Memorial Day

"Thank you" just seems so damned inadequate.

But what else can we say?

Tonight's Music

Corvus Corax performs de Mundi Statu from Cantus Buranus II.

Tonight's Music

Brad Paisley, Allison Krause -- Whiskey Lulliby

Tonight's Music

The Chieftains with Jean Butler at the Belfast Opera House in 1991. Riverdance was still three years in the future at this point.

Tonight's Music

Donal Lunny, Noel Hill, Liam O Maonlai & Hothouse Flowers. Rock influenced Celtic or Celtic influenced rock. Take your pick.

Tonight's Music

Tonight we have a double feature consisting of two takes on a traditional Irish love song, Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Darling). First we have some of the greatest talents in the Celtic music world including Karen Matheson, Mary Black, Karan Casey and Mary Ann Kennedy. This is from the BBC series The Highland Sessions and was the last musical number of the series, which is why the video features a retrospective look at the series.



Next we have Celtic Woman's more modern version which is more energetic with its full orchestral backing.

Tonight's Music

Steve McDonald's composition Valley of the Weeping recounting the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692 when 38 members of Clan MacDonald were murdered on the pretext that they had been slow to pledge their loyalty to the new King William of Orange. An additional 40 women and children froze to death after their homes were burned.

Tonight's Music

The Medieval Babes in a live performance of Adam Lay Ibounden.

Is it just me or with the lighting, costumes and makeup they look like the Vampire Ladies Choir?

Tonight's Music

Eileen Ivers performing The Harvest from the Riverdance - Live From New York City DVD. I was fortunate enough to see the show at the Wolf Trap outside of Washington DC when Eileen was still touring with it.

Tonight's music

The video of Loreena McKennitt performing the song Caravanserai live at the breathtaking environment of the Carlos V Rotunda at the historic Alhambra monument in Granada, Spain in September 2006.

This entire concert will be televised this year as a part of PBS' Great Performances series. The concert promotes her latest CD, An Ancient Muse.