Céad Míle Fáilte,
Madainn mhath, it is your editor, Todd. In this issue we have a new episode of our very own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. We also have new episodes of Folk on Foot and Mostly Folk. The articles in this issue include one on a beautiful beach in Cornwall, volunteers wanted to count seals, and three tributes to Sinéad O’Connor. The second on is from Psychology Today, and mental illness is near and dear to my heart. Which is why included two tributes. We hope you enjoy this issue.
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IRISH AND CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #622: THE GREAT SELKIE
- Leaping Lulu, TJ Hull and Amanda Caretta-Hull, Seán Heely, Juha Rossi, Niamh Parsons, Beltaine, Chris Gray, Fire In The Glen, Slugger's Rule, Drumspyder, Screaming Orphans, Avalon Rising, Iain MacHarg
- Thank You to Patrons
MARC GUNN: LIVE IN ATLANTA
- Marc Gunn has a folk concert on Saturday, August 19 as part of the Fiddler's Green Coffeehouse Concert Series put on by the Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music.
- Tickets are just $10 and also features the folk band Admiral Radio.
Find out more about the concert.
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.
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.
CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE PUB SONGS & STORIES LOVE?
- Be one of the first of 10 to post a review on Apple Podcasts and you'll be entered to win a CD, album pin, tote bag, Celtic Heartstring or digital download of your choice. I'll give you a list of what's available once we have enough reviews.
THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST
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FOLK ON FOOT: MARTIN SIMPSON AT THE ROYAL FORESTERS, ASCOT | THE BIG WALK 2023
- Matthew is embarking on his biggest walk yet; 180 miles in 2 weeks, from Wickham Festival to Folk East to raise money for the charity Help Musicians.
- Day 4 of the Big Walk: another 14 miles done (more than 30,000 steps!) with companions Sarah Woods (Chief Executive of Help Musicians), Folk on Foot listener from Swansea Keith Halfacree and Matthew’s brother Dan. Footsore and flagging when they arrived at the Royal Foresters in Ascot, spirits were instantly lifted by three songs from the great Martin Simpson and a beautiful performance by Ballet Folk dancer Anna Smith.
SINÉAD O’CONNOR FANS LINE STREETS CLOSE TO SINGER'S FORMER HOME ON MORNING OF HER FUNERAL
- FANS of the late Sinéad O’Connor have lined the streets close to where she formerly lived in Ireland on the morning of her funeral.
- Hundreds of mourners were out in Bray, Co, Wicklow today to pay their respects to the Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who had previously lived in the town for a period of 15 years.
HOW TO TREAT FEMALE ARTISTS BETTER AFTER SINEAD
- Respect for the dead, disrespect for the living, and my playlist for you of an extraordinary singer and songwriter.
- I used to find her scary when I was a young adolescent. Too fierce. A handful. The things that these artists were singing or shouting about were things I didn’t want to confront.
- Sinéad never seemed afraid of appearing vulnerable. Of course, this is why the whole world fell in love with her, but only in one version of herself: staring at us straight down the camera, with tears running down her face.
Please read this article about respect for female musicians.
MOSTLY FOLK PODCAST EPISODE 636
- Rachel Garlin, Lori McKenna, Alice Howe, Freebo, Dan Tyminski, Crowes Pasture, Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters, Willie Nelson, Sofia Talvik, Lori McKenna, Freebo, Dennis J. Leise, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Rachael Sage, Laura Risk
PAINSONG: A TRIBUTE TO SINEAD O’CONNOR
- Can music have an important impact even beyond controlled, clinical, settings? The life and work of Sinead O’Connor, who died on July 26, 2023, at age 56, pose that difficult question and suggest some possible answers—relevant to both our personal, and public, lives. O’Connor was 18 when her mother died in a car crash. Six years later, in her 1990 debut album, O’Connor sang her pain in her cover of Prince’s ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U.” While Prince wrote it about his romance, O’Connor had her mother in mind, wishing “she can hear me, and I can connect to her.”
‘BEAUTIFUL' BEACH IN CORNWALL IS ‘MAGICAL' AND ‘SECLUDED' – IT'S ‘MORE OR LESS UNTOUCHED'
- According to Cornwall Council, this seaside county is home to an enormous 300 plus beaches, which makes it a perfect staycation spot for those who love the sea.
- But according to CJ Explores, a UK travel influencer, there are three must-see beachy hotspots.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO LIVE ON REMOTE ISLAND AND COUNT SEALS FOR ANNUAL SURVEY
- The Manx Wildlife Trust is looking for two volunteers to live on a remote island off the south coast of the Isle of Man to count seals for the annual survey this autumn.
- The volunteers will temporarily relocate to the Calf of Man, to conduct the yearly seal survey for nine weeks to get a better understanding of the seal population.
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Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
August 10, 2023
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