IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #569: SUSTAINABILITY IN CELTIC MUSIC
- Spoil The Dance, ÚLLA, The Kelly Girls, Wolf & Clover, Wolf Loescher, Andreas Transø, Sharon Shannon, McKasson & McDonald, Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley, Lissa Schneckenburger, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, Harmundi, Jamison Celtic Rock, Niamh Parsons
- Thank you to our newest Patrons of the Podcast: Beth H, Richard N, Sean H
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.
Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, or YouTube.
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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ERIN’S ISLE: HOLLYTREE HARPS
- It takes skilled woodworking, a commitment to tradition and an eye for beauty to make an Irish Harp. Not only that, for Sean Smyth it took a trip to the UK to learn the traditional way of making an Irish harp. But he did, and now he is one of just a dozen Irish harp makers in Ireland.
THE CELTS — MYTH OR MISNOMER?
- THE arrival of the Celts in Ireland is the subject of much academic debate. According to legend, the Gaels were the last tribe of Celts to appear in Ireland. But historians have increasingly come to the conclusion that no such invasion ever took place. The Celtic civilization was a culture, a way of life perhaps, that spread from one people to another.
CELTIC SONGLINES: CELTIC TUNES AND SONGS INCLUDING A HISTORIC SESSION WITH THE CHIEFTAINS
- This week on Celtic Songlines two more selections from the soon to be released album of the Chieftains from their historic sessions at The Boarding House with Owsley Stanley: Bears Sonic Journals, The Foxhunt, San Francisco 1975 & 1976. Also this week, the band Drop the Floor, Runa, Tannahill Weavers, Ye Vagabonds, the ethereal music of Micah Blue Smaldone, Banshee in the Kitchen and Tannas
FIVE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT SEAN CONNERY'S IRISH ROOTS
- EVERYBODY knows that Sean Connery – perhaps the most famous and quintessential of all the Bonds – is Scottish, but did you know he's actually Irish?
His Scottish heritage is legitimate, just listen to his soft highland hum of a voice – *gazes into the clouds – daydreaming*..
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Slainte!
Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
August 11, 2022
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