The rains came. Not such an odd thing if you live in Donegal where the show goes out every week but in Georgia 6 days of heavy rain took its toll. At first I was enjoying the prolonged soaking. We have been in a drought situation here for a couple of years now. Even in winter it has been illegal to water your lawn. The lakes have been drying up and rivers have lost a lot of thier flow to a series of hot dry summers.  But after 6 days even I had to say it was enough. People were losing thier lives, property, livelhoods. So now people are working to rebuild and dry out ruined homes and businesses and start again. I love the rain but this time even I had seen enough.

On the show this week I have music from Mindy Smith, The Nitty Gritty Dirt band, Tom Byrne and the lovely Lumiere. Also new music from my hero Guy Clark. So do enjoy the show and let me know what you think. Send any requests to me This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tune in next week for more great music from both sides of the Atlantic. 

Across The Pond is  my radio show that celebrates the music is Ireland, England, Scotland, Galicia, Brittany, Wales and of course the great rich tapestry of music in America. And on show 51 I try not to let that tradition down. I have music from Solas, Newfound Road, Sarah Watkins, Hal Ketchum and many more.

In coming weeks I will have even more great music and occasional guests from Casey Driessen to Maura o'Connell. So join me on ICRFM every Thursday with a repeat on Sunday or just hang out here on JigTime and wait for the archive and podcast of the show. 

And coming up on show 52, new music from Tom Byrne, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Guy Clark and Lumiere.

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Until next week take care and safe travelling. 

Well it finally arrived. Show number 50 went on on ICRFM on Thursday and is now ready for you to listen to as an archive and podcast here on JigTime.  As promised, on today's show I am playing music only from Facebook friends. Mind you when I started to pick music for the show I realized I had far too many musician friends on Facebook and may have to make this a regular show. So sit back and enjoy music from some very cool people I have known and worked with down through the years including, The Duhks, Ciaran Tourish, Maura O'Connell, Alison Brown and many more.

And tune in next week for more great music from both sides of the great big sea and beyond.  If you have any requests or know of artists I may want to play on the show please send me links to the artist and I will try to fit them in. 

It was a sad weekend as many of us bade farewell to Senator Edward Kennedy. He will be missed my so many. It was a beautiful send off though. I wrote a short piece for Facebook on the day after I heard the news about my own personal feelings about this giant of a man. Check it out here . It was truly one of the great honours of my life to be in the same room with a man who changed the world for the better. 

The Podcast of the show is up a little late this week but if you managed to catch the show on ICR I hope you enjoyed the music. For those of you who wait for the archive stream on JigTime or the podcast, then I think you are in for a treat. Music on the show from Colin Hay, Cara Dillon, Bela Fleck and more. 

Don't forget next week is Show number 50. So join me as I celebrate the music of my Facebook friends.  So you can expect music from Ciaran Tourish, John Doyle, Pauline Scanlon, Sharon Shannon and many more. So do tune in later this week to ICRFM.ie

Another week and another episode of the show that brings you music from both sides of the Atlantic. On this week's Across The Pond I have some great music from Galicia, Wales, Ireland and the mountains of America. I have a classic from Little Feat and some great new music from Ireland's legendary Christy Moore. So once again an eclectic mix of music for you to enjoy.

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