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It's a new month, but we're all still in a crazy situation that doesn't look like changing very soon. However, music is good for the soul on many levels, and that's as true for the one playing it as for the one hearing it. So, I've decided to do another virtual house concert on Sunday's Celtic music show. I'll also play some of our usual music of course, but much of the show will feature me and my harp. again, I think I'll just start playing and see where we end up. After all, as Lao Tsu said, "a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving."

Hello, you fabulous folkies! Sara Hillis here to tell you about tonight's edition of Come by the Hills! Join me live at 8:00 PM Eastern for three hours of amazing Celtic and folk music, some with a springish theme! Feel free to chat as I spin the tunes, and if you have any requests, I will of course do my best to oblige!

Sara Hillis here a bit early this week to tell you about a very special episode of Come by the Hills I'm planning for this Sunday. As well as spinning the usual great Celtic and Folk tunes from my collection, I'm going to put on my musician's hat, (and a lovely hat it is too, all full of fringes and bells and such!), to play some live acoustic music for you in a virtual house concert. if it works well, it may become a regular thing. How often do you get the chance to hear live harp music in the comfort of your own home?

Sara Hillis here chiming in once again to say that at last, of all the days of the year, the day when everyone pretends to be a wee bit Irish is almost upon us! As St. patrick's Day will be on Tuesday, what else can Mushroom FM's premier Celtic music show do except celebrate it two days early with lots of lovely Irish-themed music and stories, and of course the banter! oh the banter!

Hey! Sara Hillis here on a very hectic Sunday to tell you that despite the change of much of North America to Daylight Saving Time this weekend, Come by the Hills will still go on as scheduled, though an hour earlier if you're listening in every other part of the world which has sensibly kept the Daylight change till the first Sunday in April. This March thing is just silly! I remember looking forward to that magical first Sunday in April with great anticipation! It was a simpler time, a time when the change to Daylight time really meant that Spring was well on its way!

Sara Hillis here to tell you that we've got a positively cracking Celtic show this week! We're honouring all things Welsh as the show is being aired on March 1, which is St. David's Day in Wales. We've got lots of Welsh music, and the best part is that I'll be using a braille display this week so I can read the Welsh titles and artists correctly, or well, more correctly than I can using my screen reader by itself. I've never done this before in a broadcasting situation, so join me as I break what is for me new technological ground live on air!

Sara Hillis just popping in to say that I'm not able to be present for a live edition of Come by the Hills this Sunday, but you've got an encore presentation from last July to keep you company. It's full of interesting music and fun banter as usual, and if you were busy on July 14, 2019 and couldn't hear it then, well, here's your chance!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about the three hours of live awesomeness in the offing that is Come by the Hills, otherwise known as Mushroom FM's premier Celtic music show! Coming up on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern time, I've got a great mix of Celtic and Folk music for your listening pleasure, and of course if you have any requests, I'd be happy to play them. Come join the party! I don't even think there are any Football games or awards shows to distract you this time!

Hello there, fellow folkies!

Sunday is here again in much of the world, and that means that it's time for more Celtic and folk music of an excellent kind on that most excellent station, Mushroom FM! I'm back this week and I'm live, though I came within a hair of deciding to do another encore presentation.