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A Celtic Sojourn 11/10/2012


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This week's Sojourn brings you several songs from Mcauley, Horan and O'Caoimh, as well as Kate Rusby and Luka Bloom. IInterviews with Mary Black and creators of The Revels, happening at the Sanders Theater in December.
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A Celtic Sojourn 10/13/2012


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This week hear the Leitram Equation featuring the band Lunasa, as well as music from Aine Minogue, a 1970s throwback from Fairport Convention (pictured), Sean Tyrrell and Cathie Ryan.
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A Celtic Sojourn 7/7/2012


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This week Brian brings you the music of concertina player Caitlin nic Gabhann as well as some new music and a tribute to Woody Guthrie, who would have turned 100 this July.
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A Celtic Sojourn 6/23/2012


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On this edition, Brian interviews Clare Horgan a singer of old Gaelic Songs from her native Co. Kerry yet steeped in Jazz and Pop.   Clare is from Waterville a beautiful town on the famed “ring of Kerry” peninsula.  She visited WGBH during a recent tour of America.
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A Celtic Sojourn 6/16/2012


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Brian pays tribute to Bloomsday, celebrating June 16th, the single day that Joyce’s novel Ulysses was set on.  Hear a great song referenced in the novel, "Loves Own Sweet Song", in a 1928 recording from John McCormack.
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A Celtic Sojourn 5/12/2012


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As a tip of the hat to Mothers on Mother’s Day, this program explores a compilation which Brian produced for One Home Many Hopes, an orphanage in Kenya. Lullabies from around the Celtic World and a poem from Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh about his mother.
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The Tale of the San Patricios


HEAR NPR'S INTERVIEW WITH RY COODER
Brian O'Donovan presents a radio documentary about the San Patricios (St. Patrick's Battalion), a brigade of Irishmen and other European immigrants who fought against the U.S. in the Mexican-American war.
Poetry Month

Words and Music: Death of an Irishwoman


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Hear "Death of an Irishwoman," a poem written by the late Irish poet Michael Hartnett with Susan McKeown's lullaby, "Seo Thin, Seo Tho" in this Words and Music feature.
Contemporary

A Celtic Sojourn 3/31/2012


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Music by Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh, coming this summer to The Burren (Photo: Lucy Clarke). Also songs from Altan, Johnny Og Connolly, Planxty and a Celtic take on a Beatles hit by De Dannan.
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A Celtic Sojourn 3/24/2012


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The song Barbara Allen is one of the oldest in Anglo-Celtic Music. Brian O’Donovan examines two distinct versions with Maighjread and Triona ni Domhnaill, and Jefferson Hamer (Photo: jeffersonhamer.com)
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Live at WGBH: The Chieftains and The Low Anthem


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The Chieftains stopped by WGBH's Fraser Studio to share some tunes with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club. Joining them were Jeff White, Deanie Richardson, Alyth McCormack and the Rhode Island-based band Low Anthem.
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You Don't Have to be Irish to Enjoy Celtic Music


GET TICKETS TO A ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELTIC SOJOURN
By Annie Shreffler
Brian O'Donovan, WGBH host of the weekly radio show A Celtic Sojourn, on connecting to traditional Irish music. 
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Celebrating the Sounds of St. Patrick's Day


By Annie Shreffler
The Chieftains performed live this week in WGBH's Fraser Studio as part of their 50th anniversary world tour. And WGBH's own Brian O'Donovan hosts a live St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn event.
Contemporary

A Celtic Sojourn 2/18/2012


St. Patrick's Day Sojourn
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Join host Brian O'Donovan for another Celtic Sojourn, with tunes from Altan, Solas, Dervish, The Chieftains with Low Anthem, Susan McKeown, Jeremy Kittel and more.
Contemporary

A Celtic Sojourn 1/14/2012


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Join host Brian O'Donovan for another Celtic Sojourn, featuring a sneak preview of the new Chieftans album, Voice of Ages, with collaborations from Bon Iver (photo by DLAnderson), Carolina Chocolate Drops, Secret Sisters and many others.
Traditional

