Greetings Celtophiles

Welcome to Highlight Reel, season 2, episode 1. This is the first episode of 2023. Thank you for casting your votes the past two months. I’m excited to share these best of artists with you.

You have 4 weeks to cast your vote in this Highlight Reel. I’ll compile the rest of the results at the end of the year. You can vote for as many tracks as you like. And the more you vote, the more  your vote counts.

You can listen to this and other Music-Only Best of the Year episodes as a Patron of the Podcast.

VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2023

• Vote Now for as many songs and tunes that you love. We will filter it down to the best at the end of the year.
• Listen to the playlists on Spotify and YouTube.

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:52 – Poitín “One For The Road” from One For The Road

4:18 – The Gothard Sisters “It Was Beautiful” from Mountain Rose

8:13 – Emma Langford “Mariana” from Sowing Acorns

12:20 – Heather Dale “Mordred’s Lullaby” from The Trial of Launcelot

15:31 – Haggis Rampant “Cork Hill (feat. Ken Petrie)” from Burly! Haggis Rampant Plugged

17:21 – The Crossjacks “Irish Washerwoman / Swallowtail Jig / Calliope House (Medley)” from The Crossjacks

21:07 – Poitín “Blackleg Miner” from One For The Road

23:12 – The Celtic Kitchen Party “Sean Ryan's Polka / Irish Rover” from Last Call

28:24 – The Byrne Brothers “Savage Cabbage   –   McKennas Jig, Ships are Sailing, Ormond

32:27 – Scythian “Scratchbox Reel” from American Shanty

35:10 – The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra “Salvation Contradiction” from A Celtic Celebration: The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra

39:57 – Scythian “Fire in My Heart” from Roots & Stones

43:27 – Jen Midkiff (she/her) “She Moved Through the Fair” from Collage

48:13 – Achill Crossing “I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday” from The Rising of the Moon

50:55 – The Irish Rovers “Diabolical Things” from No End in Sight

55:29 – We Banjo 3 “We All Need More Kindness in This World” from Roots of the Banjo Tree

58:20 – THANKS FOR LISTENING

The Highlight Reels was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. The show was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. Promote Celtic culture through music with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.