The Thistle & Shamrock host steps back from her weekly shows, and encourages you to enjoy the show's archives.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24615/a-message-from-fiona
In June, The Thistle & Shamrock® marked 41 years of weekly national broadcasts. It’s time to step back but not before making more memories.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/g-s1-24693/the-thistle-shamrock-a-few-farewells
We remember some highlights from across The Thistle & Shamrock’s four decades.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/26/g-s1-24692/the-thistle-shamrock-a-few-firsts
The Thistle & Shamrock host Fiona Ritchie selects music loved by listeners in the first decade of the show.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/26/g-s1-24691/the-thistle-shamrock-a-few-faves
Host Fiona Ritchie re-visits artists whose work was featured in her New Releases shows.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/26/g-s1-24686/the-thistle-shamrock-curtain-call
We remember Scottish singer and guitarist Rod Paterson.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/g-s1-16928/thistle-shamrock-two-hats
From Irish cowboys on the plains to the Orkney men in Hudson Bay, we unpick the Celtic roots of North American folk music with Skip Gorman, Graham Rorie and more.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/g-s1-3474/the-thistle-shamrock-trails-and-sails
Explore the rhythms of days gone by when the agricultural year marked the passage of time.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/g-s1-3463/the-thistle-shamrock-quarter-days
One of Ireland's leading interpreters of folk and traditional music, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is also a composer and songwriter of international renown.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251394565/the-thistle-shamrock-triona
New music is as much of a springtime certainty as fresh buds on the trees. Host Fiona Ritchie is keen to get among it all and share recordings recently acquired, downloaded, and re-discovered.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1244958590/the-thistle-shamrock-new-sounds