A Celtic Sojourn 2/11/2012


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Join host Brian O'Donovan for another Celtic Sojourn, with tunes from Alyth McCormack (photo http://alyth.net), La Lugh, Anna Massie, Jen Butterworth, Mairead Green, Danu, Michael Cooney and many more.
Acoustic

A Celtic Sojourn 12/17/2011


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Join host Brian O'Donovan for another Celtic Sojourn, this week featuring Brendan Larrissey (photo in Greenes Pub, Kinvara), Marla Fibbish, Jimmy Crowley, Kyle Carey and many more.
Traditional

A Celtic Sojourn 1/7/2012


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Join host Brian O'Donovan for another Celtic Sojourn, this week featuring the Alan Kelly Gang (photo by Con Kelleher), Denis Liddy, Elvie Miller, Paul McKenna Band, Dan Gurney and many more.
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A Celtic Sojourn 12/3/2011


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Brian O'Donovan brings you the best in music from Scotland, Ireland, and other Celtic regions.
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A Celtic Sojourn 11/26/2011


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Brian O'Donovan brings you the best in music from Scotland, Ireland, and other Celtic regions.
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A Celtic Sojourn 11/19/2011


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Brian O'Donovan brings you the best in music from Scotland, Ireland, and other Celtic regions.
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A Celtic Sojourn 11/12/2011


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Brian O'Donovan brings you the best in music from Scotland, Ireland, and other Celtic regions.
On-Demand
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A Celtic Sojourn 11/5/2011


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Brian O'Donovan brings you the best in music from Scotland, Ireland, and other Celtic regions.
On-Demand
A Celtic Sojourn

Seamus Egan: Music Director Of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn


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Seamus Egan is founding member of Solas and musical director of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn. Hear some of his wonderful collaborations musicians from around the Celtic world.
A Celtic Sojourn

The Waterboys


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The Waterboys are a funky, folk-rock band who formed in the early 1980s. A selection of tunes and songs from their wonderful recording, Fisherman's Blues are highlighted on the program.
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Oct. 8: Roses


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Veteran English singer June Tabor recorded a collection of songs entirely dedicated to roses  Host Brian O'Donovan features selections from it on this edition of A Celtic Sojourn.
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July 30: Live From The Lowell Folk Festival


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WGBH continues its long standing tradition of broadcasting from the Lowell Folk Festival in Lowell, Mass. Brian O’Donovan hosts a day of music from Dervish, the terrific Sligo-based big band of Irish traditional music. The rest of the afternoon features, the Quebe Sisters Band from Quebec and blues standout, Shamika Copeland!
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July 23: Eamonn Coyne


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Eamonn Coyne is originally from Dublin but makes his home in Scotland.He plays tenor banjo and has recorded a wonderful CD called Through the Round Window. It's featured extensively on this edition of A Celtic Sojourn.
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July 16: Clannad


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Listen to some of the ground-breaking recordings from the Celtic band Clannad.
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July 9: Songs of Roy Orbison

Surprised? A Celtic Sojourn features Roy Orbison? Well a group called Celtic Passion, took the songs of Roy Orbison and performed them in celtic style. And it works!
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July 2: The Lennon Family


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Tracing their proud musical heritage deep into the history of Co. Cavan, brothers Charlie and Ben Lennon have been at the forefront of traditional Irish music for decades. Also on this program; a tribute to the late iconic English folk-singer, Mike Waterson.
A Celtic Sojourn

May 21: Songs Of Cork


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Brian O'Donovan is from County Cork, the largest county in Irealand and one that is steeped in traditional music. On this program, Brian highlights the traditional songs, both Irish Gaelic and English, of city and county Cork.
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Featuring Songs of Reconcilliation 7/31/2010


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MORE CELTIC

As the North of Ireland continues to hold to the Good Friday agreement which essentially forged a political peace between Loyalist and Republican forces fighting for decades, host Brian O'Donovan examines some songs of often painful reconciliation that arose our of the period between 1969 and 2002, a period known as the Troubles.

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