17^th January 2012 – Celtic Connections coming soon 2

Gay Gordons: Cabar Feidh/Miss Delicia Chisholm – Alasdair MacCuish & the Black Rose Ceilidh Band – Stepping Out – Macmeanmna SKYECD 18 – Scotland

Wedding Songs: Vyletel holúbek (Flying pigeon) / Jedú chlapeci hore Hulínem (The boys are coming through Hulín) – Eva Porubová and the Kotár Cimbalom Band – Czech Republic: Music from Walachia etc – Ocora C 600024 – Czech Republic

Lost Lovin Gal – Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – The Holy Coming of the Storm – Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Seattle

Cerca de ti (Next to you) – Orquestra Àrab de Barcelona – Libertad – World Village WV 498052 – Spain

Flameco Mar – Trio Chemirani with Omar Sosa – Invite – Accords CroisésAC 143 – Cuba/Iran

Boogie On – Rob – Funky Rob Way – Analog Africa AACD DE 02 – Ghana

Joseph! Joseph! – Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns – Lucky Devil – no number – New Orleans

Mercy Now – Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now – Mercury Records – Louisiana

Blackberry Blossom – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Kentucky

Foolish Frog – Blind Blake & The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso(nian)s – Bahamian Songs – Megaphone Records – Bahamas

Bandishi Thumri In Raga Desh – Misra Brothers – World Routes – Nascente NASCE001 – India

Aakhan Jor (Acceptance) – Snatam Kaur – Shanti – Spirit Voyage – India/USA

Galope Doux Bedon – Genticorum – Nagez Rameurs – Rouez et Archets / Weatherbox – Quebec

10^th January 2012 – Celtic Connections coming soon

Maids of Mt Cisco – Lunasa – The Story So Far? – Compass Records – Ireland

Primeira Vez (The first time) – Ana Moura – Coliseu – World Village 468103 – Portugal

Tunggus Och Lintas – Väsen – Väsen Street – NorthSide NSD 6096 – Sweden

For Today I am a Boy – Unthanks – The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons (Diversions Vol. 1) – Live From the Union Chapel, London – RabbleRouser Music – England

Its All About the Rhythm of Her Toes – Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – Where The One-Eyed Man Is King – Stateofchassis.Com – Ireland

Rus Na Sanwal Yaar – Faiz Ali Faiz & Titi Robin – Jaadu (Magic) – Accords Croisés – France/Pakistan

Jedú Turci (The Turks are Coming) – Vlasta Grycová & Josef Múcka – Czech Republic: Music from Walachia etc – Ocora C 600024 – Czech Republic

Mahk Jchi – Pura Fe – Full Moon Rising – Dixiefrog Records – Native American

Quando Eu for Eu Vou Sem Pena – Chico Buarque – Acoustic Brazil – Putumayo PUT 234-2 – Brazil

Partido Alto – Marcos Valle – Brazilian Beat – Putumayo PUT 315-2 – Brazil

Cumberland Gap – Pharis & Jason Romero – A Passing Glimpse – Lula Records LULA 1102 – British Columbia

Bul Ma Miin – Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in all Styles – World Circuit Records – Senegal

Asiparé – Jean-Luc Luce & Steel Band de Port-Louis – Caraïbes Steel Band – Playasound Airmail SA141213 – Guadeloupe

3^rd January 2012 – repeat of 29^th November 2011: Scots for St Andrew’s Day

Loch Lomond – Paul Robeson – Paul Robeson – World Record Club SH 123 (LP) – Scotland/USA

Fiesta in Blue – Lambert, Hendricks and Ross – Sing a Song of Basie – Poll Winners Records PWR 27282 – New York

Captain Jack Murray – John Mulhearn – The Extraordinary Little Cough – self released – Scotland

Chopin: 3 Ecossaises -  # 3 in D flat Major – Idil Biret – Fryderyk Chopin Waltzes etc – Naxos Records – Poland

Scotis (sotice) “Gubbina” – Ferdinando Valcelli – Balli Tradizionali in Umbria – Ethnica CD0030-TA04 – Italy

You Forgot Your Gloves – Jack Buchanan – And Her Mother Came Too – Hallmark – Scotland

Three Traditional Chinese Dances – Two’s Company – Seriously Scottish 04 – Scottish Music Centre SMCSS 01 – China/Scotland

A-N-U-R-U-D-H – Future Pilot AKA – Secrets from the Clockhouse – Creeping Bent BENT 091CD – Scotland

Variations Op 107 no 2 Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie – Severino Gazzelloni & Bruno Canino – Beethoven: Complete Music for Flute – Phillips – Scotland/Germany/Italy

Laddie Lie Near Me – Concerto Caledonia feat Mairi Campbell – Revenge of the Folksingers – Delphian DCD 34108 – Scotland

Jasmina – Koshka – Shara – Circular Records CR 009 – Russia

Dauphin – Tri Yann – Tri Yann an Naoned – Kelenn 9286 127 (LP) – Scotland/Britanny

Strathspey din Bucuresti (opening) – Jani Lang Band – Devil in a Box – CD Baby – Romania/Scotland

Byss-Calle no. 32 / Hasse A’s – Bellevue Rendezvous – Salamander – JYM 002 – Sweden/Scotland

Blind Man – Maggie Bell with Big Jim Sutherland – This is the Blues Volume 4 – Eagle Records – Scotland

Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Op.46: III. Andante sostenuto – Vanessa-Mae/London Symphony Orchestra/Viktor Fedotov – The Classical Album – EMI – Scotland/Germany/China

I love this life – Blue Nile – single – RSO 84 – Scotland

27^th December 2011 – programme 200: Top 10 plus

Hey Little Darlin’ – Wilders – Someone’s Got To Pay – Free Dirt Records – Kansas City

Makedonsko Devojche (Macedonian Girl) – Bellevue Rendezvous – Salamander – JYM 002 – Macedonia/Scotland

Fado das Mágoas – Ana Moura – Leva-Me Aos Fados – World Village 468099 – Portugal

Little Cascade – John Mulhearn – The Extraordinary Little Cough – self-released – Scotland

Dargai – Bonnie Rideout with William Jackson – Scotland’s Fiddle Piobaireachd Vol 1 – Tulloch Music TM 504 – Scotland/USA

El Guate – Cimarrón – ¡Cimarrón!  Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia – Smithsonian Folkways SFW40557 – Colombia

Azda – Franco & le TPOK Jazz – Francophonic: Africa’s Greatest A Retrospective Vol 1 1953-1980 – Sterns STCD 3041-42 – Zaire

Winter’s Night – Furnace Mountain – Fields of Fescue – Shepherds Ford Records – Virginia

People Funny Boy – Lee Perry – The Trojan Story Part 1 – Trojan TALL 100 (3xLP) – Jamaica

Canção ao Lado – Deolinda – Canção Ao Lado – World Connection WC 43084 – Portugal

Bride’s song, The – Ross Daly – Music of Crete – FM FM 1697 – Ireland/Crete

Tusen Tankar (Thousand Thoughts) – Triakel – Triakel – Xource Records – Sweden

Mexican Stomp! – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Kentucky

13^th December 2011

Hornpipes: The Star/The Low Level – Fidil – The Old Wheel of Fortune – FID 003 – Donegal

Yellow Rose of Texas – Stan Freberg – The Very Best Of Stan Freberg – Capitol Records – USA

String Quartet op 33/2: Joke Quartet – Finale, Presto – Cuarteto Casals – Haydn String Quartets Op 33 – Harmonia Mundi HMX 2962022.23 – Austria

Lamento – Claudia Aurora – Silêncio – World Village 450020 – Portugal/England

Marcha do Donzel – Renata Rosa – World Routes – Nascente NASCE001 – Brazil

Stig in, Lucia, stig in – Triptyk – Midwinter’s Night Mass – Warner Music Sweden – Sweden

13^th December: Religious Observances – Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Lucy, virgin & martyr (St Lucia Day in Sweden)

Vem kan segla – Wild Myrtles – Songcatcher – Wild Myrtle Music – Finland/Scotland

Ballad of the Serenity (edit) – Frans Baldachino “il-budag”, Karmenu Bonnici “il-bahri”, John Saliba, Emmanuel Parnis – Malte. ballades et joutes chantées. malta. ballads & sing contests – Inédit/maison Des Cultures Du Monde – Malta

