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Plant your boots firmly on the ground and find freedom with Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #656 . Subscribe now ! Tradify, Sorcha, The Gothard Sisters, Altan, Emma Langford, Patsy O'Brien, Poitín, Brother Sea, Gordon McLeod, Beltaine, Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro, Meerrant, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Chance the Arm, Alexander James Adams 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 for Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free . VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2024 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 next year's Best Celtic music of 2024 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now ! 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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:07 - Tradify "Neili's Slide, Neili's Polka, Your Mother's Little Pet & Bill Sullivan's" from Take Flight 4:26 - WELCOME 6:12 - Sorcha "Waterman's / Luke Skywalker Walks on Sunshine" from Stomp the Floor 10:23 - The Gothard Sisters "Nightfall" from Dragonfly 14:34 - Altan "The Donegal Selection: An Bóthar Mór/Tommy Peoples' Reel/Is Cuma Liom (Reels)" from Donegal 17:51 - Emma Langford "Sailor's Wife" from Sowing Acorns 20:48 - FEEDBACK 22:55 - Patsy O'Brien "Where The Sunflowers Grow" from Onward 25:40 - Poitín "Aquarius Rhapsody" from One For The Road 31:05 - Brother Sea "Curious Shore" from Brother Sea Ep 34:48 - Gordon McLeod "The Colliers" from Still Fiddlin' 37:59 - Beltaine "Whisky Rye" from Mercy 41:01 - THANKS 43:28 - Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro "Flacos y Ensin Peinar" from Rock & Fierro 47:41 - Meerrant "Sur le Pont" from Fells 51:09 - The Celtic Kitchen Party "Along Came Catherine Snow" from Lobster Tail and Beer 53:25 - Chance the Arm "Cooley's Reel" from The Green Groves of Erin 57:52 - CLOSING 59:01 - Alexander James Adams "With These Boots" from The Blue Rose Rare and Other Faerie Tales 1:03:27 - 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. 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. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ . WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. This podcast is here to build a diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. 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Keep listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to celebrate Celtic culture through music. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast on Patreon at SongHenge.com . TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. There's still time to join my Celtic Invasion of Scotland's Whisky. Learn more about the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast 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. Joe Brown emailed: "I love all you do, and have been a fan since the early shows. Speaking of them, many times I do like to go back and listen to them. I have been in love with the artists you played back then. Poitin, Vicki Swan and Johnnyt Dyer, Wicked Tinkers, Jed Marum, MacTalla Mor, and who could possibly forget Serious Kitchen! Thanks for everything!!" Don Hickey emailed: "Going to see the Dublin City Ramblers on 3/18 in Sanford, Fl. Thank you," Brenda Richardson emailed some photos: "I enjoy the podcast immensely, and I finally have some photos to send from a 5K St Patrick's Day event on March 16, 2024. This was a group of friends and family brought together by an exercise class leader at the YMCA in Colorado Springs. We heard snippets of Celtic Music along our route and saw a group of dancers in the parade." Brian McReynolds emailed a St Patrick's Day picture of bagpipers. Margaret Stock emailed a photo from the Shamrock Shuffle race in Alaska.