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The Gothard Sisters, Albannach, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Drowsy Lads, Alexander James Adams, Poitín, Ed Miller, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Heather Dale, Sharon Shannon, Wolf Loescher & Mark Kenneth, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Anne Roos, The Irish Rovers, Haggis Rampant, Reilly, Gaelic Storm, The Canny Brothers Band, Stout Pounders, Ockham's Razor, The Rogues

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VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2025

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 this year's Best Celtic music of 2025 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

You can follow our playlist on YouTube to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 - 3 weeks.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:08 - The Gothard Sisters "Against the Grain" from Midnight Sun

4:49 - WELCOME

9:04 - Albannach "Hail to the Heroes" from The Sub - Zero Sessions EP

12:47 - Brobdingnagian Bards "I'm Coming Home" from Another Faire to Remember

17:19 - The Drowsy Lads "7 8, Final Answer" from Everyone In

20:51 - Alexander James Adams "Please Awake" from Harvest Season  -  Second Cutting

25:53 - Poitín "Mother And Child" from One For The Road

28:22 - FEEDBACK

31:14 - Ed Miller "The Prince of Darkness" from Lolander

36:35 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Buried My Wife and Danced on Her Grave/Paddy Fahey's/Aherne's Egg (jigs)" from Whirring Wings

40:45 - Heather Dale "Bonny Bonny Broom" from My Celtic Heart

44:32 - Sharon Shannon "Butterflies" from Out The Gap

47:48 - Wolf Loescher & Mark Kenneth "Rigs o' Rye" from Loescher+Kenneth

51:32 - BREAK

53:23 - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "The Private Still" from Red House

57:51 - The Merry Wives of Windsor "All Among the Barley" from Drink This Pub Dry

1:00:39 - Anne Roos "Roslin Castle & The Woods of Kilmurry" from A Light in the Forest

1:06:54 - The Irish Rovers "Donovan's Pub in Ballinasloe" from No End in Sight

1:11:37 - Haggis Rampant "Pikeman's March/Battle of Waterloo/Lord Lovat’s Lament" from Trì

1:14:05 - THANKS

1:16:40 - Reilly "The Hunting Dogs" from Durty Pool

1:19:23 - Gaelic Storm "Girl’s Night in Galway" from Matching Sweaters

1:22:36 - The Canny Brothers Band "Take Me" from The Guinness Situation

1:26:35 - Stout Pounders "Old Dun Cow" from Pour Decisions

1:29:30 - Ockham's Razor "Moorlough Shores" from Garnet

1:34:14 - CLOSING

1:35:39 - The Rogues "The Warrior's Salute" from 25... and Live!

1:40:23 - 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.

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WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST

* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Celtic musician and also host of Folk Songs & Stories. This podcast is for fans of Celtic music.

We are here to build a diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. If you hear music you love, please email artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.

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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.

Email follow@bestcelticmusic to learn how to subscribe to the podcast and you will get a free music - only episode. You’ll also learn how to get your band played on the podcast. Bands don’t need to send in music, and You will get a free eBook called Celtic Musicians Guide to Digital Music. It’s 100% free. Again email follow@bestcelticmusic

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BRING IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC TO THE WORLD FOR 20 YEARS

On July 28, 2005, I released the very first episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. This was not my first podcast. There were four others that I released first. All of them are still available to this day. Though one podfaded.

When I started, I was publishing the Celtic Music Magazine every week. I started podcasting to promote Celtic bands, but mostly I wanted to promote my own band, Brobdingnagian Bards. It was a new and exciting way to get my music heard. But something happened along the way. It became less and less about my band and more about how I could help bands be heard. And it worked.

In fact, I featured a total of 79 Celtic bands in the months that followed in 2005. That includes Brobdingnagian Bards and my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers project. Here are some of the bands who were featured.

1: Susan Hamlin, Three Quarter Ale, Dust Rhinos, Cluan, Fathom, The BorderCollies, Tara's Fire, Paul McKenna, Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats, Brobdingnagian Bards

2: StoneRing, The Slip, Hugh Morrison, Caladh, MacTalla Mor, Lenahan, The Bloody Irish Boys, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Celtic Stone

3: The Barley Boys, Contea, Queen's Gambit, Highland Fling, Michael Murphy and the River Shannon Band, Amadan, Raymond McCullough, Bow Triplets, The Rogues

4: The Irish Experience, Cairde na Gael, The Black Irish, Avalon Rising, Heather Gilmer and Jeff Moore, Sarah Dinan, Bedlam Bards, Emerald Rose, Kristen Roger, Heather Dale, Serious Kitchen, Empty Hats

5: Rise, Ed Miller, Tullamore, Paisley Close, Cantiga, Thomas "Doc" Grauzer, Cady Finlayson, Rimbo, Don Grieve, Black 47

6: Moch Pryderi, Enter the Haggis, The Patched Hats, Seelie Court, Eric Benson with The Boatrights, Ali Benson, 3 Pints Gone, Sligo Rags, Angel's Share

7: The Tea Merchants, Keltic Kaleidoscope, Brothers 3, EJ Jones, Shays Rebellion, Marc Gunn

8: Niamh Parsons, Flook, Willie McCulloch, Gan Fidil, Pol Mac Adaim, The Elders

9: Tears for Beers, Clandestine, Stonering, Athas, Carl Peterson

You can see the full list on the website. Many of these artists are no longer performing.