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Thistle & Shamrock for October 06, 2007
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Hands On"
Old songs provide a lens through which we can view lifestyles and workways, now passed into history, when manual labours filled the day. Hear of horse drawn ploughs, handloom weavers, coalface workers and fishing under sail with Dick Gaughan, Christine Kydd, Ewan MacColl, Christy Moore and others
Viewing her program as an on-air community, Fiona Ritchie has created a gathering place for anyone who enjoys music from Celtic roots, and loves to accompany her across the bridges she builds between the traditional and the contemporary, between Celtic music and the world.
The object of international critical acclaim, Thistle comes to listeners from Perthshire in the heart of Scotland, where Ritchie weaves the textures of her musical world into a richly entertaining program. Step into the heart of an ancient tradition of reels, jigs, ballads, and laments. Then follow the pulse towards new music: an exuberant blend of irresistible rhythms, emotional voices, and fascinating instruments.
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