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The Thistle & Shamrock: Music Migration

NPR
Published December 6, 2017 at 9:00 AM CST
Amy White and Al Petteway.
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Amy White and Al Petteway.

Join host Fiona Ritchie as she uncovers the deep roots across several generations that run under a family tree of songs from the British Isles and Ireland to the Southern Appalachians.

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