Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Put on your walking shoes. Walk out your door and listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #685. Subscribe now! Dancing With Hobbits, Cherish The Ladies, Jesse Ferguson, Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair, The Friel Sisters, Joseph Carmichael, Dublin Gulch, The Henry Girls, Adria Jackson, Sheridan Rúitín, Skyrie, Socks in the Frying Pan, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, Kathryn Tickell GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 6:00 - Dancing With Hobbits "Folk on Foot" from Dancing With Hobbits Inspired by the Folk on Foot podcast 3:03 - WELCOME 7:02 - Cherish The Ladies "The Portumna Workhouse _ The Hurling Boys Of Portumna" from Heart of the Home 11:53 - Jesse Ferguson "Tramps and Hawkers" from Ten 17:10 - Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair "Tri Nation Harp Jigs" from LOSSAN 20:57 - The Friel Sisters "Kelvin’s Purling Stream" from Before the Sun 24:44 - FEEDBACK 28:54 - Joseph Carmichael "For Beany" from Desiderium 33:34 - Dublin Gulch "The River and the Road" from Tap 'Er Light 38:53 - The Henry Girls "Honeybee/ Hard Border" from A Time To Grow 44:33 - Adria Jackson "She Moved Through The Fair from Troubadour 47:30 - THANKS 49:58 - Sheridan Rúitín "Wagoner's Lad" from Rebels in the Night 54:03 - Skyrie "The Lambs" from Hunger Road 57:34 - Socks in the Frying Pan "Shoot the Arrow" from Waiting for Inspiration 1:01:46 - Old Man Flanagan's Ghost "Nelson's Blood" from Simple Little Boat 1:04:05 - CLOSING 1:05:05 - Kathryn Tickell "Joan's Jig / Cut the File" from Return to Kielderside 1:08:18 - 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, Celtic musician and podcaster. This podcast is for fans of Celtic music. You're gonna hear some amazing artists. Some you’ve heard of. Many you haven’t. The show 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. Yes. This episode is a tribute to the podcast, Folk on Foot. It's the perfect marriage of travel, culture and music. Do you do Celtic knotwork? Send me your designs. Perhaps I’ll use it for the 2025 shirt and Album Pin. 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 month. A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Yoke, Gershon, P Michael Degan Patreon made a big change recently. You no longer make a pledge per episode of the podcast. Instead, you can make one set, solid pledge per month. HERE IS YOUR ALL - NEW THREE STEP PLAN TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Go to our Patreon page. Decide how much you want to pledge per month, $1, $5, $15, $25. 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 VACATIONS 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. In 2025, we’re going to the Celtic nation of Galicia in Spain. We’re gonna learn about the history and legends behind the Celts there and experience some amazing Galician Celtic music. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Tim Hughes messaged me on Facebook: "Mark, I've been using Podcast Republic for years." Timothy P. Frier messaged: "Hi Mark   I found your podcast about a year ago and started listening from episode 1.  I'm up to episode 338.  The episodes I enjoy the most are the instrumental only shows and anything with bagpipes.  I have recently run into an issue listening to the podcast on Amazon.  It is no longer available.  I did change to a different source as there are several.  What happened??  Thanks" Mike Bromund messaged: "I'm just exploring Southern Oregon and happened upon the Black Sheep Pub in Ashland. Every Sunday, they host a jam session with amazing musicians from the area. Highly recommended !"  

We talk to The Friel Sisters today on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #682. They are headlining at IrishFest Atlanta this year. Subscribe now! The Friel Sisters, The Inland Seas, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, Sassenach, Open The Door For Three, The Drowsy Lads, Dancing With Hobbits, The Henry Girls, Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau, RIver Drivers, Rakish GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - The Inland Seas "Si Bheag, Si Mhor" from Down by the Greenwood Side 4:54 - WELCOME 7:17 - Adam Agee & Jon Sousa "Runs in the Family / Angry Birds" from Suantraí 9:30 - Sassenach "Mairi Bhan Og" from Passages 13:43 - Open The Door For Three "The Fairy Jig Set" from A Prosperous Gale 17:42 - The Drowsy Lads "Angel Band (Song)" from Wide Awake 23:13 - FEEDBACK 27:15 - THE FRIEL SISTERS INTERVIEW: INTRODUCTION 33:42 - THE FRIEL SISTERS “Kissing and Drinking” 37:31 - THE FRIEL SISTERS INTERVIEW: NEW ALBUM 42:16 - THE FRIEL SISTERS “Star of Crolly Town” 46:32 - THE FRIEL SISTERS INTERVIEW: IRISHFEST ATLANTA 54:04 - THE FRIEL SISTERS “Queen of the Rushes” 58:55 - THANKS 1:02:52 - Dancing With Hobbits "October Waltz" from Dancing With Hobbits 1:06:28 - The Henry Girls "A Time To Grow" from A Time To Grow 1:09:18 - The RIver Drivers "Blair Mountain" from Live At Steelstacks 1:13:00 - CLOSING 1:14:02 - Rakish "Lightly as the Rain Came Down" from Now, O Now 1:18:28 - 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. 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, I’m happy to share an interview with The Friel Sisters. The band is headlining at IrishFest Atlanta which takes place November 8 - 10, 2024. They are performing on Friday night. In the meantime, send in your Celtic art designs for our 2025 shirts and stickers. I want to see and share your Celtic art. You might even make some money doing it. 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, 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. Patrick Rieger emailed some photos: "Hi Marc, I feel like I have been slacking this summer sending you pictures after having sent so many. Celtic Pittsburgh hasn't been doing much the past few months though we do have plans in the works for an event in October. Meanwhile, the renaissance festival season for my family and I started when we attended the Great Lakes Medieval faire the weekend of July 27 and 28. It was a great weekend, and we needed time away from the daily routine. With life so busy for everyone we hardly see friends anymore, and this was a chance to see many of them. We were happy to find that our friend Captain John Stout, aka Richard Brentar, has returned to Great Lakes after having been absent for a few years. I'm not sure what I enjoy more, his music or his stories, he always has lots of great stories to tell. We also saw the Jackdaws, Celtic Mayhem, and Michael Manderen. Sadly we didn't make the shows of Menagerie Music this year but we did manage to catch up with Lisa from that duo. My family and I plus a couple of friends went to see John McCann and Hamish at Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle in Pittsburgh on August 3. These two are a lot of fun and have great energy, and get the place jumping. I have seen them for 15 years, starting when they were part of the Corned Beef & Curry Band. Sadly that band broke up when one of the three decided to explore other musical paths. I'll be sending more pictures of Celtic musicians come September after trips to two more ren faires.  Until then, slainte!" Cheryl Arvio emailed some photos: "Hi Marc, Sorry these photos aren't better, but this is Socks in the Frying Pan from Friday night's show at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago. Brilliant, as they always are! Bummed that they are not playing Milwaukee Irish Fest this year, but happy we got to see them (and pick up their new CD) in our hometown. Best,"  

