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Music From The Glen
Sunday April 21st, 2013 with Colin Henein
Tribute to Rita MacNeil

A truly Canadian performer, Rita MacNeil wrote and performed songs that have entered into the Canadian consciousness. Rita passed away on April 16, but her legacy will live on for years to come. This morning we look at Rita's career and some of the many connections she made with her music.
Le chas d'une aiguille
Hurlevent - Hurlevent - Self Canadian
Huldra
Kathryn Roberts / Sean Lakeman - Hidden People - Navigator
King of birds
Karine Polwart - This is proper folk too!! [VA] - Proper
Tongue-tied
Emily Portman - The glamoury - Furrow New
Seven long years
Jim Moray - Skulk - NIAG New
Souffle d'Ange
Le vent du nord - Tromper le temps - Borealis Canadian
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Born a woman
Rita MacNeil - Born a woman - Boot, 1975 Canadian
The war of conditioning
Rita MacNeil - Born a woman - Boot, 1975 Canadian
Working man
Rita MacNeil w/ Men of the Deeps - Mining the soul - Luprock, 2001 Canadian
Come by the hills
The Chieftains w/ Rita MacNeil - Fire in the kitchen [VA] - Wicklow, 1998 Canadian
Home I'll be
Dutch Robinson w/ Inspirational Singers - Rita MacNeil tribute at ECMA 2005 - live, 2005 Canadian
Flying on your own
Rita MacNeil - Flying on your own - EMI, 1987 Canadian
Rita MacNeil (A Tribute)
Stompin' Tom Connors - More of the Stompin' Tom phenomenon - Self, 1996 Canadian
Farewell to Nova Scotia
Rita MacNeil w/ Men of the Deeps - Mining the soul - Luprock, 2001 Canadian
Coal, not dole
Men of the deeps - Coal fire in winter - Atlantica Canadian
Home I'll be
Rita MacNeil - Home I'll be - EMI, 1990 Canadian
Time and again
Rita MacNeil - Yes! Let's hear it for John Allan Cameron [VA] - REL, (2004) Canadian
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Redesmouth Rd. / 27 Miles
Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian Voices - Park
Roll the woodpile down
Bellowhead - Broadside - Navigator New
Interactive CKCU
Mary Gick
Good for you, Colin, for doing this tribute. I heard some new songs, including the lovely Time and Again.

12:52 PM, April 21st, 2013
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