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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #101 – Best Celtic Artists for St Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Music from Round the House, Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Rogues, Locklin Road, Bow Triplets, Battlelegs, Anne Roos, The Blarney Rebel Band, Anton Emery, Oona McOuat & Dream Deep, Albannach, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Holly Kirby, Deep Green Light, Daphne Quigley-Freund & Tom Bradfish, Gaelic Storm, Ennis, Tania Opland & Mike Freeman, Marc Gunn, Poitin, Heidi Talbot, Sligo Rags. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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This show features the Best Celtic Artists of 2010 as voted for by you last year. You can find the songs that made them so popular when you listen to the Best Celtic Music of 2010 in show #97.

This Week

“The Rolling Wave/Jimmy Ward’s/Rosewood (jigs)” by Round the House
from At This Stage

“My Johnny Was A Shoemaker” by Merry Wives Of Windsor
from Tales From Windsor’s Tavern

“The Deuce” by The Rogues
from 3 lbs. of RAGE

“Lily of the West” by Locklin Road
from Waken the Echoes

“Lady Louisa Gordon” by Bow Triplets
from Secret Signs

“Settlers of Kataan” by Battlelegs
from The Soup Mages

“Jacky Tar” by Anne Roos
from Mermaids & Mariners

“The Old High Cross” by The Blarney Rebel Band
from Beneath The Surface

“Father John of Barra/Sprig of Ivy” by Anton Emery
from Noone Lasses

“Mystery” by Oona McOuat & Dream Deep
from Honey and Holy Water

“Mons Graupius March” by Albannach
from The Sub-Zero Sessions EP

“Time Out” by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
from Gleowein

“She Moved Through the Faire” by Holly Kirby
from The Lady and the Past

“L’uomo del caffè” by Deep Green Light
from L’uomo del caffè

“The Spanish Medley” by Daphne Quigley-Freund & Tom Bradfish
from Aoibhneas (Bliss)

“Rum Runners” by Gaelic Storm
from Cabbage

“High Up There” by Ennis
from Lessons Learned

“Merry Blacksmith/Heatehry Cruach/Paddy O’Brien’s” by Tania Opland & Mike Freeman
from Cut to Rhythm

“Close Your Eyes” by Marc Gunn
from Kilted For Her Pleasure

“Bofiguifluki by Poitin
from Bofiguifluki

“Bedlam Boys” by Heidi Talbot
from In Love + Light

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PROMO – I Should Be Writing

“McVerry’s Men (from Crossmaglen) / St. Anne’s Reel / Drowsy Maggie” by Sligo Rags
from Roll Me Down the Mountain

CELTIC TOP 5

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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #80 – St Patrick’s Day Celtic Music Celebration

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Music by Ron Cody, Iona, Jacqui McCarthy, Poitin, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Claire Roche, The Beggarmen, Pitch the Peat, Nine-8ths Irish, Ed Miller, The Langer’s Ball, Grey Aengus, Hank Cramer, Spriggan, Albannach, Tartanic, Tears for Beers, The Brazen Heads, Fergus, Daphne Quigley-Freund & Tom Bradfish.

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This Week:

“Mason’s Apron” by Ron Cody
from The Talking Rake

“Darby the Driver Set” by Iona
from A Celebration of Twenty

“Long Black Veil” by Jacqui McCarthy
from Courting & Trees

“De la Basse/Bretagne” by Poitin
from Jiggery Pokery

“Hare’s Lament” by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
from Scatter Pipes

“Brian Boru’s March” by Claire Roche
from The Lilt of the Banshee

“Reynardine” by The Beggarmen
from Newry Town

“Fig For A Kiss/Green Fields Of Glentown/Graf Spey” by Pitch the Peat
from Far From Home

“Sean Ryan’s/Diplodocus” by Nine-8ths Irish
from Out of the Ocean

“Home Away from Home” by Ed Miller
from Edinburgh Rambler

“Whiskey from The Still” by The Langer’s Ball
from Ships Are Sailing

“The Hanging of Jamie Macpherson” by Grey Aengus
from Gaelic Soup

“A Lovers Heart” by Hank Cramer
from Caledonia

“As I Roved Out/Cooley’s Reel” by Spriggan
from Mind the Gap

“The Gael” by Albannach
from Eye of the Storm

“Amazing Grace (Hendrix Mix)” by Tartanic
from Unstoppable

“Day After Day” by Tears for Beers
from Cracky Bones and The Secret World of Celtic Rock

“Paddy Wagon” by The Brazen Heads
from Curse of the Hag

“Curra Road” by Fergus
from Green St.

