Jan 29, 2012
American singer-songwriter Phil Lee will be the guest tonight, Sunday, on the Mary K Burke Show at 7.00pm.
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
Jan 22, 2012
Have Mercy Las Vagas is a band from Alexandria, Vale of Leven in Dunbartonshire and they guest on the Mary K Burke Show on Sunday night, 22 January from 7.00pm.
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.
Jan 14, 2012
Mike Cullison is currently doing a tour of Scotland from Dingwall to Fife and he will visit the Celtic Music Radio studio on Sunday evening to chat to Mary K Burke.
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.
Jan 6, 2012
Mary returns after the Festive Season break with of music from Ireland and Irish singers plus local singer-songwriters and Americana.
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.
Nov 13, 2011
Darcy DaSilva is a singer-songwriter from Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway. She is inspiired by the countryside and the interesting people she meets. She has inherited much of her musical talent from her family. Darcy now has a band she gigs with regularly and has recently started working with Tasmanian fiddle extrodinaire, Malcolm Bushby. She is currently working on her album, recorded with her step-Dad at her home in Moniaive. She has worked with musicians such as Karine Polwart, Phil Cunningham, Aaron and Nathon Jones and works closely with Scots singer Alistair Ogilvy. Darcy loves collaborating and is always willing to share her music.
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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Oct 2, 2011
On The Mary K Burke Show tonight, Sunday 2 October from 7.00 to 9.00pm, her special guest is Helen Thomson plus Mary will have a chat with former lead singer with Runrig, Donnie Munro.
DONNIE MUNRO and BAND – A CONCERT for TROON
Saturday 29th October 2011 at Troon Concert Hall
Donnie Munro (pictured above) formerly lead singer with Runrig, has enjoyed a successful solo career since 1999, touring in Scotland and Europe and recording a batch of CDs, his album Heart of America being awarded Album of the Year in the Scottish Trad Music Awards 2006.
Donnie and his Band have responded favourably to the suggestion of coming to perform in the Ayrshire town of Troon. Any profits accrued from the concert will be directed to two charities – one local and one of Donnie’s choice:
GARDENING LEAVE is a charity started by Anna Baker Cresswell in 2007 to provide in walled gardens Horticultural Therapy to ex-service personnel. The pilot project was started at Auchincruive in Ayrshire just 15 minutes from the Combat Stress treatment centre at Hollybush where the first referrals came from.
Gardening Leave provides structure, routine, and exercise in safe, peaceful surroundings. The Horticultural Therapist is supported by a group of faithful volunteers.
Further information can be obtained at www.gardeningleave.org
THE JOSEPH McGOFF FOUNDATION
Joseph, Donnie’s brother-in-law, sadly died of cancer in July 2009. Joseph was very involved in Third World countries charity work and in memory of him, Donnie’s wife, Teresa has set up The Joseph McGoff Foundation to carry on his very worthwhile work.
Further information can be obtained at www.facebook.com/…Joseph-McGoff-Foundation
Supporting Donnie and his Band will be Eric Faulkner who, as a member of the Bay City Rollers, achieved huge commercial success in the 1970s. Eric is an accomplished musician in his own right, and will start the concert with his entertaining act.
Tickets for the concert are available from A Journey Through Time, 51 Ayr Street, Troon, Ayrshire. Telephone 01292 311855.
For information please contact the concert organiser, Helen Thomson on 07853 071909.
Mary K Burke Show on Sunday evenings 7.00 to 9.00pm. Email the show on studio@celticmusicradio.net
Tel: 0141 548 4041 or text the studio on: 07588 15 1530
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