Grab your pint and settle into the snug, because this week's show is stacked with fairies, rovers, and one seriously stormwrecked lass. It's the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #765. - - Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!
Tulua, Alisa Marie, Maggie MacInnes, Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau, Jim Moray, Avourneen, Seán - Pól O Peatáin, MacCumhaill and the Gang, Christine Weir, Colin Steele, Slugger's Rule, Tan & Sober Gentlemen feat. Mason Via, Bang on the Ear, Some One's Sons, Margaret Davis
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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC
0:02 - Intro: Morgan Ging at Ballykeefe Distillery
0:47 - Tulua – "Michael Relihan's / Rigney's / Cap and Bells (Reels)" from In The Snug
4:07 - WELCOME
5:30 - Alisa Marie – "King of the Fairies: Ambient Forest Mix" from King of the Fairies: Ambient
Forest Mix (2 - Track Single)
7:41 - Maggie MacInnes – "Nì Mhic Ailein, na bì' n èud rium" from Uiseagan Bharraigh
11:46 - Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau – "Soucy" from Écoutez tous
15:21 - Jim Moray – "Fortune Turns The Wheel" from Gallants
18:16 - FEEDBACK
25:54 - Avourneen – "Lakes of Killarney" from Way Stations
30:03 - Seán - Pól O Peatáin – "Amergin"
34:34 - MacCumhaill and the Gang – "Andy's Bar" from 2
42:05 - Christine Weir – "Stormwrecked" from single
46:35 - Colin Steele – "Declaration of Arbroath" from Stramash II
55:18 - THANKS
57:11 - Slugger's Rule – "I'm a Rover" from Clusterfolk
59:53 - Tan & Sober Gentlemen feat. Mason Via – "Rock Salt and Nails"
1:03:13 - Bang on the Ear – "XX (Twenty)" from Highland Road
1:06:17 - Some One's Sons – "The Boom is Back (Radio Edit)"
1:09:40 - CLOSING
1:10:46 - Margaret Davis – "Seagull of the Land - Under - Waves" from The Elder Lass
1:13:32 - CREDITS
Support for this program comes from International speaker, Joseph Dumond, teaching the ancient roots of the Gaelic people. Learn more about their origins at Sightedmoon.com
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Support for this program comes from Dr. Annie Lorkowski of Centennial Animal Hospital in Corona, California.
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The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and our Patrons on Patreon. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. Visit our website to follow the show. You'll find links to all of the artists played in this episode.
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* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic musician and also host of Pub Songs & Stories, where I share stories behind my songs and those of other Celtic and folk musicians.
This podcast is for fans of all kinds of Celtic music. We are here to build a diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. If you hear music you love, please email the artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.
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THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!
We're approaching 21 years of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Since day one, this show has relied on the generosity of kind people like you. You inspire me to keep hunting down new music, interviews and stories from our community. So I can keep sharing this show with you. I am so grateful to you. Thank you so much.
As a patron, you get episodes before regular listeners. You get patron - only episodes like the Highlight Reel that came out last week. You get to vote in the Celtic Top 20 to help us collect the absolute best songs and tunes of the year into one magnificent end - of - year episode. And you keep this show running.
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Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Learn more about the Celtic Invasion of Hiking the Isle of Skye in 2027 at http://celticinvasion.com/
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What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Send me a photo. If you're in a Celtic band, send me an audio recording of you performing live. Just audio. I'll use it in a podcast episode later this year.
Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.
Laura Grantham replied to my email about 'How do you celebrate Celtic culture through music?'. She wrote: "I practice my Irish by listening to Celtic Music as gaeilge at least once a week"
Kent Hansen emailed: "Dear Marc and Todd,,
I've been listening to the Irish and Celtic music podcast for years now using Podbean as my pod catcher but every once and a while it doesn't seem to get the current show, right now the most recent one they have is April 2nd.
I realize that there's other ways to listen to the podcast but I'm also trying to listen to every old one I can and I still have a couple of hundred to go through and I'd hate to start over. Not sure how any of that works, but in the very least I thought you should know."
And finally, just after our July 4th celebrations…
Patrick VanHorn emailed: "Keep speaking up for America. Hi Mark, I've been a listener for years, albeit always for free. But today, after listening to episode 749 - Celtic Protest Songs - I knew I had to finally become a paid subscriber. Thank you for introducing me to new Celtic performers. And thank you for speaking up for America. Slainte!"
