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Every Saturday night Sandy Harsch covers the country music horizon with her own blend of sounds, from Dolly Parton to Lyle Lovett.

Saturday, 11.10pm on RTÉ Radio 1

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Country Time 2011

Programme 27: Sunday 25th December 2011

Christmas Time is Here - Ralph Stanley
The Diamond - Joey & Rory
Winter Wonderland - Mandy Barnett
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) - Elvis Presley
Light of the Stable - Emmylou Harris
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Randy Travis
Jingle Bells - WIllie Nelson
Jingle Bells - Harry Fontenot
And the Angels Cried - Alan Jackson with Alison Krauss
Two Steppin' Round the Christmas Tree - Suzy Boggus
Rockin' Little Christmas - Brooks & Dunn
The First Noel/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/Joy to the World - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Carol of the Bells - Kimmie Rhodes
Children Go Where I Send Thee - Skaggs Family
Silver Bells - Dwight Yoakam
Away in a Manger - Joey & Rory with Bradley Walker
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - George Strait
Oh Come all Ye Faithfull - Patty Loveless
What Child is This? - Kimmie Rhodes

Programme 26: Saturday 3rd December 2011

Cowboy Dan - Midnight Cattle Callers
When Halley Came to Jackson - Emmylou Harris
The Old Lucky Diamond Motel - Vince Gill
Dyng of Another Broken Heart - Lindi Ortega
Six White Horses - Gillian Welch
Black Mountain Rag - Kenny Smith
I Can't Stop Thinking of You - Marshall Chapman
The Great Divide - Tommy Shaw
Reckless - Eilen Jewell
Love Doesn't Hurt - Lynn Miles
The Other Half - My Darling Clementine

Programme 25: Saturday 26th November 2011

Not Fade Away - Stevie Nicks
Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Chris Isaak
Lemon Drop - Pistol Annies
If I Die - Vince Gill
Who WIll the Next One Be? - Dixie Chicks
There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks
Hello Mr Heartache - Dixie Chicks
Roly Poly - Asleep at the Wheel
Tortured, Tangled Hearts - Dixie Chicks
The Long Way Around - Dixie Chicks
You - Steve Martin
Little Jack Slade - Dixie Chicks

Programme 24: Saturday 19th November 2011

Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You) - Connie Smith
Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues - Doc Watson
Tell Me I'm Crazy - Shelby Lynn
WSM 650 - Chatham County Line
I Always Told You the Truth - Lynn Miles
I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash
Stone in the Water - Kate Wolfe
Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison
Mi Pueblo - Tish Hinojosa
The Union Mare and the Confederate Grey - Waylon Jennings
God's Colouring Book - Charlie Pride
Slippin' & A Slidin' Sometimes - Link Davis
Love Me Like a Song - Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson
Walk Through the Bottomland - Lyle Lovett

Programme 23: Saturday 12th November 2011

Highwayman - Glen Campbell
Same Old You - Miranda Lambert
Highway 61 - Brooks Williams
One More Dollar - Gillian Welch
Wichita - Tim & Mollie O'Brien
You and Tequila - Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter
Little Miss - Sugarland
Tear Stained Letter - jo El Sonnier
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Winter's Come and Gone - Red Wine
Six White Horses - Gillian Welch
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

Programme 22: Saturday 5th November 2011

Get Rhytmn - Johnny Cash
Bang Bang Bang - Eilen Jewell
Shakin All Over - Eilen Jewell
Ida Won't Go - Southern Tenant Folk Union
My Chickasay Gal - Roy Rogers
Stampede - Roy Rogers
Could You Lie? - Alison Kraus
Rain Please Go Away - Alison Kraus & Union Station Feat Dan Tyminski
Blue Eyes - International Submarine Band
The Christian Life - Byrds
Christine's Tune AKA The Devil in Disguise - Flying Burrito Brothers
Close Up the Honky Tonks - Flying Burrito Brothers
We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning - Gram Parsons
In My Hour of Darkness - Gram Parsons
Love Hurts - Gram Parsons
Happy Trails - Roy Rogers

