Celtic Music Magazine

Jul 3, 2025 Celtic Music Magazine, News

Céad Míle Fáilte

It is your editor, Todd once again. Sorry about getting this out later than usual, it has been a busy week. In this issue we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. As well as new episodes of Traveling in Ireland & Jock’s Celtic Calamity Show. We have included a list of new albums as well. The highlighted articles are about the Dublin airport testing new technology, a meteor in the skies above Scotland, & a drone appearing above Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The featured festival this week is the Almonte Celtfest taking place this weekend, July 4 – 6 at Gemmill Park in Almonte, ON, Canada. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!

IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #716: PUB SONGS

  • Folk Songs & Stories Flashback episode on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #716. Subscribe now!
  • This is an off-week for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I was not planning to schedule any episodes here. But then I remembered that I have a whole bunch of Celtic music episodes that I play on our companion podcast Folk Songs & Stories. Those episodes vary greatly from shows where I talk about the songs I perform, interviews and occasionally, I have episodes like this, which are sort of like short versions of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, except sometimes I talk a little more about what’s going on with my music.
  • In this episode, we’re flashing back to 2010, the week before my first daughter was born. There are some links that are still available in the shownotes at on our website at celticmusicpodcast.com
  • Thank you patrons of the podcast!

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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.

Vote in the Celtic Top 20

WHAT'S NEW WITH CELTIC MUSIC
& CULTURE ONLINE?

NEW CDS

Attn Bands: Go to 4celts.com to submit your band to the podcast.

 

TRAVELING IN IRELAND: IRELAND FOR CHRISTMAS? ADVICE YOU NEED BEFORE BOOKING YOUR FLIGHTS

  • I received a question from a podcast listener with some questions about Christmas travel in Ireland. While her inquiry about car rental and things they could consider doing was an easy one for me to answer, it was the conversation that followed that prompted this episode…

Listen here

 

DUBLIN AIRPORT TRIALS NEW TECHNOLOGY WHICH REMOVES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE AIR

  • NEW technology which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is being trialled at Dublin Airport.
  • Developed at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the innovation is designed to help reduce industrial emissions at a critical time in the fight against climate change.
  • “Atmospheric carbon capture innovations are crucial because they directly address one of the most pressing challenges we face today – reducing carbon emissions from industries that can't easily eliminate them at the source,” TCD’s Professor Wolfgang Schmitt explained.

To read more, go here!

 

JOCK'S CELTIC CALAMITY SHOW NO. 543

  • Talisk, The Outside Track, Deanta, Kíla, Paul Frost Brass, Lúnasa, Karen Matheson, Michelle Gahan, John Doyle, Kathleen MacInnes, William Coulter & Friends, Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham, Amaidí, Beoga, Dosca, Beòlach, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Freya Rae, Tannas, Àirdan, Karen Dolan, Des Harrington, The McKassons, The Piano Guys, Mick West Band, The Here and Now, Crossbow, JSD Band, Fiddlers' Bid

Listen to the Show

 

METEOR BURNS BRIGHTLY ACROSS NIGHT SKY IN SCOTLAND

  • Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky.
  • The orange light and accompanying bang was spotted at about 00:50 by people on the Isle of Lewis, Stirling, Glasgow and in Argyll and Bute.

To read more, go here!

 

OASIS DRONE DISPLAY APPEARS AHEAD OF STADIUM GIG

  • A large drone display showing the classic Oasis logo appeared above Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Wednesday night ahead of the band's heavily anticipated reunion tour.
  • Illuminated drones were flown in formation to produce the logo against the night sky.
  • The one-night display has added to the buzz as Liam and Noel Gallagher prepare to kick off their 41-gig reunion tour with two nights at the Welsh stadium on Friday and Saturday.

To read more, go here!

 

Almonte Celtfest

  • Almonte Celtfest is an annual cultural celebration of the Almonte (Mississippi Mills), Ottawa Valley, greater Ottawa region’s heritage through music, song, and dance, and is located in the rural community of Almonte. It is a three-day, by-donation event that features a schedule of presentations and activities in Gemmill Park and the downtown area. Celtfest endeavours to explore and celebrate a wide variety of local culturally significant history and heritage by supporting culture and traditions that include, but are not limited to, the Scottish and Irish settlers, the Francophone community, and the Algonquin (Anishnaabeg) peoples. The festival features a wide variety of performances, workshops, street performances, children’s activities, and concerts, and encourages impromptu sessions or ceilidhs.
  • Some the entertainers you will see include Bytown Sea Shanty Collective, Mudmen, Alex Kusturok, Fromage À Trois, La Déferlance, Crooked Creek, The McDades, Sassenach, Maggie’s Wake, & many more

Find out more information

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Slainte!

Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather

July 3, 2025

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