On Sunday 5 February, Mary has special guests in studio 1 the band Chasin Hooley who state that they are ‘the ultimate Irish folk music band’ from Co. Tyrone, Ireland.  They are playing tonight at the Grand Ole Opry, Paisley Road Toll, Tradeston, Glasgow.

Tonight’s programme is subject to delay with the finale of the Danny Kyle Open Stage live from the Concert Hall.

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Mary K Burke Show, Sunday 5 February 7.00-9.00pm.

Phil is on tour of Scotland at the moment.  Tonight, Sunday 29 January he is appearing at The Brisbane Centre, Largs, Ayrshire and he is in Ullapool, Wester Ross at the Argyll Hotel on Tuesday 31 January.

Mary K Burke Show, Sunday 29 January 7.00-9.00pm.

Phil Lee writes

Have Mercy Las Vagas are Crispin McAlpine, Eilidh Trotter, Stephen Scott, Marc Mclean and Phil Plunkett who play a mix of folk and blues.  Learn more tonight from 7.00pm.

Mary K. Burke Show, Sunday 22 January 7.00-9.00pm. Please note, subject to delay due to the Danny Open Stage live broadcast from the Concert Hall.

D.R. Nashville review says: “Mike Cullison’s music is muscular, visceral and not for sissies. There’s not an ounce of pretty-boy fluff anywhere in his catalogue. His vocals reflect the spirit of an American poet whose roots extend from the raw Country of the Hank Williams/Carl Smith era to the Sun sound of Memphis to the sweet, sweat-soaked Soul of the Stax studio and is always encased in a deep agreeable groove.”

Mary K. Burke Show, Sunday 15 January 7.00-9.00pm.

This week Mary has as a guest singer Phil Lee from Nashville, USA who is on a UK tour.  Lee’s music is the distillation of about 30 years’ worth of playing in juke joints and bars from one end of the country to the other.

Phill Lee grew up in Durham, North Carolina, in the shadow of tobacco warehouses and Duke University. A musician and songwriter from his teens, Lee’s first professional gig came in the 1960s playing drums for Homer Briarhopper and the Daybreak Gang on a morning television show in Raleigh, N.C.

His songwriting is uncommonly witty and as direct as a kick in the butt. The years he has spent sitting at the back of the bandstand, behind the drums, have given him plenty of time to think about what he’d do if he ever got to the front of the stage. Now that he’s there, he’s not wasting anyone’s time with lame material.

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Mary K. Burke Show, Sunday 8 January 2012 at 7.00-9.00pm.

A word from Mary

One of the things I love about what I doat Celtic Music Radio  is the opportunity to showcase up and coming artists on my show at www.celticmusicradio.net and tonights guest Darcy Dasilva  is certainly that. Darcy  has an incredibly beautiful voice and possesses every ingredient required to become a worldwide respected artist with a great future ahead of her. I am certainly rooting for her success and just know my listeners will love her . I first met her three years ago in Moniaiave when her Mum made me very welcome to her house for tea and over the weekend an all night music session . I saw a budding star in Darcy that weekend and she has worked hard at her music since that . 

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Darcy has formed her own band and one of the members is none other than my wee friend and talented artist in his own right Alisdair Ogilvy Alaisdair has already proved my prediction of his recognition on The Scottish Trad and Folk scene and I remember with fondness his debut on my show singing acapella and speaking of his respect for Rabbie Burns he certainly has the charm of the Late Bard and the looks and the type of guy any parent would be delighted to see their daughter bringing home for tea he has a very unique voice and after making it last year to The Young Trad music of the year finals on BBC 2 he has been nominated again this year . His collaberation with Darcy and her band and his collaberations now with many talented Scottish Musicians can only mean more recognition which in my opinion is well earned and deserved .

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The stories in his book Fuzz to Folk had me in stitches and it gives you a real insight into Ian’s childhood and upbringing which could be a book on its own right . So poignant in parts and also so very very funny.

His Army days were full of great stories and characters experiences of Korea and some horrific tales and honest confessions of some situations he found himself in and to his romance with June his wife; his heartache having to leave her behind and the happiness as love was rekindled on his return from Korea .

The really comical descriptions of some of the criminals he came into contact with in his time in the police force really gives you an great picture of how life was then compared to today and how a good clip around the ear at times for the offender was suffice, unlike today when the police have to be wary as the law seems to be more on the side of the offenders.

One persons passion for folk music and the birth of Greentrax – now ‘Scotland’s favorite and leading record company’ for folk music in Scotland.

The full story of Greentrax and Ian’s knowledge of the Scottish folk music scene from many years ago to the present day and the many connections he has made over the world is fascinating .

In well chosen words Ian tells it exactly as it was in a language we can all relate to and with such brutal honesty and great humor.

I would enjoy this book even if I had no idea who Dr Ian Green was but the fact is he is a man who has experienced life in many different scenarios . A man of honesty and integrity. I have even more respect for him having read his life story and I still have fits of the giggles when I think of some of the situations he was in and feel sad for some of the challenges he faced.

He has shown the true person behind the child, the man, the soldier ,the policeman and the managing director of Greentrax Recordings. A wonderful book which I will treasure and refer back to in years to come.

Mary Kathleen Burke

Folk to Fuzz: Trax of my Years by Ian Green. £12.74 here

Mary K. Burke Show, Sunday 27 March 7.00-9.00pm with special guest Ian Green.

Graeme is currently the Open Button Accordion Champion and will be joining Mary K. Burke live in studio 1 on Sunday 20 March to play a few tunes and tell us of his recent adventures in Russia.  Graeme had planned to come to Celtic Music Radio last Sunday, but due to the heavy snow in and around Inverness and the Highlands, Graeme could not travel to Glasgow.

The Tin Thistle Ceilidh band played a gig with Graeme in Russia and this band are no strangers to Mary. One of its founder members Kirill Raskolenko who were recently in Scotland, appeared on the Gordon Hotchkiss ‘Hotchpotch’ programme on Celtic Music Radio. Mary has since been asked to come on a small tour of Russia and is therefores delighted to be getting some inside knowledge from Graeme on what to expect.

Graeme also runs a very successful Scottish music agency and plays with Mackay’s Dance Band and Tweed and when he is not touring and gigging Graeme also runs a Button Accordion Workshop.

Mary K Burke Show, Sunday 20 March 7.00-9.00pm

The band members will be visiting ‘Thank Folk it’s Friday’ on Celtic Music Radio on Friday evening, 18 March from 8.00pm.  While Ross Macfadyen is away, Mary K. Burke will present the programme this week.

The band consists of: Cal: lead, rhythm, whistles, electronic pipes, lead vocals; David Lindsay: drums, backing vocals; George Abbott: lead guitar, backing vocals; Graham Brown: bass , backing vocals; Robin Mather: keyboard, backing vocals.

CAL live on Thank Folk it’s Friday, 18 March 8.00-10.00pm