Recent Releases for May 2009

The program for May 9, 2009, offered an assortment of new and not-so-new releases from the British Isles and Ireland.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Steve Tilston A Pretty Penny Ziggurat (Hubris)
Lau Banks of Marble Live (Reveal/Compass)
Malinky The Shipyard Apprentice Flower & Iron (Mad River)
New Set
Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan Time for Asking Why Let the Circle Be Wide (Appleseed)
David Nigel Lloyd Cúchulainn in Bakersfield Rivers Kings and Curses (s/p)
Julie Fowlis Òganaich Uir a Rinn M' Fhàgail (O Noble Youth Who Has Left Me) Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe (Spit & Polish)
Frankie Gavin, Arty McGlynn, Aidan Coffey The Wren's Nest Irelande (Ocora)
Randal Bayes with Dave Marshall Handsome Sally / The Broken Pledge Dig with It (s/p)
Tony McManus The Rolling Waves / Martin Wynne's #1 The Maker's Mark (Compass)
Music Under Announcements
Tony McManus Slaibh na mBan, Valse des Béluges The Maker's Mark (Compass)
Karine Polwart Dowie Dens of Yarrow Fairest Floo'er (Hegri Music)
June Tabor The Battle of Otterburn An Echo of Hooves (Topic)
Steve Tilston The King of the Coiners Ziggurat (Hubris)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Martha Tilston Artificial Of Milkmaids & Architects (s/p)
Archie Fisher Borderlands Windward Away (Red House)
Karan Casey Another Day Distant Shore (Shanachie)
Fotheringay Two Weeks Last Summer 2 (Fledg'ling)
Richard Thompson Sunset Song Sweet Warrior (Shout)
New Set
June Tabor My Love Came to Dublin Apples (Topic)
Eliza Carthy Dr McMBE Anglicana (Topic)
New Set
Susan McKeown The Mountain Stream Where the Moorcocks Play Bushes and Briars (Alula)
Susheela Raman Mahima Salt Rain (Narada World)
Steve Baughman Dushanbe Gathering A Drop of the Pure (Tall Tree)
New Set
Steve Baughman O'Carolan's Ramble to Cashel A Drop of the Pure (Tall Tree)