Enjoy an interview with IrishFest Atlanta headliner, Cherish the Ladies, on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #683. Subscribe now! Natalie Padilla, Jigjam, The Drowsy Lads, Lúnasa, The BorderCollies, Cherish the Ladies, Bealtaine, River Drivers, Fidra, Mànran, Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 2:00 - Intro: Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies 1:24 - Natalie Padilla "Fifty - eight Years” from Paths and Places 3:15 - WELCOME 4:50 - Jigjam "Bouli Bouli” from Across The Pond 8:42 - The Drowsy Lads "Next Market Day (feat. Jesse Powers and Ryan Hall)_The Drowsy Lads_Time Flies” from Time Flies 12:08 - Lúnasa "John McGinley's” from Live in Kyoto 19:01 - The BorderCollies "Heaven When We’re Home” from To the Hills and Back 23:54 - FEEDBACK 29:06 - INTERVIEW WITH CHERISH THE LADIES For four decades, Cherish the Ladies has captivated audiences worldwide as one of the most celebrated Irish music ensembles in history. Renowned for their exhilarating mix of traditional Irish music, stunning vocals, and propulsive step dancing, they have won the hearts of audiences and critics alike. Cherish the Ladies is headlining at IrishFest Atlanta on Sat, Nov 9. It took over two months to secure this interview with Joanie Madden. The band has an extremely busy schedule. But I'm happy to share it now. 35:46 - Cherish the Ladies "Lord Inchiquin / Sweeneys Dream / Johnny Henrys / Thady Caseys Fancy" from Cherish the Ladies Ultimate Christmas Mix 40:42 - INTERVIEW WITH CHERISH THE LADIES 47:45 - Cherish The Ladies "The Cat's Meow" from An Irish Homecoming  -  Live from Bucknell University 51:13 - INTERVIEW WITH CHERISH THE LADIES 55:16 - Cherish the Ladies with Deirdre Connolly "The Broom of the Cowdenknowes" from The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone 59:43 – THANKS I hope you enjoyed that interview as much as I did. It was well worth the wait it took to make this interview happen. Joanie is absolutely delightful. You can find out more about the group at CherishTheLadies.com . And make sure you pick up a copy of their USBs if you get a chance to see them live. 1:01:53 - Bealtaine "We're Coming Back" from The Founders' Room 1:05:38 - The River Drivers "Cumann Na Mban" from Live At Steelstacks 1:09:05 - Fidra "Mortal Boy" from The Running Wave 1:14:16 - Mànran "Standing Still" from single 1:17:39 - CLOSING 1:18:34 - Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau "Le batteux” from Écoutez tous 1:24:05 - 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/. Finally, Marc Gunn and the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast proudly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States of America. I know these are partisan times. But I firmly believe Harris is the best person to lead our country to a better future for all Americans. She also has an actual plan to make our already robust economy even stronger. She also has a career of protecting the rights of women.  Whether you agree or not, please vote in this year’s election. Your vote matters and is how democracy stays strong. 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. 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 looking for Celtic designs to highlight for the 2025 season. If you, or someone you know, creates Celtic art, please contact us at follow@bestcelticmusic and send 3 - 4 images for us to consider. If your art is accepted, you will be compensated for your work. 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, 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 VACATIONS 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. You can now join our Celtic Invasion of Galicia. We’re gonna explore the Celtic roots of this region of northwest Spain as we visit the final Celtic Nation on June 21 - 28, 2025. Follow the link on the website to join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Jeffrey Evans emailed a photo: "Hey Marc, Greetings from Louisville KY. Just wanted to share with you since I thought you would appreciate it. Last Sat (10/12), my wife and I participated in a Trunk or Treat that was hosted by the Shelby Country Humane Society and as you can see in the picture, we went heavily into a cat theme. I found a cat based trunk or treat kit that was cat centric, we took our Sphynx cat that we rescued through a TNR effort and added various cat base items inside the trunk area including pages from a Star Trek Cat calendar and my wife even dressed up as a cat where as I simply dressed as a TNRer. To top it all off, I even set up a speaker playing a cat song playlist consisting of your Whiskers in The Jar album and Lord of the Pounce. Unfortunately, everyone was so distracted by our cat, nobody noticed the music.  But we enjoyed it! ***Quick side note: on the episode web pages, every spot where you list the email address to send feedback to or band submissions, the ".net" is left off.***" Eric Guarin (gwa - reen) emailed: "Mark, I heard you mention a shortfall - I didn't catch the details, probably in a noisy environment. I've been listening since Episode 6, in multiple states and countries, from warm St. Lucia to cold Iceland to the Rock of Gibraltar, and on planes across both oceans. Thanks for all this! To help the shortfall I upped to the Song Henger tier; keep up the great music. Slainte, Larry Budd emailed: "Hey Mark: I just  shared your podcast with friends. We will be traveling next week to Ireland! And I took a break from raking to tha

