Some Personal Picks for the Year
The program for December 26, 2015, featured some of the most interesting material to have come out in the last year or so, often by emerging artists.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Oisín Mac Diarmada with Samantha Harvey | Jackie Coleman’s / Mayor Harrison’s Fedora | The Green Branch: An Géagán Glas (Ceol Productions) |
| The Alt (John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy, Eamon O’Leary) | The Geese in the Bog / Covering Ground | The Alt (Under the Arch) |
| Haley Richardson with Dylan Richardson | Old Grey Goose / Happy Days | Heart on a String (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Eden MacAdam-Somer | Rumi Songs: My First Love Story | My First Love Story (A-Side) |
| Moira Smiley & VOCO | Visa fran Jarna | Laughter Out of Tears (s/p) |
| Kardemimmit | Kun Mun Kultani Tilisi | Arctic Paradise 2016 (Aus Finnland) |
| New Set | ||
| Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker | The Queen of Hearts | Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour (Folk Room) |
| Jessica Radcliffe • Lisa Ekström • Martin Simpson | The Cutty Wren | Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter Solstice (High Bohemia) |
| Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker | The Tangled Tree | Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour (Folk Room) |
| Jessica Radcliffe • Lisa Ekström • Martin Simpson | Winter Wedding / The Wexford Carol / The King / The Holly and the Ivy | Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter Solstice (High Bohemia) |
| New Set | ||
| Telling the Bees | A Puppeteer Came into Town | Steer by the Stars (Black Thrustle) |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Way Unfavored | Alasdair Roberts (Drag City) |
| Olivia Chaney | Swimming in the Longest River | The Longest River (Nonesuch) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Kesang Marstrand | Magical Thinking | For My Love (s/p) |
| Rosi Lalor | Conversation with a Tree | Flowers for the Living (s/p) |
| Maggie Boyle | Christmas in No Man’s Land | Won’t You Come Away (Wild Goose) |
| New Set | ||
| Alasdair Roberts | Artless One | Alasdair Roberts (Drag City) |
| Kesang Marstrand | Little Abyss | For My Love (s/p) |
| Anaïs Mitchell | If It’s True | Xoa (Wilderland) |
| New Set | ||
| Judy Dyble | Never Knowing | Talking with Strangers (s/p) |
| Olivia Chaney | Blessed Instant | The Longest River (Nonesuch) |
| Mahsa Vahdat | Vanishing Lines—Khiyal-e Khatt-e To | Traces of an Old Vineyard—Beh Tarabnaki-ye Khak (Valley Entertainment) |
| Moira Smiley | Donal Óg | Rua (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Steve Martin & Edie Brickell | Always Will | So Familiar (Rounder) |
| Linde Nijland | Pack Up Your Sorrows | I Am Here (Noordfolk) |
| New Set | ||
| Karine Polwart | King of Birds | Traces (Hegri Music) |
| Moira Smiley | Parting Glass | Rua (s/p) |
| Elizabeth Nicholson and Stringed Migration | (Ran Overtime) Paddy’s Rambles / Funky Reel | Fly Not Yet (Waterbug) |