Cherish the Ladies
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Sep 23, 2026
Nil KöksalHOST
Ah.
Gregory GreenGUEST
With a group called Cherish the Ladies.
Nil KöksalHOST
Oh.
Gregory GreenGUEST
She's fantastic.
Breda McNamaraGUEST
Yeah
Daragh LeamyHOST
... as well as Cherish the Ladies.
Breda McNamaraGUEST
Yeah, we did.
Daragh LeamyHOST
Yeah.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And woe be to the cruel cause that bent my tears to fall Woe be to the bloody wars of our each yearning They have taken my love and left a broken heart to me Thank you. . .
John BarkerHOST
That was the American group Cherish the Ladies with their version of High Germany, a song whose setting is most likely either the War of Spanish Succession with the Battle of Blenheim in southern Germany in 1704, or the Seven Years' War .
John BarkerHOST
Every day is a school day here on the Manx Radio Folk Show.
John BarkerHOST
Now, back to that album, Needless Alley by John Wilkes, who is appearing at the Institute on Saturday the 3rd of October.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And what's fascinating here is the circular nature of culture.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
We see it so clearly with Cherish the Ladies.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Oh,
speaker_1UNKNOWN
yeah.
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speaker_1UNKNOWN
Which led to the mass burial.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Yes, a burial that was largely swept under the rug of American industrial history.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
You know, when you place that reality next to our very first segment, cherish the ladies winning a massive award, the triumphant return of the diaspora's music, the contrast is devastating.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
It really is.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Now, we're delighted to welcome Joanie Madden to Morning Focus, or back to Morning Focus, I should say.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
She, of course, is the renowned flute and whistle player, composer, and leader, leader of the internationally acclaimed [laughs] group, Cherish the Ladies.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Uh, it is a benevolent dictatorship.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Isn't that right, Joanie? [laughs]
Alan MorrisseyHOST
[laughs] Good, good morning to you, too.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Founded in 1985, the Grammy-nominated group has spent more than four decades bringing Irish traditional music to audiences around the world.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Now, Cherish the Ladies has been named the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Group of the Year, uh, with the awards taking place in Limerick on the 13th of September.
Alan MorrisseyHOST
Joanie, how does it feel to be, uh, uh, winning a Gradam Ceoil Group of the Year? That is a much-coveted accolade.