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The fish are biting on great Celtic music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #676 . Subscribe now!

Altan, The Irish Lassies, The Drowsy Lads, Dan Possumato, Cleveland Celtic Ensemble, The Secret Commonwealth, Clare Cunningham, The Sternwheelers, Kris Colt & the Black Rose Band, Tuatha Dea, The Langer’s Ball, Ian Fontova, The Miles O’Brien band & Betsy Rose, Mark Shelton, Tarren

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 – Intro: Mark Shelton

0:13 – Altan “The Letterkenny Blacksmith/John Doherty’s Favourite/Scread na Bealtaine (Reels)” from Donegal

4:25 – WELCOME

5:49 – The Irish Lassies “Fish are Biting on Canandaigua Lake” from single

7:57 – The Drowsy Lads “Donegal Danny (live at the Dublin Irish Festival)_The Drowsy Lads_Time Flies” from Time Flies

13:54 – Dan Possumato “Fly Fishing / Martin O’connor’s Flying Clog (feat. Bill Verdier & Frances Cunningham)” from An Teachín Gorm

17:24 – Cleveland Celtic Ensemble “Farewell to Tarwathie” from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble

22:36 – FEEDBACK

25:57 – The Secret Commonwealth “The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie” from Lager & Blood

29:36 – Clare Cunningham “The Best You can” from ON MY WAY (AR MO BHEALACH)

33:08 – The Sternwheelers “Vera Rose (Nobody Knows)” from Shuttered EP

36:29 – Kris Colt & the Black Rose Band “Charmed” from single

39:05 – Tuatha Dea “The Black Douglas” from Irish Eyes

44:59 – THANKS

47:07 – Erin Ruth “Paddy’s Lamentation” from Celtic Classics

50:39 – The Langer’s Ball “Whiskey Chaser” from The Singles Collection 2023 – 2024

53:33 – Ian Fontova “Nightfire Ritual” from Tales of Olden, Vol. 2

56:34 – The Miles O’Brien band & Betsy Rose “The Happiest Man in the World” from My Name Is Miles

59:32 – Mark Shelton “Winds Of Moher” from Mark Shelton And Friends

1:02:00 – CLOSING

1:03:58 – Tarren “Sunk” from Outside Time

1:08:31 – CREDITS

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and our Patrons on Patreon. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. Visit our website to follow the show. You’ll find links to all of the artists played in this episode.

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Today’s show is sponsored by Richard Trest of the Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival on Sept 7 – 8, 2024 at Sanders Ferry Park, Hendersonville. You’ll enjoy music from Tuatha Dea, Kris Colt, The Secret Commonwealth, The Devil’s Brigade, The Sternwheelers, Doon the Brae, Nosey Flynn, and Colin Grant – Adams. Plus, there’s a piping competition, Irish step dancing, highland dance competition, ceilidh dancing and so much more. Join Richard just outside of Nashville Sept 7 – 8. And find more details at www.midtenngames.com

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I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK

What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? Please email me. I’d love to see a  picture of what you’re doing while listening or of a band that you saw recently.

Email me at follow@bestcelticmusic.

Robin Morales Reyes sent photos from Mexico: “☘️ Sainte from Mexico, Marc!”

Ken in Portland, CT emailed a photo: “Marc, my bagpipe band played several gigs , one of which was at the Portland CT Ale House pictured here. I am next to bass drummer second to the right wearing the brown driving cap inflatable leprechaun”

Mitchell Dobrenen Family emailed a couple photos from Greenville, SC: “He prefers to lie down to listen.”

José Teixeira emailed: “Hi Marc! I have started listening you podcast for some time now, a bit by accident when I was searching for music podcasts. For a long time I’ve been attracted by Celtic culture, that has influenced by some way the culture of northern Portugal, where I was born. My wife, though she was born in the south of the country  –  its a small country : – )  –  also enjoys Celtic art, and suddenly our eldest son was playing Galician bag pipe, what came by a surprise because there’s no tradition of instrument playing in our families.

By the way, we now we live in Sintra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintra). Usually, I listen to you and the good music that you share during the weekend, while I take care of our garden or during my chores.

About the end of Google Podcasts, there’s a quite good alternative that I have been using at least for the last couple of years. It’s called AntennaPod (https://antennapod.org/) and I sure it can help some of your android listeners. Obrigado pelo teu bom trabalho (Thank you for you good work). José”