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

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.

GHOSTS AND FOLKLORE OF WALES WITH MARK REES: EP96 GHOSTS IN THE WATER

• Why are the lost souls of sinful spirits trapped in the wild waters of Wales?
• And ghosts aren't the only things lurking in the wells and streams – there's water-ogres, guardian dragons, giant serpents, the mischievous fairy folk, and even a tenuous link with Tolkien and Bilbo Baggins

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DUETTING BANJOS

• The transatlantic banjo duo Damien O’Kane and Ron Block have released their 2nd album Banjophonics. Damien O’Kane, from Coleraine in Co. Derry plays the four string tenor banjo while Ron Block from California plays the five string bluegrass banjo. The banjo community regards these two instruments as radically different, the former being used in Irish music to play melody, and the latter in country music largely playing chordal accompaniment.

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CELT IN A TWIST JULY 10, 2022

• Oysterband's chart topper plus brand new Pat Chessell! You'll hear from the Punch Brothers and the Sons Of Southern Ulster, Galician compatriots Baiuca & Carlos Nunez serve up Celtic ear candy!.

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PRIDE IN WALES: RURAL TOWNS TO HOLD EVENTS FOR FIRST TIME

• A number of towns in rural mid Wales are holding Pride events for the first time.
• The aim is to celebrate the lives of LGBTQ+ people living in the countryside.

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IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #565: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

• Jocelyn Pettit, The Lilies of the Midwest, Kate Rusby, Jolly's, McKasson & McDonald, Erin Ruth, Voice of Lir, Captain John Stout, Banshee in the Kitchen, The Haar, The Bordercollies, Highlander Celtic Rock Band Australia, The Dreadnoughts, Willos' & Massimo Giuntini
• A special thanks to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Don R, Mary S, Jim M, Melinda S.

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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

July 14, 2022

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