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Music heard on the air for January 28, 2014

Music Heard on Air

These are the songs we played between segments on The World for Tuesday, January 28, 2014.

Chieftains album blends Irish and Mexican folk music

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‘The Seventh Chieftain’: Celtic Superstar Carlos Núñez

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The Chieftains Celebrate 50th Anniversary with ‘Voice of Ages’

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San Patricio

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The San Patricio Battalion fought in the Mexican American War. The story of the San Patricio Battalion is the subject of a new CD. It’s by The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder. Marco Werman speaks to Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains and Ry Cooder.

Chieftains, Applebroog, Goldberger

Kurt Andersen talks with the Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney about the band’s new record, San Patricio. It pays tribute to the real-life battalion of Irish-American soldiers who deserted the U.S. Army to fight for the Mexicans. An artist in her eighties rediscovers drawings she did forty years ago. In the Utah desert, a scrappy team of […]