The Late Session: Programme Listings 2008

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Programme 50: 28 December 2008

This year's annual Christmas concert from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum features the band 'At the Racket'.

Programme 49: 21 December 2008

Tonight's programme will feature a selection of the best CD releases of 2008.

Programme 48: 14 December 2008

Legendary singer Al O'Donnell has just released a new album, 'Ramble Away' and he joins Aine on tonight's show.

Programme 47: 7 December 2008

Offaly piper Joe Finn is Aine's guest tonight, marking the release of his debut CD, 'The Piper Calls the Tune'.

Programme 46: 30 November 2008

New York fiddle player Brian Conway is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of his recent CD, Consider the Source.

Programme 45: 23rd November 2008

Photographer Tony Kearns joins Áine tonight to talk about his recently published book of photographs from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy.

Programme 44: 16th November 2008

The unusual combination of uilleann pipes and accordion feature on the new album by Aine Hensey's guests tonight, Dubliner John O'Brien and Silabh Luachra's Paudie O'Connor.

Programme 43: 9th November 2008

Concertina player Larry Kinsella from Co. Wexford joins Áine tonight to talk about his new CD, The Barley Grain.

Programme 42: 2nd November 2008

Danú member Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh has just released a duet album of songs with Scottish singer, Julie Fowlis. The west Kerry singer and flute player is Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 41: 26th October 2008

Dublin accordeon player James Keane, resident in New York for 41 years, paid a visit home recently. He joins Áine on tonight's programme to relive memories of traditional music in Dublin in the 1950s, the days of the Castle Céilí Band, and playing music with his new band Fingal.

Programme 40: 19th October 2008

Cork flute player Conal Ó Gráda is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of his solo album, Cnoc Buí.

Programme 39: 12th October 2008

Young Tulla concertina player Kate McNamara is tonight's guest.

Programme 38: 5th October 2008

'The Flute Players of Roscommon, volume two' features archive and new recordings from throughout the county and the album's co-producer, John Wynne, is Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 37: 28th September 2008

Flute player Paul McGlinchey from Omagh, Co. Tyrone, joins Áine tonight to talk about his new solo album. 'Unearthed'.

Programme 36: 21st September 2008

Co. Galway accordion player Gary Quinn is Aine Hensey's guest on tonight's programme.

Programme 35: 14th September 2008

German guitarist Jens Kommnick joins Áine on tonight's programme.

Programme 34: 7th September 2008

Patricia Clark grew up in Derbyshire and now lives in Clare,where she recently recorded her debut CD of traditional fiddle music. She is Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 33: 31st August 2008

Áine's guest tonight is fiddler Ben Lennon, who has just released a duet album with concertina player Tony O'Connell.

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Programme 32: 24th August 2008

Níl Gar ann! is the title of a new CD of fiddle music by the late Frank Cassidy, which has just been released by Cairdeas na bhFidléirí. Rab Cherry will join Áine in studio tonight to talk about Frank and his music.

Programme 31: 17th August 2008

On the programme tonight, producer Jerry O'Reilly will join Áine Hensey tonight to talk about Casades of Song, a CD of recordings made during the Clare Festival of Traditional Song in Ennistymon during the 1990s.

Programme 30: 10th August 2008

Flute player Paddy O'Donoghue celebrated his 80th birthday with the release of his debut sola album, The Rose of Killagh. He is Áine guest on tonight's show.

Programme 29: 3rd August 2008
Ennis singer Geraldine Carrigg is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of her CD, There is a Place.

Programme 28: 27th July 2008
Áine's guests tonight are the young Donegal fiddle players, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh and Aidan O'Donnell, whose duet album, Fidil, has been receiving much critical acclaim since its release.

Programme 27: 20th July 2008
Nicholas Carolan pays tribute to the memory of Dr. Hugh Shields, musicologist, author and music collector who died this week. We also meet singer Helen Hayes, from Feakle, marking the launch of her debut CD.

Programme 26: July 13th 2008
Tonight's programme will feature music and song recorded during Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy.

Programme 25: July 6th 2008
Tonight's programme will be broadcast live from the opening weekend of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay.

Programme 24: June 29th 2008
Husband and wife, piper Tiarnan Ó Duinnchín and singer Stephanie Makem, are Áine's guests tonight, marking the release of their album, 'Ceol is píob'.

