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Ah, distinctly I remember,
It was in the bleak December,
When each separate dying ember
Wrought its ghost upon the floor,
Then I heard the sound of singing,
And in the distance, sleigh bells ringing,
And my Mastodon was pinging
With cracker jokes and puns galore.
'Twas the Mushroom Christmas Countdown
Back again for one year more,
Back for twenty-twenty-four.

Hello! Sara Hillis popping in to tell you about this week's episode of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and celtic music show! I'm starting the run-up to Christmas with a few of my favourite festive tunes, I'll have a few summer-related songs to celebrate the changing of the seasons in the southern hemisphere, and of course I'll be talking (a lot) about our annual holiday countdown, which is coming up on December 22nd. I'll tell you how you can participate and I'll even give you a challenge! I hope you'll have fun!

Hark and hallelujah! Mushroom FM's fantastic festal fungal frenzy is back for another year! Yes, it's time once again to cast your vote in our 2024 holiday countdown! Simply pick ten of your favourite songs of the season using our accessible online form. Your choices will then be sent through our fancy-schmancy algorithm for ranking. The higher you rank a song, the more points you give it, and the higher the chance that it could win the coveted top spot! You can either pick from our ever-expanding database or type in the titles yourself.

Hello! Sara Hillis here once again to let you know that I've got a rather eclectic three hours of Folk and celtic music for you this week on Come by the Hills! We'll play the eighteen-minute awesomeness that is Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie in honour of the reluctant heroine of the song, Alice Brock, who died at the age of eighty-three just a week before American Thanksgiving. This is rather poetic, given the plot of the song. But that's not all!

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?