The music on the Wild Rover this week comes from The Chieftains, Planxty, Christy Moore, Arcady, Caladh Nua, Island Eddy, Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Michael Rooney and June McCormack, Eugene O’Donnell, De Dannan and Mick Moloney.
The show will also feature an old song called Courtin’ In The Kitchen which has been given a re-working by Sharon Shannon and features the vocals of Dessie O’Halloran and Damien Dempsey.
Courtin’ In The Kitchen 21-02-2012
The Hunter’s Purse 07-02-2012
This week’s Wild Rover will feature music from Arcady, Michael McGoldrick, Stevie Dunne, Kate Rusby, Karen Casey and John Doyle, Padraig Rynne, Peter Staunton, Anne Marie Staunton, Robert Walsh, The Alan Kelly Gang, Noel Hill and Tony Linnane, Mick Moloney, Eugene O’Donnell, Seamus Egan and The Bothy Band.
The show will also feature some traditional lilting by Pat Kilduff and a broadcast by a spokesperson from the Ballykilferrett Gombeen Party.
The Jolly Beggar 31-01-2012
The music on the Wild Rover this week comes from John Carty and Brian Rooney, De Danann, Mícheál Ò Raghallaigh, Kevin Burke and Ged Foley, Sweeney’s Men, Danú, Danny O’Mahony, Planxty, Jack Talty and Cormac Begley, Four Men And A Dog,
Robbie O’Connell, Jimmy Keane, and Mick Moloney, The Chieftains, Cillian Vallely and Kevin Crawford.
The Wandering Minstrel 03-01-2012
On the first Wild Rover show of 2012 Aidan McMahon will be playing music by Altan, Laoise Kelly, Danú, Kevin Crawford, De Dannan, Rita Gallagher, Paddy Moloney and Sean Potts, Adrian McAuliffe and Cathal Flood, Mick Moloney, The Outside Track and Planxty.
As The Dubliners celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year you can hear one of the groups most popular folk songs,The Black Velvet Band.
A Christmas Childhood 20-12-2011
The image for the Wild Rover show this Christmas comes courtesy of
artist Joan Mallon from Glaslough, Co Monaghan, Ireland and was
inspired by the poem A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh.
Long Nights On The Misty Moor 13-12-2011
On the Wild Rover this week the musical line-up includes The Tap Room Trio, Altan, Liz Carroll and Paul Meehan, Billy McComiskey, Sharon Shannon, Christy Moore, Liam Clancy, Iarla O’Lionáird, Planxty, Ben Lennon, Charlie Lennon, Brian Rooney, Mick Moloney, Noel Hill with Alex Finn, Arty McGlynn, Brian McGrath, Liam O’Connor and Steve Cooney.






