Windy City Irish Radio - December 18, 2013

Shepherds quake at the sight -- Christ the Savior is born.  Christ the Savior is born!  Merry Christmas to you all!  Today on Windy City Irish Radio we celebrate Christmas Day with music fro The Outside Track, The Makem and Spain Brothers, The Elders, Schythian, We Banjo 3, The Drowsy Lads, Colm Gavin with Charlie McGattigan, Goats Don't Shave, The Irish Rovers, The Chieftains & Jackson Brown, The Coronas and Scythian.  Join Mike and Tim for a Christmas Day celebration live streaming on globalirishradio.com or 750AM WNDZ.  

Over the past nine years, Windy City Irish Radio held many Christmas parties inviting our favorite musicians, singers and poets to perform live in the Windy City Irish Radio studios.  Favorites such as Rory Makem, the Chancey Brothers, Joe McShane, Joel Simpson and Jennifer Ashley, Mark Piekarz, Cathy Cowan and Kathy O'Neill joined Mike and Tim to celebrate the season.  Today, we resurrect the old Christmas party and feature clips from past shows.   Join us from noon to 1pm on WNDZ 750AM or on globalirishradio.com.  Merry Christmas!

The Christmas spirit is live and well in the Windy City Irish Radio studios and we're celebrating the Christmas season Windy City Irish Radio-style with music from Irish greats including Damien McGinty, Roisin O, The Finns, Shane Hennesey, Cladia Buckley, Scythian, Daniel O'Donnell, Joanie Madden, Ashley Davis & John Doyle, The Irish Rovers, Irish Christmas In America, Eileen Ivers, Nathalie McMaster and the Byrne Brothers!  Get into the Christmas spirit.  We are!!  Check us out every Sunday afternoon from 12 noon to 1pm on www.globalirishradio.com or live on 750AM WNDZ.  

As we slide into the month of December, the outside temps sure make it feel like winter's grip is taking hold.  But not to worry -- it's warm and cozy in the Windy City Irish Radio studios and the studios are full of the Christmas Spirit. This week we feature Ireland's best Christmas exports from the Screaming Orphans, The Outside Track, Danny Burns, Enda Reilly, Michael Londra, Ashley Davis & John Doyle, Niamh Farrell, The Lost Brothers, Nanci Griffith, McPeake, The Dooleys, Frankie Gavin & The Carl Hession, The Irish Rovers, and the The High Kings.  The Christmas spirit is here on Windy City Irish Radio live each Sunday afternoon from 12:00 noon to 1pm on Global Irish Radio at www.globalirishradio.com or live on 750AM WNDZ.  

Just off a long Thanksgiving weekend, the Christmas season kicks off in the Windy City Irish Radio studios in full swing featuring the season's best songs and tunes from Ashley Davis, Seamus Begley & Oisin Mac Diamada, Danny O'Donnell, Cherish the Ladies, Celtic Woman, Tom Morley, The Irish Rovers, Craig Duncan, Cliona Hagan, Derek Ryan featuring Sharon Shannon, Celtic Thunder, Nathan Carter, The Harp Twins, and Lisa Kelly.  Hey, Christmas is coming so get in the spirit!!  Tune in each Sunday afternoon from noon to 1pm on WNDZ 750AM or live on www.globalirishradio.com.  

Thanksgiving is all about heading home to be with family & friends, breaking bread and being thankful for all of our blessings and we're doing just that right here on Windy City Irish Radio studios this week.  It's songs of the big meal, thanksgiving, heading home and family featuring music from Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers, Brendan Moriarty, Barleyjuice, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Walsh, Mark Howard, John Mock and Stuart Duncan, Ashley Davis, Danny O'Donnell, Sina Theil, Stree Lights Project, Celtic Women and the great Luke Kelly!  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

As the temps cool off across the Midwest, the music heats up in the Windy City Irish Radio studios.  This week we feature music from Clare Sands, Enda Scahill, Rusty Shackle, George Murphy, Goitse, The Lost Brothers, Solas, Cherish the Ladies, The Whiteaways, Josh O'Keefe, Nathan Carton and Bono with old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.  It's all right here on Windy City Irish Radio!

Colcannon, Bahmbrack, The Pooka and the Banshee, Black Cats and Hell are all on display as we celebrate the Celtic holiday of Samhain (pronounced Sew-In).  Join Tim for an hour of music and stories to celebrate the Celtic Halloween featuring music from Dahm the Bard, Imelda May, Scott Bozwell, Mary Black, Annie Finch, Irish Rovers, Lorena McKennitt, The High Kings, The Commitments, PeakFiddler, and Karliene.  It's all right here on Windy City Irish Radio.  Check us out live on www.globalirishradio.com or via 750AM Chicago.