Come fill up my cup. Come up saddle my horses and listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #679. Subscribe now!

The BorderCollies, Fig for a Kiss, The Drowsy Lads, Blackthorn, Conamara Chaos, Jesse Ferguson, Dancing With Hobbits, Wylde Nept, Fidra, Goitse, Tarren, Clanna Morna, DLÙ, The Walker Roaders, The Irish Lassies

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:02 – Intro: Today’s episode is sponsored by fantasy and Steampunk author, poet and songwriter, Rie Sheridan Rose. You can find her work on Amazon and throughout the net.

0:15 – The BorderCollies “Country Cable – Jim Wards” from To the Hills and Back

4:45 – WELCOME

7:27 – Fig for a Kiss “Sound of Sleet” from Wherever You Go

11:02 – The Drowsy Lads “Day of the Clipper (Song)” from Wide Awake

14:55 – Blackthorn “O'Donnell's Lament” from Here's To You

19:06 – Brobdingnagian Bards “Soul Of A Harper” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales

22:33 – FEEDBACK

26:11 – Jesse Ferguson “Bonnie Dundee” from Ten

29:54 – Dancing With Hobbits “Brandywine River Reel” from Dancing With Hobbits

33:06 – Wylde Nept “The Maid O' Fifeo” from All's Fair

35:30 – Fidra “Far From You” from The Running Wave

40:25 – THANKS

43:17 – Goitse “Trip to Mauna Kea” from Rosc

47:39 – Tarren “Old Tom of Oxford” from Revel

51:02 – Clanna Morna “The Moonshiner” from From The Lowlands To The High Seas

53:15 – DLÙ “Vitamin T” from Close To

56:53 – The Walker Roaders “A Meteor at a Time” from The Walker Roaders

1:02:27 – CLOSING

1:03:26 – The Irish Lassies “Hammer Up Whisky Down” from Hammer Up Whisky Down

1:08:19 – CREDITS

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.

Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you’ll get 7 weekly news items about what’s happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage.

Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Finally, remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment.

Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn.

This podcast is for fans of Celtic music and maybe for those who have a hankering to travel to the Celtic nations like I do.

It is 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 artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Musicians depend on your generosity to keep making music. So please find a way to support them. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their communities on Patreon.

You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com.

Today’s show is sponsored by Rie Sheridan Rose. Rie writes many things, but one of her favorite things to do is to create a new song and send it out in the world. Thanks to the brilliance of her musicians, they always sound lovely, even though she can't write a note of music.

Rie was one of our generous supporters of our Kickstarter earlier this year. She’s a fantastic writer and songwriter. In fact, I’ve set many of her poems to music. Half of my Firefly album, As Long As I’m Flyin’ was written by Rie. Most of my album Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits, was written by her as well. She wrote ALL of the lyrics for my album, Pirates vs Dragons. She also wrote the song “Soul of a Harper” which I’ll share today as well.

Follow the link in the shownotes to learn more about Rie Sheridan Rose.

You’ll also find a link to her enormous collection of books and writings on Amazon.

I am all packed and ready to fly to Scotland later this evening. I have one week in Scotland followed by a week visiting my mom in Italy. I’ll try to post a blog on Patreon during the week to let you know how things are going and if we find any new favorite places to hike in Scotland. You can follow our Patreon page for free and get some blogs.

If you are a Celtic musician or in a Celtic band, then please submit your band to be played on the podcast. You don’t have to send in music or an EPK. You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music and learn how to follow the podcast. It’s 100% free. Just email Email follow@bestcelticmusic and of course, listeners can learn how to subscribe to the podcast and get a free music – only episode.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!You are amazing. It is because of your generosity that you get to hear so much great Celtic music each and every week.

Your kindness pays for our engineer, graphic designer, Celtic Music Magazine editor, promotion of the podcast, and allows me to buy the music I play here. It also pays for my time creating the show each and every week.

As a patron, you get ad – free episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per episode.

In fact, there’s a new Highlight Reel now available to all Patrons of the Podcast.

A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Bruce, Brian McReynolds, Marti Meyers, Alan Schindler, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali

HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Go to our Patreon page.
Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $25. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month.
Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com.

TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONSEvery 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

I WANT YOUR FEEDBACKWhat are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a picture of what you're doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Russell Howell emailed: “Tractoring on our smallhold while listening! Really love the show, it is my companion anytime I am on the tractor or making mead!”

