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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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.

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THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST

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IRISH MYTHOLOGY PODCAST: EPISODE 25: ROAD TO MOYTURA EPISODE I: MARCH OF THE FOMÓIRE

• In this episode we hear about Indech and Balor’s battle plans and a foe set on scuppering those plans. The story is an original piece set within our retelling of the saga, The Second Battle of Moytura

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ALL THE IRISH ACTS AT GLASTONBURY 2022

• GLASTONBURY 2022 is just around the corner, with the iconic festival returning to Worthy Farm on 22-26 June.

The organisers announced the complete lineup last week, with stage times now also available for festival-goers to start planning who they want to see.

As usual, there are plenty of Irish acts performing across the weekend. If you are lucky enough to be one of the 210,000 people who have tickets, here are all the Irish acts you need to know about and what stage they are playing on.

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A SCOTTISH SESSION ON CELTIC SONGLINES

• This week we visit the land of the Scots and their music, traditional and contemporary, with The Whistlebinkies, Dougie MacLean, Papa Shandy, Tannas, a new generation of pipers with Piper.Alley and the Phantom Piper, aka, Jane Eisper, a bit of Burns set to music by Billy Ross and Janet Russell and Edinburgh's Old Blind Dogs.

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SCOTLAND'S 2022 AWARD WINNING BEACHES

• Ahead of the Jubilee weekend (3 – 5 June), Keep Scotland Beautiful announced over 50 beaches that have been recognised with Scotland’s Beach Award.

This year is 30 years since the first two beaches in Scotland received awards – Gullane Bents in East Lothian and St Andrews West Sands in Fife and both have achieved the award consistently since then.

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IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #560: KYLE OF BUTES

• Mike Katz & Mike Whellans, W Ed Harris, Spirited Lads, Rising Gael, Circled by Hounds, Maggie Drennon, THE DIVINERS, Tania Opland & Mike Freeman, Brynmor, Celtic Cross, Lenahan, The Barley Boys, Telenn Tri
• A 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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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 9, 2022

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