Celebrating St Patrick’s Day 2012 13-03-2012

On the Wild Rover this week Aidan McMahon will be celebrating St Patrick’s day with some great music.
The show will also include an extract  from Spike Milligan’s comedy novel Puckoon along with comedian Frank Kelly who explains how you can tell a lot about a man by the cut of his trousers and Niall Toibín who will guide you through a variety of regional Irish accents.
The show’s finale will be a medley starting with the Dubliner’s followed by the Rádio Zero Ensemble with their now famous rendition of ‘If You’re Irish, Come Into The Parlour’ and finished off by the Clancy Brothers and Christy Moore.

Enjoy!……Happy St Patrick’s Day. http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

Dublin To Dingle 28-02-2012

The Wild Rover this week will feature music from two Céilí bands,The Paddy Malynn and The Dartry. The show will also include tracks from Lúnasa, Kevin Burke, Steph Geremia, Calico, Niamh Parsons, Cherish The Ladies, Matt Molloy and John Carty, The Chieftains and the Green Fields Of America.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

Courtin’ In The Kitchen 21-02-2012

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.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

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.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

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.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

Huckleberry Blues 17-01-2012

This week’s Wild Rover has a little bit of a transatlantic feel about it as Aidan McMahon will be playing some roots music from Ireland and America.
The show includes tracks from Sweeney’s Men, The Barra MacNeils, The Tap Room Trio, Joe Ely with The Chieftains, The Brock McGuire Band, Jay Ungar, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch, Cherish The Ladies, Sharon Shannon and The Foghorn String Band.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml

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.

Enjoy!…… http://archive.radiozero.pt/wildrover.xml