Programme 23: June 22nd 2008
Renowned composer, songwriter and guitarist Gerry O'Beirne, will join Áine tonight, to talk about his recent release 'The Bog Bodies and other stories'.

Programme 22: June 15th 2008
Flute player Catherine McEvoy has just released her second solo album, 'The Home Ruler', and she joins Áine on tonight's show.

Programme 21: June 8th 2008
Co. Galway accordeon player, Marie Walsh, is Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 20: June 1st 2008
Áine will be joined by London-born musician John Blake tonight, to talk about his second release with fiddler Lamond Gillespie and bouzouki player Mick Leahy.

Programme 19: May 25th 2008
Karan Casey is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of her new album, 'Ships in the Forest'.

Programme 18: May 18th 2008
London-born fiddle player Kane O'Rourke, who now lives in Co. Meath, is Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 17: May 11th 2008
'Siar Anoir' is the debut album from the young band Nábac. Tonight's show will feature music from the CD and an interview with members of the band.

Programme 17: May 4th 2008
Mullingar harmonica player Noel Battle, who has just released a debut CD, will be Áine's guest tonight.

Programme 17: April 27th 2008
Áine's guests tonight are Scottish singer Julie Fowlis and her husband, Danú member, Eamon Doorley.

Programme 16: April 20th 2008
Benny McCarthy and John Nugent, members of the band Rattle the Boards, will join Áine tonight to talk about their new CD, 'The Parish Platform'.

Programme 15: April 13th 2008
Young Galway fiddler player, Fergal Scahill, is Áine's guest tonight. He has just released his debut solo album, 'The Dusty Bridge'.

Programme 14: April 6th 2008
Seán Bán Breathnach will join Áine on tonight's show to talk about the double album recently released by RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, which features music and song recorded at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy over the past 35 years.

Programme 13: March 30th 2008
Fiddle player Maeve Donnelly is Áine's guest tonight, marking the release of her new CD, 'Flame on the banks'.

Programme 12: March 23rd 2008
TG4's Ceoltóir na Bliana, Martin Hayes, joins Áine tonight, to talk about 'Welcome Here Again', his first studio album with guitarist Denis Cahill in over ten years

Programme 11: March 16th 2008
Matt Molloy and John Carty will be Áine's guests tonight, marking the release of their album of flute and fiddle duets, Pathway to the Well.

Programme 10: March 9th 2008
Cork accordion player Ray O'Brien is Áine's guest tonight, marking therelease of his debut CD.

Programme 9: March 2nd 2008
Gay McKeon of Na Piobairí Uilleann joins Áine tonight to talk about their new DVD, The Pipers' Choice, Volume I, and to discuss online piping tuition and the upcoming 40th annual tionól.

Programme 8: February 24th 2008
Singer Mary McPartlan launches her new CD, Petticoat Loose in Dublin this week and she is Áine's guest on tongiht's show.

Programme 7: February 17th 2008
Brendan Larrissey and Brian Duke from the band Island Eddy join Áine tonight to mark the launch of their debut album.

Programme 6: February 10th 2008
Fiddle and whistle player Cora Smyth releases her album 'Are We There Yet?' this week and she is Áine's guest on tonight's show.

Programme 5: February 3rd 2008
'Songs of the Irish Travellers' was released on cassette by the late Tom Munnelly in 1983. Pavee Point have just re-issued the collection on CD and Finbar Boyle will talk abou the collection on tonight's show.

Programme 4: January 27th 2008
Co Armagh singer Geraldine Bradley joins Áine tonight to talk about her debut solo album, 'From the Rising Spring'.

Programme 3: January 20th 2008
Ballyfermot College of Further Education recently celebrated 12 years of teaching traditional Irish music courses with the launch of the CD, 'Ceoltóir Retrospective'. The course coordinator Paul McGrattan is Áine guest tonight.

Programme 2: January 13th 2008
Flute player Garry Walsh is tonight's special guest, marking the release of his second album, Penny Trumpets.

Programme 1: January 6th 2008
Áine's guest tonight will be Peter O'Loughlin, who will talk about his close musical friend Paddy Murphy of Connolly, Co. Clare, whose recordings have just been issued on CD.