Tagged: Celtic

A preview of three fabulous new releases:  The Chieftains are celebrating their 50th anniversary with the release of their new CD "Voice Of Ages."  Celtic artist Loreena McKennitt has a new live concert recording "Troubadours On The Rhine."  And highlighting our program is a recent interview with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, talking about their new CD "Leaving Eden."   Listen anytime this week via KALW's Local Music Player.

KALW's Saturday music hosts join forces to present a five-hour folk extravaganza of continuous live music performed  by some of the Bay Area's finest talent.   Enjoy the Scottish fiddling of Alasdair Fraser, the powerhouse vocals of Teresa Trull and Barbara Higbie, the original songs of Caren Armstrong, and the homegrown bluegrass of Them Boys and the Sycamore Slough String Band.  Here's the schedule:

Veteran Irish Folk Musician Mick Moloney and fiddler Athena Tergis will stop by the KALW studios this Saturday at 4 pm.  They'll play a few tunes and talk about Mick's research into the music of Irish-Americans and their contributions to vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley.