Polyglots
The program for August 25, 2012, highlighted some musicians' talents for languages and idioms not theirs by birth.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Moira Smiley | Grey Shore | Rua (s/p) |
| Lucia Comnes with Gawain Mathews | Seoladh Na nGamhna | Across the Wide Ocean (s/p) |
| Aly Bain & Ale Möller | Spread Thy Wide Wings | Beyond the Stacks (NorthSide) |
| Savina Yannatou | A Fairy's Love Song | Terra Nostra (ECM) |
| New Set | ||
| Susan McKeown | Oíche Fá Fhéil Bride, A Maid Going to Comber / The Red & Black | Blackthorne: Irish Love Songs (World Village) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Steve Baughman | Hanter Dro, Hard Times | The Almost Whisky Waltz (s/p) |
| Ale Möller | Kommer du Ej Snart | The Horse and the Crane (NorthSide) |
| Marta Topferova | Dojdik Nam, Sohajku | Hommage to Homeland (s/p) |
| Moira Smiley & VOCO | Makedonka | Small Worlds (Mora Music) |
| Lily Storm | The Swallow Is Flying | If I Had a Key to the Dawn (SongBat) |
| New Set | ||
| Marta Topferova | Zamba Gris | Flor Nocturna (World Village) |
| Lila Downs | Naila | La Sandunga (Narada World) |
| Quetzal | Limones Agrios | Worksongs (Vanguard) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Moira Smiley & VOCO | Silverlake | Small Worlds (Mora Music) |
| Marta Topferova | Magical Garden | The Other Shore (World Village) |
| Gabriel Yacoub | Le Poids du Passé | Yacoub (Celluloid) |
| Bruce Cockburn | Homme Brûlant | Circles in the Stream (True North) |
| New Set | ||
| Quetzal | Dreamers, Schemers | Imaginaries (Smithsonian Folkways) |
| Moira Smiley & VOCO | I Live in California | Blink (s/p) |
| Janam | If I Told You | Janam (s/p) |
| Ale Möller Band | I Nostalyia | Djef Djel (Amigo Musik) |
| Lucia Comnes | Çiftitelli | On the Way (Small Treasures Studio) |
| New Set | ||
| Marta Topferova | Mar Amargo | Flor Nocturna (World Village) |
| Gabriel Yacoub | The Simple Things We Said | The Simple Things We Said (Prime) |
| Bruce Cockburn | Understanding Nothing | Big Circumstance (True North) |
| Bruce Cockburn | Mistress of Storms (faded) | Speechless (Rounder) |