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This week's journey rambles from an English rover to a horned god of the old woods, then across the black river to a Barra Gaelic song carried down through generations. Fourteen tracks of fiddle, whistle, pipes, and rowdy pub harmony travel from Boston to Newfoundland to the shores of Australia. It's the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #768. - - Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! Jim Moray, Seán Heely, Donnie 'Large' Macdonald, Avourneen, Maggie MacInnes, Slugger's Rule, Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta, and Owen Marshall, Skara Brae, Natalie Padilla, Kevin Meehan, Brad Tuck, Drumspyder, Highlander Celtic Rock Band Australia, MacCumhaill and the Gang 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: Ken Spencer 0:14 - Jim Moray "Spencer The Rover" from Gallants 4:25 - WELCOME 6:02 - Seán Heely "Cernunnos : An Dia Adharcach (The Horned God)" from Dramagical 15:02 - Donnie 'Large' Macdonald "Ar Baile (Our Village)" from Christina 19:48 - Avourneen "Cunner Point Across the Black River" from Way Stations 24:27 - Maggie MacInnes "Nì Mhic Ailein, na bì' n èud rium" from Uiseagan Bharraigh 28:32 - FEEDBACK 29:28 - Slugger's Rule "Juice of the Barley" from Clusterfolk 32:22 - Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta, and Owen Marshall "The Primrose Road / The Tramp / Martin Wynne's" from Copley Street 2 35:51 - Skara Brae "Craic Addict" from The Mists of Time 39:08 - Natalie Padilla "Seedskadee" from Paths and Places 42:15 - THANKS 43:44 - Kevin Meehan "The Glasgow Set" from Spanish Point 49:17 - Brad Tuck "I've Been Told" from On These Waters 53:11 - Drumspyder "The Dunmore Lasses" from Kenning 57:13 - Highlander Celtic Rock Band Australia "Reel Set" from Start the Fire 1:00:11 - CLOSING 1:01:10 - MacCumhaill and the Gang "Dreams of Nevermore" from 2 1:04:43 - CREDITS Support for this program comes from John Sharkey White, II. 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 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 Hank Woodward. Support for this program comes from Dr. Annie Lorkowski of Centennial Animal Hospital in Corona, California. 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. Finally, remember: the sun and the wind never send you a fuel bill. Last year, solar and wind grew fast enough to cover all of the world's new electricity demand, and they're still the cheapest new power ever built. Solar and wind are now the cheapest power sources in history, and their costs keep falling while fossil fuel prices swing with every crisis. Choose clean energ
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