The Late Session: Programme Listings 2006

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Sunday, January 1
The annual Christmas concert from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Hollywood, Co. Down, featuring singer Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill with Altan guitarist Mark Kelly, and young Dublin fiddle and pipes duet, Liam O'Connor and Sean McKeon.

Sunday, January 8
Tonight we feature more music from the annual Christmas concert in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, with Liam O'Connor and Sean McKeon.

Sunday, January 15
Tonight's guest is the Oregon-based fiddle player, Kevin Burke, who has recently released a duet album with his regular playing partner, guitarist and singer Ged Foley.

Sunday, January 22
Tonight's guest on the Late Session is harpist Kathleen Loughnane, whose new solo album Harp to Heart was recently released.

Sunday, January 29
Dublin singer Niamh Parsons joined forces with guitarist Graham Dunne to record a live album at the Fylde Folk Festival last summer and they both join Áien on tonight's Late Session

Sunday, February 5
Áine's guest on tonight's show is Dublin uilleann piper Declan Masterson who has been touring with Riverdance for the past ten years, but recently found time to record and release a solo album, Heartland.

Sunday, February 12
Kerry singer, Eilís Kennedy, is Áine's guest on tonight's show, marking the release of her second album, One Sweet Kiss.

Sunday, February 19
Eoin Dillon is best known as the uilleann piper with Kila, but the Dublin musician has just recorded his debut solo album, The Third Twin, and he joins Áine on tonight's show.

Sunday, February 26
On tonight's programme, Áine is talking to Jack Talty and Marion Rice from the Traditional Music Society in University College Cork.

Sunday March 5
On tonight's shorter programme, we feature Cúil Aodha sean-nós singer, Máire Ní Cheocháin Uí Chrualaoí, winner of the Oireachtas Bonn Óir in 1951, and now releasing her debut CD, Cú-Cú-Ín.

Sunday, March 12
Cavan accordeon player, Martin Donohue, launches his new CD, Tasty Touches, this weekend, and he is Áine's guest on tonight's show.

Sunday, March 19
Áine's guests tonight are June McCormack and Michael Rooney, who have just released their second flute and harp duet album, Land's End.

Sunday, March 26
Áine's guest tonight is another fine young concertina player from Co. Clare, Padraig Rynne. Pádraig has been a member of Turas, Cian, the Alan Kelly Band, and now releases his debut solo album Bye A While.

Sunday, April 2
Áine's guest on tonight's show is Brian Lennon, flute-player with the Mayo-based band, Céide, who have just released their second album, Out of Their Shell.

Sunday, April 9
On tonight's show, Áine visits west Clare concertina player, Kitty Hayes, and Dutch piper, Peter Laban, to talk about a new musical partnership that has resulted in the release of the CD, They'll Be Good Yet.

Sunday, April 16
On tonight's programme, we hear a concert recorded by Cormac Breathnach (whistles) and Martin Dunlea (guitars) during the ESB Beo Festival in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, last August.

Sunday, April 23
Galway-based banjo player Angelina Carberry is Áine's guest tonight. Having released two acclaimed duet albums, with her father, Peter, and her husband, Martin Quinn, Angelina now marks the launch of her first solo CD, An Traidisiún Beo.

Sunday, April 30
Denis Liddy and Bríd O'Gorman of the Turloughmore Céilí Band are Áine's guests tonight.

Sunday, May 7
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from Corca Dhuibhne is the lead singer with Danú, but she has just released a solo CD and she is Áine's guest on tonight's show.

Sunday, May 14
Chicago fiddle player Liz Carroll takes time out tonight from her Irish tour to join Áine on The Late Session.

Sunday, May 21
Gay McKeon, Chairman of Na Piobairí Uilleann, joins Áine tonight to talk about next weekend's Tionól, which will be held in Dublin.

Sunday, May 28
Piper John McSherry and fiddler Donal O'Connor are Áine guests tonight, marking the release of their duet album, Tripswitch.

