Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #241: Top 20 Best Celtic Music of 2015

It’s time, once again, to celebrate the Top 20 Best Celtic songs of 2015. We had a lot of great music last year as I found out when I compiled all of  your votes. That’s right. YOU get to vote for the best Celtic music of the year. Today, you’re gonna hear the Best Celtic music […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #239: 2-Hours of Celtic Harp Music

We hit another major Milestone for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast back in November. Because of the generosity of the Patrons of the Podcast, I now bring you two hours of amazing Celtic Harp Music from Sarah Marie Mullen, The Duplets, Harpnotic, Claire Roche, Scott Hoye, Leah Jorgensen, Donna Germano, Margaret Davis, Daphne Quigley-Freund & […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #230: Celtic Music for Halloween and Samhain

We’re just a couple days away from October 31st which marks the Celtic Halloween here in the US and Samhain for the Celts. Enjoy some amazing indie Celtic music from Ciana, Donal Clancy, Bat Kinane, Lady Prudence, Tartanic, Carolina Ceili, Damanta, Stout Pounders, Arthur Hinds, StoneRing, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, Sylvia Platypus, Coyote […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #229: 2-Hours of Celtic Fiddle Music

We have two hours of awesome Celtic fiddle music for this week’s Irish & Celtic Music Podcast thanks to the generosity of our Patrons of the Podcast. You’ll hear awesome indie Celtic music from Three Mile Stone, The Gothard Sisters, Clandestine, Cady Finlayson, Hair of the Dog, Samantha Gillogly/Tim Maurice, Marc Gunn & The Dubliners’ […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #222: Burly Bagpipe Music, 2-Hours!

You asked for more bagpipe music. Thanks to the generosity of the Patrons of the Podcast, we hit another amazing Milestone. That means you get to enjoy another 2-hour bagpipe music special (see show #181 for more bagpipe music). You’ll enjoy some BagRock and other bagpipe music from Becky Taylor, Breabach, Prydein, Albannach, The Ne’er Duwels, […]

#221: The White Hare

We’re gonna chase the White Hare of Celtic music in this week’s episode featuring amazing Celtic songs and tunes by Emerald Rose, Bow Triplets, Karan Casey, Claire Roche, The Secret Commonwealth, Heather Dale, Cady Finlayson and Vita Tanga, Jig to a Milestone, Fiddleheads, Chuckawalla Rhythm Kings, Emerald Dawn, Murder the Stout, Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #218: Voicemail from Best Celtic Music Retrospective

Last Thursday, I shared a ten-year retrospective of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, featuring 3 hours of great Celtic music by some of the best indie bands online. It was three hours long because fans of the show got behind it through my Celtic Music Challenge. You made pledges to the podcast on Patreon, […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #206: Galicia

My friend Evo Terra is currently traveling in Galicia and sharing his time there through The Opportunistic Travelers Podcast. What a great opportunity to explore Galician music. Enjoy some awesome Irish Celtic music from Spain featuring Iona, Clandestine, Heather Dale, Mithril, Na-mara, The Barra MacNeils, Faitissa, Cluan, Lume de Biqueira, Lochlainn, Friday’s Frolics. Find out more at […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #204: 3-Hours of Instrumental Celtic Music

At the beginning of this month, we hit that giant milestone of fans donating $200 per episode. A HUGE thanks to the 76 patrons who made that happen. You are awesome. Now everyone who loves Celtic music can enjoy 3-hours of instrumental Irish and Celtic music by Brian Thomas, Fiddlinda: Linda Relph, Sarah Marie Mullen, Paddy […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #200: St. Patrick’s Day Music Playlist of 2015

Our 10th annual St. Patrick’s Day music playlist of 2015 is here. Once again, we have 17 awesome indie Celtic songs and tunes by Chambless & Muse, The Fenian Sons, Jimi McRae, The Canny Brothers Band, Flashpoint, The Stubby Shillelaghs, 3 Pints Gone, The Kildares, Faire to Middlin, Jesse Linder, Jonathan Milton, Jesse Ferguson, Martyn Wylde, […]