10 radio stations around the US are doing St. David's day radio specials on and around March 1st.The shows will feature music by Welsh artists such as - Fflur Dafydd, Gwyndaf Jones, David Llewellyn, Here Be Dragons, Trelew, Oceans Apart, Hwyl, Carreg Lafar, Celtish, Triban, Lowri Evans, Ceri Rhys Mathews, Geraint Roberts, Ar Ôl Tri, Cass Meurig, Gwyneth Glyn, Calan, Dafydd Iwan, Catrin Finch, Steve Eaves, Caryl Parry Jones, Meic Stevens, The Pendyrus Male Voice Choir, The Burlington Welsh Male Chorus and many more...If you live in any of these areas or fancy tuning in online the showtimes are listed below:
February 26th to March 5th Thistle & ShamrockSyndicated Nationwide - check website for local showtimes http://thistleradio.com
Thursday February 26, 5:00pm to 5:30pm (EST) Global Village - WCNI 90.9 FMNew London, Connecticut www.wcniradio.org
Thursday February 26th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm (EST) Music of the Isles - WMNF 88.5 FMTampa, Florida www.wmnf.org/programs/music-of-the-isles
Friday February 27th – 5:00pm to 8:00pm (EST) WWPV 88.7 FMColchester, Vermont http://wwpv.smcvt.edu/
Saturday February 28th – 9am to 12pm (EST) Celtic Crush - The Spectrum Channel 18SIRIUS Satellite Radio www.sirius.com
Saturday February 28th – 12:00pm to 3:00pm (EST) A Celtic Sojourn – WGBH 89.7 FMBoston, Massachusetts http://www.wgbh.org/schedules/program-info?program_id=29996
Sunday March 1st – 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EST) Ceili - WUNH 91.3 FMDurham, New Hampshire www.wunh.org
Sunday March 1st – 2:30pm to 5:30pm (EST) A Celtic Afternoon - WNKU 89.7 FMHighland Heights, Kentucky (it serves the Greater Cincinnati area). www.wnku.org
Sunday March 1st – 4:30pm to 5:30pm (EST) Celtic Crossings - WMUA 91.1 FMAmherst, Massachusetts www.wmua.org
Sunday March 1st – 5:00pm to 7:00pm (EST) Celtic Show - WRFG 89.3 FMAtlanta, Georgia http://www.wrfg.org/features/shows/shows-desc.asp?showid=77 Please contact the shows to tell them you appreciate what they are doing!
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There is plenty of music by Welsh artists that are readily available on most radio stations play lists. If it is a rock/pop station ask for Duffy, The Stereophonics, Jem or Tom Jones, if it is a classical station, you might try asking for Bryn Terfel, Charlotte Church, Paul Potts or Katherine Jenkins.
Cheers
Dave
It's only 3 days until St. David's day, now is a good a time as any to contact the hosts of your local radio stations to see they will play music by Welsh musicians on or in the run up too St. David's day.
Most rock/pop stations will have Duffy, Jem, Stereophonics or Tom Jones somwhere on their playlists, if your contacting a classical station most will have Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins or something by one of the many Welsh male voice choirs.
So far this year we have had confirmation from around 12 Chicago area radio stations and 19 different shows saying that they will dedicate songs to the Welsh in Chicago and mention St. David's day between Friday and Sunday.
Cheers
Dave