Fiona Ritchie’s Thistle and Shamrock Signs Off
Posted by: Stephen Winick
With gratitude and best wishes, the American Folklife Center notes that on September 30, 2024, after more than 40 years on the air, our longtime friend and colleague Fiona Ritchie ended her successful and influential weekly public radio program “The Thistle & Shamrock,” an institution in the Celtic music world. Fiona Ritchie has had close ties over the years with AFC staff members; she has been a guest in our “Open Mic” series of interviews, and two members of the AFC staff were featured on a 2-part “Thistle and Samrock” episode about the AFC’s history for our 40th anniversary in 2016. In this blog post, we pay tribute to Fiona and provide links to those programs.
Posted in: Fiona Ritchie, Folk Music, Folksong, Radio
