Céad Míle Fáilte,
It is your intrepid editor, Todd once again. In this issue we have a new episode of our very own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We also have new episodes of Erin’s Isle and Celt in a Twist. We have also included a list of new CDs. The articles we’ve included focus on a Irish teen entering the British album downloads charts in the top ten, a Scottish Gin being put into the Oscar gift baskets, a man with a complete Lego city in his loft, & hotel petitioning to keep illegal construction. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST 643: NEW STORY OF THE WILD ROVER BY THE HAAR
- Bonhomme Setter, Hanneke Cassel, Outbound Traveler, Juha Rossi, Joseph Carmichael, W. Ed Harris, Mic Clark, Seán Heely, The Haar, Strings & Things, Firinn, The Sternwheelers, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Eimear Arkins
- A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Sherron Sloan, Ed Yother
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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NEW CDS
Get weekly updates of New CDs in our Celtic Music Magazine and download 34 Celtic MP3s for free at bestcelticmusic.net. #NewCelticCDs
- Airneán – by Padraig Rynne
- Ancient Heroes – Winifred Phillips
- SCARBOROUGH – Piano Variations in E Minor Aeolian – by Francisco Acosta
Attn Bands: Go to 4celts.com to submit your band to the podcast.
ERIN'S ISLE: LACEMAKING AND STANDING STONES
- The village of Kenmare in south County Kerry is small, but it is packed with history. The Kenmare Lace and Design Center takes up most of floor of the building where it’s housed. And the park in the center of town is home to the Kenmare Stone Circle, said to offer magical powers to those who are receptive. And both are worth the drive.
IRISH TEEN ENTERS BRITISH ALBUM DOWNLOADS CHART TOP-10 AFTER JOOLS HOLLAND APPEARANCE
- IRISH teenager Muireann Bradley has seen her debut album climb into the British Album Download Chart Top-10 following her stunning TV appearance on Jools Holland.
- The 17-year-old from Ballybofey wowed viewers with her rendition of ragtime classic Candy Man on the presenter's Annual Hootenanny show on BBC Two on New Year's Eve.
CELT IN A TWIST: JANUARY 7, 2024
- Willie Nile swears he saw Bo Diddley In Washington Square, Arnold dances while Mary steps it out and the Young Dubliners Follow Me Up To Carlow. Get your steps in for New Years. Good health to your ears from Celt In A Twist!
SCOTTISH GIN IN HOLLYWOOD AS PART OF GIFT BAG FOR OSCAR NOMINEES
- AN award-winning Scottish spirits manufacturer is to make it to Hollywood after its gin was selected to be part of the nominee gift bags at this year’s Oscars.
- Gin Bothy, which is distilled in Angus, has been chosen as part of the lavish offering that will be hand delivered to the top 25 2024 Oscar nominees.
THE MAN WITH AN ENTIRE LEGO CITY IN HIS LOFT COMPLETE WITH MOVING TRAINS
- It all started off as a way to keep his grandson entertained. Marc White bought then six-year-old Sebastian a Lego train set for Christmas for him to play with and enjoy during his visits to his grandparents' house in Neath. That was two years ago…
- It would be routine for Mr White to take the train set apart and put it aside after each of his grandson's visits, assembling it again the next time he came around. But, after more and more bits of track had been purchased, the design had evolved, and the 56-year-old decided he needed to find somewhere bigger where it could be kept set up permanently. He then went about converting his loft, laying floorboards and installing tables where the train set could remain.
HOTEL APPLIES TO KEEP SOME OF ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION
- The hotel that hosted world leaders for the G7 summit in Cornwall wants to keep elements of an illegal construction built for the event.
- The Carbis Bay Hotel said the meeting rooms were required for the event in June 2021, but it did not have planning permission for them.
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Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
January 11, 2024
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