Songs of the Supernatural

10 p.m. to Midnight Host: Steve Winters

Tonight’s Halloween and the beginning of the ancient Celtic New Year. The bonfires are lit and we’re experiencing that point in time that marks the end of one time cycle and the beginning of the next. The ancient Celts believed the moment between the old year and the new year was a moment out of the flow of normal time. We did little to dispel that notion in a special three-hour version of “Profiles in Folk” steeped deeply in lore and mythology.

  • Artist, "Title", Album, Label

  • Malicorne, “La Chasse Gallery”, Legende, Hannibal

  • Loreena McKennitt, “All Soul’s Night”, The Visit, Quinlan Road

  • The Young Tradition, “Lyke Wake Dirge”, The Young Tradition, Transatlantic/Castle

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  • Maggie Sansone, “Samhain Set”, A Traveler’s Dream, Maggie’s Music

  • Shirley Collins & Davy Graham, “Fair Nottamun Town”, Folk Roots/New Routes, Topic

  • John Roberts & Tony Barrand, “Oak, Ash & Thorn”, Dark Ships In The Forest, Folk-Legacy

  • Anne Lister, “Hawthorne”, A Flame In Avalon, Hearthfire

  • Simon Mayor, “All Hallow’s Dance”, The Acoustic Connection, Acoustic Records

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  • Malinky, “The Dreadful End Of Marianna For Sorcery”, “Dimna Juda”, “Alison Cross”, Last Leaves, Greentrax

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  • Cindy Mangsen, “Sweet William’s Ghost”, Songlines, Compass Rose

  • Deborah Cowan, “The Dreadful Ghost”, The Long Grey Line, independent

  • Wendy Weatherby, “Cruel Mother/Around Dawn”, Two Loves, KRL Lochshore

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  • Mike Waterson, “Tamlyn”, Mike Waterson, Topic

  • Kevin Burke, “The King Of Fairies”, Sweeney’s Dream, Smithsonian/Folkways

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  • Armor & Sturdevant, “Halloween”, You Dance Like You Drive, Tatema

  • Garrison Keillor, “Lake Woebegone Spot/Old Mr. Toloffson’s Ghost”, A Prairie Home Companion Anniversary Album, PHC

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  • The Folktellers, “The Calico Coffin”, Chillers, Mama-T Artists

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  • Stan Rogers, “The Witch Of The Westmoreland”, Between The Breaks…Live, Fogerty’s Cove

  • Fourtold, “Pendle Hill”, Fourtold, Appleseed

  • Cliff Haslam, “Old Pendle”, The Clockwinder, Folk-Legacy

  • Nic Jones, “The Drowned Lovers”, And We’ll All Have Tea, Retro

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  • Sue Richard & Bonnie Rideout, “The Seal Songs”, Scottish Reflections, Maggie’s Music

  • Maddy Prior, “The Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry”, Ravenchild, Park

  • The Tannahill Weavers, “Mermaid Medley”, The Mermaid Song, Green Linnet