Céad Míle Fáilte,
It is Todd once again. In this issue as always we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The other podcast we highlight are Folk on Foot & Copperplate Time. The articles we feature include ones about an Irish language school’s name, a Scot’s spa, St George & Dragon visiting Carnon Downs, and Skelpt album launch party. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #659: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
- The BorderCollies, Boxing Robin, Maggie’s Wake, Moher, Melanie Gruben, The Irish Rovers, Louise Bichan, Mic Clark, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, The Fenian Sons, SeeD, Fiddle Folk Family, Paddyman, Clare Cunningham
- A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Karen Wathney, G. Sam, Julio Capa
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2024 PLAYLIST
- Every week, Patrons of the Podcast vote in the Celtic Top 20. Those votes are tabulated two weeks later. The most-popular songs are added to these playlists.
- You can vote for your favorite by following the link in this week's show.
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FOLK ON FOOT: JACKIE OATES WITH JOHN SPIERS ON THE THAMES PATH AT WALLINGFORD
- The singer and fiddle player Jackie Oates is joined by the squeezebox maestro John Spiers for a walk along the mighty River Thames in Oxfordshire. Between a song or two from the lace making industry, and a gorgeous “Lament To The Moon” Jackie talks about her passion for folk song and her recent training as a music therapist which took her into a hospice to help those nearing the end of their lives capture memories in song. She also recalls her folk-style wedding while John muses on the best way to make dandelion wine. It’s a fascinating walk with two of England’s finest folk musicians.
IRISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL NAMED AFTER WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY FOUGHT TO HAVE GAELIC INSCRIPTION ON HEADSTONE
- A NEWLY launched Irish language school has been named after a woman whose family were forced to fight to inscribe her headstone in Gaelic.
- Coventry-based Irishwoman Margaret Keane died suddenly in 2018, aged 73.
COPPERPLATE TIME 469
- Bothy Band, Ushers Island, Daoiri Farrell, Kathleen Loughnane, Tommy Fitzharris & Donal, Kevin Crawford & Cillian Crawford, Danu, Gerry O’Beirne, Leonard Barry, Paddy Carty & Connor Tully, Neil Mulligan, Brian O’Rourke, John McEvoy & John Wynne, Nasc, Clannad, Gerry O’Connor, Mulcahy Family, Bert Jansch, Jack-e McAuley, Teada,Bothy Band
FEARS MOUNTING OVER FUTURE OF HISTORIC SCOTS SPA
- Fears are growing that a historic spa and popular tourist attraction in southern Scotland could be lost forever.
- The Category-B listed St Ronan's Wells pavilion in the small Borders' town of Innerleithen has been largely closed to the public since the Covid pandemic.
ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON COME TO CARNON DOWNS
- St George and the dragon have resumed their eternal struggle – on top of a Cornish post box.
- The yarn creation is the latest piece of wool art to go on show in Carnon Downs, Cornwall.
SKELPT ALBUM LAUNCH – SPECIAL LIVE BROADCAST
- Fiery Scots folk trio SKELPT are taking to the stage next month to launch their 11-track, debut album “Ersten.”
- And Celtic Music Radio will be broadcasting their special show LIVE from Curry’s at the Braehead Shopping Centre on Sunday, May 5, at 1 pm.
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Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
April 25, 2024
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