Should you go on a tour of the whiskies of Scotland with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #682? Subscribe now! The Friel Sisters, Kevin Meehan, Cherish The Ladies, Dancing With Hobbits, Enda Reilly, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, Keltricity, La famille LeBlanc, Dublin Gulch, The Inland Seas, Sheridan Rúitín, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, Stout Pounders, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, The Ciderhouse Rebellion, Molly Donnery GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - The Friel Sisters "It’s in the Wind / The Laurel Tree / Repeal the Union" from Before the Sun 3:34 - WELCOME 7:15 - Kevin Meehan "Inches From Dublin" from Spanish Point 10:51 - Cherish The Ladies "The Cameronian Set: Tha M'Intinn Raoir/Duke of Gordon/The Cameronian/Lady of The House" from One And All, The Best of Cherish the Ladies 16:12 - Dancing With Hobbits "Big Feet Big Heart" from Dancing With Hobbits 17:37 - Enda Reilly "Whiskey Fire (The Great Fire Of Dublin)" from Hy - Brasil 21:47 - FEEDBACK 26:43 - Adam Agee & Jon Sousa "Foxhunter's Reel / The Flowers of Red Hill" from Ceol na gCarad 30:06 - Keltricity "The Plooman" from Live at Terra Firma Radio 34:38 - La famille LeBlanc "Suite à Ti - Joe l’aveugle" from New/Nouveau - Perdrais - je mon temps...(Would I be losing my time...) 39:18 - Dublin Gulch "The Orphan Girl" from Tap 'Er Light 42:15 - The Inland Seas "I Can Hew" from Down by the Greenwood Side 44:48 - THANKS 46:15 - Sheridan Rúitín "Tell Me Ma" from single 49:58 - Old Man Flanagan's Ghost "Simple Little Boat" from Simple Little Boat 52:19 - Stout Pounders "Whiskey Me Away (Live)" from Liver Let Live 55:35 - Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps "Sailing Off to the Yankee Land" from Down to the Roots 1:00:28 - CLOSING 1:01:15 - The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery "My Father's Cabin Small” from A Little Bit Slanted 1:05:23 - 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/. Finally, Marc Gunn and the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast proudly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States of America. I know these are partisan times. But I firmly believe Harris is the best person to lead our country to a better future for all Americans. She also has an actual plan to make our already robust economy even stronger. She also has a career of protecting the rights of women.  Whether you agree or not, please vote in this year’s election. Your vote matters and is how democracy stays strong. 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 the music you love, please follow the show right now. 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 am still looking for potential Celtic designs to highlight for the 2025 season. I will accept submissions until the end of November. I will contact you if your design is picked. So please email those designs to me ASAP. You can send it to follow@bestcelticmusic New episodes of Celtic Christmas Music are coming to the podcast universe. I’m planning the first episode to be released on November 17, right before Thanksgiving so that you can start enjoying Celtic Christmas music as soon as you are ready to listen. The current plan is to release weekly episodes. But we shall see if I can pull that off. If you’re in a Celtic band with Christmas or holiday music, please email me follow@bestcelticmusic 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: Keith, Bruce K, SMak, Steve Pomper, Donald Fletcher 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. Rene St.Aubin emailed: "When is your next trip to Ireland to get the feel of music and culture" Robin MacDonald emailed from Wolf Creek, OR: "Hello Marc, I have been listening to your podcast, Irish & Celtic Music, on Amazon Prime. However just within the last few weeks it has completely disappeared! It will not even come up on a search, which is crazy because your music CDs do. How odd. Did you get some sort of notification from Amazon Prime Music that your podcast was no longer going to be available? I will have to figure out a new way to listen to it and I will! I just enjoyed the convenience as I am not able to stream music much at work (bandwidth) but Amazon Prime Music seemed to always work. Best Regards," Robin followed that up with: "Hello Marc,  Enjoy your trip! Thanks for getting back to me and for the link. There’s good news though, your Celtic Christmas podcasts are still available on Amazon Prime! Love it always, any time of the year. " Patrick Rieger emailed some photos: "Hi Marc, My family and I have been busy the past month with a stop at our favorite pub and two renaissance festivals, so I'll be sending a few emails about the incredible musicians we enjoyed. On August 24, we went to Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle to see John McCann and Hamish, and an hour after they started everyone, including John and Hamish, got a surprise: the third member of the Corned Beef and Curry Band dropped in, Bob Banerjee. Bob is the most incredible fiddle player I have ever seen, and he has an endless number of bad jokes. He is the curry in the band's name, having been born in India. So for a few hours, this great band was back together. Irish musician Mark Guiser was in the audience that night, and was invited onto the stage for a few songs. Two wedding parties then dropped in for some post - reception fun. The energy, excitement and fun hadn't been that high at the Harp in a long time, and my wife and I only left because our son needed to get to bed. In one photo is The Corned Beef & Curry Band, from left to right, John McCann, Bob Banerjee, and Hamish, In the other, Mark Guiser and Bob. They were playing Hallelujah with Mark singing."

On the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #681. Subscribe now! The Drowsy Lads, Dan Possumato, Cherish The Ladies, Cleveland Celtic Ensemble, Conamara Chaos, Jesse Ferguson, Tarren, The Langer's Ball, Goitse, Enda Reilly, Olivia Bradley, Larkin & Moran Brothers, The Miles O'Brien band & Betsy Rose, DLÙ, Bealtaine GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - The Drowsy Lads "Derry Reel Hooley _The Drowsy Lads_Time Flies" from Time Flies 6:32 - WELCOME 8:06 - Dan Possumato "Poor but Happy at 53 / Sheila Coyle's / Silver Spire (feat. Bill Verdier, Frances Cunningham & Gerry Whelan)" from An Teachín Gorm 12:10 - Cherish The Ladies "The Cameronian Set: Tha M'Intinn Raoir/Duke of Gordon/The Cameronian/Lady of The House" from One And All, The Best of Cherish the Ladies 17:31 - Cleveland Celtic Ensemble "Road to Banff" from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble 20:22 - Conamara Chaos "The Hill of Thieves" from Anord 24:18 - FEEDBACK 25:52 - Jesse Ferguson "Lovely Lindsay" from Ten 29:23 - Tarren "Solstice" from Outside Time 34:45 - The Langer's Ball "Galway Races" from The Singles Collection 2023- 2024 37:49 - Goitse "Margadh an Iúir" from Rosc 40:44 - Enda Reilly "Grá Mo Chroíse -  Love of my Heart" from Hy- Brasil 43:33 - THANKS 45:11 - Olivia Bradley “Molly Malone” from Misty Morning Shore 47:44 - Larkin & Moran Brothers "Another Night At Christy's" from Éistigí 51:28 - The Miles O'Brien band & Betsy Rose "An Irish Song" from My Name Is Miles 55:08 - DLÙ "Spicy Hector" from Close To 59:52 - CLOSING 1:00:25 - Bealtaine "Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her" from The Founders' Room Vol 2 1:03:33- 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. 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. 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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.  

We talk to Teresa Finley about the 2024 season of IrishFest Atlanta on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast # . Subscribe now! Teresa Finley, Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland, Deirdre Galway, Rakish, Clanna Morna, Cameron Mackay, Open The Door For Three, The Friel Sisters, Olivia Bradley, Joanie Madden, Réalta, Barry Fitzpatrick, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, Malachy Tallack, The Henry Girls GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:09 - Conor Lamb, Brendan Mulholland & Deirdre Galway "The Sweetheart (reels)" from Music in the Glen 5:01 - WELCOME 6:35 - Rakish "Now, O Now" from Now, O Now 10:33 - Clanna Morna "Hares On The Mountain" from From The Lowlands To The High Seas 14:27 - Cameron Mackay "Tallest Tower" from single 17:59 - Open The Door For Three "William Glen" from A Prosperous Gale 24:41 - FEEDBACK 27:00 - INTERVIEW WITH TERESA FINLEY: ABOUT IRISHFEST ATLANTA 31:43 - The Friel Sisters "Young Tom Ennis / King of the Pipers / Hunt the Cat" from Before the Sun 36:21 - INTERVIEW WITH TERESA FINLEY: MUSIC OF IRISHFEST ATLANTA 41:18 - Olivia Bradley "Misty Morning Shore" from Misty Morning Shore 45:33 - INTERVIEW WITH TERESA FINLEY: EVENTS OF IRISHFEST ATLANTA 51:55 - Joanie Madden "The Cats Meow" from Song of the Irish Whistle 2 56:19 - THANKS 58:42 - Réalta "Skidoo" from Thing of the Earth 1:02:42 - BARRY FITZPATRICK "THE OLD IRISH FOG" from single 1:05:34 - Adam Agee & Jon Sousa "The Tempest / The Porthole of Kelp / The Road To Garrison" from Ceol na gCarad 1:12:58 - Malachy Tallack "Home" from That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz 1:16:25 - CLOSING 1:17:12 - The Henry Girls "Honeybee/ Hard Border" from A Time To Grow 1:22:53 - 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. 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. Remember, 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. Cheryl Arvio emailed some photos from Milwaukee Irish Fest: "Hi Marc, Here are some photos from Milwaukee Irish Fest. First is Talisk (sorry for the poor quality, my phone doesn't like to take photos in the dark), then Lunasa, the Finns and finally a concertina circle with Mary Macnamara, Lexie Boatright who also plays with the Consequences, and Mohsen Amini of Talisk, accompanied on guitar by Charlie Galloway, also of Talisk. Maybe someday you'll make it there!"

