Thunder on the Plains

01/17/2026

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01/11/2026

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/

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

1. Flick It Up and Catch It - Jim Sutherland
2. Rock Ness Monster - POGEY
3. Masters - Treacherous Orchestra
4. Rise Above - Afro Celt Sound System
5. I'm Shipping up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys
6. End of the World - Great Big Sea
7. Angus the Winemaker - Face The West
8. Bangers - Ímar
9. Beggarman - Gaelic Storm
10. Party Wave - The East Pointers
11. The Convict - Beoga
12. D Sox - Eriska
13. Get It into Ya - Ruaile Buaile
14. Bass Drone Blitz - Keltik Elektrik
15. Epicy - Kíla
16. Skellig - Jiggy
17. Gravelwalk - Eileen Ivers
18. Proxima Centauri - Event Horizon
19. Hungry Man #1 - Millish
20. The Rut - Skerryvore
21. Blacksmith - Emish
22. We the Mighty - Young Dubliners
23. Aura - Talisk
24. The Lasher - RURA

01/06/2026

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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