IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #572: BYKER HILL
- Wolf & Clover, The Gothard Sisters, Kinnfolk, We Banjo 3, The Chivalrous Crickets, The Chieftains, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, The Secret Commonwealth, Stanley & Grimm, Barrenhart, The McKrells, Voice of Lir, Flatfoot 56, Clare Cunningham, Socks in the Frying Pan.
- A special thanks to our Celtic Legends: Brenda, Meghan Walker, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Lynda MacNeil, Annie Lorkowski, Jennifer, Travis Senzaki, Shawn Cali
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.
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PUB SONGS & STORIES #257: FAVOR OF A DANCE
- “Favor of a Dance” is a single I released at the end of June. It features the music of Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, with backing vocals by Jamie Haeuser.
- I love the instrumentation that Vicki and Jonny added to the song. Jonny’s guitar takes a big lead on it. And Vicki’s flute playing adds a joyful, touch of brilliance. I liked the song before. But I love it so much more with those two playing along.
ERIN’S ISLE: BOG BODIES
- The bogs of Ireland’s midlands have been used for centuries for harvesting peat for fuel. But during the harvesting activities it’s not unusual for harvesters to find other secrets in the bogs. Like bodies. And the National Museum of Ireland has some of those bodies on display.
IN HIS OWN WORDS — MARC MAC LOCHLAINN
- Marc Mac Lochlainn is artistic director at Branar Téatar do Pháistí and owner of Bricí Spraoi — The Imagination Playground — in Co. Galway.
CELTIC SONGLINES: MUSIC FROM THE CELTIC LANDS
- This week on Celtic Songlines we explore more fantastic musicians playing music from the Celtic lands. Come along lads and lassies for Plantxy, The Drowsy Lads, Patrick Street, the wonderful duo of Anna & Elizabeth, The House Devils, Emily Smith with Jamie McClennan, Altan, pagan folk band Daridel, Brigid Mae Power and Shane Cook with Jake Charron.
10 THINGS ONLY SCOTTISH LOCALS KNOW – AND YOU SHOULD TOO BEFORE TRAVELING THERE
- Jam-packed with hidden glens, haunted castles and cryptic lochs, overrun with mind-boggling festivals and screechy bagpipe players, and soaked in peated whisky, gin and rain, Scotland can be as baffling as it is brilliant.
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Slainte!
Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
September 8, 2022
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