Irish Music to Stir the Blood #759

Irish Music to Stir the Blood #759

Author: Marc Gunn May 21, 2026 Duration: 1:02:18

This is music to stir the blood. Episode #759 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast brings you Altan, Scythian, Low Lily, Hanneke Cassel, and more. Fifteen tracks to get your pulse going. Let's do this.  -  -  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!

The Byrne Brothers, Elizabeth Sutherland, Ashley Davis Band, W. Ed Harris, Erin Ruth, Sean Heely and Beth Patterson, Low Lily, Sue Tillotson & Jim Cunningham, Rambling Sailors, Hanneke Cassel, Paddyman, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Scythian, Altan

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 - Intro: Rachel Hair

0:10 - The Byrne Brothers "Yvonne's Waltz (The Byrne Brothers)" from Living the Dream

3:22 - WELCOME

4:50 - Elizabeth Sutherland "Elsa's Dance (The Fairy Garden)" from Forest Dreams

7:16 - Ashley Davis Band "Here By My Side" from When the Stars Went Out

11:37 - W. Ed Harris "The Sligo Maid" from Cares of Tomorrow Can Wait

14:32 - Sean Heely and Beth Patterson "Allan Tyne of Harrow" from Stir the Blood to Fire

19:46 - FEEDBACK

24:08 - Low Lily "Brothers in Arms" from 10,000 Days Like These

28:48 - Sue Tillotson & Jim Cunningham "An't Isgair" from Water Horse

33:13 - Rambling Sailors "Whiskey in the Jar" from Tales From the White Horse

36:37 - Erin Ruth "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" from Traditions & Original Work

39:30 - THANKS

41:20 - Hanneke Cassel "Strathspey O' Death #1 / Strathspey O'Death #2 / Colonel Thornton / Running Around the Tree" from Some Melodious Sonnet

45:35 - Paddyman "The Secret of a Real Irish Pub" from One for the Road [Explicit]

49:18 - The Celtic Kitchen Party "Wolfe Island Jig" from Sociable!

51:25 - Scythian "My Son John" from Jump at the Sun

54:47 - CLOSING

56:31 - Altan "Lurgy Streams" from The Widening Gyre

1:00:25 - CREDITS

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