On February 9, 2019, Brian O’Donovan broadcast A Celtic Sojourn live from the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library. Brian talked with musician Dave Hollander about the expanded Irish/Scottish roots programming at the Berklee College of Music. And Gerry Katz from the Boston Bluegrass Union joined the show to talk about the 26th annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival , taking place February 18 - 20 in Framingham.

The audience also enjoyed live and pre-recorded traditional and contemporary Celtic music from some of the area's best musicians, including Sunniva Brynell and Yaniv Yacoby, Mari Black and more.

The broadcast was photographed by Will Daniels.