Céad Míle Fáilte,
Hello to all our readers. It is Todd. In this week’s issue we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We also highlight episodes of Irish Music Stories and Copperplate Podcast. We have included a small list of new CDs. As well as information about our next Celtic Invasion and our Celtic pride shirts. The Articles highlight include ones about the County Down, the Great Estate Festival, John Conner’s claims, and Blarisville Scottish Festival and games. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #664: PLANXTY CAPER
- The Flying Toads, Ironwood, Poitín, Tradify, Ashley Davis Band, Keltricity, Toby Bresnahan, Bonhomme Setter, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, The Langer's Ball, Clare Sands, Jigjam, Stout Pounders, The Walker Roaders, The Founding
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali
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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CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20
- Every year, I publish the Celtic Top 20. This is your pick of the best, most-popular songs of the year. But to make the show great, I need you to vote for your favorite songs in each episode.
- Just list each of the bands performing those favorite songs to quickly and easily cast your vote.
THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST
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SCOTTISH WHISKY & HIKING
- Taste Scottish whisky and hike off the whisky in some of Scotland's grand locations. To that end, we will fly into Inverness. Drive through Speyside, past Edinburgh into the Lowlands before making our way back up to the Highlands. We will hit at least three of the Scottish whisky regions with this plan. But it's not just about the whisky. It's also about the hiking. We will spend 1-2 hours in between tastings to hike local sites, take pictures, and soak up the countryside.
CELTIC PRIDE SHIRTS ARE BACK
- The Pride Month shirts featuring a rainbow Celtic knot design are back in the store from now through June.
- Plus, you'll get a digital copy of Marc Gunn's album, Selcouth.
Buy your Celtic Pride Month shirts now.
NEW CDS
- Get weekly updates of New CDs in our Celtic Music Magazine and download 34 Celtic MP3s for free at bestcelticmusic.net. #NewCelticCDs
- Solitude – by David Arkenstone
- Teine – by Face the West
- Celtic Colours – by Logan Epic Canto
Attn Bands: Go to 4celts.com to submit your band to the podcast.
IRISH MUSIC STORIES: TOOLS OF THE TRAD
- When you’re making an instrument, you’re forming something that can be used to design a melody. Or a musical life. This episode follows a precious flute’s unexpected journey. And flute makers Patrick Olwell and Eamonn Cotter, piper Colleen Shanks, and fiddle players Bob Childs and Pat O’Connor talk about what it’s like to carve an approach as musicians and craftspeople.
SAINTLY ECHOES ON THE NORTHERLY COAST OF COUNTY DOWN
- “It might have been in County Down, / Or in New York, in Gay Paree, / Or even London Town”
- So sang Frank Sinatra, probably the first time those four locations have occurred in the same sentence. Whether Frank ever visited Down, we don't know. But plenty of other A-listers have, and it's not hard to see why. MAL ROGERS has a tour round the northern part of the county.
COPPERPLATE PODCAST 294
- Danu, Danu, Island Eddy, Danu, Goitse, Mick Conneely & David Munnelly, Nancy Costello, Sean Tyrrell/ Kevin Glackin & Ronan Browne, Caoimhin O’Fearghaill, Brian Hughes, Maurice Lennon, Johnny Og Connolly & Brian McGrath, Tim Dennehy, The Outside Track, We Banjo 3
GREAT ESTATE FESTIVAL SEES ‘WEIRD AND WONDERFUL' SCENES THROUGH ‘SECRET ENTRANCE'
- Sunshine and blue skies greeted thousands of festivalgoers at the weekend as the idyllic grounds of Scorrier Estate was transformed into a magical soirée of music, cabaret, and camaraderie. Known for its eccentric approach and plethora of weird and wonderful happenings, this year's Great Estate Festival saw dinosaurs, bumble bees, flamingos and squirrels roaming the gardens accompanied by headline performances from The Darkness, The Stranglers and Soul II Soul.
‘SECRET SOCIETY' | ACTOR JOHN CONNORS CLAIMS ‘ELITES' TRIED TO SUPPRESS HIS NEW FILM IN IRELAND
- Actor John Connors has claimed that his new film is being suppressed by ‘elites’ in Ireland.
- The London born star’s latest offering is called The Black Guelph, which has just finished a run in America
BLAIRSVILLE SCOTTISH FESTIVAL & HIGHLAND GAMES
- For 17 years the Scots have gathered at Meeks Park on Highway 515 in Blairsville, Ga. 30540. Highland dancers, Scottish athletes, family clans, bagpipes and drums and traditional musicians come to celebrate their heritage. Even if you don’t know your family’s heritage or have little or no Scottish ties, come experience Scotland without the need of a passport or international flight across the ocean. We have an exciting new admission price structure for 2024! Saturday is $20 per person. Sunday is $10 per person. Ticket for BOTH days $25! $15 per person for groups of 10 or more. Children 12 and under are still free.
- Meeks Park on Highway 515 hosts all the events beginning at 9 am each day. The opening ceremony with the massed bands and parade of tartans will be at 12 noon on Saturday.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHILE LISTENING?
You can send a comment or a picture of what you're doing. You can also send a photo from one of your trips to a Celtic nation or anywhere around the globe.
Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
June 6, 2024
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