HIGHLIGHT REEL 5.4 OF 2026
Greetings Celtophiles
Here’s the Highlight Reel of 2026. You have three weeks to vote for your favorites tracks from shows #758 – 764
You can vote for as many tracks as you like. And the more you vote, the more your vote counts.
VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20
- 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.
- You can cast your vote for as many tracks as you love in this week's episode.
- You have just THREE weeks to vote for your favorite songs and tunes.
- All regular polls close on Friday, December 4, 2026 at 9 AM Eastern.
THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC
758
1:29 – Tartanic “Slapping Paddies” from Uncivilized
4:24 – Charlene Adzima “Jimmie McGetrick's/John Naughton's/Tom Ward's Downfall” from The Initiation
7:35 – Banshee in the Kitchen “King of Laoise” from Band O' Shees
759
11:25 – Hanneke Cassel “Strathspey O' Death #1 / Strathspey O'Death #2 / Colonel Thornton / Running Around the Tree” from Some Melodious Sonnet
15:39 – Low Lily “Brothers in Arms” from 10,000 Days Like These
20:20 – Sean Heely and Beth Patterson “Allan Tyne of Harrow” from Stir the Blood to Fire
760
25:32 – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh “Do Bhí Bean Uasal” from Neadú
32:14 – Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira “Arising” from All It Brings
761
36:32 – Gerry O'Connor “Stereo Connor (Polkas)” from Last Night's Joy
40:48 – Fiallal “No Fear No Grace” from A Rare Thing
45:10 – Clanna Morna “Virginia / Martin Wynne's #2 / Morning Dew” from From The Lowlands To The High Seas
49:19 – Alexander James Adams “Blue Heron/Cranky Crawdads/Mittens on the Moon” from Cat & the Fiddle
54:06 – Jiggy “I'm With You” from Translate
763
57:45 – Runa “For All That You Do Set” from When The Light Gets In
1:03:18 – Matt and Shannon Heaton “P Joe Hayes #2/Cottage in the Grove/Mother and Child (reels)” from Whirring Wings
764
1:07:21 – Mary Beth Carty “Mary Anne”
1:11:08 – Trouz Bras “Life is for Living” from Edge of the Spiral: Celtic Music of Brittany
1:15:06 – Hildaland “The Watchman's Polka (feat. Ethan Setiawan & Louise Bichan)” from Fiddle Tunes (feat. Ethan Setiawan & Louise Bichan) – EP
1:18:29 – CREDITS
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/.
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