Céad Míle Fáilte,
It is Todd, as usual. In this issue we have new episodes of our own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast & Pub Songs & Stories. The other podcasts episodes we highlight include Folk on Foot & Copperplate Time. The articles we highlight include ones about Highlander Radio, 10-minutes with George Murphy, ancient faces being brought to life at a Scottish museum, & a forest in Wales that inspires folklore. We hope you enjoy this issue. Until next time, slàinte mhath!
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST #649: MIDNIGHT HOUR WITH RUNA INTERVIEW
- La famille LeBlanc, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Bonhomme Setter, Hanneke Cassel, Sassenach, RUNA, Firinn, Eimear Arkins, Matt McGinn, The Byrne Brothers
- A special thanks to our new and continued Patrons of the Podcast: Bill Mandeville, Marti Meyers, Brenda, Karen DM Harris, Emma Bartholomew, Dan mcDade, Carol Baril, Miranda Nelson, Nancie Barnett, Kevin Long, Gary R Hook, Lynda MacNeil, Kelly Garrod, Annie Lorkowski, Shawn Cali
GOOGLE PODCASTS IS GOING AWAY
- If you hadn't heard the news, Google Podcasts is going away. You will need to find a new podcast player if you use it.
- If you're on android, Podcast Addict is a good choice. But the show is also on Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pandora, and more. It is NOT available on Spotify or YouTube Music.
- If you're on iOS device, then you're still good with Apple Podcasts, Overcast and others.
Here are a few podcasts players to choose from
IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2024 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
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
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.
PUB SONGS & STORIES #279: SPIDERWEBS
- Is it all a game that we all fall into? Saffron certainly thinks so in “Our Mrs Reynolds from the TV show Firefly. Hear the story behind my song “Spiderwebs”. We're also making waves with music from Matt McGinn.
- This is Pub Songs & Stories #279
FOLK ON FOOT: TRÚ ON THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE
- Come with us to the glorious Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland to meet the band TRÚ. Taking their name from a mythological trio of poet-musicians from ancient Ulster, Zach Trouton, Dónal Kearney and Michael Mormecha combine Irish nationalist, Ulster-Scots and British-Ukrainian heritages, crossing boundaries which have often divided Northern Irish communities in the past. In this beautiful episode they are united in creating sweet close harmonies as they sing traditional songs against the backdrop of some of the UK’s most spectacular countryside.
LISTEN ON HIGHLANDER RADIO
- Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is syndicated on several terrestrial and internet radio stations. But the granddaddy of internet ones is Highlander Radio. You can listen to episodes 5 days a week on the platform. That's been going for probably over 10 years now.
See a list of show times to listen.
COPPERPLATE TIME 462
- Bothy Band, The Waterboys, Altan, Planxty, Sorcha Costello, Cillian Vallely & David Doocey, Brian O’Rourke, John Wynne, Dezi Donnelly, Doyle & Anderson, Shaskeenm Sean O’Riada & Ceoltóiri Culann, The Outside Track, Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Gino Lupari/4 Men & A Dog, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks, Bert Jansch, Altan, Bothy Band
TEN MINUTES WITH SINGER / SONGWRITER GEORGE MURPHY
- George Murphy is a singer / songwriter from the Dublin suburb of Beaumount.
- Aged 17 he signed to Sony Ireland and his debut album Dreamed A Dream. went to No.1 in the Irish charts and went on to gain triple platinum status. Possessed of one of the most distinctive voices in Irish music, he has a new album out this month.
ANCIENT FACES BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AT SCOTTISH MUSEUM
- A Bronze Age woman who suffered lower back pain 4,000 years ago and an Iron Age Pictish man who lived a life of hard labour 1,500 years ago are among our ancient ancestors who have been brought to life in dramatic facial reconstructions.
- Cutting-edge technology will enable visitors to Scotland’s new Perth Museumto come face to face with four individuals from our past in modern-day Perthshire.
HOW WALES' ANCIENT RAINFORESTS INSPIRED FOLKLORE
- Where are the rainforests? The Amazon? South-east Asia? How about mid and north Wales?
- In fact, Wales is home to some of the last remaining examples of temperate rainforests in Europe.
- A rainforest is defined as any woodland that thrives in conditions where there is over 200cm of precipitation a year.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHILE LISTENING?
You can send a comment or a picture of what you're doing. You can also send a photo from one of your trips to a Celtic nation or anywhere around the globe.
Slainte!
Todd Wiley & Marc Gunn, The Celtfather
February 22, 2024
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