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Come together with great Celtic music from Stonecircle, Solas, Blarney Castle, We Banjo 3, Ed Miller, Burning Bridget Cleary, Chris Murphy, Andrew McKee, Black Market Haggis, Battlegs, Blackstone Cuil, The Brazen Heads, Booze Brothers, The Shanties. Listen. Like. Share. Then download 34 Celtic MP3s for Free! Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine . This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Today's show is brought to you by Celtic Invasion of Brittany Standing stones are pretty awesome and inspiring to see. But imagine 3000 of them, together... and you, able to make a daily sojourn among the stones. 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Slainte'" This Week in Celtic Music 0:36 "Moped in the Sky" by Stonecircle from Metamorphosis 4;26 "Roarie Bummlers" by Solas from All These Years 8:35 "Her Heart Was Buried" by Blarney Castle from Her Heart Was Buried 12:14 "Island Orchard" by We Banjo 3 from String Theory 16:14 "The Ewe Buchts" by Ed Miller from Come Awa' Wi' Me 22:42 CELTIC POCAST NEWS 24:27 "The Mountain" by Burning Bridget Cleary from These Are the Days 28:28 "Connemara Ponies" by Chris Murphy from The Tinker's Dream 31:30 "Satisfied" by Andrew McKee from The Irish Bard 34:37 "Shandon Bells Set" by Black Market Haggis from upcoming CD 38:41 CELTIC FEEDBACK 41:10 "Barnyards of Delgaty" by Battlegs from Lost My Shoes 43:11 "Blackstone Cuil" by Blackstone Cuil from Blackstone Cuil 48:17 "If I Ever Lived Before" by The Brazen Heads from Who's Your Paddy 52:05 "Elevator" by Booze Brothers from Elevator 56:48 "Sally Gardens" by The Shanties from Fear Not VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 . It's easier than ever to do. 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