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:02 - 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:07 - 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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:  

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:02 - 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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"  

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:02 - 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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"  

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:15 - 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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:  

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 INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - 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 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. 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’ve done quite a few instrumental episodes over the past few years. What I haven’t done is featured Celtic songs and singers. So this episode celebrates the singers and songs. 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. If you’re a Celtic artist or you know one, email some designs for the 2025 Irish & Celtic Music Podcast annual shirt. I’d love to share it with others. I’m also starting to plan the Celtic Christmas Music podcast 2024 season. The show is funded by Celtic Christmas patrons, different from ours. If you’re interested in supporting Celtic Christmas music this holiday season. Please consider following the Celtic Christmas Patreon. It costs nothing to follow and you’ll enjoy lots of great Celtic Christmas music this holiday season. 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, 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: Francis Leach, Rick Boyce, and our newest Celtic Legend, Bruce 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. Aaron Adair emailed from Richardson Texas: "...packing to go on my second trip "home" 5 years after the last one! It's been too long and so much has happened, but I know it will be a grand craic and a chance to see old friends and make new ones!" Aaron Adair, loyal 19 - year listener and Patreon supporter Deanna Robison emailed: "I heard some were having trouble listening to the podcast. I find it on the TuneIn app. Hope more people tune in to listen to your great show. Been listening to you since sometime at the beginning. Never gets old. Thanks to you & everyone helping for the hard work putting together all the shows. Always appreciated." Michael Corbett emailed: "Hi! I wanted to thank you for supporting Seldom Sober for the last five years!  My partner Colleen is retiring due to health issues and other circumstances after 17 years together.  We played our last show last Friday with a standing ovation and an encore.  I'm continuing on with a new partner under the name The Galway Rogues for as long as my body will let me.  It's been great following the podcast and occasionally hearing our work.  Slainte!" Jeremie emailed: “I really enjoy listening to the music in podcast; I'm usually commuting when I'm listening. Definitely enjoy the various Celtic groups' music"  

First light dawns on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #673 . Subscribe now! The Drowsy Lads, Cleveland Celtic Ensemble, Dublin Gulch, Mary Frances Leahy, Goitse, Enda Reilly, Poitin Band, Aneta Dortová, Charlene Adzima, Sheridan Rúitín, Clanna Morna, The Tan and Sober Gentlemen, Larkin & Moran Brothers, The Ciderhouse Rebellion GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - The Drowsy Lads "Virginia (Reels)" from Wide Awake 5:37 - WELCOME 8:21 - Cleveland Celtic Ensemble "Burning the Piper's Hut" from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble 13:51 - Dublin Gulch "The Ballad of Willie and Millie/Margaret's Waltz" from Tap 'Er Light 22:24 - Mary Frances Leahy "First Light" from First Light 26:16 - Goitse "Write Me Down" from Rosc 29:59 - FEEDBACK 32:31 - Enda Reilly "Ualach Ó Mo Chroí  -  A Weight From My Heart" from Hy - Brasil 35:36 - Poitin Band "Louis Riel/Free Gardeners" from Banks of Red River 39:05 - Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone "Eileen Og (Song)" from Tunes of the Travelling Dance Masters 43:37 - Charlene Adzima "What Care I for the Minister?/Humours of Whiskey" from The Initiation 46:07 - THANKS 48:10 - Sheridan Rúitín "Peppermill South" from Rebels in the Night 51:45 - Clanna Morna "Johnson's Motor Car" from From The Lowlands To The High Seas 53:48 - The Tan and Sober Gentlemen "Leaving of Liverpool - Live from the Haw River Ballroom" from Single 57:46 - Larkin & Moran Brothers "Drake Street Rainbow" from Éistigí [Explicit] 1:02:09 - CLOSING 1:03:07 - The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery "The Kilmacthomas Girl" from A Little Bit Slanted 1:07:51 - 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. We are proud sponsors of IrishFest Atlanta. The festival takes place Nov 8 - 10, 2024. Cherish the Ladies and The Friel Sisters are headlining. I hope to share some interviews with artists performing there as we get a little closer to the festival. A large portion of the event is free to attend. However, there are some special concerts and workshops available. You can buy tickets to those right now. Go to www.irishfestatlanta.org for more details. Oh! And if you’re out there, I have a show with my daughter Inara kicking off the Saturday music schedule. Come join me. I am still looking for Celtic designs to promote the podcast in 2025. If you create Celtic art or know someone who might be interested, please email me. Follow@bestcelticmusic. 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. Finally, if you follow the podcast on Patreon, you might’ve noticed a new feature. You can now get a countdown to the episode release on Wednesday at noon eastern. You’ll be able to stream the show and chat with other Patrons of the Podcast. I’ve been wanting something like this for a while. I’m thrilled that Patreon made it possible. Will you join us next week? 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, and 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: J and Brian Herndon 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 VACATIONS 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. You can learn about our Celtic Invasion of Galicia in 2025 when details become available. Just sign up to our mailing list at  http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. I had two messages come in about Gretna Green after I mentioned it in episode #671. Shel O'Toole wrote: "Hi Marc, It was interesting to hear you refer to Gretna Green.  My knowledge of it was as a place people eloped to.  A quick search of Google confirmed my memories.  It was interesting to discover Gretna is a town built during World War 1. The village of Gretna Green is still thriving and it sounds like a great place to visit. It is certainly on my list of places to visit should I get to fulfill my dream of going to Scotland. I discovered in the past couple of years my maternal grandmother’s family is from Ayrshire in Scotland.  They came from a village called Coylton. I look forward to hearing about your whiskey tour and seeing photos of Scotland. I’m really enjoying today’s show #671 Thanks for all the great music Marc. Sliãnte" Wayne Myers wrote: "Hey Marc, I was listening to episode 671 while playing soccer today and heard you mention the Scottish village of Gretna Green. There is a fantasy author named Linzi Day who lives there and has her book series set there. I know she is amenable to answering questions, because she answered mine. Her book series is The Midlife Recorder series, which starts with Midlife in Gretna Green. Love the show. Slainte." Mary Lynn Deal sent a message on Patreon: "Hi Marc, I'm doing some 3d printing and office work at home while listening today. Still enjoying every minute. Have a wonderful day, Slainte," Rod Nevin commented on Patreon: "Lovely collection of music! By the way Marc, I have to tell you because I know you would want to know, the tune title for Arise & Go has “Strathspeys” and reels, and the correct pronunciation for strathspey is “strath’spay” … last syllable being what Bob Barker always reminded us to do our pets. 😎"  

Life your best life like a golden dream with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #672. Subscribe now! Clanna Lorna, Aneta Dortová, Cleveland Celtic Ensemble, Goitse, The Ciderhouse Rebellion, Na Skylark, Larkin & Moran Brothers, The Willow Trio, Calum MacPhail, Mary Frances Leahy, Sheridan Rúitín, DLÙ, Jiggy, Luas GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:02 - Intro: Jill Quirk 0:16 - Clanna Morna "Virginia / Martin Wynne's #2 / Morning Dew" from From The Lowlands To The High Seas 4:27 - WELCOME 6:40 - Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone "Mooncoin, Paddy Ryan's Dream, The Dawn (Jig, Reels)" from Tunes of the Travelling Dance Masters 12:35 - Cleveland Celtic Ensemble "Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna" from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble 17:40 - Goitse "Cave of the Wild Horses" from Rosc 21:02 - The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery "An Spealadóir" from A Little Bit Slanted Pronunciation: An Spealadóir  -  uhn spal - a - door 24:57 - FEEDBACK 27:13 - Na Skylark "An Cailin Deas Og" from Old Ceol Pronunication: An Cailin Deas Og  -  uhn Ka - leen das  -  owg 32:10 - Larkin & Moran Brothers "Parnell Renegades" from Éistigí Pronunciation: Éistigí  -  Aysht - a - gee 35:13 - The Willow Trio "Golden Toad" from single 39:39 - Calum MacPhail "Bonnie Wee Jeannie" from single 41:55 - THANKS 44:53 - Mary Frances Leahy "Cheerio" from First Light 48:07 - Sheridan Rúitín "The Foggy Dew" from Rebels in the Night 53:10 - DLÙ "Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais" from Close To 56:41 - Jiggy "Eilean" from Single 1:00:36 - CLOSING 1:01:43 - Luas "Wonky Driveway" from Wonky Driveway 1:04:49 - 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. We are looking for Celtic designs for the podcast in 2025? Do you create Celtic art? Send me some designs. Perhaps your Celtic creativity will be featured by the podcast next year. 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 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. William Sneddon sent photos of the St Patrick's Day Parade in New York City up 5th Avenue!.   Jim Berkin emailed some photos and wrote: "Some friends and I spent yesterday with Pittsburgh's Bastard Bearded Irishmen. The group travels well and always puts on a great show. Happy belated birthday Marc!!!" Danna Hotmar emailed a photo. Christopher Patrick of FitzBlarney emailed a photo and wrote: "Hello, Marc! What a weekend! I personally hosted my annual St. Patrick's (Eve) party and had house FULL of revellers for food, drink, music, and fun! But Sunday, On Saint Patrick's Day itself, my family band, FitzBlarney, played out live to a great crowd at Gentile, (Pr. 'Jentilly,') Brewery, in Beverly, MA. A small, family - run operation open to families, kids and even dogs! Just like a proper parlour! Big crowd, lotsa fun. I spent it surrounded by friends and family, music, beer, and laughs. Couldn't ask for better. Attached is a shot of us playing that afternoon! Hope yours was as much fun as ours"   James Lochar emailed a couple St Pats photos

Here's to friendship on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #671 . Subscribe now! Hanneke Cassel, Old Blind Dogs, Wylde Nept, Conor Mallon, Tarren, Ironwood, Jesse Ferguson, Runa, CaliCeltic, The Town Pants, The Fire, Bealtaine, The Elders, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - Hanneke Cassel "The Captain" from Dot the Dragon's Eyes 4:39 - WELCOME 8:43 - Old Blind Dogs "Suite Bretonne" from Knucklehead Circus 12:51 - Wylde Nept "Between Moonbeams" from All's Fair 15:35 - Conor Mallon "One Four Four" from Unearthed 20:03 - Tarren "Searching for Lambs" from Revel 22:39 - FEEDBACK 28:17 - Ironwood "Lovelace" from Gretna Green 33:20 - Jesse Ferguson "Skye Boat Song" from The Bard of Cornwall 37:09 - Runa "Liam's Lullaby" from When The Light Gets In 39:25 - CaliCeltic "Steam Beer" from Whiskey Mustache 42:34 - THANKS 44:35 - The Town Pants "Something to Say" from Something to Say 47:47 - The Fire "Rip the Calico" from Marigold 51:56 - Bealtaine “Tears in your Beer” from The Founders' Room Vol 2 56:17 - The Elders "Common Man" from Wanderin' Life & Times 59:51 - CLOSING 1:00:53 - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "We Were Friends" from Paper of Pins 1:05:39 - 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. My goal is 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. IrishFest Atlanta takes place Nov 8 - 10, 2024 with headliners Cherish the Ladies and The Friel Sisters. You can grab tickets to watch these concerts or enjoy tons of other great entertainment.  Go to https://www.irishfestatlanta.org/ for details. IrishFest Atlanta, which offers ticketed events and FREE programming for the public, includes: Traditional Irish music, song, dance, language, sports, films Workshops in music, dance and language A traditional Irish tea, whiskey - tasting, and an Irish bread - making competition Free family events including an Irish dance (Céilí), arts and crafts, and sports. Go to https://www.irishfestatlanta.org for more event information. 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. Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single - use plastics? 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Margaret and Bill Sneddon emailed a photo from Connecticut: "Hi, Marc, Enjoying your podcast aboard our sailboat, Isle of Skye, docked today at Pilot's Point in Westbrook, CT" Peter Wood replied to a post on Facebook: "So I'm sitting here listening to the podcast on Pocket Casts as I have for years and I hear that Podcast Addict, Amazon Music, and Patreon are the only Android apps you can listen to the show on? There's still an RSS feed easily linked on the website too, so any non - cloud based podcatcher should be able to subscribe too. I recently installed AntennaPod because I'm considering moving from Pocket Casts and I see this show among my imported subscriptions like any other." Corey Fitch emailed: "Hi Marc, I’ve been listening to your podcast for the past year or so and its been keeping me great company on my drive to work! We had a big family celebration last year. It was our 250th anniversary on our small family farm in New Hampshire—my kids are the 10th generation living on the farm. For musical entertainment, we had the Jordan TW Trio (led by Jordan Tirrell - Wysocki) and they were absolutely fantastic—everyone was up dancing and they ended the night with an beautiful acapella Parting Glass. I haven’t heard them on the podcast yet so I figured I would put the plug in to get them in the rotation. Thank you for everything you do!"

Sing a song to the Dublin girl on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast # 670. Subscribe now! Celtic On the Inside is now on sale in our store. Support the podcast by buying one of these limited-edition CDs and Album Pins. Shop now! Dublin Gulch, Wylde Nept, Enda Reilly, The Crowfoot Rakes, The Ciderhouse Rebellion, Molly Donnery, Natalie Padilla, Kevin Meehan, Fig for a Kiss, Blackthorn, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, The Drowsy Lads, Charlene Adrima, Bealtaine, Drumspyder, Ironwood, Hayley Griffiths GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:02 - Intro: High Octane 0:11 - Dublin Gulch "Rick O'Shay Reel" from Tap 'Er Light 3:10 - WELCOME 5:14 - Wylde Nept "The Butterfly" from All's Fair 7:12 - Enda Reilly "My Dublin Girl" from Hy - Brasil 9:31 - The Crowfoot Rakes "The Marion Jig (Live)" from Off She Goes 11:27 - The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery "Jimmy Murphy" from A Little Bit Slanted 14:41 - FEEDBACK 18:46 - Natalie Padilla "Sailor's Love" from Paths and Places 22:24 - Kevin Meehan "The Living Bridge" from Spanish Point 25:45 - Fig for a Kiss "Johnny Be Fine" from Wherever You Go 27:35 - Blackthorn "Almost Every Circumstance/Galloping Ass" from Here's To You 31:22 - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones "The Lough Sheelin Eviction" from Let the Free Birds Fly 37:51 - THANKS 41:19 - The Drowsy Lads "Memories and Moments" from Everyone In 44:50 - Charlene Adzima "The Old Flail/Pauline Conneely's/Sizzling Bacon" from The Initiation 49:21 - Bealtaine "Star of the County Down" from The Founders' Room Vol 2 52:14 - Drumspyder "The Templehouse" from Green Mantle 56:15 - Ironwood "The White Gypsy" from Gretna Green 60:23 - CLOSING 1:01:14 - Hayley Griffiths "Black Is the Colour" from Far from Here 1:05:10 - 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. It’s here to connect you with some of the amazing musicians who are performing Celtic music around the world. 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. Do you make Celtic art? We’re looking for a design to incorporate into our shirts, album pin and CD in 2025. We’d love your contribution. Email some design ideas with or without our podcast name. Speaking of CDs and Album Pins, Celtic on the Inside is the name of the latest compilation CD and album pin by the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The album is now officially on sale. Only 100 copies of the CD and 100 copies of the Album Pin are available. This is a great way for you to preserve your memories of the Best Irish and Celtic music of 2023. Plus, it’s a great way to financially support the podcast so we can keep bringing you great Celtic music each and every week. Preserve your memories at magerecords.com where you can get the CD and album pin. Oh! And do you know what an album pin is? An album pin is an enamel pin themed to a particular album. You get a digital download of the album. And you can then wear your album on your sleeve… or attach it to another piece of clothing. It’s a visual way to tell others that you are Celtic on the Inside. 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. Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single - use plastics? 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. DONATE: Make donation to the podcast. A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Frank D, Sean C, Michael H, Tim S, Miranda Nelson Designs 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 VACATIONS 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. The Celtic Invasion of Scotland’s Whisky Distilleries is now booked. The next Celtic Invasion will go to Galicia in Spain IF I can get enough people to explore that region with me. I need a minimum of 6 to make it happen. It’s not yet open, but if you’d like to join, sign up to our mailing list. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Cheryl Arvio emailed: “Hi Marc, My boyfriend went to an Irish set dance yesterday. Since it was Pride Day in Chicago, he wore your Pride Month with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast T - shirt to the gathering, prompting several of his fellow dancers to tell him that they, too, are listeners of the podcast! Just thought you'd like to know you've got fans here in Chicago  ☘️☘️🎻🪗😊” Daniel Ide emailed from Fallbrook, CA: 'Dia duit Marc  -  I am delighted to officially become a patron of The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. I have been a fan of your show since this time last year, and an Irish and Celtic music fan most of my life.  I stumbled upon your podcast while searching “Celtic Music” on Sirius Radio. I played in an Irish Folk music band in college 40 years ago (when The Chieftains ruled and Sinead was kicking ass).  We called ourselves “The Rakes of Kilarney”.  I was a guitarist and singer back then, today I am a full on percussionist (congacero mostly) with a passion for Latin - Jazz and Afro - Cuban rhythms.  This past year I have been practicing my Bodhran playing to a level of session quality performance (thanks to your podcast).  My plan is to travel to the West of Ireland in the end of October and session hop my way from Galway up to Sligo and beyond.  I will be hitting you up for recommendations as the date grows closer. I am 5th generation Irish - American.  My ancestors fled the hard times In Ireland during the 1870’s, landing in Boston.  Very few of them, generationally, have ever returned, myself included.  I have been a student of Irish and Celtic history and culture with a romantic notion of returning “home”.  My parents have been there a few times, making connections with di

Jeremy King of the Celtic band Poitin shares Celtic music from the Czech Republic on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #669. Subscribe now! Conamara Chaos, Isara, Anarka, Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr, Irish Rose, Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone, Shannon, Ankara, Poitín, Hrdza GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 -  Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr “Matulu Moja” from Ona 05:26 - Introducing Jeremy King of Poitin and the show. 06:20 - Conamara Chaos “Breton Polkas” from single 10:29 - ISARA “Pul slanky” from Na vlně 14:16 - Shannon | Irish Music “Bird’s Tail” from Lounge 19:36 - Band info.Shannon | Irish Music 20:31 - Anarka “Dhaara” from singel - video Dhaara - Anarka || Anagha - Jirka (Official lyric video) 25:01 - Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone “Aileen Aroon” from Tunes of the Travelling Dance Masters 30:29 - Band info and links to making of the album video Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone - ''Tunes of the Travelling Dance Masters'' album documentary  . Katie’s Claddagh Cottage: https://www.facebook.com/CladdaghArtsCentre ) 31:23 - Irish Rose “Cowboi” from Roses' Dream 35:26 - Hrdza “Nie Tvoja” from Co mi je, to mi je 39:01 - Band info. 39:39 - Poitín “Ej, žalude, Maple Leaf” from One for the Road 43:21 - Conamara Chaos “Harmonica Reels” from single 48:50 - Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr “Hopaj, hop!” from Ona 51:22 - Band info. 52:05 - Aneta Dortová and Emanuele De Simone “Mooncoin, Paddy Ryan's Dream, The Dawn” from 57:58 Shannon | Irish Music “Briefs” from Lounge 01:02:17 - ISARA “Newfoundland” from Na vlně 01:06:09 - Band info and thanks. 01:07:06 - Poitín “Congress Reel” from Poitín 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 TO 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. 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. Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics? 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: 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Happy 4th of July. It’s Independence Day in the US. We’re celebrating freedom and independence on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #668. Subscribe now! New York Brogue, Lissa Schneckenburger, Poitín, The Homespun Ceilidh Band, Bedlam Bards, Derek Warfield, Kevin Meehan, Trochrague, High Octane, The Fenian Sons, Sorcha, Black 47, Clare Cunningham, Marc Gunn GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:06 - New York Brogue “Tom Paine's Bones” from Live From the Poor Mouth 5:08 - WELCOME 6:51 - Lissa Schneckenburger “Jefferson and Liberty / Bert Ferguson” from Dance 10:21 - Poitín “The Liberty” from Wish 13:59 - The Homespun Ceilidh Band “Battle Hymn” from Battle Cry of Freedom 16:08 - Bedlam Bards & Marc Gunn “Freedom Costs” from Firefly Drinking Songs 20:08 - FEEDBACK 23:09 - Derek Warfield “Battle Cry of Freedom” from Clear the Way 27:06 - Kevin Meehan “Borve Castle” from Spanish Point 30:36 - Trochrague “Freedom Come Aa Ye” from Trochrague 33:30 - High Octane “Eastern Vagrant” from High Octane 39:23 - THANKS 42:05 - The Fenian Sons “Freedom's Sons” from 617 45:08 - Sorcha “Golden Eagle / The Independence” from Stomp the Floor 49:50 - Black 47 “Fire of Freedom” from Fire of Freedom 56:09 - Clare Cunningham “Irish Dad” from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH) 1:00:07 - CLOSING 1:01:33 - Marc Gunn “Come Adventure With Me” from Come Adventure With Me 1:06:00 - 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. 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. Happy 4th of July! That’s when our Declaration of Independence was ratified by the Second Continental Congress establishing the United States of America as an independent country. The fight against tyranny is never complete. That was the lesson of January 6th in our country when a failed former president tried to usurp control of our country. Fortunately, he was defeated by law - abiding, just Americans. The threat is still here. So this week, we’re celebrating Independence Day with Celtic music. The Celts also know what it means to be oppressed by tyrants. We have a whole slew of songs on the topic. Today, we’re gonna share a small sampling of songs of independence and freedom by Celtic musicians. It’s also officially Plastic Free July. You can help break free from the single - use plastic problem by refusing them in the month of July so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of the solution this month? 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 HEROIC PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! Your generosity brings freedom to this podcast. No big corporation runs this show. It’s just you and me. That’s why I keep producing new episodes 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. Song Hengers even access a digital music archive of over 700 MP3s. A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Frank D, Sean C, Michael H 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 VACATIONS 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. The Celtic Invasion of Scotland’s Whisky Distilleries is now booked. The next Celtic Invasion will go to Galicia in Spain IF I can get enough people to explore that region with me. I need a minimum of 6 to make it happen. It’s not yet open, but if you’d like to join, sign up to our mailing list. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Brice Shelton sent a St Patrick’s Day photo. Susan Heely sent some pictures of a St Patrick’s Day session: Bruce Thompson emailed a photo and wrote: “Hey Marc, Happy belated Birthday! Our St. Paddy’s day was a little low - key after  I had ankle surgery, but enjoyed your podcasts none the less. Please keep up the good work! Thanks” Tom Cook emailed photos from my St Patrick’s Day request: “Good Morning Marc We had a 4 day celebration of the weekend starting Thursday March 14th with an all Celtic/Irish show with my band "Rose among Thorns" at StableRock Winery & Distillery (a local venue here in Jefferson, Wisconsin). That was followed by my 5 piece string band doing all Celtic/Irish music shows Friday, March 15th@Old Germantown Brewery, Pub & Eatery  in Germantown, Wi, an evening show Saturday March 16th@Lewis Station Winery in Lake Mills WI and a Sunday March 17th afternoon show@Lyons Irish Pub in Watertown, WI  to cap the weekend. the crowds were great, the beverages and food tasty and music was flyin'. The Celtic podcast was mentioned at each show! Of note we will be releasing a CD/EP early this summer which we will share with you and the podcast. (our music is mainly American Roots  -  but we play many Irish and Celtic tunes in our rep)  Sláinte” Teresa Finley of IrishFest Atlanta sent a photo of Phoenix Irish Arts of Atlanta performing at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This photo was sent before the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast officially sponsored the festival which takes place Nov 8 - 10, 2024. This year’s featured artists are Cherish the Ladies and The Friel Sisters. You can find details at IrishFestAtlanta.org

