IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 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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PUB SONGS & STORIES #255: CONJURATION

• This show is a live performance from Conjuration

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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.

NEW CELTIC CDS

• New CDs from @Jerry Holland, @Derek Fiechter, and @The Moxie Strings. Get weekly updates of New CDs in our Celtic Music Magazine and download 34 Celtic MP3s for free at bestcelticmusic.net. #NewCelticCDs
• Fathers & Sons
• by Jerry Holland
• CELTIC LANDS
• by Derek Fiechter feat. Brandon Fiechter
• Live & Plugged In
• by The Moxie Strings
• Attn Bands: Go to 4celts.com to submit your band to the podcast.

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.

IRISH MUSIC STORIES: ROUNDING UP THE THE TUNES

• When flute player and Police Captain Francis O’Neill published his first and most extensive collection of Irish tunes in 1903, he included a LOT of tunes. Nicholas Carolan called it “the largest snapshot of this music ever taken in its 9,000 year history.” 120 years later, I revisit O’Neill’s two biggest books, to explore what’s in there, and what isn’t. With the help of authors Michael O’Malley and Ronan O’Driscoll, librarian Aedin Clements, and fiddle player/scholar Laura Flanagan, I attempt to deepen (and maybe even adjust) my perspective on this heavy piece of the Irish music foundation.

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PODCAST AWARDS NOMINATIONS OPEN JULY 1ST.

• The 17th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards nominations open on July 1st. If you have not registered, this is a great time to do so. We also have open sponsorship opportunities. If you are a podcaster, you can have your show logo on the Website through May 2023.
• When nominations open, listeners/podcasters can register on the website to vote throughout July. They have the entire month to vote across the 30 categories. If you are not familiar            with the timeline, please review the rules.

CELT IN A TWIST JUNE 19 2022

• You'll hear it here, first. New Oysterband, fiddler Jocelyn Pettit, Vancouver rumpunks, The Dreadnoughts and Art Bergman tells the greatest story never told. Celt In A Twist!

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THE MODERN-DAY CELTIC DRUIDS OF IRELAND

• WHEN PEOPLE think of Irish heritage and culture some of the first things that come to mind are our language, music and dance. As a nation, we take great pride in our culture. We go to great effort to keep our traditions going – think Gaeltachts, the GAA and festivals like the Fleadh Ceoil. But in a quiet corner of the Roscommon countryside, Con and Niamh Connor and their fellow druids carry on some of the traditions of our ancient Celtic ancestors.

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IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #562: CELTIC WOMEN OF SUMMER

• Eileen Ivers, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Abby Green, Banshee in the Kitchen, Three Mile Stone, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Terry Clarke – Coyne & Tony Gibbons, Eilis Crean, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Mary Knickle, Catherine Koehler, Kathryn Rose, Searson, Molly's Revenge, Moira Smiley, Willos’
• A super special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Lynda MacNeil, Annie Lorkowski, Travis Senzaki, Shawn Cali

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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!

Marc Gunn, The Celtfather

June 23, 2022

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