Programme 21: Saturday 29th October 2011

Me Either - Brad Paisley
We Danced - Brad Paisley
Huckleberry Jam - Brad Paisley
Whiskey Lullany - Brad Paisley
Out in the Parking Lot - Brad Paisley
Bad Things - Jace Everett
Long Black Veil - Joan Baez
Darby's Castle - Kris Kristofferson
Midnight in Montgomery - Alan Jackson
Sea of Tears - Eilen Jewell
My Love is in the Ground - Dirk Powell
In Despair - Dale Ann Bradley
Everett Ruess - Dave Alvin

Programme 20: Saturday 22nd October 2011

I'll Be Gone - Dwight Yoakam
Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam
Miners Prayer - Dwight Yoakam
Readin', Rightin' Route 23 - Dwight Yoakam
I Don't Care - Bobbie Cryner
The Heart That You Own - Dwight Yoakam
The Fire - The Staves
Stars on the Water - Rodney Crowell
Sad, Sad Music - Dwight Yoakam
Send a Message to my Heart - Dwight Yoakam
Above and Beyond - Dwight Yoakam
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
Big Black Horse & a Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Suspicious Minds - Dwight Yoakam

Programme 19: Saturday 15th October 2011

Programme 18: Saturday 8th October 2011

Country Music - Kenny Vaughan
Ain't Got No Use - Norianna Kennedy
Sis Draper - Guy Clark & Shawn Camp
You're Through Fooling Me - Patty Loveless
Can You Give Me a Drink? - Blind Boys of Alabama & Vince Gill
Coming Back to You - The Once
Walk, Don't Run - Mike Auldridge
You've Been Lonesome Too - Alan Jackson
You Win Again - Jean Shepherd
Heartbreak #9 - Doyle Lawson & Quick Silver
Bluebird Wine - Emmylou Harris
I Hope You Shed a Million Tears - Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell
I Walk the Line (Revisited) - Rodney Crowell

Programme 17: Saturday 1st October 2011

Down Home - Marty Stuart
Busy Bee Café - Marty Stuart
The Whiskey Ain't Workin' - Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt
Shake Your Hips - Marty Stuart
Move Along Train - Marty Stuart & Mavis Staples
Red, Red Wine and Cheatin' Songs - Marty Stuart
Drifting Apart - Marty Stuart
Hillbilly Rock - Marty Stuart
I Loved You Better Than Ever You Knew - Johnnie & Jack
I Love My Honey - Evie Ladin
Fields of the Lord - Jim Lauderdale
That's Where I'm Goin' - Eilen Jewell
Love Like a Hurricane - Kasey Chambers
High on a Mountain Top - Marty Stuart

Programme 16: Saturday 24th September 2011

Singin' The Blues - Marty Robbins
Don't Worry - Marty Robbins
Ribbon of Darkness - Marty Robbins
Big Iron - Marty Robbins
Dishes - Rita Hosking
Tele Kenesis - Steve Warner
Think of Me (When You're Lonely) - Mavericks
I'm Gonna Love You - Claire Lynch
Brother Jukebox - Mark Chestnut
In the Jailhouse Now - Harley Allen
Better Day - Dolly Parton
Shame on Me - George Strait
Walkin' After Midnight - Mandy Barnett
Everything But Love - Jeff Bridges

Programme 15: Saturday 17th September 2011

Long Gone, Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
My Sweet Love Ain't Around - Hank Williams
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - Linda Ronstadt
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Johnny Cash
Six More Miles - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
Road to Roosky - Carter Brothers
Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams
You're Gonna Change or I'm Gonna Leave - Andrea Zonn
Moanin' the Blues - Hank Williams & Hank Williams III
Down the Road - Mac McAnally
House of Gold - David Grisman
Jambalaya - Emmylou Harris
Lost Highway - Hank Williams

Programme 14: Saturday 10th September 2011

Harlan County Line - Dave Alvin
Many Years Ago - Jimmie Rodgers
Miss the Mississippi - Robin & Linda Williams
BlueYodel #1 (T for Texas) - Bob Wills
That Wonderful City - Jimmie Rodgers
Any Old Time - Maria Muldaur
Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues - Wanda Jackson
Jimmie Rodgers Blues Medley - Merle Haggard
Brakeman's Blues - Bill Monroe
Hobo's Meditation - Trio
No Hard Times - Jimmie Rodgers
Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) - Alan Jackson

Listen to the Omagh Bluegrass Music Festival from 3rd September 2011 here.

