"The Gold Ring" 02/27/10, Program #1414

On the 2/27/10 installment of "The Gold Ring," host Lee Worman brings you a fine mix of traditional music of the British Isles: Irish music from Hill 16, Aine Minogue, Eddie Cahill, and Liam O'Flynn; Scottish music from Ashley MacIsaac and The Battlefield Band; English songs from June Tabor; and Northumbrian tunes from Billy Pigg, Wayne Robertson and Nigel Jelks.

PLAYLIST “The Gold Ring” 02/27/10, Program #1414.

Opening Theme: The Templehouse. Matt Molloy, MATT MOLLOY. Mulligan 1976. LUN 004.

Segment 1:

Hill 16, HILL 16, Meadowlark Records 1984. Meadowlark-101. Side 1 Track 5: Jackie Tarr/The Stormy Weather. Total time: 2:19.

Ashley MacIsaac, CLOSE TO THE FLOOR, BMG Classics 1994. 09026-63247-2. Track 1: The Little House Around the Corner/Traditional Winston/The Wandering Minstrel. Total time: 3:04.

Aine Minogue, WERE YOU AT THE ROCK? Beacon Records 1993. BCN 10129-2. Track 5: Burke’s Jig/The Rosewood. Total Time: 3:05.

June Tabor, ASHES AND DIAMONDS, Green Linnet Records 1991. GLCD 3063. Track 1. Reynard the Fox. Total time: 2:02.Various Artists, NORTHUMBERLAND RANT, Smithsonian Folkways 1999. SFW CD 40473. Track 11: Wayne Robertson & Nigel Jelks – Torryburn Lasses/The Wandering Tinker/Marry Me Now/Mrs. Wedderburn/Randy Wives of Greenlaw. Total time: 3:21.

Segment 2:

Eddie Cahill, AH SURELY!, Shanachie Records 1979. Side 2 Track 1: The Half Door/The Lakes of Sligo. Total time: 3:19.Liam O’Flynn, THE PIPER’S CALL, Tara 1998. TARACD 3037. Track 1: The Humours of Kiltyclogher/Julia Clifford’s. Total Time: 4:10.

The Battlefield Band, HOME GROUND, Temple Records 1989. COMD 2034. Track 7: The Hornpipes (John MacKenzie’s Fancy/Dr. John MacInnes’ Fancy/The Train Journey North). Total time: 5:05.

June Tabor, ASHES AND DIAMONDS, Green Linnet Records 1991. GLCD 3063. Track 2. The Devil and Bailiff McGlynn. Total time: 1:25.Segment 3:

Ashley MacIsaac, CLOSE TO THE FLOOR, BMG Classics 1994. 09026-63247-2. Track 5: Miss Lyall’s/Miss Lyall’/Sandy Cameron’s/Carigoim Broach. Total time: 3:05.

Aine Minogue, WERE YOU AT THE ROCK? Beacon Records 1993. BCN 10129-2. Track 9: John Van Kirk/Bumper Squire Jones. Total Time: 3:53.

Various Artists, NORTHUMBERLAND RANT, Smithsonian Folkways 1999. SFW CD 40473. Track 13: Billy Pigg – There’s Nae Guid Luck About the House/High Level Hornpipe. Total time: 3:27.

Eddie Cahill, AH SURELY!, Shanachie Records 1979. Side 2 Track 5: Jerry Daly’s/Dunphy’s. Total time: 3:40.Segment 4:

June Tabor, ASHES AND DIAMONDS, Green Linnet Records 1991. GLCD 3063. Track 10. Cold and Raw. Total time: 2:20.Liam O’Flynn, THE PIPER’S CALL, Tara 1998. TARACD 3037. Track 9: The Humours of Carrigaholt Set. Total Time: 5:29 .

Hill 16, HILL 16, Meadowlark Records 1984. Meadowlark-101. Side 2 Track 3: Master Crowley’s/Drowsey Maggie. Total time: 2:01. The Battlefield Band, HOME GROUND, Temple Records 1989. COMD 2034. Track 10: The Four Minute Warning (The Tides Out/James MacLellan’s Favourite/Dougies decision/The Ferryman/Lady Doll Sinclair). Total time: 4:49.