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Tomorrow at noon Eastern, Join me, Sara Hillis, as I take a journey through one of the greatest collections of holiday music ever to grace the world of Pop: The Carpenters Christmas Collection. Compiled in 1996, it features both A Christmas Portrait from 1978 and An Old-fashioned Christmas from 1984. Whichever is your favourite of these two albums, you're sure to find good cheer awaiting you.

Hello there. Sara Hillis here to tell you about Come by the Hills's three-hour folk and Celtic Yuletide extravaganza which is coming up at 8:00 PM Eastern on Sunday, not too long after the conclusion of the fabulous Festive Fungal Holiday Countdown and Christmas party! By then, I think we'll all be ready for some good mulled wine and some awesome Folky seasonal favourites! We'll take a trip through the Oxford Book of Carols, visit A Child's Christmas in Wales with Dylan Thomas, and wassail, wassail all over the town! Oh, the wassailing, I tell you!

Hello there. It's almost time for the Celts and other Folkish folk to invade the home of the fun guys for another week. Three hours of Folk and Celtic music presented live and in person for your enjoyment! We've got festive things, a new song from me in honour of Emily Dickinson's 190th birthday, and of course great music in general.

Join me live at 8:00 PM Eastern today, or catch the replay on Friday at 4:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM in the UK and Ireland.

Yes, it is the last month of the year yet again, and it's almost time for another episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM. We've got some holiday tunes including a couple of requests, and then of course there's whatever I feel like playing.

So join me live tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern, or catch the replay of the show on Friday at 4:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM in the UK and Ireland!

Here it is again, almost time for another edition of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show. Join me live at 8:00 PM Eastern on Sunday as we begin the journey toward Christmas with a few songs in commemoration of the season of Advent, as well as lots of Scots--both artists and music--in honour of St. Andrew's Day, which is coming up on Monday, November 30. I'll be live once again, so I hope you can tune in.

Catch Come by the Hills on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Friday at 4:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM in the UK and Ireland.

Hello. Sara Hillis here to tell you that Come by the Hills is coming your way again this week. Unfortunately, it won't be presented live, but it will be a new episode. There's a new song from me as well as three hours of the best in Folk and Celtic music as usual of course, and there is always the banter. Oh the banter!

Catch Come by the Hills tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Friday at 4:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM in the UK and Ireland.

Yes, it's time once again for Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's premier Folk and Celtic music show, or it will be in a few short hours. Join me tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern for three hours of the music you've come to expect and maybe some that you don't, and even a new song from me as well! The show won't be live tonight, but I'll still be there through the miracle of modern technology.

Catch Come by the Hills tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Friday at 4:00 AM Eastern, 9:00 AM in the UK and Ireland.

Hi all,

Sara Hillis here to tell you that Sara Smiles will not air at noon Eastern today. I'm stuck in a Windows Update process which I foolishly began this morning thinking it would be done in time. I'll be back on Monday as usual. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Hello there. Sara Hillis here to tell you about tonight's edition of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show. Of course we'll be playing three hours of great Folk music as usual, but we will focus in on the upcoming celebration of Remembrance Day, which we observe in Canada on November 11. Others celebrate on the Sunday nearest to that date, so we'll be playing songs paying tribute to those who fought and died in previous wars, and perhaps some songs which question the need for war as well. Who knows?

Yes, the long-awaited first volume of Joni Mitchell's archival material has been released, and I have it! Spanning the years 1963-1967, it covers her beginnings as a Folk musician among other Folk musicians as well as her development as the amazing song-writer we've come to know over the years. If you love early Joni, you'll love this boxed set! I'll be featuring it this week and focusing in on the massive amount of live material included here, and that won't even scratch the surface!