Céad Míle Fáilte
It is Todd once again. In this week’s issue we have no new episodes of our podcasts, however we have included one of the bog posts from Marc’s Patreon. We do feature new episodes of Tales for Wales and Celt in a Twist. The articles featured are about the year in folk & traditional music, a derelict building in Wales, & 10 unmissable trips to Scotland. The highlighted festival is the Out to Lunch Arts Festival taking place all of January at multiple venues across Belfast. We also highlight the new Kickstarter.
TOP 22 CELTIC TRACKS OF 2024
- Welcome to the Best Celtic Music of 2024! The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast just released the Celtic Top 20 for 2024. It features the 10 most-popular Celtic tunes and 11 most-popular Celtic tunes of the year. Since my music made the Top 20, I added two more tracks to the list. These were all voted on by fans of the podcast.
- Thank you to all of our Patrons!
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GET A MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON
- Our Patreon officially switched to a monthly membership. You can now support the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We need to raise $500 more to get us back to continue to meet our bills.
- As a patron, you get ad – free episodes before regular listeners, vote in the Celtic Top 20, stand – alone stories, you get a private feed to listen to the show or you can listen through the Patreon app. All that for as little as $1 per month.
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.
WHAT'S NEW WITH CELTIC MUSIC
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SIGN UP TO KICKSTARTER PRE-LAUNCH PAGE
- In January, we are archiving the Best Irish & Celtic Music of the 2024 with a limited-edition CD, Album Pin, and Shirt. We'd like your support!
- Visit our Kickstarter pre-launch page. You'll be able to support the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and get some great limited-edition swag.
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TALES FOR WALES: 104. 2024 IN MEMORIAM
- Where does the time go, eh? Another year fades to memory as the spry chick of another hatches from its temporal egg. As New Year fast approaches we thought we'd go over some of the more significant events that happened in Wales throughout 2024 A.D. and just for a laugh we thought we'd go off topic a lot as well.
2024 – A VINTAGE YEAR FOR FOLK AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC
- THERE was cause for celebration amongst traditional music fans this year as the remaining original members of The Bothy Band reunited for the first time in almost 45 years for an appearance at the Waterfront Hall in February, swiftly followed by a TG4 documentary about the band in March which included new live studio performances. Though planned live shows at the National Concert Hall in Dublin over the summer were cancelled, the band hopes to reschedule in 2025.
CELT IN A TWIST: DECEMBER 29, 2024
- Culled from our monthly Top 10 Contemporary Celtic charts, it's our picks for the best of 2024. Join Patricia Fraser as we walk through 12 months of exceptional Celtic tracks. Happy Holidays from Celt ln A Twist!
ENORMOUS BUILDING LEFT DERELICT IN ONE OF WALES' MOST PROMINENT LOCATIONS
- A magnificent listed building that has been disused for four decades continues to be left to rot. The historic Marine building, which overlooks the car park at Penarth Marina and adjoins The Old Custom House restaurant, has been boarded up and dilapidated for as long as many can remember.
- Once a trendy Victorian hotel – completed in a French renaissance style with pavilion roof towers and ornamental iron balconies – the building has since been haunted by difficulties in securing funding to preserve its future. The Grade II-listed three-storey building was previously used as apartments and offices but has been vacant since the early 1980s. It has gradually deteriorated, suffering from fire and water damage over the decades.
SCOTLAND'S TOP 10 ‘UNMISSABLE' 2025 TRIPS NAMED – SEE THE FULL LIST
- Highland Experience Tourshas shared its picks for the top 10 places to visit in Scotland in 2025 for anyone stuck for ideas.
- Topping the list at number one is the Outer Hebrides, with major islands including Lewis and Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Barra.
OUT TO LUNCH ARTS FESTIVAL
- In 2006 we established the Out to Lunch Arts Festival – a three and a half week festival in January offering lunchtime (and latterly evening) shows featuring the best in comedy, theatre, literature and music. With shows and a hot lunch for £00, Out to Lunch has become one of the best loved Winter festivals on these islands drawing artists and audiences from all over the world.
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Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
1/2/2025
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