Maura Goodin emailed: “Good afternoon,

I didn't expect to be writing in to a podcast today, but I had yesterday's episode playing while I was working from home today and was pleasantly surprised by the second track you selected, by Keltricity; the set they were playing is all tunes that my dad, John Goodin, composed. He passed away two and a half years ago now. He was a mandolinist and guitarist, who composed a pretty wide range of music from dance tunes to classical pieces; the Classical Mandolin Society of America has preserved his website and blog at https://mandotopia.classicalmandolinsociety.org/, where he collected all his recordings and sheet music (much of it freely available under a Creative Commons license and maintained by CMSA).

I see that Keltricity is from Louisville, which makes sense, as my dad was one of the founding members of the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra before my family relocated to northeastern Iowa; he kept in touch with a lot of the local musicians and the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra actually played so many of his pieces that they ended up recording a CD of them (called, of course, “It's All Goodin”). The tunes Keltricity played in that set are all ones that were in the repertoire for my dad's contra dance band, Contratopia, and that recording featured some of his published harmony parts as well. Contratopia still regularly plays for dances here in Minneapolis where I live, at the same folk dance hall where my own band plays, so we're keeping up the music since he's gone.

I'm not sure if you've ever played Contratopia on the show, sorry – – I definitely haven't listened to the full back catalog of podcasts, though I've been an occasional listener for many years! – – but I know you've played a track by another band that their pianist is in, Brass Lassie, so if you haven't checked their recordings out, you might like to! Their albums all have a mix of original tunes by band members and traditional tunes in Celtic and old – time styles. They used to tour the DC area contra dance scene and play for the Sunday afternoon all – waltzes dances there, so there's probably more than your average number of waltzes on their albums.

Sorry for such a long email! Last bit of fun trivia as a thank – you, the “Maggie” in the tune name from that set is our old family dog, a border collie we had when I was little. (She predated the digital age or I'd include a photo!) My dad wrote so many tunes that he named them after anything he could think of (or just the day he wrote them, if he never got around to a proper name), so there's several named after our various pets. This set has another one named after Maggie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56neWaCahc4

I hope you have a good weekend, and thanks again for the great surprise!”

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HIGHLIGHT REEL 3.5 OF 2024

Greetings Celtophiles

You have 4 weeks to cast your vote in this Highlight Reel. I’ll compile the rest of the results at the end of the year. You can vote for as many tracks as you like. And the more you vote, the more your vote counts.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024

Vote Now for as many songs and tunes that you love. We will filter it down to the best at the end of the year.
Listen to the playlists on Spotify and YouTube.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC668

1:00 – High Octane “Eastern Vagrant” from High Octane

6:52 – Marc Gunn “Come Adventure With Me” from Come Adventure With Me

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11:20 – Conamara Chaos “Breton Polkas” from single

15:30 – Poitín “Congress Reel” from Poitín

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18:38 – Wylde Nept “The Butterfly” from All's Fair

20:35 – Enda Reilly “My Dublin Girl” from Hy – Brasil

22:54 – Kevin Meehan “The Living Bridge” from Spanish Point

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26:15 – Hanneke Cassel “The Captain” from Dot the Dragon's Eyes

30:46 – Old Blind Dogs “Suite Bretonne” from Knucklehead Circus

34:53 – Jesse Ferguson “Skye Boat Song” from The Bard of Cornwall

38:40 – Runa “Liam's Lullaby” from When The Light Gets In

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40:57 – Clanna Morna “Virginia / Martin Wynne's #2 / Morning Dew” from From The Lowlands To The High Seas

45:07 – Goitse “Cave of the Wild Horses” from Rosc

48:28 – Luas “Wonky Driveway” from Wonky Driveway

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51:34 – The Drowsy Lads “Virginia (Reels)” from Wide Awake

57:06 – Poitin Band “Louis Riel/Free Gardeners” from Banks of Red River

1:00:34 – The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery “The Kilmacthomas Girl” from A Little Bit Slanted

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1:05:15 – The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery “The Town of Ballybay” from A Little Bit Slanted

1:09:01 – Runa “Hùg Air A’Bhonaid Mhòir” from When The Light Gets In

1:13:13 – Fialla “North Sea Holes” from Home & Away

1:16:21 – CREDITS

The Highlight Reels was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. Promote Celtic culture through music with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

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Go dancing with hobbits for Hobbit Day on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #678. Subscribe now!

Keltricity, The BorderCollies, Dublin Gulch, Louise Bichan, Clanna Morna, Dancing With Hobbits, Celtic Wood and Wires, Clay Babies, Brother Sea, Ironwood, Adria Jackson, The Walker Roaders, Mary Frances Leahy, Toby Bresnahan, Clare Cunningham

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:07 – Keltricity “Louis Cyr – Motel Henry” from Live at Terra Firma Radio

3:14 – WELCOME

5:28 – The BorderCollies “Kishors” from To the Hills and Back

9:01 – Dublin Gulch “Ballad of the Button Box” from Tap ‘Er Light

14:20 – Louise Bichan “The Little Cowpig” from The Lost Summer

16:32 – Clanna Morna “Maid On The Shore” from From The Lowlands To The High Seas

21:54 – FEEDBACK

25:22 – Dancing With Hobbits “Old Took's Victory Dance” from Dancing With Hobbits

28:31 – Celtic Wood and Wires “The Boatman's Dance” from Close The Back Door

31:49 – Clay Babies “Rakes Of Kildare / Drowsy Maggie / Cup Of Tea / Reel Of Mullinavat” from Speechless Vol. 1: Sloppy Session in the Sticks

36:29 – Brother Sea “Oll' Vel Onen” from Brother Sea Ep

40:56 – Ironwood “Crawl on Duke Street” from Gretna Green

44:42 – THANKS

46:38 – Adria Jackson “Solveig's Song” from Troubadour

50:41 – The Walker Roaders “The Story” from The Walker Roaders

55:02 – Mary Frances Leahy “Dance of the Fairies” from First Light

59:00 – Toby Bresnahan “Jock Stewart” from All In Good time

1:02:12 – CLOSING

1:03:17 – Clare Cunningham “Éireann i mo chroí” from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH)

1:07:24 – CREDITS

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.

Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you’ll get 7 weekly news items about what’s happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage.

Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Finally, remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment.

Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn.

This podcast is for fans of Celtic music. All types. All styles. All instruments. If it’s Celtic music, we play it.

It is 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 artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Musicians depend on your generosity to keep making music. So please find a way to support them. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their communities on Patreon.

You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com.

I have a brand new album that is now on sale. It’s called Dancing With Hobbits. It’s album of all original, hobbit – inspired dance tunes. If you saw the Lord of the Rings movies and heard the music during Bilbo Baggins’ birthday party, then that should give you some idea. It’s fun, upbeat Celtic dance tunes.

It was recorded with Sam Gillogly on fiddle. Sam is no stranger to this podcast, having their own album of Classical Celtic music. But if you’re heard a fiddle on any of my songs in the last 15 years, that was probably Sam.

The album is listed under our band name Dancing With Hobbits. I’ll share music in the coming weeks and later in the show.

If you are a Celtic musician or in a Celtic band, then please submit your band to be played on the podcast. You don’t have to send in music or an EPK. You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music and learn how to follow the podcast. It’s 100% free. Just email Email follow@bestcelticmusic and of course, listeners can learn how to subscribe to the podcast and get a free music – only episode.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!You are amazing. It is because of your generosity that you get to hear so much great Celtic music each and every week.

Your kindness pays for our engineer, graphic designer, Celtic Music Magazine editor, promotion of the podcast, and allows me to buy the music I play here. It also pays for my time creating the show each and every week.

As a patron, you get ad – free and music – only episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per episode.

A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Bruce, Brian McReynolds, Marti Meyers, Alan Schindler, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali

HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Go to our Patreon page.
Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $25. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month.
Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com.

TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONSEvery 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

I WANT YOUR FEEDBACKWhat are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a picture of what you're doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Eric Guarin emailed some photos: “Meanwhile rather belatedly, but some of what me and my wife Terry were doing last summer while listening to the Podcast:

– Running on the beach near Tarifa, Spain and later in Biarritz, France (picture attached with the beach way in the background)

– Climbing the Rock of Gibraltar (see picture of monkey)

– Hiking a piece of the Camino De Santiago pilgrimage trail, near Bilbao (the picture near the ocean).

– Also managed to see Iron Maiden live, a long held bucket list dream of mine to see a concert overseas. We didn't listen to the Podcast on that occasion ha ha but listened quite a bit while driving around 2400 – 2500 km from Portugal through Spain to the Basque tip of France and then Spain.

We were lucky enough in this life to visit Ireland, summer of 2021. So so so so nice, we LOVED it. BUT due to COVID…no live music!

Someday, we'll manage to get on an Invasion… Slainte,”

Mary L Deal emailed a photo: “Hi Marc, I'm sitting here messing around with and printing 3d stuff listening to the latest podcast (Panxty Caper #664) and heard, again dang it, about this year's trip and was wondering if you know if you will be going back to Ireland next year. I would really like to join you on one of these trips. I went to Ireland around1995 with my Mom and would like to share that beautiful place and the people there with my daughter. Sincerely,”

Geoffrey Huff sent a photo from Abilene, TX:

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Learn more about The Muckers new album Whiskey Tango plus enjoy a ton of great music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #677. Subscribe now!

Keltricity, The Drowsy Lads, Altan, Dan Possumato, Jesse Ferguson, Caliceltic, The Muckers, Kilted Kings, Tradify, The BorderCollies, Tarren, The Inland Seas, An Lár

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:02 – Intro: Amy Bradley

0:09 – Keltricity “Dance to St Anne's Reel” from Live at Terra Firma Radio

3:16 – WELCOME

5:40 – The Drowsy Lads “Pipe Set (Remastered)_The Drowsy Lads_Time Flies” from Time Flies

9:25 – Altan “The Barley And The Rye (Song)” from Donegal

12:36 – Dan Possumato “Da Eye Wifey (feat. Kevin Burke & Frances Cunningham) from “An Teachín Gorm

15:12 – Jesse Ferguson “The Minstrel Boy” from Ten

17:28 – FEEDBACK

20:23 – Caliceltic “The Fantastic Slapping Adventures of a Tuesday Night” from Some Kinda EP or Sumthin'

24:52 – About The Muckers

29:59 – The Muckers “The Crash” from Whiskey Tango

33:48 – About Whiskey Tango

36:55 – The Muckers “Whiskey Tango” from Whiskey Tango

41:46 – The Muckers are at IrishFest Atlanta.

44:13 – The Muckers “Irish Goodbye” from Irish Goodbye

50:45 – THANKS

53:11 – Kilted Kings “Slainte Mhaith” from Flower of Scotland

55:11 – Tradify “Mise Eire” from Take Flight

58:40 – The BorderCollies “Black Is The Colour” from To the Hills and Back

1:02:37 – Tarren “Super 8” from Outside Time

1:06:58 – The Inland Seas “The Cruel Brother” from Down by the Greenwood Side

1:11:59 – CLOSING

1:12:56 – An Lár “The Man on the Bodhrán” from Deception

1:17:00 – CREDITS

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.

Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you’ll get 7 weekly news items about what’s happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage.

Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Finally, remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment.

Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn.

This podcast is for fans of Celtic music. If that’s you, then grab a pint, go for a walk, start yard work, and get ready for an hour of great independent Celtic music.

It is 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 artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Musicians depend on your generosity to keep making music. So please find a way to support them. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their communities on Patreon.

You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com.

We are less than two months away from IrishFest Atlanta. We are proud sponsors of the festival. I plan to release a few interviews from artists performing at the festival as we gear up for the fest. This week, I have an interview with Jeff Shaw of the Celtic punk band, The Muckers, about their new album Whiskey Tango.

I have gotten only a couple designs for the 2025 Celtic podcast. I’d like to get a few more before I make any decision. If you’re interested in having your artwork featured on the podcast in 2025, and you want to get paid for it, please email me 3 – 5 art ideas for me to consider. Feel free to send another 3 – 5 per week. That helps me better consider your art.

If you are a Celtic musician or in a Celtic band, then please submit your band to be played on the podcast. You don’t have to send in music or an EPK. You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music and learn how to follow the podcast. It’s 100% free. Just email Email follow@bestcelticmusic and of course, listeners can learn how to subscribe to the podcast and get a free music – only episode.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!You are amazing. It is because of your generosity that you get to hear so much great Celtic music each and every week.

Your kindness pays for our engineer, graphic designer, Celtic Music Magazine editor, promotion of the podcast, and allows me to buy the music I play here. It also pays for my time creating the show each and every week.

As a patron, you get ad – free and music – only episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per episode.

A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Bartolome Mayol, Tomohiro Sengoku, Paul Means, TameBush828, Chris Lowe, Andrea Starz, Cris

HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Go to our Patreon page.
Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $25. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month.
Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com.

TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONSEvery 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

I WANT YOUR FEEDBACKWhat are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a picture of what you're doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Steve & Jody Pomper emailed: “Hey Marc, love your show. We're weekly listeners who look forward to your podcasts. Jody is way Irish and while I have some Irish (learned that from Ancestry, I have Breton heritage (grandmother's maiden name Lebreton. A little on – the – nose, eh?). I'm a retired Seattle cop, and Jody's a retired firefighter. So, there's a little about us. Let us know where we can donate. Thanks, Steve & Jody Seattle (originally from Massachusetts and have relatives in Atlanta).”

Go to BestCelticMusic.net/donate

Michael Tilley emailed: “Hi Marc – i was one of your original patrons back in the teens. I’m still a member at a lower level (i retired on fixed income) and want access to #131 which has music i cannot find and would like to play again many times. Please let me know how to get podcast 131.”

Betsy Farley emailed: “Some time ago you aired a song by a guy who got thrown out of bars and finally a Starbucks for ordering a Guinness. Who is the artist and what's the name of the song? I thought I had saved it but can't find it anywhere. I love your show and listen to it whenever I can, especially on long drives.”

That was CaliCeltic with the song “The Fantastic Slapping Adventures of a Tuesday Night”

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The fish are biting on great Celtic music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #676 . Subscribe now!

Altan, The Irish Lassies, The Drowsy Lads, Dan Possumato, Cleveland Celtic Ensemble, The Secret Commonwealth, Clare Cunningham, The Sternwheelers, Kris Colt & the Black Rose Band, Tuatha Dea, The Langer's Ball, Ian Fontova, The Miles O'Brien band & Betsy Rose, Mark Shelton, Tarren

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:02 – Intro: Mark Shelton

0:13 – Altan “The Letterkenny Blacksmith/John Doherty’s Favourite/Scread na Bealtaine (Reels)” from Donegal

4:25 – WELCOME

5:49 – The Irish Lassies “Fish are Biting on Canandaigua Lake” from single

7:57 – The Drowsy Lads “Donegal Danny (live at the Dublin Irish Festival)_The Drowsy Lads_Time Flies” from Time Flies

13:54 – Dan Possumato “Fly Fishing / Martin O'connor's Flying Clog (feat. Bill Verdier & Frances Cunningham)” from An Teachín Gorm

17:24 – Cleveland Celtic Ensemble “Farewell to Tarwathie” from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble

22:36 – FEEDBACK

25:57 – The Secret Commonwealth “The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie” from Lager & Blood

29:36 – Clare Cunningham “The Best You can” from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH)

33:08 – The Sternwheelers “Vera Rose (Nobody Knows)” from Shuttered EP

36:29 – Kris Colt & the Black Rose Band “Charmed” from single

39:05 – Tuatha Dea “The Black Douglas” from Irish Eyes

44:59 – THANKS

47:07 – Erin Ruth “Paddy’s Lamentation” from Celtic Classics

50:39 – The Langer's Ball “Whiskey Chaser” from The Singles Collection 2023 – 2024

53:33 – Ian Fontova “Nightfire Ritual” from Tales of Olden, Vol. 2

56:34 – The Miles O'Brien band & Betsy Rose “The Happiest Man in the World” from My Name Is Miles

59:32 – Mark Shelton “Winds Of Moher” from Mark Shelton And Friends

1:02:00 – CLOSING

1:03:58 – Tarren “Sunk” from Outside Time

1:08:31 – CREDITS

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.

Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you’ll get 7 weekly news items about what’s happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage.

Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Finally, remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment.

Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn.

This podcast is for fans of Celtic music. Not just the big names you’ve probably heard of. But also the Celtic bands in your neck of the woods, at your festivals.

It is 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 artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Musicians depend on your generosity to keep making music. So please find a way to support them. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their communities on Patreon.

You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com.

Today’s show is sponsored by Richard Trest of the Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival on Sept 7 – 8, 2024 at Sanders Ferry Park, Hendersonville. You’ll enjoy music from Tuatha Dea, Kris Colt, The Secret Commonwealth, The Devil’s Brigade, The Sternwheelers, Doon the Brae, Nosey Flynn, and Colin Grant – Adams. Plus, there’s a piping competition, Irish step dancing, highland dance competition, ceilidh dancing and so much more. Join Richard just outside of Nashville Sept 7 – 8. And find more details at www.midtenngames.com

If you are a Celtic musician or in a Celtic band, then please submit your band to be played on the podcast. You don’t have to send in music or an EPK. You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music and learn how to follow the podcast. It’s 100% free. Just email Email follow@bestcelticmusic and of course, listeners can learn how to subscribe to the podcast and get a free music – only episode.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!You are amazing. It is because of your generosity that you get to hear so much great Celtic music each and every week.

Your kindness pays for our engineer, graphic designer, Celtic Music Magazine editor, promotion of the podcast, and allows me to buy the music I play here. It also pays for my time creating the show each and every week.

As a patron, you get ad – free and music – only episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per episode.

A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Bruce, Brian McReynolds, Marti Meyers, Brenda, Alan Schindler, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali

HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Go to our Patreon page.
Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $25. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month.
Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com.

TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONSEvery 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

I WANT YOUR FEEDBACKWhat are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a picture of what you're doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Robin Morales Reyes sent photos from Mexico: “ Sainte from Mexico, Marc!”

Ken in Portland, CT emailed a photo: “Marc, my bagpipe band played several gigs , one of which was at the Portland CT Ale House pictured here. I am next to bass drummer second to the right wearing the brown driving cap inflatable leprechaun”

Mitchell Dobrenen Family emailed a couple photos from Greenville, SC: “He prefers to lie down to listen.”

José Teixeira emailed: “Hi Marc! I have started listening you podcast for some time now, a bit by accident when I was searching for music podcasts. For a long time I've been attracted by Celtic culture, that has influenced by some way the culture of northern Portugal, where I was born. My wife, though she was born in the south of the country – its a small country : – ) – also enjoys Celtic art, and suddenly our eldest son was playing Galician bag pipe, what came by a surprise because there's no tradition of instrument playing in our families.

By the way, we now we live in Sintra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintra). Usually, I listen to you and the good music that you share during the weekend, while I take care of our garden or during my chores.

About the end of Google Podcasts, there's a quite good alternative that I have been using at least for the last couple of years. It's called AntennaPod (https://antennapod.org/) and I sure it can help some of your android listeners. Obrigado pelo teu bom trabalho (Thank you for you good work). José”

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Songs of Ireland and more on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #675 . Subscribe now!

Tradify, High Octane, Sassenach, The Drowsy Lads, Altan, Brobdingnagian Bards, Louise Bichan, Hayley Griffiths, Toby Bresnahan, Natalie Padilla, Philippe Barnes, Tom Phelan, Jigjam, Lúnasa, River Driver

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:15 – Tradify “Molly Malone & Kitty's Gone a – Milking” from Take Flight

3:35 – WELCOME

7:12 – High Octane “Jurassic Reels” from High Octane

13:14 – Sassenach “A Chuachag Nam Beann/The Cuckoo of the Mountain” from Passages

16:30 – The Drowsy Lads “Up and About in the Morning (Jigs)” from Wide Awake

21:08 – Altan “Gabhaim Molta Bríde” from Donegal

25:32 – FEEDBACK

29:48 – Brobdingnagian Bards “Paddy McCollough” from Songs of Ireland

33:13 – Louise Bichan “Margaret's Walk to the Pier” from Out of My Own Light

39:36 – Hayley Griffiths “Loch Lomond” from Far from Here

43:45 – Toby Bresnahan “Crabs in the Skillet – Ten Penny Bit – Colerain Jig” from All In Good time

48:24 – THANKS

50:37 – Natalie Padilla “Immortal, Invisible” from Paths and Places

54:25 – Philippe Barnes and Tom Phelan “Midnight Accountant” from The Clearwater Sessions

58:10 – Jigjam “Bluebird” from Phoenix

1:02:23 – Lúnasa “Man from Moyasta” from Live in Kyoto

1:06:05 – CLOSING

1:06:53 – River Driver “Home” from Flanagan's Shenanigans! Live at The Celt

1:10:30 – CREDITS

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.

Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you’ll get 7 weekly news items about what’s happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage.

Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Finally, remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment.

Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.

WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Celtic musician and podcaster. This podcast is for fans of Celtic music of all shapes and sizes. Not necessarily from Ireland or Scotland, but from around the globe. Because there is much great Celtic music from around the world.

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 artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Remember. Musicians depend on your generosity to keep making music. So please find a way to support them. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their communities on Patreon.

You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com.

