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Hello! As my weekend is going to be a busy and fun one with friends, I won't be able to present a new edition of Come by the Hills for you this week. However, in honour of the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, we'll be revisiting an episode filled with songs about the sun, the moon, the stars and even more, which was broadcast live on the eve of the solar eclipse back in April. So, have fun taking this trip back to April 7, 2024, and next week, it'll be Canada Day on Come by the Hills!

It was scarcely three months ago that we were showcasing The Road Back Home, a live album recorded by Loreena McKennitt at a couple of Ontario Folk festivals in the summer of 2023. Now, in honour of the thirtieth anniversary of her 1994 album called The Mask and Mirror and just ahead of the launch of Loreena's Mask and Mirror thirtieth Anniversary tour, she has released a live version of the original album, plus two extra live tracks. These were recorded at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco in 1994 and were meant to be syndicated as a radio program in the US and Canada.

Sunday is June 2nd, and will be the forty-first anniversary of the extremely untimely death of Canadian folk-singer and songwriter Stan Rogers, who died after an airplane accident in 1983. I'll be playing all the favourites that I can think of, and will gladly play any of yours as well. I'll also be presenting a radio play that was based on one of Stan's songs. Alongside the music, I'll be playing various clips of Stan and others speaking about his songs and his career. It promises to be a really great time! It's certainly one of the highlights of my year.

Hello! It's time for another blast from the past, due to the after-effects of a crazy-busy weekend, I have decided not to do a live episode of Come by the Hills tonight. So, enjoy an episode that was originally aired on June 10, 2023, and I'll see you next week!

Catch Come by the Hills on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, enjoy!

I'm back live this week on the Folk and Celtic music show, and this time, I have long songs for a long weekend. It's Victoria Day Weekend here in Canada, so I'm going to play several longish songs. Also, it's Aladdin the guide dog's birthday on Tuesday, so I'm going to play some songs featuring lads. WE'll also throw a few lasses in there as well. So, come and hang out for a bit if you have a mind.

Catch the live broadcast of Come by the Hills on Sunday at 8:00 PM, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM. However and whenever you listen, enjoy!

Further to my adventures hither and yon, now that I'm hither again, I have decided to pick a different encore show from the archives to play on Tuesday's edition of Come by the Hills. If you listen then, you'll have a show originally aired on May 13th, 2023. So, I hope you'll have fun listening to it and I look forward to being bak with you next week as usual.

Catch this encore presentation of Come by the Hills on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern, and of course, enjoy!

Hello! Due to unforseen but thankfully pleasant circumstances, I'm unable to do a new episode of Come by the Hills this week. However, on Sunday, you'll have an encore presentation of last week's show, and then on Tuesday, I'll find a different archival episode to run. So, I hope you'll enjoy the craziness that was last week's episode yet again, and I hope to be back with you live next Sunday.

Catch Come by the Hills on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check it out on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern! However and whenever you listen, I hope you'll enjoy it!

I was strolling through the park one day in the merry, merry month of May, when I remembered that I had to run home and put together this week's episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic Music show on Mushroom FM! So, being the duitiful Fun Guy that I am, I did just that and have cooked up a veritable bushel of songs about this lovely time of the year, at least here in the Northern hemisphere. I have songs about May poles, songs about the cuckoo bird, songs about the Queen of the May, and so much more! So why not take three hours and come a-Maying with me?

Consider this your warning, as the Celts and Folkies will be invading Mushroom FM in just a few short hours! Yes, live once again from the 7th floor, it's another three hours of folky fun on Come by the hills! Tonight, I've got songs with a somewhat pastoral theme, songs about water, a few ballads, and even something from Tom Lehrer, and no, it's not about poisoning pigeons in the Park or anywhere else. So why not come along and see what all the fuss is about?

It's almost time for another live from the 7th floor edition of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! I've got a great mix of music as usual, and because the show is live, whatever I have decided to play could well change, either on my own whim or on yours! So, even if you can't stay for the full three hours, I hope you'll come along and spend some time.

Catch Come by the Hills live from the 7th floor on Sundays at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesdays at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, I hope you'll enjoy the show!