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The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is not your typical Celtic radio program. Most play the same Celtic artists promoted by the top record labels. We focus on indie Celtic bands, the ones who don’t get played but are just as good. You’ll find them living in your town if you go looking. Great indie Celtic […]
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I asked Melinda to compile a list of Cornwall Festivals and musicians for this year’s Celtic Invasion of Cornwall. Here’s what she pulled together. Festivals and Events Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival June 17 – 19 – Falmouth Cornwall 3 Wishes Faery Festival June 17 – 19 – Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park Hawker […]
The Ring of Hope words and music Marc Gunn, Sept 2002 Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits When I was young, I’d sit around Bag End with Bilbo. Singing songs and tales about the Elves of Old. While we smoked our Southern Star. A leaf of golden par That transformed the […]
In county Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland is the giants causeway. What one Radio Times poll named the fourth greatest wonder of the United Kingdom. 40,000 interlocking basalt columns line the coast, the result of a volcanic eruption millions of years ago. Now it’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in […]
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I had a good show last night on Concert Window. It was great to be back. It was awesome to see all of the names who popped up in the chat room. Here’s the stats: 17 People bought tickets at an average of $6.87 per ticket. Your total share is $81.72 6 Subscribers watched, your […]
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Happy Celtic Valentine’s Day! I’m happy to share with you a bunch of Celtic love songs and tunes which show the Celts know as much as about love as anyone, some even more passionately so. You’ll enjoy great Celtic music from Mithril Duo, Tullamore, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Battlefield Band, Colleen Raney & Colm Maccárthaigh, […]
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Some weeks I want to podcast some new and exciting episodes. Other weeks, I just want to share some news. That’s the case for this week’s podcast as I talk about a new compilation CD, my first Concert Window performance of the year, Celtic Love Songs and of course the third annual St. Patrick’s Day […]
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Sometime last year, I was interviewed by Jamie Lyn Weigt for her blog Writing Dragons. I finally got to reading the interview. I loved it. It hit on a whole bunch of different things I don’t talk about much, including those related to my upcoming album, Dragons vs. Pirates. It’s called “From Swift to Star […]
I was an interesting interesting mood this week while picking songs for the podcast. So I bring you an extra fun episode that leans towards a little more contemporary Celtic music from Finvarra, John Byrne Band, Jamie Smith’s MABON, Cluan, MacTalla Mor, Patrick Penta, Bill Grogan’s Goat, John McLean Allan, Poitin, Ockham’s Razor, Greenwich Meantime, Sprag […]
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I love watching the Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR Music. It’s inspiring to see all the musicians perform, young and old, popular and unknown. This year, I finally pulled it together to submit my song “Name On My Soul” for theTiny Desk Contest 2016. After the rave review I had for this song last year […]
