Winter is in no hurry to end, nor are we in any hurry to halt our winter rambles on "Routes & Branches & Beyond."  And there's nothing quite like some tasty music to add spice to the season.  We start out, naturally, with some Cape Breton fiddle, then on to an autoharp rendition of a country classic, the happiness of love, Gaelic tongue-acrobatics, catchy classical Arabian scales, Malian blues, British early proto-folk, southern shelter, uplifting sunday school songs and Newfoundland dance tunes.  Artists include Triboro, Boubacar Traoré, Garnet Rogers, Mànran, Jamal Porto, Mairi Rankin, June Carter Cash, Irish DeMent, Mark Knopfler, the John Renbourn Group, Sigrid Moldestad & Liv Merete Kroken, and Aaron Collis & Emilia Bartella.  Nice folks, all.  Join us.

Routes & Branches & Beyond, show # 213, 27 Jan 2022

Ivan Emke