The Melting Pot – Near FM

The Melting Pot #330 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye December 8, 2023

From The Goons to Antonín Dvořák, Jim MacNamara’s Melting Pot is a mind-busting feast for the ears. So many genres in a single hour… how does he do it?

The Melting Pot #329 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye December 1, 2023

From Hoyt Axton’s Yellow Rose of Texas to Bob Dylan’s Master of War and an ever-eclectic and fascinating jumble of ingredients in the middle, join Jim MacNamara for an hour as he stirs up his Melting Pot and gives us another treat…

The Melting Pot #328 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye November 24, 2023

Some of the ingredients in today’s Pot include A Roving Woman, the 7 o’clock News and Silent Night. Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting Pot and brings us his ever-eclectic feel-good playlist

The Melting Pot #327 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye November 17, 2023

From Bourbon Street Parade to Sweet Honey in the Rock. Join Jim MacNamara as he explores Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium, with nourishing songs, representative of the genres, regions, repertoires, and styles that comprise the complex traditions of Black roots music.

The Melting Pot #326 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye November 10, 2023

From Andy Fairweather Low and Vic Chesnutt’s souls to Amy LaVere & Will Sexton, with Billy Bragg and The Blokes as well as a few Cowboy Junkies thrown in for good measure. Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting…

The Melting Pot #325 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye November 3, 2023

Today’s playlist remembers jazz pianist Carla Bley and Emahoy-Tsegue-Maryam, a nun who found fame late in life with her Ethiopique series of tunes – just a few months off her 100th birthday. Ah! George ! We Hardly Knew Ya

The Melting Pot at Halloween #324 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye October 27, 2023

The Melting Pot #323 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye October 20, 2023

Introducing The Harry Smith Anthology and more…

The Melting Pot #322 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye October 18, 2023

Lots of artists making their debut on NearFM 90.3. – The Wiyos will sing about the “Promenade” while Nora Brown is going to ask “Jenny to put the kettle on?”, Norma Tanega, Connie Converse, Joyce Street, legends that never were…

The Melting Pot #321 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye October 6, 2023

Are you ready to “Bongo Rock on the Curragh of Kildare, with the Incredible Tabla Band”?

The Melting Pot #320 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye September 29, 2023

Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting Pot. Will “The Beast in Me” be “Twisted”? Will “The Lady with the Braid” invite “The Magnificent Montague””Till the Real Thing Comes Along”? Only one way to find out.

The Melting Pot #319 with Jim MacNamara

Jaye September 22, 2023

Magic Music for Family Folk? Am I Sure? The Be Good Tanyas – yes! Might be lunchtime, But It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere!