High Country Celtic Radio

Series produced by High Country Celtic Radio

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From Nevada’s high desert to the mighty Sierra, Katie and Joe journey across the world of Celtic Traditional and Contemporary music.

High Country Celtic Radio focuses on the Traditional music and trad-based music of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, and northern Spain, performed by musicians across the world. This is (mostly) about traditional songs and acoustic music, featuring traditional instruments.

"Celtic Music" conjures up different concepts of musical styles depending on whom you ask, for it encompasses a huge variety of music, from New Age, through Traditional, to rock. As denizens of Northern Nevada, hosts Joe Bly and Katie Marie may not be in one of the epicenters of Traditional Music like Boston, County Clare, or Chicago, but they are working, trad musicians that share their enjoyment of all things Trad.

For stations, we also offer FTP downloads and personalized evergreen and weekly promos.

Many of our episodes are tied to specific dates or seasons, but the "free-for-all" and "raggle-taggle" pieces are pretty sure to be evergreen. Prior to episode 34, we ran two-hour episodes, but each segment can be easily run as an hour. Hide full description

High Country Celtic Radio focuses on the Traditional music and trad-based music of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, and northern Spain, performed by musicians across the world. This is (mostly) about traditional songs and acoustic music, featuring traditional instruments."Celtic Music" conjures up different concepts of musical styles depending on whom you ask, for it encompasses a huge variety of music, from New Age, through Traditional, to rock. As denizens of Northern Nevada, hosts Joe Bly and Katie Marie may not be in one of the epicenters of Traditional Music like Boston, County Clare, or Chicago, but they are working, trad musicians that share their enjoyment of all things Trad.For stations, we also offer FTP downloads and personalized evergreen and weekly promos. Many of our... Show full description


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Every ten shows, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of tunes and songs that we had to cut due to time from the last ten shows.

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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This week, in honor of traditional Celtic flute players gathering for summer festivals and camps across the US, Katie Marie and Joe put together an...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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In honor of Canada Day on July 1st, Katie and Joe put together some tracks from our good neighbors to the north.

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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It's Independence Day here in the US, so Katie Marie and Joe celebrate by setting off a hot hour of traditional Celtic music played by artists from...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Happy Solstice! Katie Marie and Joe are celebrating by playing an hour of free-reed instruments in trad music: accordion, melodeon, and concertina.

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Last week, Katie Marie and Joe looked out the station window at all the trees fully leafed out, and decided that we need to put together a show cel...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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It's Father's Day here at High Country Celtic Radio, and Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of music celebrating all those with dad bods who ...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Summertime is finally here, with warm sun, green trees, thunderstorms, and lazy days.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Katie Marie and Joe assembled an hour of trad Celtic music comemmorating Memorial Day here in the US.

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  • Added: May 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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There is so much fantastic Trad music to choose from that Katie Marie and Joe have to leave tracks out when we put our shows together.

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  • Added: May 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Trad Celtic music celebrating Mother's Day.

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  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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The First of May is the Celtic festival of Bealtaine, or Beltane or Calan Mai, which marks the first day of Summer...or, around here, Spring.

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  • Added: May 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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This week, Katie Marie and Joe explore beyond the boundaries of Pure Drop trad music and wade through the waters of backup and accompaniment.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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From Donegal, to Sliabh Luachra, to Scotland and beyond, the fiddle is the core instrument in traditional Celtic music.

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Here in the US, April 15th is upon us, and as Benjamin Franklin opined on the viability of the fledgeling US Constitution, "...in this world, nothi...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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It's a Free For All show this week, where Katie Marie and Joe don't stick to any theme--we just play whatever strikes our fancy.

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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A tip of the hat and press of the handshake buzzer to April Fool's Day this week.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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This week, Katie Marie and Joe both brought our dogs into the studio this week, and, well, they're behaving like animals--thus inspiring this week'...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of Irish musicians playing Irish music in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Katie Marie and Joe have so many tasty tracks in their library that they always have music left over after putting together a show.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15