Guest Host for WFUV, Sunday July 25th

Performing live in the WFUV studio has always been a thrill, but when Liz Noonan, the producer of Ceol na nGael, asked me to come up this Sunday, July 25th, and be their guest host and have Celtic Cross perform live, I was beyond excited! What an honor to be their first guest host and put together the program's play list of all my favorite Irish songs and artists. August 8th, Eileen Ivers will also be hosting the program and hopefully play something live in the studio with her awesome band, Immigrant Soul!

If your house was like mine, WFUV would be blaring from the kitchen radio every Sunday morning as breakfast was being made! My Mom would take it upon herself to give "dance lessons" around the kitchen as one of her favorite songs would be played! I have often wondered how I learned the words of so many Irish songs and it had to be from hearing them every week on Ceol na nGael. I can also remember the first time Celtic Cross was played on the radio. My phone rang off the hook with friends and family calling to let us know we were on. I remember turning up the volume and standing around the radio with my brothers, John and Kenny, listening, as if we had never heard the song before! :)

So this Sunday, July 25th, be sure to keep the tradition alive and tune into 90.7 fm, from 12 noon-4 pm. Celtic Cross will be performing live around 2:00.

WFUV Press Release...

Kathleen Fee and Eileen Ivers Guest Host WFUV's Ceol na nGael

New York, NY-Kathleen Fee and Eileen Ivers will co-host WFUV's Irish music and news show Ceol na nGael this summer, covering for Ireland-bound host Colleen Taylor. As guest hosts, the two celebrated Irish musicians will join host Kerri Gallagher to treat listeners to the songs they like to listen to at home and talk about all their favorite artists. Celtic Cross lead vocalist Kathleen Fee will guest host on Sunday, July 25^th, while fiddler Eileen Ivers fills in on Sunday, August 8^th. As a special bonus, Celtic Cross will perform live on the July 25th show, as will fiddler Martin Hayes.

"Who better to have guest host than Kathleen and Eileen?" said Ceol na nGaelproducer Liz Noonan. "Their love of Irish music is palpable and I'm looking forward to being turned on to some music I've never heard before."

Ceol na nGael began as the brainchild of Fordham University students Gerry Murphy and Mary McGuire in 1974. The program quickly evolved into a radio haven for New York's Irish music lovers, many of whom regularly dedicate songs to one another and keep abreast of Irish community events through Ceol na nGael's "bulletin boards." Other program highlights include weekly news and sports reports from Ireland.

WFUV is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station, licensed to Fordham University for over 60 years. Serving the New York area as well as an international audience on the web, and a leader in contemporary music radio, WFUV is Rock & Roots Radio, offering an eclectic mix of rock, singer-songwriters, blues, world and other music, plus headlines from National Public Radio and local news.