Céad Míle Fáilte,
This is Todd. In this week’s issue we have a new episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We also have new episodes of Pub Songs and Stories, Celtic Myths and Legends, and Celtic Songlines. In addition we have articles about common Irish Halloween phrases and ancient Scottish Halloween customs and concepts. We hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #579: LUNASA
- The Carroll Sisters, The Here & Now, Meerrant, Ogham, Kennedy's Kitchen, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, SeeD, Cíana, Lúnasa, CLARE SANDS, Sharon Shannon, Drumspyder, Runa
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Marti Meyers, Brenda, Meghan Walker, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Lynda MacNeil, Annie Lorkowski, Travis Senzaki, Shawn Cali
IRISHFEST ATLANTA IS NOV 4-5, 2022
- 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 Altan and Lunasa
Plus, enjoy music from Jared Bogle, The BorderCollies, Celtic Brew, Colm Broderick & Patrick Finley, Madeline Dierauf & Calum Bell, Kathleen Donohoe & Debra Peterson, The Gentry, Hollie Greenwood & Evelyn Thom, The Irish Brothers, Bella Issakova & Randy Clepper, The Muckers, The Phoenixians
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.
THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST
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PUB SONGS & STORIES #259: I'LL DRINK FROM DUSK TIL DAWN
- I’m trying another change to the podcast. So I’m gonna share a few tracks in this episode, along with a story about my original song “I’ll Drink from Dusk Til Dawn”, a ghost story, no less, just in time for Halloween..
CELTIC MYTHS AND LEGENDS PODCAST: BRETON ANKOU, THE HENCHMAN OF DEATH
- Hello everyone!! Today in this spooky, halloween appropriate episode we return to the beautiful and often melancholy rural countryside of Brittany to meet the frightening Henchman of Death and Church Guardian….the skeletal, hat wearing, scythe carrying Ankou!
16 COMMON HALLOWEEN WORDS IN IRISH AND HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM
- DIA DUIT gach duine, it’s time to practice your cúpla focail!
- Halloween began in Ancient Ireland as Samhain (sow-win), a celebration of the end of the harvest and the beginning of the winter season—but these days it's more recognisable as a celebration of spirits, spooky stories and eating sweets until you’re sick.
SONGS AND TUNES FROM THE CELTIC LANDS
- This week's session of Celtic Songlines features Old Blind Dogs, Kris Colt, Archie Fisher, The Black Country Three, Sandy Denny, the band Turlough, Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach, Golden Bough and Boxing Banjo.
HALLOWEEN IN SCOTLAND: 13 ANCIENT CUSTOMS AND CONCEPTS OF CELTIC HALLOWEEN LOST IN TODAY’S WORLD, REMEMBERING SAMHAIN
- Halloween may be celebrated worldwide nowadays, but its origins started with the Celts – one of Scotland’s ancient ancestors that celebrated the frightful festival with customs completely unique to what we see in the modern world we inhabit today.
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Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
October 27, 2022
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