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Home of Nebraska's ONLY Celtic music radio show, and so much more!

Tune in to some great Celtic music by Thunder on the Plains, Nebraska's only Celtic radio show! Airing weekly on 89.3 FM KZUM, and streaming live around the world at www.kzum.org.

2-week archive of programming available at
http://kzum.org/archives

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08/30/2026

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. We Irish - Dolly Parton
2. Counting Stars - The CELTS as seen on PBS
3. In The Sweet By and By - Dolly Parton feat. Altan
4. The Pretty Young Girl - Altan feat. Dolly Parton
5. The House Carpenter/Jolene - Runa
6. Light in the Sky - We Banjo 3
7. Barbara Allen - Dolly Parton
8. Jolene - Rachel Newton Music
9. Autumn's Fall: Drummond Castle/Brendan Tonra's/The Yellow Wattle - Mary-Mary-Grace Autumn Lee - Hammered Dulcimer
10. Jamesy Gannon's/Over the Moor to Maggie - Angela Usher
11. I Follow You (Leanaim Thú) - Ashley Davis
12. Turn Down the Bed - Brittany Haas & Natalie Haas
13. An Phailistín - Sharon Shannon
14. Mon Père Vit Dans Les Étoiles - Caroline Keane Music
15. An Chúilfhionn - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Irish Chamber Orchestra
16. Maids of Mitchelstown/The Blockers - Eileen Gannon - Harpist & Eimear Arkins Music
17. The Blacksmith - Screaming Orphans
18. Reel for Rubik/Toward the Sun - Flook
19. Oh Maggie - The High Kings
20. Pat the Lucky Dog - CALAN
21. Decisions, Decisions/Kevin O'Neill of Rutherglen - Peatbog Faeries

08/23/2026

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

1. Lemonade & Buns - Kíla
2. Firelighters - Bog Bodies
3. Step It Out Mary - Screaming Orphans
4. Canbrack Girls - Eileen Ivers
5. Nil Desperandum/Willie Kennedy's/The Cat's Meow - Steeplechase Music
6. Off to Kerry - Duó
7. What's Going on in Jerusalem - Tommy Sands
8. Charlotte’s Web / Strong Bow / New Custom House / Under the Gun - Kierah
9. Lilias - Heal & Harrow
10. The Old Man from Over the Sea - LANKUM
11. 'Neath The Gloamin' Star At E'en - Hannah Rarity
12. Oran na Cloiche (The Song of the Stone) - Kathleen MacInnes
13. The Fairburn Calf - Lauren MacColl
14. The Fisherman - Eithne Ní Uallacháin
15. Babiche - Graham Rorie
16. The Northwest Passage - Runa
17. King of the Faries - Jiggy
18. Modul 1 - KAN
19. Monos - Beoga
20. Veganites - Peatbog Faeries
21. First Degree - MOXIE

08/16/2026

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

1. Falling Through the Cracks - Wild Colonial Bhoys
2. Lumina - dlù
3. Gloomy Winter - Niteworks feat. Hannah Rarity
4. Sail On - Clare Sands
5. Thunderstruck - Tom Orr Band
6. The Mavis of Clan Donald - Stacey Giermann & The Fire
7. Off The Grid For a While - Enda Reilly
8. Rileanna: Ril Gan Ainm/Cinnte Le Dia (Ah Surely)/The Union Reel - Mary Bergin
9. Never Tire of the Road - Andy Irvine
10. The Goblin and the Mouse/The Fiddling Twin - Hanneke Cassel
11. Homebird - Aoife Scott
12. Máirseáil Alasdruim/Maguire's Kick - Michelle Mulcahy
13. Chaffpool Post/Larkin's Beehives - Eimear Arkins Music & Eileen Gannon - Harpist
14. Tá Na Báid Go Doimhin Sa Bhfarraige/Síos Cois Na Trá Agus Amach Chun Na Farraige - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
15. Johnny Is The Fairest One - The Lilies of the Midwest
16. Johnny Doherty's March/Moving-On Song/Peacock's Feather/Mother's Delight Reel/Lady Ann Montgomery/Rolling In The Ryegrass - bohola
17. Twenty-one Foot Man - Gráda
18. Johnny Tarr - Gaelic Storm
19. Minnie's Tunes - Screaming Orphans
20. Veganites - Peatbog Faeries
21. Seven Beer Itch - Steel City Rovers
22. Proxima Centauri - Event Horizon
23. Subject to Change - Beoga

