Celtic Music Magazine: Celtic Folk Christmas

Dec 22, 2022 Celtic Music Magazine

Céad Míle Fáilte,

As usual this is Todd. Let me start by saying Happy Holidays. I hope your holidays are wonderful. In this issue we have new episode of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, Folk on Foot, & Copperplate Time. We also have some new CDs highlighted. Our articles consist of the final Celtic Gift Guide & the variety of food that can be found in Ireland. We hope you enjoy this issue.

IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #586: CELTIC FOLK CHRISTMAS

  • Anne Roos & David Blonski, Triskele, The Chivalrous Crickets, Enda Reilly, Bart Zeal, Alisa Marie, Spoil the Dance, Cherish the Ladies, Terry McDade With The McDades, Brigid's Bounty, Ken O'Malley, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Plunk Murray, Eileen Ivers, Brad Tuck, West of Eden
  • Thanks to our Patrons

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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.

Vote in the Celtic Top 20

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.

NEW CDS

Attn Bands: Go to 4celts.com to submit your band to the podcast.

FOLK ON FOOT: THE WEXFORD CAROLS WITH CAITRIONA O’LEARY

  • A festive episode featuring the Wexford Carols sung by the beautiful voice of Caitriona O’Leary. The carols came out of the persecution of Catholics in Wexford in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and were written by Bishop Luke Waddinge and Father William Devereux.
  • Caitriona takes Matthew Bannister to the Franciscan church where Bishop Waddinge is buried and to St Aidan’s Cathedral in Enniscorthy where the area’s most famous carol was collected. We also meet the retired fisherman Dixie Devereux whose father sang the carols every Christmas for 62 years – and who is now passing on the tradition to his own son. A fascinating story with gorgeous music creating an atmospheric, seasonal experience.

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IRISH MUSIC STORIES EPISODE 67 – HUNTING FOR WREN TUNES AND TALES

  • Why did kids carry dead birds on sticks all over Ireland on the 26th of December? And what did this all have to do with first century Christian martyr St. Stephen? Just like traditional tunes, which can vary from player to player, the whole history of Wren Day depends on the storyteller. Learn more about the role a melody, a good story (or three), and a tiny bird has played in the centuries-long winter tradition of hunting the wren.

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CELTIC GIFT GUIDE

  • Here’s this week’s and the last of the season Celtic gifts guide:
  • Mully’s Celtic Cottage – Gold Plated Trinity Leather Wrap Bracelet – This bracelet is a green leather wrap, that has the Celtic Trinty in gold plate. It would be perfect for anyone on your list.
  • Fairy Glen – World Tree Leather Card Holder – This beautiful leather card holder comes in the “saddle” color; a lovely light brown. It features a beautiful design of the world tree, with Celtic knot roots and more knotwork forming the border around it. This is a wonderful gift that could also be used as a wallet if someone wanted to.
  • Connemara Marble – Tartan Fleece Blanket – This beautiful green tartan blanket is made from a soft fleece. It would be a wonderful blanket to snuggle under or to use for a picnic. It would make a great gift for anyone on your Christmas list.

COPPERPLATE TIME 420

  • Bothy Band, Lunasa, Teada, The Outside Track, Moving Hearts, Billy McComiskey, The Kane Sisters, Patsy Moloney & John Regan, Mick Sands, Dennis Murphy, The Thunder Brothers & Albert Healey, Dan Brouder & Angelina Carberry, Paddy Carty & Conor Tully, Daithi Gormley, Maggie Boyle, Mick Conneely, Caoimhin O’Fearghaill & Paddy Tutty, Charlie Lennon, Moving Hearts, Bothy Band

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FROM FARM, MARKET AND FIELD TO FORK – IRELAND IS AN ISLAND OF MANY FLAVOURS

  • THE ISLAND of Ireland produces most of what it eats – Irish beef, lamb, pork and fish are amongst the best in the world, while the market gardeners of Armagh lead the way in the cultivation of apples.

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Slainte!

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December 22, 2022

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