to Joe about the number of Springtime creatures she's seen in her neighborhood, which prompted the topic of this week's show: Animals.
This week's artists include: Danú, The Alt, Cillian Vallely, Pigyn Clust, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Seamus Begley & Tim Edey, Becky Taylor, Great Big Sea, Celia Ramsay & Shay Black, Nomos, Annie Ebrel, The House Band, Beth Patterson & Patrick O'Flaherty, Calan, and Angelina Carberry.
This week, Katie Marie remarked to Joe about the number of Springtime creatures she's seen in her neighborhood, which prompted the topic of this week's show: An
04/12/2025
Trees are starting to bud with new leaves, early flowers are poking up through the dirt, and it's finally warm enough to venture outside without 8 layers. Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of trad Celtic music celebrating the arrival of Spring. Yes, we know Spring started back in March, but now we actually get to enjoy it.
The artists this week: The Unprepared; Jim Reid; Grosse Isle; Mary Beth Carty; Xavier Boderiou, Sylvain Barou & Antoine Lahay; Aaron O'Hagan & Luke Ward; Sarah McQuaid; Carreg Lafar; Olion Byw; Steph Geremia; Dirty Linen; Trian; Áine Heslin; and Brian Hughes.
Our FairPlé score this week: 57
Playlist:
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Track
Artist
Release
1
Glen Where The Deer Is-The Ivy Leaf-The Dublin Lasses
Nuala Kennedy
Behave the Bravest
2
This Is How It Starts
The Unprepared
Caught off guard
3
The Smiling Spring
Jim Reid
Burns: The Complete Songs, Vol.
Trees are starting to bud with new leaves, early flowers are poking up through the dirt, and it's finally warm enough to venture outside without 8 layers. Katie
04/05/2025
Here in the US, April 15th is upon us., and as Benjamin Franklin opined on the viability of the fledgeling US Constitution, "...in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." So, this hour, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of trad music about death, taxes, and being too poor to pay the excise man.
The artists this week: Dan Possumato; The O'Loughlin Family; Altan; Ilona Aasvere, Marko Matvere, Tiit Kikas, Peeter Rebane; Paddy Keenan; Yanks; Battlefield Band; Alan Kelly Gang; Trian; Solas; Poor Man's Fortune; Traonach; and Dervish.
Here in the US, April 15th is upon us., and as Benjamin Franklin opined on the viability of the fledgeling US Constitution, "...in this world, nothing is certai
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Traditional Celtic Music from Western Nevada and the High Sierra
High Country Celtic Radio is a weekly, one-hour Celtic Music program featuring the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Northern Spain, and the Isle of Man performed by artists across the world. Played on stations across the country, our show is a great addition to a non-commercial station looking to add a curated Celtic music show with male and female hosts.
High Country Celtic Radio strives for gender equality in our show’s playlists to give equal play to women artists in the spirit of the FairPlé movement. We self-rate our inclusiveness for each weeks’ show by calculating a “FairPlé score” where our goal is 40-60, showing a balanced blend of music performed by women or bands where women make up around half the group.
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