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1998-99 Season

Airdate Artist Song CD title CD number
Theme in to the show Marc Johnson “Samurai Hee-Haw” “Bass Desires” ECM 78118-21299-2
Theme out of the show The Plankerdown Band “The Jig Is Up” “The Jig Is Up” Pigeon Inlet PIPCD-7331
September 12 Ulrika Lindholm “Inte må tro jag går och friar” “Suede Musique Populaire” Ocora C 600010
Ron Hynes “Native Side” “Standing in Line in the Rain” 02-50755
September 19 Dar Williams “Are You Out There” “End of The Summer” Razor & Tie RT 2830-2
John White “Down by the Green Bushes” N/A BCN Archival Recording
October 3 Annie Walters “Bar The Door O” “Songs of the Newfoundland Outports” Pigeon Inlet Productions - PIP 7319 (an lp, may not be available)
Solas “The Wind That Shook The Barley” “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” Shanachie 78010
October 10 The Fables “Tear The House Down” “Tear The House Down” Tidemark (No CD number yet)
October 17 Anita Best “Liverpool Pilot” “Crosshanded” Amber Music 9804-2
October 31 Lena Willemark and Ale Möller “Samsingen” "Agram" ECM 1610 78118-21610-2
Emile Benoit "Lady Margaret" "Vive La Rose" Amber Music ACD 9014
November 7 Ron Hynes “River of No Return” “Cryer's Paradise” EMI E289466
November 14 Eliza Carthy “10,000 Miles” “Red” Topic TSCD 493
November 21 Josephine Costard “Le Bon Vin” "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" Pigeon Inlet PIP-7319 (this is an lp, may not be available)
Radio Tarifa "La Tarara" "Temporal" World Circuit / Nonesuch 79499-2
November 28 Fur Packed Action “Two Step” “The Dull Thud of Fur” 02-50774
December 5 Love Blister performs cover of “Truck Stop Nun" by Da Slyme, “In-a-gadda-da-vida” by Iron Butterfly,
“Bury It” by Bung, and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones
December 12 Triakel “Alla Gossar (All the Young Men)"” “Northside 1998” NS6016
December 19 Julie Murphy “Calennig” "A Celtic Christmas" Saydisc CD-SDL 417
The Roches "Joy to the World" "We Three Kings" Rykodisc RCD 10311
Paul Bley Trio "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" "The Christmas Collection" Prestige OJCCD-6011-2
The Pretenders "2000 Miles" "Learning to Crawl" Sire 92 39801
Duke Ellington "Jingle Bells" "A Jazz Christmas" CBS BUK 50235
January 2, 1999 T-Bone Burnett “Humans From Earth” "Soundtrack - 'Until The End of the World'" Warner Bros CD 26707
Talking Heads "Found A Job" "More Songs About Buildings and Food" Sire 6058-2
John Lennon "Cleanup Time" "Lennon" Parlophone CDP 7952242
Alejandro Fernandez "Llorando Penas" "Que Seas Muy Feliz" Columbia CDDN 479835
Jova Stojiljkovic "Besir" & His Brass Orkestar "Sampionski Cocek" "Blow, Besir, Blow" Globe Style CDORBD 038
January 16 Kelly Russell and the Planks “Arthur McBride” “Smashed Hits” Pigeon Inlet Productions 02 50769
January 23 The Susan Gale Band “Free Your Head” “Francis” Contact O'LEI Management, 16 Colonial St., St. John's, A1C 3M8
January 30 Gayle Tapper “Here The Tides Flow” “Guayacama” 02 50744
February 6 Leonard Hulan “The Ferryland Sealer” “Songs of the Newfoundland Outports” Pigeon Inlet PIP-7319 (this is an lp, may not be available)
Tony de Matos “Lisboa a Noite” “The Story of Fado” EMI 7243 8 55647 2 7
April 10 Martin Martinsson “Je hade en son och han hette Jon” “Suede - Musique Populaire” Ocora C 600010
Eliza Carthy “Miller and the Lass” “Rice” Topic Records TSCD494
April 17 Sari Kaasinen “Mielessani” “Emo” Finlandia Records / Innovator Series 3984-23073-2
April 24 Fur Packed Action “"Employee of the Mont” “The Dull Thud of Fur” 02-50774
Lizband “One Song” “I've Been Here Before” Sniz/Best Dressed Records 1b001-02