Today’s show is sponsored by Richard Trest of the Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival on Sept 7 – 8, 2024 at Sanders Ferry Park, Hendersonville. You’ll enjoy music from Tuatha Dea, Kris Colt, The Secret Commonwealth, The Devil’s Brigade, The Sternwheelers, Doon the Brae, Nosey Flynn, and Colin Grant – Adams. Plus, there’s a piping competition, Irish step dancing, highland dance competition, ceilidh dancing and so much more. Join Richard just outside of Nashville Sept 7 – 8. And find more details at www.midtenngames.com

Are you a Celtic artist? Do you know one? We are looking to feature Celtic art in 2025. Please send your designs to us. You will be financially compensated if your art is used.

Next week’s show will officially drop Wednesday evening at 8 PM ET on Patreon. If you want to join other Celts to talk about this week’s show.

If you are a Celtic musician or in a Celtic band, then please submit your band to be played on the podcast. You don’t have to send in music or an EPK. You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music and learn how to follow the podcast. It’s 100% free. Just email Email follow@bestcelticmusic and of course, listeners can learn how to subscribe to the podcast and get a free music – only episode.

Listen to Celtic Christmas Music in a podcast and find out how you can support the show.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!You are amazing. It is because of your generosity that you get to hear so much great Celtic music each and every week.

Your kindness pays for our engineer, graphic designer, Celtic Music Magazine editor, promotion of the podcast, and allows me to buy the music I play here. It also pays for my time creating the show each and every week.

As a patron, you get ad – free and music – only episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per episode.

A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Bruce, Brian McReynolds, Marti Meyers, Brenda, Alan Schindler, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali

HERE IS YOUR THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST

Go to our Patreon page.
Decide how much you want to pledge every week, $1, $5, $25. Make sure to cap how much you want to spend per month.
Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com.

TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONSEvery 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

I WANT YOUR FEEDBACKWhat are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a picture of what you're doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Jason Denen emailed this week: “Marc, I can't support the latest changes to Patreon, do you have a KoFi or PayPal I can use to send you some money.”

Make a donation.

Éirinn O'Coscraigh (pron. pronounced Erin O – Cosgrove) emailed: “Dearest Celtfather and purveyor of fine Irish and Celtic music.

I and the Cosgroves have really enjoyed episode 660! I was cooking up a fine dinner with plenty of Irish stew while the episode was playing on the speakers… and the most common phrase we said was, “Who is this?” Wow. Eight debuts!!! from bands and performers never played on the show before and we have nearly never even heard of them before today!

The Low Kings, The Drowsy Lads, Fialla, The Crowfoot Rakes, Blackthorn, Conor Mallon, Fig for a Kiss, and Luas…. Love 'em all.

Thank you for turning us on to these and many others. We have a lot of favourites who are played regularly on the show.

We Cosgroves raise our glasses to you and yours.

Go raibh maith agat!”

Mattie Dalton emailed: “I am always trying but thank you for letting me know about July.

Yes I want a CD. I have been out of the loop for awhile due to illness. I am doing well in recovery, which is slow… Anyway…love you and family much! Oh, do you have the same number as before you moved? Take care!”

GEOFFREY HUFF emailed: “Been listening to your podcast for 18 years or so. Thank you for staying true.”

Bill Arnold sent a photo:

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It’s Celtic Christmas Music #75.

WELCOME TO THE CELTIC CHRISTMAS MUSIC

I am Marc Gunn. I’m Celtic musician with Christmas music and a podcaster. We are promoting Celtic culture through Christmas cheer.

Today’s show is a re – release of episode #537 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast (Happy Celtic Christmas 2021). That is one of the other podcasts I host. It features Irish and Celtic music from around the world. It’s a fantastic show. Definitely go check out that episode and subscribe to that podcast if you love Celtic music.

Every year, I produce a Celtic Christmas episode over there. I usually release those episodes on this feed, but I didn’t do that over the last few years. This year, I was struck with the idea that I could slowly release episodes to build over to the regular season of the show. That’s what we’re doing.

I have a new season in the planning stages. But that means I need to find Patrons to financially make new episodes of this podcast happen!

For as little as $1 per episode, you can support new Celtic Christmas music and have it shared with thousands of Celtic and Christmas music fans around the world.

It doesn’t cost you much to spread Celtic Christmas cheer. But your small donation helps me a LOT to produce these episodes. The first three episodes of the year are all re – podcasts. I will not charge patrons for those episodes. So it won’t cost you a dime. BUT if you enjoy the shows, it would mean a lot to me if you would become a Celtic Christmas Patron.