Sunday, June 4
Áine's guests tonight are Paul Brock and Enda Scahill, who will talk about Humdinger, their forthcoming album of melodeon and banjo music.

Sunday, June 11
Tonight's short programme will feature sean-nós singer, Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill, who celebrates the release of his debut solo CD, Amhráin na Séad.

Sunday, June 18
Tonight, Áine will chat with New York musicians Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan, recorded during their recent visit to Ireland.

Sunday, June 25
Áine's guests on tonight's show are Oisín Mac Diarmada and Tristan Rosenstock, members of the band, Téada, whose new CD, Inne Amarach, has just been released.

Sunday, July 2
Tonight's programme comes live from Miltown Malbay on the opening weekend of Scoil Shamhraidh Willie Clancy.

Sunday, July 9
On tonight's show, we feature more music, song and chat from Scoil Shamhraigh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay.

Sunday, July 16
Dublin whistle player Gavin Whelan has just released his 2nd CD and he is Áine's guest on tonight's show.

Sunday July 23
Áine will be joined in studio tonight by members of the band Aracandh, who are celebrating the release of their second CD of traditional and contemporary songs.

Sunday July 30
Information available shortly.

Sunday August 6
Tipperary fiddle player Eileen O'Brien will join Áine tonight to talk about her new CD, The Fiddler's Choice, recorded with friends to raise funds for Nenagh Hospital.

Sunday August 13
Kevin Crawford of Lúnasa joins Áine tonight to talk about the band's most recent album release, Sé.

Sunday, August 20
Emmet Gill and Gerry Clarke join Áine tonight to talk about 'Old-Time Records', a new project to release previously unheard 78rpm records from the 1920s and 1930s on CD.

Sunday, August 27
Dundalk fiddle-player Gerry O'Connor is Áine's guest tonight, marking the launch of a new live CD recorded in Brittany with guitarist Giles le Bigot.

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Sunday, September 10
Concertina player Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh from Co. Meath is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of his new CD, Inside Out.

Sunday, September 17
Singer Pauline Scanlon from Dingle will join Áine on tonight's programme, to talk about her new CD, Hush, which she recently recorded in Nashville.

Sunday September 24
The young concertina and fiddle duo, Edel Fox and Ronan O'Flaherty, are Áine's guests tonight, talking about their debut CD.

Sunday, October 1
TG4's Musician of the Year, James Kelly, home in Ireland for the presentation concert, will join Áine on tonight's show.

Sunday, October 8
Flute and whistle player Marcas Ó Murchú from Belfast joins Áine tonight to talk about his new CD, 'Turas Ceoil'.

Sunday, October 15
On tonight's programme, Áine will be talking to Conamara sean-nós singer Róisín Elsafty about her new CD, 'Má Bhíonn Tú Liom'.

Sunday, October 22
The six-piece, all-woman band, Líadan, have just released their first album, and members of the group will be Áine's guests tonight.

Sunday, October 29
Cork songwriter Con 'Fada' Ó Drisceoil has just published a book and CD of his humorous songs, and he will be Áine's guest tonight.

Sunday, November 5
Fiddle player Zoe Conway is Áine's guest tonight, as she marks the release of her new CD, The Horse's Tail.

Sunday, November 12
Áine is joined tonight by Kieran Munnelly from Mayo and Aidan O'Donnell from Donegal, students at the University of Limerick who have just released a flute and fiddle duet album.

Sunday, November 19
Fiddle player Manus McGuire is Áine's guest tonight, marking the Dublin launch of his new solo CD, Fiddlewings.

Sunday, November 26
Cork fiddle player and composer Edel Sullivan joins Áine tonight to talk about her recent debut Cd release, 'In The Time Of'.

Sunday, December 3
London-based flute player, James Carty is in Ireland this weekend to launch his new album, 'Upon My Soul', and he is Áine's guest tonight.

Sunday, December 10
'If I Told You' is the new album from Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, and the Gaoth Dobhair singer joins Áine on tonight's show.

Sunday, December 17
Hear a selection of the finest traditional music releases of 2006.

Sunday December 31