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Sunday 31st January 2021

Set list by Keith Belcher

Peter Mulvey (USA)
The AmeriCanada Online Sessions #6
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire, UK
31st January 2021

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
You Don’t Have To Tell Me
What Else Was It?
Jesus Wants To Take Your Guns Away
Makes a Manhattan Cocktail
False Indigo
Shirts
All Saints’ Day
Don’t You Ever Change
The Trouble With Poets

Q/A – HILARY/RON/PETER

Set 2
Rise
Escanaba Thursday
Take Down Your Flag
On The Eve Of The Inaugural (New Song)
Me And Albert
Hallelujah (L. Cohen)
Are You Listening?
Poem Reading – Praise Song For The Day – Elizabeth Alexander
Shenandoah (Trad)

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Friday 17th January 8pm

Set list by Keith Belcher

Mike & Ruthy (Of The Mammals) (US)
The AmeriCanada Online Sessions #5
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire, UK
22nd January 2021 (Ron’s Birthday Gig)

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Make It True
Simple And Sober
Bright As You Can
You Can Come To My House
East Side West Side
If You Could Hear Me Now
Radio Signal
You Gotta Believe

Q/A – HILARY/RON/RUTHY/MIKE

Set 2
Bobby Orr Tattoo
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
My New York City (Woody Guthrie)
Born To Win (Woody Guthrie)
Mama Don’t Feel Good (New Song)
Olde Tyme Mem’ry (Erik Petersen)
One Vine
On My Way Home

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Thursday 25th February 8pm GMT

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This is another collaboration with Active Events, who we worked with on the McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle live stream just before Christmas.

Dùsgadh (n. awakening) is an exciting new collaboration between Scottish Bafta winning animator Cat Bruce and internationally renowned, multi award winning folk group, Breabach. This unique and innovative project takes the form of an animated film with original score. Based on ‘The Sea Maiden’ a folkloric tale collected by John Francis Campbell, the film is available to view in Gaelic and English, narrated by renowned tradition bearer Margaret Bennet. It features a soundtrack comprising five new pieces of music, one from each of Breabach’s five members. It is a powerful and poignant piece of work conceived and delivered throughout a turbulent and challenging year for the arts; all music was written, recorded and produced individually, from home.  

The film is accompanied by a virtual tour across the UK this February offering audiences the opportunity not only to support the artists, but also some of the bands favourite venues and festivals. The hour long ‘evening with’ presentation features behind the scenes footage and unseen live performances as well as a Q & A hosted by BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster and musician Anna Massie.  

The band will release a limited edition CD of the soundtrack and a limited run of art prints to accompany the tour.  

Breabach are; Megan Henderson (Fiddle, Vocals, Step Dance), James Lindsay (Double Bass, Moog, Percussion, Vocals), Calum MacCrimmon (Highland Bagpipes, Whistle, Bouzouki, Vocals), Conal McDonagh (Highland/Uilleann Bagpipes, Whistle, Flute, Vocals) and Ewan Robertson (Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Vocals, Cajon).  

Animation & Artwork by Cat Bruce Narration by Margaret Bennett Script by Jos Collins | Gaelic translation by Ewen Henderson 

Sunday 17th January 2021

Set List by Keith Belcher

Eliza Gilkyson (US)
The AmeriCanada Online Sessions #4
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire, UK
17th January 2021

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Through The Looking Glass
Promises To Keep
Solitary Singer
Death In Arkansas
Paradise Hotel
The Party’s Over
Sanctuary
The Bare Necessities

Q/A – HILARY/RON/ELIZA

Set 2
Eliza Jane
Midnight Oil
Hard Times In Babylon
Beauty Way
Requiem
Peace In Our Hearts
Seculare
Beautiful World Of Mine

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Friday 8th January 2021

Set List by Keith Belcher

A J Lee & Blue Summit (US)
The AmeriCanada Online Sessions #3
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire, UK
8th January 2021

A J Lee – Main Vocal, Mandolin, Guitar
Jesse Fichman – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Sullivan Tuttle -Guitar, Vocals
Chad Bowen – Bass, Vocals
Jan Purat – Fiddle, Vocals

