Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #779: Unquiet Spirits Arise

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #779: Unquiet Spirits Arise

This week’s playlist travels from the pubs of Ireland to the hills of Appalachia and back across the water. Celtic Underground takes on Spancil Hill, Boiled In Lead sails away, Jim Moray gives the Lily of the West a fresh coat of paint, and Some One’s Sons wake Finnegan all over again. Fifteen artists, one […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #778: Ravens with a Celtic Heart

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #778: Ravens with a Celtic Heart

Fiddles take the lead this week. Blazin’ Fiddles light up the set with Incendo, Adagio Trio bring a quiet Skye Boat Song, and Shooglenifty and Kalos keep the feet moving. John Doyle adds songs of the Irish in the American Revolution.It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #778.  –  –  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! Téada, […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #777: House of Hamill Interview

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #777: House of Hamill Interview

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 […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Highlight Reel #5.4: 758-764

HIGHLIGHT REEL 5.4 OF 2026 Greetings Celtophiles Here’s the Highlight Reel of 2026. You have three weeks to vote for your favorites tracks from shows #758 – 764 You can vote for as many tracks as you like. And the more you vote, the more your vote counts. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 Vote […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: 776 Bonus Episode

We’re talking about the Kickstarter for the 2027 Celtic PodFest and sharing some music.  –  –  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! CELTIC PODFEST AND NERDY ARTS MARKET A huge thanks to everyone who made a pledge to make the Celtic PodFest happen. I’m happy to say we hit our goal. Most of the rewards won’t be […]

Celtic Christmas Music Podcast #92: Instrumental Christmas Music for Celts

Celtic Christmas Music Podcast #92: Instrumental Christmas Music for Celts

What if Christmas had no lyrics? Just fiddles, whistles, pipes, and dulcimers dancing through your speakers? That’s episode 92. And it is spectacular. It’s Celtic Christmas Music #92 The Fire, The Rogues, The Jig is Up!, Cedar Dobson, The Lilies of the Midwest, Ashley MacIsaac, Maggie Sansone, Irish Christmas in America, Gaelynn Lea 0:07 – […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Farewell to the Drunken Piper #776

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Farewell to the Drunken Piper #776

Pipes, fiddles, and a touch of rebellion collide as Aaron Dolan’s uilleann pipes open the show, leading into Scottish fire from Blazin’ Fiddles and the timeless ache of Niamh Parsons’ balladry. It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #776.  –  –  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! Aaron Dolan, Blazin’ Fiddles, Niamh Parsons, Flynn Cohen, The Sternwheelers, […]

Pub Songs & Stories #318: Those Characters Died, House of Hamill Story, Video Pub Songs

Sally Brown sails in from Balscadden Bay. Those characters died… again.. in song. And Malloy gets his story told. Pub Songs & Stories tries something new: video. Music from McFloosey, Marc Gunn, House of Hamill. This is Pub Songs & Stories #318. 0:02 – This is PubSongs & Stories #318 0:20 – McFloosey “Sally Brown” […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #775 Celtic PodFest Kickstarter Bonus

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #775 Celtic PodFest Kickstarter Bonus

We’re talking about the Kickstarter for the 2027 Celtic PodFest and sharing some music.  –  –  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! Marc Gunn, Olivia Bradley, May Will Bloom, House of Hamill, Kinnfolk, The Muckers SUPPORT CELTIC PODFEST AND NERDY ARTS MARKET A huge thanks to everyone who made a pledge to make the Celtic PodFest happen. […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #775: Spirits if the Highland Road

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #775: Spirits if the Highland Road

From Scotland to Ireland to the American heartland, this episode moves through the many rooms of Celtic music without ever leaving home. Waltzes give way to reels, and quiet ballads open into full-throated anthems. Each artist adds a new voice to the chorus, and the hour closes on the sound of a beginning. It’s the […]