Please make a pledge to spread Christmas cheer this holiday season.

Alright, without further adieu, let’s listen to the 2021 Celtic Christmas special:

If you hear music you love, please support the artists. Visit the shownotes to find out more about them and follow the show at CelticChristmasPodcast.com.

1:57 – Adam Young “Winter Sets In” from Yearbook

6:26 – WELCOME

7:21 – Terry McDade With The McDades “Jezebel Carol” from Midwinter

9:57 – Atlys “A Celtic First Noel” from A Celtic First Noel

12:15 – The Fire “The Cherry – Tree Carol” from The Fire's Very Scottish Christmas

16:09 – Gaelynn Lea “Angels We Have Heard on High” from Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn

19:46 – Steel City Rovers “Christmas Eve Reverie” from Grand Misadventures

23:48 – FEEDBACK

26:21 – Brother Sea “ROYAL PARADE” from Single

30:10 – Sharon Shannon “Christmas Time Again!” from Christmas Time Again!

33:29 – de Ceadaoin “A Jig for Christmas/Merry Christmas” from Single

37:00 – Triskele “Cead Mile Failte” from Christmas Is A Comin'

39:27 – Abbots Cross “Si Bheag, Si Mhor / The First Noel” from Christmas Visions

43:50 – THANKS

46:18 – Steel Clover “Snowflakes” from Season of Love

48:22 – Reilly “We Three Kings Of Orient Are” from Kick Ass Celtic Christmas

53:07 – Marc Gunn “Yuletide” from Single

55:34 – Stephanie Claussen “Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Slumber” from Light so Brilliant: Carols and Tunes for Christmas

58:57 – Screaming Orphans “Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake” from Happy Christmas, Vol. 1

1:02:47 – We Banjo 3 “Joy to the World” from A Winter Wonderful

1:05:34 – CLOSING

1:07:33 – Runa “The Snows they melt the Soonest / Wondrous Love” from The Tide of Winter

1:11:43 – CLOSING

Celtic Christmas Music was produced by Marc Gunn. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs.

The show is supported by Christmas music lovers just like yourself over on Patreon. Join others to spread Christmas Cheer! Sign up for just $1 per episode.

Visit our website to subscribe to the podcast. You’ll find links to all of the artists played in this episode.

Finally, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor.

Promote Celtic culture through Christmas music at CelticChristmasPodcast.com.

Nollaig Shona Daoibh!

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Sing along with Celtic singers and songs on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #674. Subscribe now!

The Ciderhouse Rebellion, Molly Donnery, Runa, Fig for a Kiss, Natalie Padilla, Fialla, Jigjam, Clare Cunningham, Marc Gunn, Bealtaine, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Stout Pounders, Maggie’s Wake, Larkin & Moran Brothers, Sheridan Rúitín, River Driver

GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOXThe Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on Spotify to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 – 3 weeks. It also makes it easier for you to add these artists to your own playlists. You can also check out our Irish & Celtic Music Videos.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC0:06 – The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery “The Town of Ballybay” from A Little Bit Slanted

3:51 – WELCOME

5:44 – Runa “Hùg Air A’Bhonaid Mhòir” from When The Light Gets In

Pronunciation: whog air a – bon – id vore

9:55 – Fig for a Kiss “Erin Go Bragh” from Wherever You Go

13:38 – Natalie Padilla “Immortal, Invisible” from Paths and Places

17:25 – Fialla “North Sea Holes” from Home & Away

20:34 – FEEDBACK

23:25 – Jigjam “The Robin” from Across The Pond

26:33 – Clare Cunningham “Gather Ye Rosebuds while ye may” from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH)

30:04 – Marc Gunn “Naked” from Come Adventure With Me

33:11 – Bealtaine “Goodbye All” from It's Pronounced Bealtaine

36:54 – Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps “In Her Arms” from Down to the Roots

40:15 – THANKS

42:06 – Stout Pounders “Sometimes (Live)” from Liver Let Live

45:35 – Maggie’s Wake “The Life That You Made” from Maggie’s Wake

49:18 – Larkin & Moran Brothers “I Fall Hard” from Éistigí

Pronunciation: Éistigí – Aysht – a – gee

53:02 – Sheridan Rúitín “Lady Kennaway” from Rebels in the Night

56:39 – CLOSING

57:27 – River Driver “Follow Me Up To Carlow” from Flanagan's Shenanigans! Live at The Celt

1:01:17 – CREDITS