It’s a Celtic instrumental dance party on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #667. Subscribe now! The Drowsy Lads, Fig for a Kiss, Runa, Dublin Gulch, Lúnasa, Louise Bichan, Telenn Tri, The BorderCollies, Charlene Adzima, Fialla, Bealtaine, Dancing With Hobbits, The Crowfoot Rakes, High Octane, Conor Mallon GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:10 - The Drowsy Lads "The Green Mountain (Reels)" from Wide Awake 5:20 - WELCOME 10:04 - Fig for a Kiss "The Trip to Pakistan" from Wherever You Go 15:25 - Runa “Jutland Set" from When The Light Gets In 20:38 - Dublin Gulch "Kerry Rose Hornpipe" from Tap 'Er Light 23:27 - Lúnasa "The Blue Fiddle" from Live in Kyoto 28:38 - FEEDBACK 31:15 - Louise Bichan "Pinnacle" from The Lost Summer 36:00 - Telenn Tri "Hope Rising set" from The Cat's Meow 39:57 - The BorderCollies "The Sweetness of Mary  -  Clumsy Lover" from To the Hills and Back 43:28 - Charlene Adzima "Jimmie McGetrick's/John Naughton's/Tom Ward's Downfall" from The Initiation 46:39 - THANKS 50:02 - Fialla "Bull Set" from Home & Away 54:47 - Bealtaine "Frieze Britches" from The Founders' Room 57:33 - Dancing With Hobbits "Folk on Foot" from Dancing With Hobbits 1:00:31 - The Crowfoot Rakes "Maid Behind the Bar (Live)" from Off She Goes 1:02:22 - High Octane "Lazy Sloth" from High Octane 1:07:28 - CLOSING 1:09:32 - Conor Mallon "Tullycrine" from Unearthed 1:12:46 - 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. Back from the Isle of Man Plastic Free July.  Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single - use plastics? Today’s show is an all - instrumental podcast episode. I have a lot of great music to share as well as a fascinating observation. In the past, it is the Celtic songs that were voted on the most for the Celtic Top 20. But I was looking at the last few weeks. And it’s the Celtic tunes, the instrumentals, that are dominating your voting. That is fantastic. So keep those votes coming. But I guess that also means I should do a Celtic song episode in the coming weeks. I’d love to know what your favorite contemporary Celtic songs are. By that I mean, what original songs by Celtic musicians do you love the best? I have found several songs on this podcast that were covered by other Celtic artists. I might do a show like that in the future too. We shall see. But let me know your thoughts. Thanks also to our Executive Producers, author Rie Sheridan Rose (www.riewriter.com), and Richard Trest of the Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival (www.midtenngames.com) on Sept 7 - 8, 2024 at Sanders Ferry Park, Hendersonville. 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: Daniel Ide, Eric McFarling, Lorraine F 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 VACATIONS 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 invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ The Celtic Invasion of Scotland’s Whisky Distilleries is now booked. The next Celtic Invasion will go to Galicia in Spain IF I can get enough people to explore that region with me. I need a minimum of 6 to make it happen. It’s not yet open, but if you’d like to join, sign up to our mailing list. #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. How are you listening to this podcast? I’d love to know that as well. The show is available on a bunch of podcast apps like Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Player.FM, Pocket Casts, Cast Box, Pandora, Podbean, and my favorite Overcast Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic. Thomas Michl emailed from the south of Germany: “Hello Marc, in your last newsletter you ask about personal favourites and I do indeed have a band that I haven't heard in your podcast yet, but that I really like: The Rattling Kind with Eddie Sherlock (Dublin) I would love to hear them on your podcast. Otherwise, I'm already looking forward to St Patrick's Day with good music from the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast ; - ) Greetings” Kathy Glasgow replied to my St Patrick’s Day request: “I celebrated by getting my next semester of classes ready while listening to your podcast. I have them on my phone, so I was also listening to them today between classes. “ Ryan McKinney of O'McPub Band: “Marc, Thank you for all you've done for Irish and Celtic music. We've listened for a number of years and I play in an Irish folk duo with my friend Joe.  We've been playing at pubs and wherever else they will take us for a few years now. We are finally going to try and get some of our versions of Irish tunes recorded but not exactly sure where to start.  Then I remembered you offer the ebook on digital music.  We would greatly appreciate your guidance and suggestions to make sure we think of everything. Thanks again and hope when we get everything done we can someday hear ourselves on your podcast! Slainte,” Hey BTW, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is now a proud sponsor of IrishFest Atlanta in November. I’ll have more details in the future.

Come hell or highwater, we have more music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #666. Subscribe now! Moher, Telenn Tri, The Drowsy Lads, Maggie’s Wake, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, The Out of Kilters, Paisley Close, The Flailing Shilaleighs, Medusa's Wake, Wooden Legs, The Walker Roaders, Ashley Davis GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The 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 2024 This 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 MUSIC 0:07 - Moher  -  BZH “Phœnix  (reels)  Phœnix  -  Sean Sa Cheo  -  Galway Rambler” from Phoenix 3:51 - WELCOME 5:57 - Telenn Tri “The Hills of Kaitoke” from The Cat's Meow 10:37 - The Tannahill Weavers “The Gallant Shearers” from Alchemy 15:22 - The Drowsy Lads “G Jigs” from Everyone In 19:51 - Maggie’s Wake “Maid of Fortune” from Maggie’s Wake 23:25 - FEEDBACK 26:26 - Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps “Sweet St. John's” from Down to the Roots 30:49 - Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening “Long For Light” from Cloud Horizons 34:40 - The Out of Kilters “Botany Bay” from Hot Potatoes 38:14 - Paisley Close “Fair Maid On the Shore” from All On A Day 42:31 - THANKS 45:04 - The Flailing Shilaleighs “Seven Drunken Nights” from Yours To Discover 48:44 - Medusa's Wake ”Gates of Hell” from Rascals and Rogues 52:28 - Wooden Legs “Paw on the Pan” from Animali 57:20 - The Walker Roaders “Turned out Nice Again” from The Walker Roaders 1:01:47 - CLOSING 1:02:30 - Ashley Davis “Doire Cholm Cille” from Down By the Sea 1:05:36 - 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. This weekend, I am performing at Nerdy Wonderland. This is a nerdy event in Avondale Estates, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. If you like visiting science fiction conventions, you might enjoy this free event. I’m also playing music both solo and also with my daughter. It runs from 11:30 AM to 6 PM at The Lost Druid Brewery. I hope to see you there. I will have some Irish & Celtic Music Podcast CDs and album pins that you can buy and get autographed. On a different note, I’d like to get you mentally warmed up for Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – because we all want cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single - use plastics? You can find details on the website. 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! It can be hell going through your day without music. But it is through the generosity of our Patrons of the Podcast 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 it 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, and 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: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, 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 VACATIONS 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. This fall, I’m taking a very small group of invaders to taste whisky and hike the hills and dales of Scotland. Find out if you can still join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What 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. Jackie Wassilie emailed: “So..just listened to my first podcast..it was the absolute fastest hour! Totally entertaining in my early quiet morning hour. Awesomeness!” Ryan Weyls shared a photo from Wolfe Tones in Norwalk, CT on March 13: “Hi Marc, here's a photo of the Wolfe Tones from what they say is their last tour of the US. In a nod to our modern era, they had a keyboardist playing bass lines and synth strings, and a laptop was visible onstage as well. The Mac might have been for the slide show or a click track, or both. I'd prefer a live bassist but their extra man made it work with his Roland. Have a great weekend. Patrick Rieger emailed photos right before St Patrick’s Day: “Hello Marc, Celtic Pittsburgh was part of the Saint Patrick's Day parade for the first time this year, and it was also my first parade on such a scale. I was part of two tiny parades for other occasions, but nothing like this. Pittsburgh Public Safety estimated 200,000 spectators would be lining the 1.4 miles route, and it certainly looked it. Emerging from under a railroad bridge to reach the start of the parade route and seeing the sides of the streets of downtown Pittsburgh packed with so many people cheering and whooping was a thrill. Some people were even watching from a parking garage. We had seven people marching. Three members marched, as well as some people who volunteered to march with us. Two people were from the Lady MacGregor Lodge #73 of the Daughters of Scotia based in Youngwood, PA. Besides groups honoring Irish and Celtic culture, there were other groups in the parade, including a Ghostbusters fan group. The radio program who interviewed Susan Borowski and I, The Saturday Light Brigade, asked people downtown for the parade to call in and let them know how the parade was going, so I called while we were waiting in the staging area. I have attached some photos, most to show the size of the crowd, and one of the reviewing stand.”