Céad Míle Fáilte,

It’s Todd yet again. In this week’s issue we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The other podcasts we highlight are National Leprechaun Museum Talking Stories & Mostly Folk. The featured articles include ones about an interview with Rhyss Davies, Doune the Rabbit Hole Music Festival, and the Cornwall Garden society lectures. The featured festival is the Circle City Irish Fest taking place at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Indianapolis, IN on September 20 & 21. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!

IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #678: DANCING WITH HOBBITS

• Keltricity, The BorderCollies, Dublin Gulch, Louise Bichan, Clanna Morna, Dancing With Hobbits, Celtic Wood and Wires, Clay Babies, Brother Sea, Ironwood, Adria Jackson, The Walker Roaders, Mary Frances Leahy, Toby Bresnahan, Clare Cunningham
• Bruce, Brian McReynolds, Marti Meyers, Alan Schindler, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali

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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.

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THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST

The bands you listen to each week rely on your generosity and financial support. Just like this podcast. Your patronage allows us to create a free show for thousands of people week. It only costs you as little as one dollar per episode on Patreon. Join on Patreon now.

NATIONAL LEPRECHAUN MUSEUM TALKING STORIES:  2024 EPISODE 2: THE CURSE OF MACHA

• This Week's episode of the National Leprechaun Museum's Podcast features Sarah, Niamh and Helena as they sit around with fake candles and discuss the story of “The Curse of Macha”

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TEN MINUTES WITH RHYSS DAVIES OF SAUCE GANG COLLECTIVE

• Sauce Gang Collective are a Dublin hip-hop / pop-fusion six-piece band. They’ve just released their album Mustard Melodies.

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MOSTLY FOLK EPISODE 694

• Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills, Carla Ulbirch, Danny Schmidt, Cliff Stackonis, & Eugene Ruffolo
• Interview with Rolland Salley regarding his song “Killing the Blues”

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DOUNE THE RABBIT HOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL TO RETURN AFTER BOYCOTT

• Doune the Rabbit Hole music festival is to be revived next year, after previously being cancelled due to a union boycott over unpaid wages.
• The organisers of the Stirlingshire event say they are a new management team, with no connection to the festival's previous directors.

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DISCOVER THE WORLD OF TREES AND TEA AT UPCOMING CORNWALL GARDEN SOCIETY LECTURES

• The Cornwall Garden Society (CGS) is set to launch its Autumn Lecture Programme with a fascinating talk by Jonathon Jones OBE, Managing Director, Trading, of the historic Tregothnan Estate. The estate, located in Tresillian near Truro, boasts the largest private botanical garden in Cornwall and has played a vital role in cultivating rare species for 700 years.

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CIRCLE CITY IRISH FESTIVAL

• Circle City Irish Fest is keeping tradition alive in Indianapolis by celebrating Irish heritage through music, dance, culture, and sport. We will have two days of fun, entertainment, and shenanigans on September 20th and 21st headlined by Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones and The Fighting Jameson’s!
• Other entertainment acts include Brigid’s Cross, Highland Reign, Laughing Jack, & Tullies at the Wakefield

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Slainte!

Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather

September 19, 2024

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