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PROMO – How to Grow Your Geek

CELTIC TOP 5
In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I ask you to vote for your favorite song in that podcast. The most-popular song is then featured at the end of the next podcast. Here are the most-popular songs from the last show.

5. “Pat Works On the Railway” by Paddy’s Pig
4. “Andy Broon’s” by Brad Reid
3. “The Saucy Sailor” by Burning Bridget Cleary
2. “Ten Thousand Miles To Bedlam” by Ockham’s Razor

1. “Eamonn an Chnoic (Ned of the Hill)” by Daphne Quigley-Freund & Tom Bradfish
from Aoibhneas (Bliss)

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #79 – 17 Free Celtic Music Downloads for St. Patrick’s Day

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Music from Kennedy’s Kitchen, Poitin, Daphne Quigley-Freund and Tom Bradfish, Burning Bridget Cleary, Brad Reid, Stonecircle, Marc Gunn, Nine-8ths Irish, Luke Daniels, The Tea Merchants, Maidens IV, Na’Bodach, Ockham’s Razor, John McGaha, Paddy’s Pig, Jiggernaut, and Anne Roos.

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- Rate this St Patrick’s Day Irish Music iMix
- 17 Free Celtic Music Downloads for St. Patrick’s Day
- Celtic MP3s Music Magazine
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This Week:

“Shoot The Mink (STM Jig For Brian, Lula’s Jig, Lula’s Reel)” by Kennedy’s Kitchen
from The Hotting Fire

“A Bucket Full of Mountain Dew” by Poitin
from Jiggery Pokery

“Eamonn an Chnoic (Ned of the Hill)” by Daphne Quigley-Freund & Tom Bradfish
from Aoibhneas (Bliss)

“The Saucy Sailor” by Burning Bridget Cleary
from Everything Is Alright

“Andy Broon’s” by Brad Reid
from The Conundrum

“The Pilgrim” by Stonecircle
from Metamorphosis

“Black Velvet Band” by Marc Gunn
from The Bridge

“Sally Gardens/Frank’s Reel” by Nine-8ths Irish
from Out on the Ocean

“Raglan Road” by Luke Daniels
from Art of Trio

“Gusty’s Frolics” by The Tea Merchants
from One Lump Or Two?

“Heart of the Brave” by Maidens IV
from Celtic Fire

“Air and Jig (Fair Maid of Barra, Walking the Floor)” by Na’Bodach
from An Intelligent Design

“Ten Thousand Miles To Bedlam” by Ockham’s Razor
from Ten Thousand Miles to Bedlam

“Gladsheim” by John McGaha
from Exodus: An ElectroCelt Journey

“Pat Works On the Railway” by Paddy’s Pig
from Maple & Wire

“Down Where the Drunkards Roll” by Jiggernaut
from In Search of More

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Next time we’ll have more music for St. Patrick’s Day.

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PROMO – The Signal Podcast

CELTIC TOP 5
In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I ask you to vote for your favorite song in that podcast. The most-popular song is then featured at the end of the next podcast. Here are the most-popular songs from the last show.

5. “Sexy An Dros” by Clandestine
4. “The Warlock” by Atlantic Wave
3. “Shepherd’s Serenade” by Brobdingnagian Bards
2. “Bagpipes on Borbon Street” by The Rogues

1. “Craigieburn Wood” by Anne Roos
from A Light in the Forest

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #65 – St. Patrick’s Day feature on Best of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Coimpilation CD

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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This Week:

  1. “Sweeney’s Buttermilk” by FIMM
    from Roiboos e Disappunti
  2. “The Whiskey Never Lies” (Burns, ASCAP) by Sligo Rags
    from The Whiskey Never Lies
  3. “The Girls Set” by Banshee in the Kitchen
    from Live at Painted Sky
  4. “Star of the County Down”
    by Jed Marum with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown
    from Sands of Aberdeen
  5. “Hot Days” (Siegl/Brabec/Trad.) by Poitin
    from Hot Days
  6. “Chi Mi Na Morbheanna/Sleepy Maggie” by MacTalla Mor
    from The New Colossus
  7. “Almost Irish” (Halloran) by Ceann
    from Almost Irish
  8. “Considine’s Grove” by Anne Roos
    from A Light in the Forest
  9. “Boys Of Tandragee/Tuesday Morning/Checkered Blanket” (Trad./Lewin-Tiarks) by Athas
    from Athas
  10. “Ye Jacobites By Name” (Burns) by Beth Patterson
    from Hybrid Vigor
  11. “Loch Lomond” by Jesse Ferguson
    from New Old Songs
  12. “The Mason’s Apron” by Rattle the Boards
    from The Parish Platform
  13. “Jig Jag” by Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder
    from Zephyr in the Confetti Factory
  14. “Rocks of Bawn” by Maidens IV
    from Emerald Fire
  15. “Auld Triangle” (Behan) by Patrick’s Head
    from Arse Biscuits
  16. “Ormond Sound/Liberty Joe’s/Broken” (O’Brien/Hurley/Trad.)
    by Pitch the Peat
    from Far From Home
  17. “Wild Mountain Thyme” (McPeake) by Marc Gunn
    from Slainte!

