Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Dogwood King of Connemara #770

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Show Notes

The Cuckoo sings in May and the King of the Dogwoods reigns over an hour built from polkas, ballads, and Gaelic song. This episode moves between Ireland, Scotland, and the wider Celtic diaspora, featuring both first - time voices on the show and beloved regulars who have shaped its sound for years. It's the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #770. - - Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!

Trí, Celtic Underground, Blackwillow Starling, Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson, Irish Millie, The Bilge Pumps, Callan, Boiled In Lead, Mairi McGillivray, Hadrian's Wall, Colin Steele, Sean Griffin, The Tan and Sober Gentlemen, John Doyle

Marc Gunn, Trí, Blackwillow Starling, Irish Millie, Mairi McGillivray, Sean Griffin, Colin Steele, John Doyle, Boiled In Lead

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 - Intro: Tom Field

0:10 - Trí "The Manchester / The Old Bush / The Banks of the Ilen" from The Cuckoo Sings in May

3:31 - WELCOME

5:12 - Celtic Underground "John Ryan's Polka / Hills of Connemara" from You Can Always Go Home

8:52 - Blackwillow Starling "Guardian of the Grove" from Thornaeppel

11:36 - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson "The Peeler's Jacket / The Duke of Leinster" from Once Through the Hall

14:01 - Irish Millie "CINEMA" from Can You See Me?

17:34 - FEEDBACK

19:14 - The Bilge Pumps "Roll the Old Chariot Along" from Greatest Hits, Vols I - VII

21:58 - Callan "Amazing Grace" from Callan Song Book

25:24 - Boiled In Lead "The King of the Dogwoods" from King of the Dogwoods

28:47 - Mairi McGillivray "'S Mòr mo Chùram" from Mo Thìr

31:46 - THANKS

33:41 - Hadrian's Wall "Check in with Toronto" from Play Us a Tune

36:43 - Colin Steele "Benromach" from Stramash II

43:20 - Sean Griffin "JFK" from People Are Mad

47:51 - The Tan and Sober Gentlemen "Rabbit" from Veracity

51:05 - CLOSING

51:56 - John Doyle "An Irishman's Epistle To The People Of America" from Free by Nature: Songs of the Irish in the American Revolution

56:50 - 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 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.

Support for this program comes from John Sharkey White, II.

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.

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