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The Thistle & Shamrock: Ones and Twos

Violinist Megan Henderson is featured in this week's episode.
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Violinist Megan Henderson is featured in this week's episode.

There's clarity to acoustic music played on solo instruments, or in the musical conversations that duos weave. Fiona Ritchie introduces some new pairs, such as Aaron O'Hagan and Luke Ward, and solo work from Megan Henderson.

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Fiona Ritchie strolls along the main street of a small village in rural Scotland and steps through the plain doorway of an 18th century stone building. Passers-by would find it difficult to imagine what this simple gesture initiates: a weekly connection with devoted public radio listeners throughout the United States. In over two decades of broadcasts, Ritchie's radio program The Thistle & Shamrock has become one of NPR's most widely heard and best-loved music programs. She has entered the lives of millions of Americans by way of an inconspicuous studio door, thousands of miles away in Scotland.