La Llorona
The program for April 4, 2009, treated the theme of La Llorona, the ghostly weeping woman in white by the riverside.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Laing | The Lotus Eaters | Ebb and Flow (Whistleberry Music) |
| Karine Polwart | Firethief | This Earthly Spell (Proper) |
| Moira Smiley | Katy Cruel | Rua (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Altan | Blackwaterside | Blackwater (Virgin) |
| June Tabor | The Cruel Mother | An Echo of Hooves (Topic) |
| Sylvia Herold & Euphonia | The Cruel Mother | Lovely Nancy (Tuxedo) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Matthew Montfort | Celtic Raga | Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar (Ancient-future.com) |
| Cathie Ryan | Wave Up to the Shore | Somewhere Along the Road (Shanachie) |
| Kitka | River Rose | The Rusalka Cycle (Diaphonica) |
| Moira Smiley | Grey Shore | Rua (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Loreena McKennitt | The Bonny Swans | The Mask and the Mirror (Quinlan Road) |
| Jack Hardy | The Child | Through (Prime) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Vienna Teng | My Medea | Warm Strangers (Virt) |
| Tish Hinojosa | Edge of a Dream | Dreaming from the Labyrinth (Warner) |
| Children of the Revolution | Santa Maria | Children of the Revolution (World Music) |
| Blame Sally | Llorona | Blame Sally (s/p) |
| New set, with opening to Her, the movie: | ||
| Tish Hinojosa | La Llorona | Aquella Noche (Watermelon) |
| The Beirut Band (and Band Jiménez) | La Llorona | March of the Zapotecs (Pompeii) |
| Sal and Isela | La Llorona del Rio Grande | (video) |
| Susan McKeown (Mariachi Real de Mexico) | Eggs in Her Basket | Sweet Liberty (Harmonia Mundi) |
| Tom Russell & Patricia Hardin | Tarantula | The Early Years (1975–79) (Dark Angel) |
| Lila Downs | La Llorona | La Sandunga (Narada World) |
| New Set | ||
| Lila Downs | Skeleton | Shake Away (EMI) |
| The Mollys | La Llorona (faded) | Wankin' Out West (Apolkalips Now Music) |