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This is a unique & special show that I do each year – time permitting & time barely permitted this year! It’s a roster of some of my favorite Irish musicians – both traditional & modern, be they rock, folk or anywhere in between!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Enjoy!

• Eileen Ivers
• Afro Celt Sound System
• Clannad
• Bing Crosby
• Kane O’Rourke
• The Chieftains
• Emma Langford
• Megon McDonough
• The Pogues
• Mary Black
• Fiachna Ó Braonain
• The Lost Brothers
• Bell X1 w/ Dowry Strings
• Gerr Walsh
• SomeRiseSomeFall w/ John Blek
• Fiachna Ó Braonain
• Imelda May
• Davy Spillane
• Stephen James Smith
• Davy Spillane
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Lankum
• The Dubliners
• U2
• Emma Langford
• Rory Gallagher
• Niall Connolly
• Mick Lynch
• Arrivalists
• Afro Celt Sound System
• Myles O’Reilly
• U2
• Paul Brady
• Liam Neeson
• Omagh Community Youth Choir
• The Gloaming
• The Bothy Band
• Alana Henderson
• Joe Chester
• Ed Sheeran
• Glen Hansard & Friends
• Declan O’Rourke

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As of my recording & sharing this, it would have been my dad’s 82nd birthday. This show is not a tribute…I’ve done enough of that these last 3 years! This show is, however, a notation of how I came out the other side of all of this…intact. After all, most of this episode’s music was taught to me by him…

• Billy Holiday
• John Coltrane
• McCoy Tyner
• David Gray
• Nick Drake
• Johnny Hartman
• Sarah Vaughan
• Broadway Cast of Les Misérables
• Mandy Patinkin
• John Patton
• Donald O’Connor
• Gene Kelly
• The Ink Spots
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• Nat “King” Cole
• Marvin Gaye
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Dinah Washington
• Frank Sinatra
• Quincy Jones
• Clockhammer
• John Coltrane
• Big Joe Turner
• Benny Goodman

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This year’s Xmas show is, I think, the longest show I’ve ever done. I joked with one friend that since there are twelve days of Christmas, I am offering a half-off coupon for a six hour show. 🙂

Happiest of holidays…and ENJOY!!!

• The Boston Pops / Mel Tormé
• Bing Crosby
• Perry Como
• George Winston
• Andy Williams
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Doris Day
• Alvin Stoller
• Jimmy McGriff
• Ray Anthony
• Dean Martin
• Nat “King” Cole
• Otis Redding
• Pearl Bailey
• Capitol Studios Orchestra
• Les Brown & His Band of Renown
• Lou Rawls
• Luther Vandross
• Olivia Olson
• Bessie Smith
• Sharon Jones
• John Lee Hooker
• Nancy Lamott
• Tierney Sutton
• Andy Williams
• Frank Wallace
• Ashley MacIssac
• Dónal Lunny, Zoe Conway & Máirtín O’Connor
• Eimear Quinn
• Loreena McKennitt
• The Hedge Schools
• Mick Flannery
• Walking On Cars
• Judy Collins
• Lisa Hannigan
• U2
• Manheim Steamroller
• Vince Guaraldi
• Ella Fitzgerald
• John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
• Elvis Presley
• Burl Ives
• Roy Orbison
• Lyle Lovett
• Bill Monroe
• Kelly WIllis & Bruce Robison
• Chris Rea
• James Taylor
• John Gorka
• Charlie Parker
• Lena Horne
• Vic Damone
• Jack Jones
• Diana Krall
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Mario Lanza
• Julie Andrews
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Leontyne Price
• Bobby Darin
• Guy Lombardo
• Nancy Wilson

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This year’s Thanksgiving episode is not much different to years’ pasts episodes, except for a couple of call-outs for family & friends. But, it is mostly uninterrupted music to cook, entertain, dine or clean by through the early goings of this holiday season. Whatever it is you mark this time of year, take care to make care…for yourself & your loved ones.

ENJOY!!!

• Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
• Imelda May
• Billie Holiday
• Tierney Sutton
• Amy Rome
• Duke Ellington
• The Hedge Schools
• George Shearing
• Oscar Peterson
• Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass & Ray Brown
• The Ben Webster Quintet
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Johnny Hartman
• Coleman Hawkins
• Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins
• Anita O’Day
• Ramsey Lewis
• Quincy Jones
• Grant Green
• The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Miles Davis
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Clifford Brown
• Frank Sinatra
• Bessie Smith
• Nat “King” Cole
• Errol Garner
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Duke Ellington
• Art Tatum
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Cannonball Adderly
• Paul Chambers
• Count Basie
• Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
• Billy Eckstine
• Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
• Benny Goodman
• Helen Merrill
• Tony Bennett
• Mandy Patinkin
• Louis Armstrong
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• George Winston
• Adam Sandler
• Myles O’Reilly
• Sheryl Crow
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
• Annie Lennox

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This week’s show feels like the time that exists at the end of summer & beginning of fall…plus some songs from the springtime of my youth that I recorded with 2 special friends!

Enjoy!

• Johnny Hartman
• Count Basie
• Nat “King” Cole
• Count Basie & Joe Williams
• Tierney Sutton
• Amy Rome
• Tierney Sutton
• Amy Rome
• Mel Tormé
• Charlie Parker
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Duke Ellington
• Benny Goodman
• Count Basie
• Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass & Ray Brown
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Glenn Miller
• Kate Bush
• Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane
• Grant Green
• Chet Baker
• Helen Merrill
• Fletcher Henderson
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

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This week’s episode is a perfect companion for all this hot weather…especially if you like to get a groove going!

ENJOY!!

• Lovin’ Spoonful
• Duke Ellington
• Les Paul
• Charlie Parker
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Fletcher Henderson
• Sly & The Family Stone
• The Commodores
• Donna Summer
• Bee Gees
• Jimi Hendrix
• The Afghan Whigs
• XTC
• Poi Dog Pondering
• The Roots w/ Bobby Womack
• Bill Hicks
• John Coltrane
• Frank Sinatra
• Celia Cruz
• Quincy Jones
• Grant Green
• Kenny Dorham
• Kool & The Gang
• Jimmy Smith

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This week’s episode is dedicated to DANCE! Every song is either a dance song or has the word “dance” in the title!

I am working as an emcee this year for Dance Parade New York on the family & kids stage from 3p – 7p on 5/21/22…so come out & join us!! There’s also an interview with Greg Miller, the Executive Director of Dance Parade NY where he talks about the genesis & the history of the parade & how that history commingles with the likes of the queer communities, prohibition & more!

ENJOY!

• A Chorus Line
• Frank Sinatra
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Duke Ellington
• Louis Prima & Keely Smith
• The Mavericks
• Garth Brooks
• Mary J. Blige
• Sly & The Family Stone
• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
• Interview With Greg Miller
• Herman Kelly & Life
• The Sugarhill Gang
• Maxwell
• The Commodores
• Bill Whelan
• Afro Celt Sound System
• Hothouse Flowers
• Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• Marvin Gaye
• Bobby Freeman
• Nat “King” Cole
• Quincy Jones
• Johnny Hartman
• Bud Powell
• Jonah Jones
• Champion Jack DuPree
• Anita O’Day
• A Chorus Line