13^th December: Malta – Republic Day

Attila Khan – Nurak Abdrakhmanov – Music of Central Asia Vol. 1: Tengir-Too – Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan – Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40520 – Kyrgyzstan

13the December 1936 Karim Aga Khan prince/spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims born

Laura – Spike Jones & his City Slickers – Best of… – RCA – California

14^th December 1911: Spike Jones born Long Beach CA

Atardecer mediterráneo – Chema Vilchez – Tierra de las 3 Culturas – World Village WV 498048 – Spain

Qaçida mawzun – Sheikh Habboush – Aleppian Sufi Transe – Le Chant du Monde 274 1251.52 – Turkey

Mid December: Turkey – Festival of Mevlana-Jelaeddin Rumi (Whirling Dervishes)

The Mevlana festival normally starts on 10 December and reaches its crescendo on 17 December when it ends on a spectacular note as on this day Mevlana’s union with Allah is celebrated

Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody – Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir under the direction of Professor Alex Bradford – Shakin’ the Rafters – Columbia Legacy CK 47335 – Newark NJ

Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee

6^th December 2011 – young musicians

6^th December Religious Observances: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Lutheran : Memorial of Nicholas, Archbp of Myra patron of children

Shoemaker – The Hush – Dark to the Sky – Mawson & Wareham Music MWMCD SP54 – Northumberland

High Heel Sneakers – Little Stevie Wonder – Motortown Revue: 40th Anniversary Collection – Motown – USA

Trip to Bavaria/Bill Sutherland/Kenmay House – Will Atkinson with Ian Wilson – Mouthorgan – Common Ground CBR 002 (LP) – Northumberland

Race Horse – Gao Zhiang & Tang Wei – Music on the Gypsy Route Vol 1 – Fremaux FA 068 – China

The Work – Frightened Rabbit with Archie Fisher – EP – self-released – Scotland

Down in the Valley & When I Was Single – Peggy MacGillivray – Singing in the Street: Scottish Children’s Songs – Rounder 82161 1795 2 – Scotland

Short Life and It’s Trouble – Wade Mainer – The North Carolina Banjo Collection – Rounder CD 0439/40 – North Carolina

Donkey Laugh – Elias Sibley – The Millennium Classical Banjo Collection – Sibley_Music – England

My Flowers, My Companions and Me – Pharis & Jason Romero – A Passing Glimpse – Lula Records LULA 1102 – British Columbia

The Bonny Sailor Boy & Broken Hearted, I Wander – Peggy MacGillivray – Singing in the Street: Scottish Children’s Songs – Rounder 82161 1795 2 – Scotland

Shipibo Song – Unidentified Shipibo singer – The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America – Mickey Hart Collection HRT15012 – Peru

Ciucciarella – Battista Acquaviva – Corsica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music (disc 1) – Ocora (Radio France) C 560234 – Corsica

U Paghjolu – Ghjiseppu Turchini, Bernardu Pazzoni, Laurent Barbolosi, François-Philippe Barbolosi – Corsica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music (disc 1) – Ocora (Radio France) C 560234 – Corsica

Sas Cozzulas de Jubanna – Children of Casa de S. Giuseppe orphanage, Nuoro – Traditional Songs and Dances of Sardinia – Saydisc CDSDL 426 – Sardinia

Gioco Topolino – Children outside Casa Populari, Nuoro – Traditional Songs and Dances of Sardinia – Saydisc CDSDL 426 – Sardinia

Diving Duck – English Country Blues Band feat Bob Copper – Unruly (version 1.1) – Weeken Beatnik Records WEBE 9040 – England

Half a thousand is 500 – Beranger – Madagascar: Land of the Betsimisaraka – Unesco Auvidis D 8275 – Madagascar

Tahrir Square – Robert Doyle – Life in Shadows – RDM01 – Ireland

Bahebbek Ya Balady (I love you Oh my Country) – Aida El Ayoubi – From the Kasbah/Tunis to Tahrir Square/Cairo and Back – “Our Dreams are our Weapons” – Network 495135 – Egypt

Cold Weather – Upsetters – Double Seven (The Upsetter Box Set Album 3) – Trojan PERRY 1 (3xLP) – Jamaica

L’Otorhinocéros – Les P’tits Loups du Jazz – Animal Playground – Putumayo Kids PUT 264-2 – France