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We've been focussing on randomness this month.  "Who do that in January," you may ask?  "No particular reason - the idea just popped up out of the blue."  You kind of expected that answer, didn't you?  And throughout the series we have enquired as to why randomness is frowned upon and disrespected.  You may hear people refer to "random" acts of violence, as being particularly unkind.  But I am more worried about "non-random" acts of violence, when someone knows me and makes a conscious choice to hurt me.  At least as a victim of random violence, I could be slightly comforted that nobody spent time PLANNING to cause me harm - it just unfolded.  But that is likely an obscure and unconvincing allegory.  Sorry.  It was just a random thought, and you know how dangerous they can be!

Today on Routes & Branches & Beyond we have northwest voyages, gypsies, causeways, cross-dressing drummers, shoals of herring, rubber folk, a harvest moon, and wonderland itself.  All from musicians such as the Métis Fiddler Quartet. Jim Fidler, Mary Beth Carty, Michael Jerome Browne, Banshee, Ceolbeg, Richard Thompson, Martin Simpson, Waterson: Carthy, Show of Hands, Neil Young, Coco Love Alcorn, and Bùrach.  Turn off the news and join me.

Routes & Branches & Beyond show # 356 2025 01 30

The other day while listening to an erudite program on a radio station that regularly uses words like "erudite," I heard an intriguing example.  They were talking about the speed at which infectious diseases are now able to move around the world.  You see, the homo sapiens sapiens species (that's us) is about 20,000 generations old.  But the last four generations have exhibited astounding changes.  Your great-grandparents likely travelled mostly by foot, and so came to know a geography of several communities.  Your grandparents maybe travelled by horse and train, then car, and knew a geography of many counties.  Your parents entered the airplane age, and knew a geography of maybe a few countries.  Whereas, you may be global, and exposed to a much wider swath of world geography.  What a remarkable change in only four (of our 20,000) generations.  And the same is true for our access to music (not just the spread of infectious disease).  We are so blessed to live in a time when we have ready access to so many styles of music from around our blessed planet.

So today on Routes & Branches & Beyond we continue a series on compilation albums - those attempts to capture a whole genre of music in about 15 tracks.    We'll have Irish folk, English Roots, Music without Frontiers, Ultimate Musical Adventures, Americana, Fado,Unwired Acoustic Music, Italia Nova, African Disco, and the Undiscovered World.  All from musicians such as Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick, Jim Murray, Barely Works, Korrontzi, the Cuban Cowboys, Robert Earl Keen, Marco Oliveira, Máximo Jiménez, Rafi Naabzada & Hameed Sakhizada, Tazenda, Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba, Fanfara Tirana, and Choir Invisible (Desmond & Leah Tutu's Peace Choir).  Get the wax out of your ears and join me.


Routes & Branches & Beyond show # 358 2025 02 13

theres nothing good i remember

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If I were to rely on outdated and worn-out stereotypes, I might say that the traditional Scots may appreciate compilation albums - that way they can procure a wide variety of music for a modest cost.  Of course, that relies upon the stereotype of the thrifty Scot.   But when it comes to brilliant music, they are far from miserly.  Indeed, they freely share their wealth of musical talent with us all.  So today on Routes & Branches & Beyond we will benefit from the generous largesse of the Scottish musical scene, as we continue our look at compilation CDs.

I'll play songs and tunes about iron roads, cousins, smoky lums, dancing feet, corkers, weavers, feathers, musical priests and ballies wi' the lintwhite locks.  All from musicians such as Jenna & Bethany Reid, Ian Campbell Folk Group, Deaf Heights Cajun Aces, Ian Bruce, Tannahill Weavers, Cedar Place Children, Peggy MacGillivray, Frankie Miller, Runrig, Andy M. Stewart & Manus Lunny, Sileas, Jamie McMenemy & Kornog, and John & Phil Cunningham.  Put another slab on the fire and join me.


Routes & Branches & Beyond show # 364 2025 03 27

a cry to this world, sung from a rock so huge, I've still not finished walking the perimeter

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