Windy City Irish Radio

The Rambles of Spring blow their way into the Windy City Irish Radio studio this week as Mike and Tim celebrate the Easter holiday with music and conversation of long held Irish traditions of the Holy Week. Join the lads as they up the cultural ante by welcoming Artistic Director of the Chicago Chamber Choir, Doreen Rao, into the studio to discuss their 20th Anniversary season and performance of Be Thou My Vision: All Things Irish (April 16-17, 2016). The concert celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising with a Celtic mosaic of traditional, popular, and contemporary music of Irish and American composers. Despite the temptation to do so, Tim does not sing along. Listen for songs of the season and music from Tommy Makem, Dublin's Na Fianna, a beautiful new song from the new album from The Gloaming, Christy Moore, Wicklow's own Luan Parle, Mundy, Sinead O'Connor doing her thing with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, and an Irish favorite from Justin Timberlake, Ma