Here are several ways to celebrate Celtic culture through music.
Gaelynn Lea, Adam Young, Ashley Davis, Yeats in Song, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Thom Dunn, Jesse Ferguson, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Laughing Jack, The Darkeyed Musician & Grimwater, Bang On The Ear, The High Kings, Will Macmorran, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Drumspyder, The Elders, Skully
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NEW CDs
New CDs from Celtic Music for Relaxation & Celtic Spirit & Celtic Music, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Fantasy Celtic Music, Wakefire, Celtic Music for Babies, and Irish Folk & Celtic Music. Get weekly updates of New CDs in our Celtic Music Magazine and download 34 Celtic MP3s for free at bestcelticmusic.net. #NewCelticCDs
Discover Celtic Music – Celtic Music for Relaxation & Celtic Spirit & Celtic Music
Syzygy – Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
SYZYGY: “the joining of any two entities without losing the individual characteristics of either one.” This word has SO many meanings and is derived from the Greek and Latin words describing a state of “conjunction”. Spending time with syzygy will whisk the enquiring mind into the realms of astronomy, mathematics, biology, computers, Jungian philosophy and symbolism, gnosticism, yin yang, rhythmites, tides, and the subtle metric power of a poem. Then, most surprisingly perhaps, one encounters the concept of the “Caledonian antisysygy” – a condition claimed for Scotland by G. Gregory Smith in 1919 to describe the clash of extremes at the heart of the Scottish mind and character.
Romantic Celtic Music – Fantasy Celtic Music
Meaning of Life – Wakefire
“It seems that we're here for the stories and beer”. Conceived, written, rehearsed and recorded during the Pandemic, “Meaning of Life” is a collection of tunes about joy and sorrow, relief and loss, strength and vulnerability, and ultimately about the connections we make along the way with our friends and loved ones. It's about the stories we share and the friendships we create as we journey through life.
Celtic Dreams – Celtic Music World
Ceilidh Baby Sleep Music – Celtic Music for Babies
Greatest Irish & Celtic Instrumentals – Irish Folk & Celtic Music
Irish Pub Songs – Various artists
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PUB SONGS & STORIES: THE SELKIE LIFE #234
Matt & Shannon Heaton share how a beautiful tune blossomed from a pile of dirt. Elizabeth Sutherland was inspired by the selkie of Scotland. I share the story behind my own song about selkie and how it evolved from a love of the ocean and transformed to a mermaid then selkie. And learn the secret ingredient to writing an interactive drinking song.
Next week: Who was the Real Braveheart?
COPPERPLATE TIME 368
Bothy Band, Brock MGuire Band, Niall & Cillian Vallely, Christy Moore, Angelina Carberry, Gerry Harrington, Paddy Carty & Mick O’Connor, Urnua, Niamh de Burca, Mick & Aoife O’Brien & Emer Mayock, Eileen O’Brien & Anne Conroy Burke, Hughie Gillespie & Frank Kelly, Liam Kelly, Sean Ó’S & Ceoiltoiri Chulann, Ciara McElholm, Canny/Hayes/OLoughlin/Lafferty, Kevin Rowsome, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Bothy Band
CELT IN A TWIST AUGUST 15, 2021
Celtic inspriration. Great storytelling from Gaelic Storm, The Real McKenzies, Barleyjuice, Debra Lyn and Mile Twelve. Join Patricia Fraser for another chapter of Celt In A Twist.
FOOT STOMPIN’ FREE SCOTTISH MUSIC PODCAST NO 235
Hi folks, We are back after a wee break. I decided to stop while the schools were off on holiday. I even played a gig myself in Spain! Anyway here we are with lots of new releases and some more.
MOSTLY FOLK PODCAST EPISODE 538
Jackson Grimm, Midnight Shine, Alicia Viani, Ben Bedford, Adrian Sutherland, Anne Sumner, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, Ben Bedford, Brett Ratliff, Terry Kitchen, Joy Zimmerman, Rob Lutes, Kate Taylor, Kirsten Maxwell, Indian City
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Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
August 19, 2021
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