It was going to be only a St. Patrick’s Day show.
Then, thankfully, something popped into my brain about the Marche du Nain Rouge.
That’s the party that the people of French heritage of the Detroit area celebrate to chase away the evil spirit of the red dwarf. He is historically blamed for all of the bad things that have happened in Detroit from fires to bad politicians.
It’s the city’s own version of a Matdi Gras experience!
Two party celebrations in the same week?
That made it kinda easy for this week’s St. Patrick vs. Le Nain Rouge show on Wednesday’s “Theme Attic” with Phil Maq from 12PM-4PM EDT!!!
Gee, I wonder who’s going to win?
Some of the music even has some similarities and sometimes it’s even difficult to tell the difference!
However, there will be a nice variety of musical styles…because I can’t help myself!
But there will be a heaping helping of Irish/Celtic music!
There will be a “Top 9 at 2:09 Countdown of weekly Fave Albums!
And Fairport Convention Band gets inducted into the “Theme Attic Hall of Fame!”
The stats for this week are: 11 artist debuts, 11 new releases, 9 artists with Southeast Michigan ties!!!
Times for the artists on the playlist will be divided into two blocks and are only approximate. They are a mostly educated guess and they are not in sequential order.
Artists who have a song played between 12PM-2:09PM EDT should include Nell & Jim Band, The Corrs – Official page, Katherine Moller, brand new Trip McCool & The Old School (His album cover for “A Happy Old Man” is on the far left of the banner!), Skinny Lister, Ariane Lydon, brand new Beowulf Kingsley (His album cover for “The Word from the Swamp” is second from the left in the banner!), Strawbs, brand new David Lockwood, brand new Rose & The Bros, Tommy Sands, Jo Philby, Jay Stott, Ray Cashman, The Milligan Vaughan Project, The West Coast Feed, brand new Le Vent du Nord (Their album cover for “20 Printemps” is in the middle of the banner!), Fairport Convention Band, The Marcus King Band, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers fan group, Gina Forsyth, brand new Search and Seizure, Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis, and more!!!
Artists who have a song played between 2:09PM to 4PM EDT should include Kelly’s Lot, Mary Ann Kirt Music Page, Sarah McQuaid, Edwardsongs, Michael Snyder-Barker and David Roof (Bark’s Tales), Judy Banker, Jan Krist Music and Art, Sarah Morris, George Stephen Kelly, The Stone Souls, Judy Nazemetz, brand new Talia Keys, Dave Boutette Music and Kristi Lynn Davis, Bill Grogan’s Goat, Finvarra’s Wren, Altan, Martin Tourish, The Empty Pockets, and more!!!
So grab your dancing shoes, a four leaf clover, and a fleur de lis, a friend or two to listen with, and come along for the ride Wednesday from 12PM-4PM EDT with Phil Maq!
OUR NEW ANTENNA MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR THE SHOW ALL OVER THE METRO DEARBORN-DETROIT AREA BY TUNING INTO 89.3 FM!!!
However, you can also stream the show from the “listen live button” on the www.WHFR.FM website, by the TuneIn App, download the 89.3 WHFR.FM android app from our website homepage, or ask Alexa to find it for you!
Here’s special halftheworld link to stream it : https://www.whfr.fm/streamer/!!!
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