This year’s Christmas episode is the longest show I think I’ve ever done…clocking in at 6 hours & 54 minutes!!!

It’s intended to be enjoyed as you cook, bake, wrap presents, shop for presents or whatever it is you love to do during the holiday season!

• The Boston Pops
• Mel Tormé
• Perry Como
• Andy Williams
• George Winston
• Bing Crosby
• Perry Como
• Nat “King” Cole
• Bono
• U2
• The Pogues
• Luther Vandross
• Ray Anthony
• Jimmy McGriff
• Alvin Stoller
• Pearl Bailey
• Capital Studio Orchestra
• Les Brown & His Band of Renown
• Lou Rawls
• Otis Redding
• Olivia Olson
• Bessie Smith
• John Lee Hooker
• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
• Steven Feifke Big Band with Benny Benack III
• Nancy Lamott
• Tierney Sutton
• George Winston
• Andy Williams
• Frank Wallace
• Ashley MacIssac
• Donal Lunney, Zoe Conway & Mairtin O’Connor
• Loreena McKennitt
• Eimear Quinn
• Walking On Cars
• Mick Flannery
• The Hedge Schools
• Judy Collins
• Lisa Hannigan
• Band Aid
• Mannheim Steamroller
• Chris Rea
• Paul McCartney
• John Lennon
• Vince Guaraldi
• Elvis Presley
• Burl Ives
• Bill Monroe
• Roy Orbison
• Lyle Lovett
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
• Sufjan Stevens
• The Oh Hellos
• Kate Bush
• James Taylor
• John Gorka
• Charlie Parker
• Tony Bennett
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Lena Horne
• Vic Damone
• Jack Jones
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Mario Lanza
• Julie Andrews
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Leontyne Price
• Bobby Darin
• Guy Lombardo
• Nancy Wilson

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This year’s St. Patrick’s Day show is chock full of blistering & boisterous numbers as well as a good few ballads, too.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! ENJOY!

• Afro Celt Sound System
• Paddy Kiloran
• Tommy Healy
• Afro Celt Sound System
• The Corrs
• Bill Whelan
• The Chieftains
• The Dubliners
• Luke Kelly & Al O’Donnell
• The Chieftains
• Celia Ní Fhátharta
• Johnny Mháirtín
• The Chieftains
• Seamus Begley & Mary Black
• Mary Black
• Kate Bush
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Megon McDonough
• Davy Spillane & Sinéad O’Connor
• Davy Spillane
• Clannad
• Bing Crosby
• Imelda May
• Emma Langford
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Iarla Ó Lionáird
• Gearóidín Breathnach
• The Gloaming
• Stephen James Smith
• The Gloaming
• Billy Clifford
• Terry Teahan
• Seosamh Mac An Iomaire
• Fiachna Ó Branonain
• The Bothy Band
• The Pogues
• Lankum
• The Lost Brothers
• Joe Chester
• One Morning In August
• Jon Blek
• Emma Langford
• Villagers
• Robert John Ardiff
• Gerr Walsh
• Bell X1 w/ Dowry Strings
• The Waterboys
• Hothouse Flowers
• Clare Ó Riordan
• Ash
• Fontaines D.C.
• U2
• Rory Gallagher
• Niall Connolly
• Arrivalists
• Myles O’Reilly
• Glen Hansard
• Eileen Ivers
• The Bothy Band
• Glen Hansard & Friends
• Liam Neeson
• Paul Brady
• The Bothy Band
• Ed Sheeran
• Alana Henderson
• Declan O’Rourke

The post Episode 270 – Jigs & Reels & All The Feels – St. Patrick’s Day 2025 first appeared on New York Standard.

This week’s show is dedicated to small worlds & a need to believe that hope springs eternal!

ENJOY!

• Tierney Sutton
• Liv Monaghan
• Abbey Lincoln
• John Coltrane
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Mel Tormé
• Kenny Dorham
• Nat “King” Cole
• Sam Cooke
• Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• George Winston

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This year’s Christmas episode is the longest show I think I’ve ever done…clocking in at 6 & a half hours. It’s intended to be enjoyed as you cook, bake, wrap presents, shop for presents or whatever it is you love to do during the holiday season!

