Wildfire, whales, and a farewell that turned out not to be final. This week's episode centers on House of Hamill and Enter the Haggis, whose members are reuniting on stage at the Sherwood Celtic Yuletide Festival this December. Fiddles from Scotland's Blazin' Fiddles and Shooglenifty bookend the set, with fresh sounds from Billow Wood, Gaelic Mishap, and Lo & the High Road along the way. It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #777. – – Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!
Aaron Dolan, Blazin' Fiddles, Trish Wesevich, Pomplas, McFloosey, House of Hamill, Enter the Haggis, Shooglenifty, Billow Wood, Lo & the High Road, Gaelic Mishap, Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart
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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC
0:02 – Intro: House of Hamill
0:16 – Aaron Dolan — “Scotland The Brave” from Farewell to Tir Na nÓg
1:34 – WELCOME
4:02 – Blazin' Fiddles — “Father Angus” from Incendo
9:05 – Trish Wesevich — “The Mist of Avalon”
13:43 – Pomplas — “Farewell to the Corncrake”
17:39 – McFloosey — “Kiss Kill or Marry me” from Balscadden Bay
22:44 – FEEDBACK
25:15 – INTERVIEW WITH HOUSE OF HAMILL
25:41 – HOUSE OF HAMILL: ABOUT THE BAND
33:08 – House of Hamill — “Banks of the Brandywine” from Wildfire
36:21 – HOUSE OF HAMILL: ABOUT THE ALBUM
43:11 – House of Hamill — “Silver Dagger” from Wildfire
45:22 – HOUSE OF HAMILL: RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS
52:02 – Enter the Haggis — “Swallowed By a Whale” from Swallowed By a Whale – Single
56:26 – INTERVIEW OUTRO
56:48 – THANKS
59:47 – Shooglenifty — “My Old Pal Aonghas”
Pronunciation: “Aonghas” is the Scottish Gaelic form of Angus, roughly “UN – uss.”
1:06:02 – Billow Wood — “Out at Sea”
1:08:35 – Lo & the High Road — “Lanterns in the Mist”
1:12:01 – Gaelic Mishap — “Larks in the Morning” from From the Edge
1:15:04 – CLOSING
1:15:33 – Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart — “Kait's (Single)”
1:19:13 – CREDITS
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* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Celtic musician and also host of Pub Songs & Stories. Every song has a story, every episode is a toast to Celtic and folk songwriters.
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Jim Treslobos emailed: “Dear Marc Gunn
The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast first landed in my feed when I was still carrying an iPod. I’d listen to the current episode and catch up the previous installments on the drive to and from work. Learning about various Celtic bands from all over the planet expanded my world view and allowed me to support those independent artists.
I applaud your response to last week’s challenging criticism and offer my financial support (finally) for the podcast.
You will not be getting a photo showing what I’m doing while listening to the podcast because it’s my companion during house work.
As they say on Firefly, “See you in the verse”.
Jim
PS The Wicked Tinker’s “Aiken Drum” (Big Bottle of Bad Ideas) is not a contemporary rebel song, but may help illustrate your point.`”
Tom Cochran emailed: “Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
I am actually still giving $1 a month on an old account listed and at the $5 level with my current email.
I had been listening on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast app. When that stopped working I started using the Patreon app. Which has worked well for several months until episode 745. The last three episodes have shown up as 5min. samples.”
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