Céad Míle Fáilte,
This is Todd once again. In today’s issue we have a new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We have also included new episodes of Celtic Source and Celt in a Twist. The articles we highlight include ones about a funding pot being set up for LGBT+ organizations in rural areas of Ireland, the best fish and chips shop in Scotland, the best places to live in Cornwall, and trans women being counted as women in the Senedd Elections. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #634: IRISHFEST ATLANTA
- Ed Yother, Ryan Roubison, Dervish, W. Ed Harris, The BorderCollies, Eimear Arkins, John Doyle, Dave Howard Coons, Ashley Davis Band, Olivia Bradley, The Inland Seas, Mànran, The Muckers, Roehind
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Bill Mandeville, Marti Meyers, Brenda, Karen, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Bob Harford, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali
GO DANCING WITH HOBBITS, CELTIC-STYLE
- Marc Gunn and Sam Gillogly share an instrumental album of original Celtic tunes on their next album to be launched on Kickstarter in November.
- Dancing With Hobbits imagines what kind of dance tunes might've been played at Bilbo Baggins' 111st birthday party in JRR Tolkien's book Lord of the Rings.
I want to go Dancing With Hobbits. Follow the Kickstarter.
IRISHFEST ATLANTA IS NOV 3 – 5, 2023
- Thank you as always for reading the Celtic Music Magazine and listening to our Podcast. We made
an error on Thursday about who is performing at this year's festival. My apologies for that. - IrishFest Atlanta was launched November 2013 to promote the culture of Ireland through the country’s traditional music, song, dance, and language. The vision of IrishFest Atlanta’s original founders was to create a weekend of cultural performances, lectures, and workshops in a festive environment appealing to community members of all ages and varying familiarity of all things Irish.
- Enjoy headlining music from Ashley Davis Band & Dervish
- Plus, enjoy performances from Eimear Arkins & David McKindley-Ward, Shannon Dunne, AH Surely, Arris, Atlanta Irish Dance, Jared Bogle, The Bordercollies, and many more
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2023 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.
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
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.
CELTIC SOURCE: IS TALIESIN A GOD?
- The answer may not be what you think . . . I also respond to a question about the apparent difference between myth and folklore. This is an edited version of a talk I gave for Druids Down Under.
MINISTER ANNOUNCES €1M FUNDING POT FOR LGBTI+ ORGANISATIONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN IRELAND
- FUNDING of nearly €1million has been announced today to support LGBTI+ projects across Ireland.
- Some 25 projects will receive amounts up to €100,000 to support their work under the 2023 LGBTI+ Community Services Funding Call, Ireland’s Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed.
CELTIC CHRISTMAS PODCAST LAUNCHES ON SUNDAY
- I’m not sure why I didn’t start a Celtic Christmas Facebook page before. But we have one now. This will be the primary place to find out what’s new with the podcast.
- Become a Celtic Christmas patron while you’re there!
Follow on Facebook now and subscribe to the podcast.
CELT IN A TWIST OCTOBER 29, 2023
- Celebrating Samhain with the darker side of Celtic music. From tales of blood-sucking wild boars to bog bodies to The Scariest Room, pick your poison and serve with a twist. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist, Canada's contemporary Celtic radio hour for 20 years and counting.
BEST FISH AND CHIP SHOP IN SCOTLAND CROWNED WITH VISITORS CALLING IT ‘UNREAL'
- A Scottish fish and chip shop has been crowned the best in the country at a nationwide award ceremony.
- The Trawler, situated in the Highlands village of Golspie, received the award for Best Fish and Chip in Scotland at the 2023 national Grand Final of Scotlands Business Awards. The ceremony, held on Sunday evening at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, saw previously announced regional winners across the country compete for the top prize.
BEST CORNWALL PLACES TO LIVE ACCORDING TO MUDDY STILETTOS
- Cornwall is home to some of the most beautiful, scenic towns and villages in the country. It’s no secret that we are envied by holidaymakers and tourists who flock to the shores every summer – and think ‘I wish' or ‘someday'.
- Now, for their annual ‘best places to live’ list, Muddy Stilettos has named the top places voted for in their 2024 guide. Readers of the luxury lifestyle site were tasked with voting for the best local village, town or city to call home in Cornwall in 2024, and the top ten have been crowned.
TRANS WOMEN COULD BE COUNTED AS WOMEN IN SENEDD ELECTIONS
- Transgender women could be counted as women under plans for future gender-equal Senedd elections.
- Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru want to make political parties draw up equal lists of men and women candidates.
- Draft legislation, leaked by a campaign group, suggests the lists of women could include candidates who are planning gender reassignment.
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!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
November 2, 2023
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