Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #587: Celtic Top 20 for 2022

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #587: Celtic Top 20 for 2022

Listen to the Top 20 Celtic Songs and Tunes of 2022 on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #587. Marc Gunn, The Gothard Sisters, House of Hamill, Altan, Socks in the Frying Pan, Screeched Inn, Flynn Cohen, John Doyle, Bow Triplets, The High Kings, Battlefield Band, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, The Byrne Brothers, Ed Miller, The […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #586: Celtic Folk Christmas

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #586: Celtic Folk Christmas

Let’s have a Bright Shiny Christmas on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #586. Anne Roos & David Blonski, Triskele, The Chivalrous Crickets, Enda Reilly, Bart Zeal, Alisa Marie, Spoil the Dance, Cherish the Ladies, Terry McDade With The McDades, Brigid’s Bounty, Ken O’Malley, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Plunk Murray, Eileen Ivers, Brad Tuck, West of […]

Celtic Christmas Podcast #68: Celtic Christmas Lights

Celtic Christmas Podcast #68: Celtic Christmas Lights

The lights of Christmas are glowing with a Christmas Story by Brad Tuck on Celtic Christmas Podcast #68. Enda Reilly, Terry McDade With The McDades, Marc Gunn, Cherish The Ladies, The Chivalrous Crickets, Screaming Orphans, Anne Roos & David Blonski, Scythian, Brad Tuck, West of Eden 0:08 – Enda Reilly “Tá An Nollaig Linn” from […]

Top 10 Celtic Bands of 2022

Top 10 Celtic Bands of 2022

It’s that time again— Every year Marc Gunn and Irish & Celtic Music Podcast bring you our “top 10” list, and 2022 is no different! We’re excited to share this compilation of excellent Celtic musicians and bands, and we are also looking forward to the new discoveries coming up in 2023. Take a little time […]

Why I’m not a Democrat

I voted for George W. Bush for president in 2000. I voted in nearly every election since then. Nearly all of my candidates were Democrats. But I am not a Democrat. Before Bush, I believed we needed to maintain balance in the government. If we have a Republican for 8 years, I would vote for […]

Celtic Christmas Podcast #67: Christmas Celebration

Celtic Christmas Podcast #67: Christmas Celebration

Time for a magnificent shiny Celtic Christmas celebration! It’s Celtic Christmas Podcast #67 Abbots Cross, Marc Gunn, Bart Zeal, Natalie MacMaster|Donnell Leahy, The Chivalrous Crickets, The Gothard Sisters, Bonnie Rideout, Plunk Murray, West of Eden 0:06 – Abbots Cross “The Church Street Polka / Good King Wenceslas / The Happy Polka” from Christmas Visions 2:58 – […]

Postcard: Yuletide

Postcard: Yuletide

My friend, Nancy Flynn, sent me a couple hobbit-themed song lyrics a decade ago. The first track, “Christmas in the Shire”, is still one of my favorite songs on Celtic Christmas Greetings. I finally recorded her song “Yuletide” last year. It is such a delightful song. It evokes so many memories and a wonderful feeling […]

Celtic Music Magazine: Stories

Céad Míle Fáilte, As you may have guessed it’s Todd. In this week’s episode we feature a new episode of our very own Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. As well as new episodes of The Blindboy Podcast and Celtic Songlines.  The articles this week are our next installment of the Celtic gift guide and a blog about Irish museums. […]