08/09/2026

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/

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. Summon Your Courage - Steel City Rovers
2. Gravelwalk - Eileen Ivers
3. The Butterfly - Chance the Arm
4. Gorta - Chasing Abbey
5. The Power of Three - The Bow Tides
6. Stomp the Floor/Slide from Grace/The Mouse in the Kitchen - Sorcha
7. An Tiarna Randal - Inni-K
8. Farewell to Belfast - Adam Agee & Jon Sousa
9. I Wish I Was In Belfast Town - Andy Irvine feat. Rens van der Zalm
10. The Flower of Magherally - Bróna McVittie Music feat. Myles Cochran & Anne Garner
11. Eibhlín a Ruin - Conor Caldwell Music
12. The Maid of Sweet Kilmore - Caitríona Sherlock Music
13. Top It Off/Comb your Hair and Curl It/The Pride of Rathmore/The Mystery Reel - Steeplechase Music
14. Queen of Make Do/Solitude/The Celebratory Cookie - Heather MacIsaac Music
15. The Saucy Polka/Nelly - Marla Fibish & Jimmy Crowley
16. Memories of Anascaul - Aerialists
17. Belfast - Brian Finnegan
18. Hinba - Lau
19. Christine's - Gnoss
20. Raasay - Dàimh

08/02/2026

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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. Forever Friend - The Elders
2. Friendship - Ímar
3. Rock Ness Monster - POGEY!
4. Goodbye My Friend - POGEY!
5. Ffrindiau Da: Good Friends-Lillemor, the Hermit of Myddfai, Meg's Fancy - Neil Browning
6. Among Friends/Hornpipe No. 139/The Staten Island - Téada
7. Absent Friends - Tullamore
8. The Carrilion/AJ's/No Better Friends - May Monday
9. Quinn of Armagh/The Friendly Visit - Siobhan Peoples & Murti Ryan
10. All My Friends/Nutcracker/The Open Fence - Tara Breen
11. Slow Down My Friend - Heather Innes singer
12. Friends & Companions Set - Oceans Apart
13. Mná Na hÉireann/Anam Cara - Four Shillings Short
14. Anam Cara - North Texas School of Irish Music
15. The Way Old Friends Do - The Barra MacNeils
16. The Parting of Friends/Kerry Fling - The Chieftains
17. Parting of Friends - Eileen Ivers
18. Friends for Life - The High Kings
19. Stormness Head/The Friendly Cephalophore - Matthew Olwell
20. The Meeting of Old Friends - Charmas Trio
21. Band of a Thousand Chances: Land of a 1000 Dances/the Dashing White Sergeant/Donald Where's Your Trousers/the Fairy Dance/Lets Twist Again/Mrs McLeod of Raasay/With a Little Help from My Friends/the Atholl Highlanders - Battlefield

07/26/2026

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/

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. Meetings of the Waters - The Elders
2. Meeting of the Waters - Byrne and Kelly
3. Tradfather - Beoga
4. Downpour - Mànran
5. High 5's - Breen l Rynne l Murray
6. Glacial Erratics - Natalie Haas and Brittany Haas
7. Rocky Road to Dublin - The High Kings
8. Redford Cottage/Dhannsadh Gun Dannsadh/'S Toigh Leam Fhin Buntata S' Im - Rachel Hair : Harp Player
9. Women of Ireland (Mna Na H'eireann) - Joanie Madden Music
10. They Tried to Bury Us - Clare Sands
11. Maids of Mitchelstown/The Blockers - Eimear Arkins Music & Eileen Gannon - Harpist
12. Colors/Dance - Mary-Grace Autumn Lee - Hammered Dulcimer
13. An-Raoir - Lauren MacColl
14. Cranachan/The Oatcake Club - Alasdair Fraser's Fiddle World & Natalie Haas
15. Aderyn Pur - Mari Mathias
16. Absent Friends - Lúnasa
17. The Saratoga Set - The Barra MacNeils
18. Fate of the Kelts/Out to Sea - Hamish Napier Music
19. The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow - Jarlath Henderson
20. Touch the Sky - Young Dubliners
21. East End Beatz - Kerry Fitzgerald
22. For the Chase - Tom Fitzgerald
23. Hope - Green Lads
24. Dust/An Damhsa Dubh - Brian Finnegan

07/19/2026

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/

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. Kings - Emish
3. Christmas Eve Reverie - Steel City Rovers
4. The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
5. Snowplow Set - The Barra MacNeils
6. Winter Jigs: Apples in Winter/Christmas in Kinsale/Rory Gallagher's - The Outside Track
7. Let It Snow - Ashley Davis
8. The Holiday Slides - The Jig is Up
9. O Christmas Tree/Road Dust/Are You Joanie Madden?/Watch Your Step - Cherish the Ladies
10. Annia's Song - Tannahill Weavers
11. The Christmas Goose - Kate Rusby
12. Santa Kills Me - Scottish Fish
13. Snowdrift - Joseph Carmichael
14. Nollaig Bhán (White Christmas) - Lasairfhiona
15. Come Winter Ground - Jillian LaDage
16. Yeoman's Carol/Sound of Sleat - Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, and Al Petteway
17. Dust of Snow - Matt & Shannon Heaton
18. The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve - The Chieftains
19. Soft Mild Morning - Irish Christmas in America
20. Deck the Halls With Lots of Banjos - We Banjo 3
21. The Jingle Bells Suite - The Fire
22. Vixen - Cassie and Maggie
23. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Joy To The World - The CELTS as seen on PBS
24. Irish Holiday - The Gleasons
25. Diod Diod - CALAN

