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Greetings and salutations! It's Sara Hillis here to let you know what's coming up on this week's very special episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM. This weekend, I am privileged to welcome two of my friends who themselves have connected as friends because of the show. Rebecca and Michelle will be here--live and in person even!--and we'll be chatting and hopefully playing some actual music as well.

Hello! Sara Hillis popping in to let you know about this week's episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! Starting this week an continuing through the month of November, I'll be celebrating thirty years since my introduction to Celtic music. I can't begin to estimate how many changes in life came my way due to my affinity for this type of music. I've made friends, found lovers, even found my faith because of it. When I found this music in my teens, it was like finding a piece of myself I had never known was missing.

Sara Hillis here to warn you--I mean--tell you that it's time once again for Hilloween, the Come by the Hills Halloween special! This year, due to Sunday plans with friends, I have resurrected last year's feast of chills and thrills from October 28th, 2023. I hope you'll find it suitably strange and uncanny, and I will or course be with you in spirit as you listen. Mwahahahahahahaha!

Catch Come by the Howls--uh--Hills--on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. Enjoy, and happy Hilloween!

Hello! Sara Hillis here! I have to call this week's episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic Music show on Mushroom FM, a musical stew so the management doesn't fire me for using inappropriate language (soup,) but I actually think it fits. The show is positively thik with chunks of music that has been cooked to perfection so the flavours meld together in a satisfying auditory melange. Of course, as is traditional in my family, stew must be served with tea biskets, and I've got them--lovely buttery bits of banter for your dilectation! So, pop over!

The table is full-laden! It's almost time once again for three hours of interesting, fun and thought-provoking music, as well as hopefully-interesting, probably-fun, and surely-provoking (minus the thought) banter, on Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! I have no specific theme tonight, just a cornucopia of cracking tunes. (See how I did that? Cornucopia? Canadian Thanksgiving?) Well, notwithstanding my stratispheric cleverness and absolutely stellar wit, I hope you'll join me!

Hello! I'm back with another live episode this week on Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! I've got songs about fairs, songs about men named John and women named Jane,, a couple of folk-related novelty pieces, and my setting of a lovely autumnal poem which was suggested to me by a very dear friend. It'll certainly be an interesting three hours should you have some time to spend. i might even drink a guinness on the air! So why not grab your favourite pint or dram and hang out for a while?

I'm off on a mini vacation this weekend, so this means that I will not be doing a new episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM. However, if you tune in on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or for the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern, you'll hear an episode originally broadcast on September 30, 2023. This was when the show was on Saturdays rather than on Sundays, so keep that in mind when you hear me talking about what's coming up next and such. I hope you'll enjoy this blast from the past, and I'll be back with you again live next weekend.

Hello! Once again I'm here as the herald of all things folkish on Mushroom FM, so hark! will you? Come by the Hills is coming up in a few short hours, and this week, I have what promises to be an eclectic show, in which we celebrate the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins of Lord of the Rings fame with a set of Tolkien's poems that was crafted into a song-cycle by none other than Donald Swan of Flanders and Swan fame! Is this truly Folk music? Well, I suppose not, but it is a lovely thing, and I'm going to play it.

Hello! As some long-time listeners may no, September is a somewhat melancholy month for me, as it's when I lost, seven years ago on September 16th, my very best friend from when I was a child very suddenly due to as-yet unknown natural causes. Her name is Shannon, and I'm going to play some of her favourite songs this week, as well as a lovely bit of archival audio so her voice will live on. I've also got some really thought-provoking songs, and a song from me which I was inspired to write by another person who passed, also on September 16th, four years ago.

Hello! Sara Hillis here again to state the obvious, really. This week's episode of Come by the Hills will be three hours of Folkish fabulousness, along with plenty of fun and frolic! I've got sad songs, happy songs, love songs, and even a bonnie bunch of songs, or perhaps a bunch of "Bonnie" songs would be nearer the mark, and then there are the songs that you pick! So, what's not to like?