Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Spirits of the Highland Road #775

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Show Notes

TEUD: The Hebridean Fiddle Project, Juha Rossi, McFloosey, Jared Bogle, Jesse Ferguson, Celtic Underground, Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson, MacCumhaill and the Gang, Blackwillow Starling, Christine Collister, Bang on the Ear, Blaggards, Boiled In Lead, The Elders, Bill Mullen GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items with what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2026 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create this year's Best Celtic music episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now!

THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:02 - Intro: Cragganmore Distillery 0:10 - TEUD: The Hebridean Fiddle Project "Gaelic Waltzes" from TEUD 3:39 - WELCOME 5:30 - Dan Possumato "The Eavesdropper / The Diplodocus (feat. Kevin Burke & Kathy Fallon)" from An Teachín Gorm An Teachín Gorm is Irish for "The Blue Cottage," said roughly "on CHAH - keen GUR - um." 8:31 - McFloosey "Shenandoah" from Fiacre's Fell 10:54 - Jared Bogle "Mr Standfast / The Trip to Durrow (Reels)" from The Old Road Home 14:25 - Jesse Ferguson "Who Would Not Fight for Charlie?" from Carried Forward 16:20 - FEEDBACK 19:46 - Celtic Underground "Come Back Paddy Reilly" from You Can Always Go Home 24:31 - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson "The Westport / The Manchester" from Once Through the Hall 27:44 - MacCumhaill and the Gang "Willow Maid" from 2 MacCumhaill is pronounced "mac - COOL," as in Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool). 33:15 - Blackwillow Starling "Fire Within" from Thornaeppel 36:59 - Christine Collister "The Mask" from I Am of Ireland / Yeats in Song 39:27 - THANKS 41:16 - Bang on the Ear "Heave Away" from Highland Road 44:18 - Boiled In Lead "Fast Reels" from King of the Dogwoods 47:51 - The Elders "Shores of Farewell" from The Spirits and The Sea 52:14 - CLOSING 52:55 - Bill Mullen "Rising O' the Moon" from The Beginning 55:39 - CREDITS Support for this program comes from International speaker, Joseph Dumond, teaching the ancient roots of the Gaelic people. Learn more about their origins at Sightedmoon.com Support for this program comes from John Sharkey White, II. Support for this program comes from Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, Creating Transparent Borders for more than twenty five years, serving Alaska and the world. Find out more at www.CascadiaLawAlaska.com Support for this program comes from Dr. Annie Lorkowski of Centennial Animal Hospital in Corona, California. Support for this program comes from Hank Woodward. 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. Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you'll get 7 weekly news items about what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage. Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Here's something worth celebrating. In most of the world, clean energy is now the cheapest electricity ever produced. Solar and wind cost less to build and run than anything that came before, and those prices keep dropping. That means lower bills, cleaner air, and good jobs, often right in your own community. The future we've been hoping for is already showing up on the grid. And here's the best part. You have a real say in how fast it arrives. So much of this is decided close to home, by city councils, county boards, utility commissions,

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