07/12/2026

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/

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. Íorónta - Chasing Abbey
2. Subject to Change - Beoga
3. Dougie's Set - Cassie and Maggie
4. The Badenya Reels - Canadh Croí
5. A Stór Mo Chroí - Maggie Carty
6. Chaffpool Post/Larkin's Beehives - Eimear Arkins Music & Eileen Gannon - Harpist
7. Leprechaun's Favorite/Up Leitrim - Nicolas Brown Music
8. Jig for Sham/The Dawn Wall/Johnny D's/Timewaver - Flook
9. Cheap and Nasty/Trip to Dalian/The Hornpipe Reel - Ciaran Ryan Music
10. Y Morgen - Mari Mathias
11. How Could I Live at the Top of a Mountain - Áit Ait
12. Nach Muladach, Muladach Duine Leis Fhèin - Kyle Carey
13. The Murroe Polka/The Taur Polka/Mick Duggan’s Polka - Caroline Keane Music
14. Three Sisters: Binn Hanraí/Binn Meánach/Binn Diarmada - Caroline Keane Music
15. Will you come down to Limerick/The Tripper/The Rumours of a Dart - Tara Breen
16. The Giggling Jig - CK Fusion
17. The Road to Lisdoonvarna/The Watchmaker/Dún san Aichir/The Little Bag of Spuds - Pádraig McGovern & Sabina McCague
18. Prairie Dog Town/Jump Yip - Natalie Haas & Brittany Haas
19. Aperture/Spill the Tea/Celtic Calico - Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
20. WIND - Polka 173 - Hamish Napier Music
21. Jigs: Eliza Ross Nr. 35/Jig 58/The Orphan - Tern
22. Would Paddy Not Dance? - Ross Miller Music
23. Outbreak - Astro Bloc

07/05/2026

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/

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. Big Cat - Afro Celt Sound System
2. Wallop the Cat - WICKED TINKERS
3. Cat Bacon - House of Hamill
4. Robertson's Reel/Old Grey Cat/Around the Horn - Brittany Bay
5. The Cat That Ate the Candle - Altan
6. Cat in a Bush - The Gothard Sisters
7. For Fluff's Sake - The Lilies of the Midwest
8. The Kitten - Alison Perkins & Nicolas Brown Music
9. An Cat Is a Máthair - Cormac Begley
10. Stream of the Cat/The Hunt - Maggie Sansone
11. Little Stack of Oats/The Cat in the Fiddle Case - Dan Possumato
12. Hunt the Cat - North Texas School of Irish Music
13. All the Cats Are Sailing - Three Dollar Band
14. Paddy From Portlaw/The Old Flail/When the Cat's Away - Caroline Keane Music
15. The Cat that Ate the Candle/The New Demesne/An Buachaillín - Muireann Ní Shé
16. The Cat's Meow - Joanie Madden Music
17. The Volunteer/The Tiger - Nicolas Brown Music
18. Helvic Head/The Cats Meow - Tara Howley Music
19. County Clare - The Home of Polkas?: Maryann's Cookie Madness/Shane's Bog/Where Is the Cat? - Socks in the Frying Pan
20. Fiona's Jigs: Fiona's Jig/The Heuston Fox/The Lucky Kitten - Mick McAuley Music, Winifred Horan, and Colm O'Caoimh
21. Cat and Mouse - James Duncan Mackenzie
22. Wild Cats of Kilkenny - Pogues
23. The Bag of Cats (Remix) - Sharon Shannon

06/28/2026

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/

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. In A Rocket - Beoga
2. Tradfather - Beoga
3. Summer High - Skerryvore
4. A Jerry and Winston Medley: The Lass of Corrie Mill/Trips with David/Miss Grace Menzies/Compliments to the Browns of Dingwall/The House of Park/Winston in the '50s/Milburn - Howie MacDonald
5. The Northwest Passage - Runa
6. Hy-Brasil - Enda Reilly
7. Thig Am Bàta - Julie Fowlis
8. One For Jeffy: Lovat's Restoratiion/Jig of Slurs/Angela Cameron/Mrs. George/Johnstone of Byker - The Barra MacNeils
9. Between the piper and the pipes (Music it might have been, but piping it certainly wasn't) - Úna Monaghan Music feat. Tiarnan O Duinnchinn
10. The Storm - Maeve Gilchrist
11. I Follow You - Ashley Davis
12. Solid Ground - The Paul McKenna Band
13. The Cat that Ate the Candle/The New Demesne/An Buachaillín Fionn - Muireann Ní Shé
14. The Dooish/Frances Xavier Kennedy MacDonald/Old Tattered Fiddle - Tara Breen
15. Ailein Duinn - WHɎTE
16. The Holland Handkerchief - Áit Ait
17. An Gille Dubh Ciar Dubh - Aerialists
18. Halifax - Kinnaris Q
19. They Tried to Bury Us - Clare Sands
20. The Chase - Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
21. Repeal the Union - Mec Lir

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