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Not Gonna Cry Over You
Tear My Stillhouse Down (Gillian Welch)
From A Buick 6 (Bob Dylan)
Arkansas (Damon Black)
Monongah Mine
Workin’ Man Blues (Merle Haggard)
Bumming Around (Jimmy Dean)
Put Your Head Down

Q/A – HILARY/RON/BAND

Set 2
Lemons And Tangerines
Something Special
Sweet Sue (Victor Young & Will J Harris)
Madeleine
I’ll Come Back
Rodney Dangerfield (instrumental)
When You Change Your Mind

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Friday 4th December 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

Lynne Hanson & Dan Artuso (Ontario, Canada)
The AmeriCanada Online Sessions #1
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire, UK
4th December 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
River Of Sand
True Blue Moon
Hearts Fade
Clean Slate
Heaven And Hell
Hemingway’s Songbird
Such A Random Thing
Higher Ground

Q/A – HILARY/RON/LYNNE

Set 2
Long Way Home
Colour My Summers Blue
Cecil Hotel
Whiskey And Tears
Uneven Ground
Lollipops And Roses
Gotta Have Rain

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Sunday 29th November 2020

Set List by Keith Belcher

Gilmore & Roberts (Sheffield, Tier 3 , UK)
Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
29th November 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Stumble On The Seam
Gauntlet
The Philanthropist (Take It From Me)
The Stealing Arm
Things You Left Behind
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)

Q/A – HILARY/RON/KATRIONA/JAMIE

Set 2
Cecilia
Billy Green
Doctor James
Scarecrow
A Little Bit Of Everything (Dawes)
Wrong Country

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Thursday 17th December 8pm

Set list by Keith Belcher

McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle
17th December 2020
Virtual Show

Intro
Silent Night Set
Bushes Of Jerusalem
Once In Royal David’s City
Christ Church
Curoo, Curoo
Oh Holy Night Set (Leaving South Uist/Lochaber Badger)
The Holly & The Berry Set
Willie Taylor
The Wishing Tree Set
Away In A Manger Set

Mike, John and John Chat with Simon Thoumire

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle have recorded a very special Christmas show to be streamed into the homes of people the length and breadth of the UK. Linking with venues and festivals from the Highlands of Scotland across the sea to Belfast and on to the far south of England, the trio will bring Christmas cheer directly to audiences in their own homes.

The trio are delighted to present their inaugural Christmas concert featuring a diverse mix of classic Christmas melodies, traditional and contemporary songs and tunes. Whether performing material such as the medieval based song Curoo Curoo, John Shehan’s hauntingly beautiful melody Christchurch or the majestic O Holy Night, their decades of renowned musical expertise creates a magical and lasting impression.

Best known for their work with Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler and BBC Transatlantic Sessions as well as artists including Solas, Capercaillie and Kate Rusby, the multi award winning trio have recorded a 45 minute set full of Christmas tunes as well as some firm favourites.

Each show is different and at the end, questions submitted from the audiences of each venue and festival make for some unique moments. All ticket buyers will be given the opportunity to submit a question for their own unique event.

Michael McGoldrick explained “We felt we wanted to connect with people at this time of year and had been looking for a way to do this. This November we were supposed to be performing in Switzerland and the Czech Republic and John Doyle had flown over from his home in the US. The tour was cancelled at short notice and so we thought, this is our chance to use the time to record something special”

Ticket sales will be split between the artists and the individual venues/festivals, so you can be confident that your purchase will not only support McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle at Christmas, but also your local venues, promoters and festivals.

What happens now:

Go to https://myplayer.uk/christmasathome and find the date below that you want to buy a ticket for. Once you have purchased your ticket you will receive an email with information about how to watch the show in the comfort of your own home. All concerts 8pm. Each ticket will allow one more screening within a 7 day period. Tickets are only valid for one device at a time and cannot be shared.

Friday 20th November 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

Daoirí Farrell (IRE)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
20th November 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore
Clasped To The Pig
Pat Rainey
Sweet Portadown
Via Extasia
The Unquiet Grave

Q/A – HILARY/RON/DAOIRÍ

Set 2
The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
Fergie McCormick
Spencer The Rover
The Blue Tar Road
The Little Drummer
If Ever You Go To Dublin Town
The Arabic
The Creggan White Hare

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