• Perry Como
• Bing Crosby
• Perry Como
• Nat “King” Cole
• Billy Porter
• Andy Williams
• Doris Day
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Alvin Stoller
• Jimmy McGriff
• Ray Anthony
• Otis Redding
• Pearl Bailey
• Capital Studio Orchestra
• Les Brown & His Band of Renown
• Lou Rawls
• Luther Vandross
• Olivia Olson
• Bessie Smith
• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
• John Lee Hooker
• Nancy Lamott
• Tierney Sutton
• George Winston
• Andy Williams
• Frank Wallace
• U2
• Ashley MacIssac
• Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
• Mel Tormé
• Tony Bennett
• Bobby Darin
• Frank Wallace
• Donal Lunney, Zoe Conway & Mairtin O’Connor
• Altan
• Loreena McKennitt
• Eimear Quinn
• Walking On Cars
• Mick Flannery
• The Hedge Schools
• Judy Collins
• Lisa Hannigan
• Mannheim Steamroller
• John Lennon
• Dean Martin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Vince Guaraldi
• Elvis Presley
• Bill Monroe
• Burl Ives
• Gene Autry
• Roy Orbison
• Lyle Lovett
• Sufjan Stevens
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
• Chris Rea
• James Taylor
• Charlie Parker
• Tony Bennett
• Lena Horne
• Vic Damone
• Jack Jones
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Mario Lanza
• Julie Andrews
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Leontyne Price
• Bobby Darin
• Guy Lombardo
• Nancy Wilson

The post Episode 268 – Xmas 2024 first appeared on New York Standard.

I think it’s been 2-3 years or more since I did a “Thanksgiving show,” per se. I decided to do so!

ENJOY!

• Sarah Vaughan
• Aretha Franklin
• Dinah Washington
• Lynne Palter & Mike Jackson
• Frank Sinatra
• Michael Feinstein
• Bell X1
• Joe Chester
• Declan O’Rourke
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Chet Baker
• Shirley Horn
• The London Cello Sound
• Oscar Peterson
• Duke Ellington
• Nat King Cole
• Louis Armstrong

The post NYS – Episode 267 – Thanksgiving 2024 first appeared on New York Standard.

Please to enjoy this show dedicated to autumn…in New York!

• Art Blakey
• Thelonious Monk
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Ray Charles
• Johnny Hartman
• Duke Ellington
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Arthur Prysock
• Walter Jackson
• Mel Tormé
• Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach
• Miles Davis Quintet
• Helen O’Connell
• Grant Green
• Nat King Cole

The post NYS – Episode 266 – All Of Autumn first appeared on New York Standard.

This week’s show is a romp through everything from bebop, big band & yacht rock…believe it or not!

ENJOY!

• Abbey Lincoln
• Jo Stafford
• Johnny Hartman
• Thelonious Monk
• Billy Eckstine
• Louis Armstrong
• Grant Green
• Big John Patton
• Greg Dulli
• Leonard Cohen
• CSNY
• America
• Bread
• Blood, Sweat & Tears
• Sarah Vaughan
• Charlie Parker
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Helen Merrill
• Art Tatum
• Fats Waller
• Nat “King” Cole

The post NYS – Episode 265 – Bebop & Beauty first appeared on New York Standard.

This week’s show is an upright – not uptight – touch of summer into autumn! Crisp, feel-good tunes that are even better for the soul! ENJOY!

• Nat King Cole
• Nancy Wilson
• Tierney Sutton
• Clifford Brown
• Max Roach
• Sonny Rollins
• Coleman Hawkins
• Ben Webster Quintet
• Lester Young
• Count Basie
• Count Basie & Joe Williams
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Big John Patton
• Grant Green
• John Coltrane
• Bruce Cockburn

The post NYS – Episode 264 – Bring On The Crisp Days first appeared on New York Standard.