Céad Míle Fáilte,
In today’s issue we have a new episode of our own Iriah & Celtic Music Podcast. We have also included information on new episodes of Pubsongs and Stories, The Celtic History Podcast, and Celt in a Twist. The articles we highlight are about a listening party for the album The Secret World of Celtic Rock, Laliga sponsors a Welsh soccer team, Miranda Nelson’s new website, a Viking cruise on Canada’s waterways, & a visit to Castlewellan Forest, Co. Down. We hope you enjoy this issue.
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #628: FOXHUNTER DANCE A JIG
- Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Across The Pond, Cantrip, Ben Doran, Jiggy, Socks in the Frying Pan, La Nef and Chor Leoni, SeeD, Iain MacHarg, Meerrant, Slugger's Rule, Mary – Grace Autumn Lee, The Chivalrous Crickets, Old Blind Dogs, Telenn Tri
- A special thanks to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Kat Ericcson, Savannah Jenson, Liz Cerepanya, Debra Thompson, Erin Thompson, Patti Morales
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 PLAYLIST
- Every week, Patrons of the Podcast vote in the Celtic Top 20. Those votes are tabulated two weeks later. The most-popular songs are added to these playlists.
- You can vote for your favorite by following the link in this week's show.
CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20
- Every year, I publish the Celtic Top 20. This is your pick of the best, most-popular songs of the year. But to make the show great, I need you to vote for your favorite songs in each episode.
- Just list each of the bands performing those favorite songs to quickly and easily cast your vote.
THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST
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PUB SONGS & STORIES #274: FUN AT DRAGON CON 2023
- Did I go drinking with hobbits this year? You bet I did. Hear all my stories escapades from Dragon Con 2023. Learn what new musical pin is in my store and how I’m keeping them organized through upcycling.
DON’T MISS OUR LISTENING PARTY FOR THE SECRET WORLD OF CELTIC ROCK
- On Thursday, September 28 we will be hosting a listening party for the Secret World of Celtic Rock. We will be streaming they entirety of the album, you can join Marc live and chat about the album.
- The album and album pins will be released on September 25.
Follow the Mage Records Bandcamp to keep updated on the release: http://magerecords.com
THE CELTIC HISTORY PODCAST BY JACK DUNCAN: GO WEST VIX ME…
- This week we charge towards the end of the Hallstatt chronology and look West to the Princess of Vix!
LALIGA NOW SPONSORS A SMALL WELSH TEAM WITH A VERY, VERY BIG NAME
- Jude Bellingham, Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modrić – those are just some of the big names currently playing in LaLiga.
- Now, the Spanish soccer league has linked up with the biggest name in the sport. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club.
CELT IN A TWIST SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
- There's no substitute for Patricia Fraser so, in her absence this week I've skimmed off the cream of contemporary Celtic for a masterful mix of music magic. Join us for Celt In A Twist, 20 years and counting.
MIRANDA NELSON’S WEBSITE REOPENING
- The graphic artist behind the graphics we use for the podcast, Miranda Nelson, is reopening her website. The new website goes live on October 1ST. You can go to the site now to check out some of her designs and sign up for her newsletter.
SMALL SHIP, BIG ADVENTURES — A VIKING CRUISE ALONG CANADA'S WATERWAYS
- At 7 a.m. sharp, the doorbell rang. A smartly dressed young man carrying a breakfast tray arrived with breakfast. Eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, croissants, and oatmeal aroma filled the stateroom.
- I am sailing on a Viking Expedition Cruise through Canada. The Polaris is one of two new ships, a smaller version of the cruise line’s ocean-going fleet.
- What is different between the ocean and expedition ships is its focus on allowing passengers a better view of natural surroundings and wildlife as they sail along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Atlantic Ocean exploring Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Guests are as close as possible to some of the most magnificent scenery on earth.
SEEING THE WOOD FROM THE TREES — A VISIT TO CASTLEWELLAN FOREST, CO. DOWN
- “HEY, turn left, love!” the woman shouted. I was in two minds. I’d reached a crossroads in the great County Down maze in Castlewellan. In fact one of the largest hedge labyrinths in the world. The Peace Maze consists of 6,000 yew trees with an overall length in excess of two miles.
- I didn’t know the woman but had nodded to her ten minutes earlier on an other stretch of hedge. She was evidently following the “left hand rule” which gets you out of most mazes: always take the first turning to the left. I'd been using it myself but had faltered as I appeared to be heading back to the centre. But my new maze friend was adamant. A left turn would see us right, so to speak. She said she was from nearby, in Moneyscalp — “Just up the road.” Puzzlingly, she thought this little bit of local knowledge would help us gain our freedom. And do you know, her instincts were right. Within ten minutes we were out. “Ach I told ye,” she said. “I was in a hurry to get home so couldn't afford a wrong turn.”
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Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
September 21, 2023
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