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Leoneda Inge
Leoneda Inge
Changing Economy Reporter
Frank Stasio
Frank Stasio
Host, "The State of Things"
Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon
Host, "The Story"
Catherine Brand
Catherine Brand
Host, "All Things Considered"
Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt
Raleigh Bureau Chief & Education Reporter
Eric Hodge
Eric Hodge
Host, "Morning Edition"
Jeff Tiberii
Jeff Tiberii
Greensboro Bureau Chief
Shawn Wen
Shawn Wen
Associate Producer, "The State of Things"
Freddy Jenkins
Freddy Jenkins
Back Porch Music Announcer & Operations
Carol Jackson
Carol Jackson
Managing Editor, "The Story"
Jorge Valencia
Jorge Valencia
Associate Producer, "The Story"
Gurnal Scott
Gurnal Scott
Assistant News Director
Patty Painter-Wakefield
Patty Painter-Wakefield
Operations Manager & Producer & Midday Announcer
Keith Weston
Keith Weston
Web Producer & Back Porch Music Host @keithweston
Joe & Terry Graedon
Joe & Terry Graedon
Executive Producers and Hosts, "The People's Pharmacy"
Isaac-Davy Aronson
Isaac-Davy Aronson
Producer, "Morning Edition"
Cori Princell
Cori Princell
Producer, "The Story"
Phoebe Judge
Phoebe Judge
Producer, "The Story"
Will Michaels
Will Michaels
Reporter & Producer, Morning News
Alex Granados
Alex Granados
Producer, "The State of Things"

Thistle and Shamrock

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Fiona Ritchie

Each week listeners join award-winning host Fiona Ritchie to explore the evolving Celtic musical traditions of Europe and North America. In addition to well-known artists and selections, Ritchie introduces curious listeners to Celtic influences in World and contemporary music, and investigates other distant landscapes and genres.

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Fiona Ritchie

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9:30 am
Sun March 17, 2013

'The Thistle & Shamrock' Host ProFile, Straight From The Scottish Highlands

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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 8:56 pm

We're celebrating St. Patrick's Day in true public radio form - a conversation with the award-winning host of NPR's The Thistle & Shamrock. Fiona Ritchie has spent more than 30 years digging into the evolving Celtic music tradition, bringing public radio listeners well-established and newly emerging recording artists in Europe and North America.Today, we got her to dish on the Irish, her children and NPR, too.

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Tiny Desk Concerts
2:03 pm
Mon March 11, 2013

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill: Tiny Desk Concert

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Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Feb. 25, 2013.
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You're about to watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic. For too many of us, Irish music is something that merely gets trotted out around this time of year, associated with St. Patrick's Day and the coming of spring — and made a cliche by commercialism and whatever other shallow notions make cliches what they are.

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Thistle and Shamrock
6:03 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Thistle And Shamrock: Sheila Kay Adams - 7th Generation Ballad Singer From North Carolina

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For seven generations her family has passed down English, Scottish and Irish ballads that crossed the Atlantic with their ancestors in the 1700s. Join Fiona and an intimate audience at the Swannanoa Gathering's Traditional Song Week to enjoy Appalachian ballads and stories of a unique singer, author, tradition bearer and cultural treasure: Sheila Kay Adams.

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