Music from the 1997-98 Season

Airdate Artist Song CD title CD number
Theme in to the show Marc Johnson “Samurai Hee-Haw” “Bass Desires” ECM 78118-21299-2
Theme out of the show The Plankerdown Band “The Jig Is Up” “The Jig Is Up” Pigeon Inlet PIPCD-7331
September 6 Damhnait Doyle “She's Not Wild Anymore” “Newfoundland Women Sing Songs By Ron & Connie Hynes” TMP 1111
September 13 Anita Best “Tobacco” “Crosshanded” Amber Music 9804-2
September 20 Kirsty McColl “You Know It’s You” “Titanic Days” IRS 8 27214 20
September 27 tetvocal “Carnisa Amarela” “tetvocal” EMI 7243 8 32140 2 0
October 4 Bjork “Alarm Clock” “Homogenic” Elektra/Asylum 62061
October 11 Pamela Morgan & Anita Best “Lukey’s Boat” “Another Time Songs of Newfoundland” Pigeon Inlet PIPCD 7326
October 18 Ron Hynes “River of No Return” “Cryer’s Paradise” EMI E2 89466
October 25 The Bothy Band “Pretty Peg/Craig’s Pipes” “The First Album” Green Linnet - GLCD 3011
November 1 Tellu “Manaus” “Suden Aika” Kansanmusiik-
kiinstituutti KICD 43
November 8 Varttina “Halla” “Kokko” Nonesuch 79429-2
November 15 Anita Best “The Soup Supper in Clattice Harbour” “Crosshanded” Amber Music 9804-2
November 22 Jah Wobble and The Invaders of the Heart “Sun Does Rise” “Take Me To God” Polygram 524000
November 29 Les Ballets Africains “Denke Woruba” “Colors of the World” ALL COTW 1 but it is also available as “Silo” BUD 925792 on Doundoumba Records
Papa Wemba “Mandola” “Emotion” Real World CDRW 52
December 6 Baaba Maal “Sidiki” “Firin' in Fouta” Mango 162-539 944-2
December 20 Dr. John “Il est Ne, Le Divin Enfant” “Jazz to The World” Blue Note 7243 8 32127 2 9
Ana Gabriel “Sin Problemas” “Mi Mexico” CDZ-80605
Maddy Prior “God Rest You Merry Gentlemen” “A Tapestry of Carols” Saydisc CD-SDL 366
Bill Evans “Santa Claus is Coming To Town” “Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas” Verve 840 501-2
January 3 Joni Mitchell “Ray's Dad's Cadillac” “Night Ride Home” Geffen GEFSD 24302
Gang of Four “Not Great Men” “Entertainment” WEA XBS 3446
The Mahavishnu Orchestra “Awakening” “The Inner Mounting Flame” Columbia CK 31067
Ben Heppner “Nessun Dorma” “Great Tenor Arias” RCA BMG 09026-62504-2
January 10 Lizband “Belly Painting” “I've Been Here Before” Sniz/Best Dressed Records 1b001-02
January 17 Les Negresses Vertes “I Love Paris” “Red + Hot + Blue” Chrysalis VKS 41799
January 24 SOL “I Feel” “Lucinda” Resort Records
February 7 Frifot “Brudgummen och Bruden” “Folk Music from Sweden - Musica Sveciae” Caprice CAP 21474
February 14 Love Blister performs cover of “Truck Stop Nun" by Da Slyme, “In-a-gadda-da-vida” by Iron Butterfly,
“Bury It” by Bung, and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones
February 21 Hedningarna “Aivoton (Brainless)” “Fire (released in North America) Kaksi! (in Europe)” Tristar 36756 in NA, Silence Records SRSCD 4717 in Europe
February 28 Cool Blue Halo “Spark-o-matik” “kangaroo” no records NOCD12
March 7 Baxter Wareham “Mickey Relligan's Pup” “Buffett Double” Pigeon Inlet PIPCD 7324
March 14 Christina Smith & Jean Hewson “Like Ducks” “Liar's Song” Borealis BCD 108
March 21 Gayle Tapper “Here The Tides Flow” “Pajaro Chogui/Chogui Bird” 02 50744
March 28 Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band “Candle Mambo” “Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)” Bizarre/Straight Rhino R2 70365
April 4 Annel Nieiddat “Mouhtacalmmit” “Skeaikit” Mipu Music MIPUCD 42