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PROMO – Tim Dodge’s Acts of Desperation

THE CELTIC TOP FIVE
In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I ask you to vote for your favorite song in that podcast. The most-popular song is then featured at the end of the next podcast. Here are the most-popular songs from the last show.

5. St. Patrick Never Drank by Marc Gunn
4. Farewell to Whalley Range by Nine-8ths Irish
3. King for a Day by Rathkeltair
2. Fierce by Rising Gael

1. “The River Pirate” by Brigands’ Folie
from Fog & Fire

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #64 – St. Patrick’s Day Music Special

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

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Notes:
- The Celtic Top Five. Cast your vote for your favorite song in this show.
- Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.
- Irish and Celtic Music Podcast T-Shirts and Swag.
- Best of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast compilation CD.
- Celtic Invasion Vacations.
- Marc Gunn on the Road.
- Spaff – Comedy Songwriter.
- Post a review on your favorite website, like iTunes.
- Erik Ackerman of the Second Floor Lounge Podcast
- Podsafe Music Network.
- Ask Steven for the latest playlist.
- Listener Feedback.

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This week:

“Johnny Leary’s Polka’s” by The Gas Men
from Clement Street

“The Stone Hills of Clare” by Pitch the Peat
from Far From Home

“Farewell to Whalley Range” by Nine-8ths Irish
from West of Ireland

“Sands of Aberdeen” by Jed Marum with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown
from Sands of Aberdeen

“Run For Your Life Jig by Brian Hebert and Friends
from Any Time at All

“Airdi Cuain” by Mactalla Mor
from The New Collossus

“St. Patrick Never Drank” by Marc Gunn
from The FuMP

“St. Patrick Was A Gentleman” by Rattle the Boards
from The Parish Platform

“Spatter the Dew” by Henk Hopman
from The Guitar Is a Song

“St. Patrick’s Day Parade” by Mick Moloney
from McNaly’s Row of Flats

“St. Patrick’s Day in Sydney” by Waywood Folk
from Waywood Folk

“Fierce” by Rising Gael
from One More Day

“The River Pirate” by Brigands’ Folie
from Fog & Fire

“North Carolina Breakdown/Seneca Square Dance” by The AM String Band
from Take Root

“Awen” by BRAN
from Awen

“I’m a Rover Seldom Sober” by The Jolly Rogues
from Captain Billy’s Privateers

“The Lark in the Morning” by The Woodbines
from unreleased CD

“Leprechaun & Butterfly” by The Rogues
from Off Kilter

“The Leprechaun” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales

“Gravel Walk” by Leprechaun Water
from Traditional Irish Jigs & Reels EP

“The Leprechaun” by Maidens III
from Charm & Fire

“The Sign of The Cross” by Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers
from Don’t Count Me Out

“The Congress” by Hunting McLeod
from Leod ‘n’ Proud

“Take Some Fire” by Beth Patterson
from Take Some Fire

“Paddy Fahey’s” by The Irish Experience
from Green Energy

“Minstrel Boy” by Prydein
from Loud Pipes (Save Lives)

“King for a Day” by Rathkeltair
from Big White Van

“Old North End” by Amadan
from Pacifica

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PROMO – The Signal Podcast

THE CELTIC TOP FIVE
In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I ask you to vote for your favorite song in that podcast. The most-popular song is then featured at the end of the next podcast. Here are the most-popular songs from the last show.

5. “Three Little Jiggies Went to Market” by FiddleSticks
4. “Puirt A Bheil” by Poor Man’s Fortune
3. “Salamanca/The Golden Keyboard” by Ron Cody
2. “Chenier Shuffle” by SONIC IMPULSE

1. “Molly Malone” by Skully
from Irish Makeover