Programme 13: Saturday 28th May 2011

Amarillo - Emmylou Harris
Good Times - Jace Everett
Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
Route 23 - Wayne Hancock
Drinkin' Thing - Gary Stewart
Mr Fire Eyes - Bonie Guitar
Georgia on a Fast Train - Billy Joe Shaver
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter
If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets - Joe Diffie
How Cold Hearted Can You Get? - Hank Thompson
Honky Tonk Blues - Linda Ronstadt
Close Up the Honky Tonks - Buck Owens
Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

Programme 12: Bob Dylan Special Tuesday 24th May 2011

(It) Ain't Me Babe - Allen & Lilly
Buckets of Rain - Redbird
My Blue-Eyed Jane - Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Tim O'Brien
To Make You Feel my Love - Trisha Yearwood
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Levon Helm
Wanted Man - Johnny Cash
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Steve Young

Programme 11: Saturday 21st May 2011

No More Rain - Lynn Hanson
If It Wasn't for the Wind - Jeff Talmadge
Even now - Sara Evans
Stay Awhile and Play - Ciara Sidine
If It Hadn't Been for Love - Steeldrivers
Just for You - Jane MacNamee
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Earl Scruggs Revue
The Swimming Song - McGarrigle Sisters
I've Endured - Norianna Kennedy
My Oh My, How Time Flies - The Roys
Guess Things Happen That Way - Emmylou Harris
You Asked Me To - Waylon Jennings
Like Love to Me - Kimmie Rhodes
La Bamba - Los Lobos

Programme 10: Saturday 14th May 2011

In My Tennessee Mountain Home - Dolly Parton
The Fireball Mail - Roy Acuff
Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
Long Time Lovin' You - Deborah Allen
Sunny Side of the Mountain - Jimmy Martin
Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash
Lonesome Reuben - Randy Scruggs

Programme 9: Saturday 7th May 2011

Whiskey's Gone - Zac Brown Band
High Atmosphere - Diana Jones
I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Greg Allman
Til I Can Make It On My Own - Tammy Wynette
A Few Old Country Boys - Randy Travis & George Jones
Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
Running Blind - Randy Travis
The Road - Ciara Sidine
Stray Dogs & Alley Cats - Harley Allen
High Sierra - Linda Ronstadt
I Slipped and Fell in Love - Alan Jackson
Get Down River - Bottle Rockets
5 Feet High and Risin' - Johnny Cash
The Cuckoo Bird - Deana Carter

Programme 8: Saturday 30th April 2011

Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor - Johnny Horton
I'm a One Woman Man - Johnny Horton
Honky Tonk Man - Dwight Yoakam
Old Blind Barnabas - Johnny Horton
Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
Three Days - Willie Nelson
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Funny How Time Slips Away - Ray Price
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
In the Sweet Bye and Bye - Willie Nelson
Warm Red Wine - Willie Nelson
Mendocino County Line - Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack
Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson
City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson

Programme 7: Saturday 23rd April 2011

Running Scared - Roy Orbison
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Hazel Dickens
Rise and Shine - Randy Travis
It's a Gonna Rain - Dale Ann Bradley & The New Coon Creek Girls
Where the Soul of Man Never Dies - Hank Williams
I, John - Elvis Presley
Twelve Gates to the City - Sacred Shakers
Cryin' Holy - JD Crowe & the New South
Before this Time - Ollabell
Why Me Lord? - Kris Kristofferson
Let Me Be a Witness - Marty Stuart with Tammy & Jerry Sullivan
Keep Walkin' On - Faith Hill
Joshua - Dailey & Vincent
Back Home - Judds
Paul and Peter Walked - Claire Lynch
American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury

