Today on Routes & Branches & Beyond it is another episode of "Clearing the Shelf" - where I play some CDs that have been lounging on a "to be played on the radio" shelf.  It is a bit of a cluttered shelf.  Maybe reflecting the cluttered shelf of my mind?  Who knows.  But I have heard that a clean office is a sign of an empty mind.  So I'm not sure about the clutter-to-creativity correlation - I think the science is still not sure of that relationship.

That said, today you'll hear the usual mix,including climate change tunes from Scotland, the cello of resilience, Bach goes to a Cape Breton kitchen party, songs to remember Ron Hynes, reels on the tin sandwich, Irish piano hornpipes, evocative rural roads, inter-celtic siblings, bagpipes on the rave floor, and symphonic abandon.  From musicians such as Breabach, Jocelyn Petit & Ellen Gira, Puirt a Baroque, Silver Wolf Band, Alan Doyle & the Dardanelles, Tommy Basker, Geraldine Cotter, Clancy, O’Connell & Clancy, Relativity, Rare Air, and the Barra Macneils & Sympony Nova Scotia.  Pull up a stool and join me.

Routes & Branches & Beyond show # 343 2024 10 31

Ivan Emke