Programme 6: Saturday 16th April 2011

Fly Away Home - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Taos to Tennessee - Tish Hinojosa
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Marty Robbins
Sail Away Ladies, Sail Away - Uncle Dave Macon
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
Faithless Love - Linda Ronstadt
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Paradise - John Prine
Dang Me! - Roger Miller
Halley Came to Jackson - Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Way I Walk - Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton
All Aboard! - Del McCoury Band
The Union Mare and the Confederate Grey - Waylon Jennings
Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar

Programme 5: Saturday 9th April 2011

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' - Joel Plaskett
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons of the Pioneers
Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
Take Me Down - Ciara Sidine
Lucky Old Sun - Johnny Cash
Arms of Summer - Ciara Sidine
World Without Tears - Lucinda Williams
Sleepy Eyes - Ciara Sidine
Going Where I've Never Been Before - Dirk Powell
Tune of a Twenty Dollar Bill - Joey & Rory

Programme 4: Saturday 2nd April 2011

You Can't Go Back - Mel McDaniel
I'm Movin' On - Emmylou Harris
Together Again - Emmylou Harris
As Long as I Live - Johnny Cash
My Blue Tears - Linda Ronstadt
Green Pastures - Emmylou Harris
Love Hurts - Gram Parsons
One of these Days - Emmylou Harris
Ooh Las Vegas - Emmylou Harris
Never Be Anyone Else But You - Emmylou Harris
Get Up John - Emmylou Harris
Drivin' Wheel - Emmylou Harris
Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris
The Light - Emmylou Harris

Programme 3: Saturday 26th March 2011

Crazy Arms - Marty Stuart & Ralph Mooney
Rainy Day Woman - Waylon Jennings
Old Pipeliner - Moon Mullican
If I Could Only Win Your Love - Emmylou Harris
Last Date - Floyd Cramer
Keep on Walkin' - Mike Reid
Anything That's Part of You - Elvis Presley
Gonna Go Somewhere and Hide - Terri Gibbs
Takes a Lot to Laugh, Takes a Train to Cry - Levon Helm
Hometown Gossip - The Whites
I'll Be There - Ronnie Milsap
Crazy Arms - Jerry Lee Lewis
Keep Walkin' On - Karen Staley
Don't Put No Headstone on my Grave - Charlie Rich
The Valley Road - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Programme 2: Saturday 19th March 2011

Railroad - Tupelo
Court of Love - Rhoda Vincent
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
Acony Bell - Gillian Welch
It Won't Be Me - Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Take Me Down - Ciara Sidine
The Other Side of Nowhere - Kris Kristofferson
Firefly - Tupelo
Oklahoma Hills - Hot Club of Cowtown
As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band
I Don't Care - Carl Mann
Lone Star Blues - Delbert McClinton
Cameron Stomp - Barro & the Teardrops
Suzanna - Tim O'Brien

Programme 1: Saturday 12th March 2011

About Sandy Harsch

Born and raised in America, Sandy first came across country music at weekend square dances at the local volunteer Fire Station. During summers in Wyoming she had a saturation course in the 3 Hanks (Williams, Snow and Thompson) which led to a lifelong fascination with all things country.
Sandy moved to Ireland in the 1960s and worked as a photo-journalist. Her start in Irish radio was as a contributor to Pat Kenny's excellent 2FM programme, "The Outside Track."

Sandy also worked for, "Hot Press," as photographer / reviewer / interviewer for several years. After presenting a variety of country and American music shows on several different stations Sandy started presenting, "Country Time," (with its blend of country, cowboy songs, rockabilly, Americana, Cajun, honky-tonk and bluegrass) on RTE Radio One.

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Sandy Harsch

When: Saturday, 11.10pm
Presenter: Sandy Harsch
Producer: Aidan Butler