Celtic Christmas Special, Part 2. Music from The AM String Band, Wicked Tinkers, Don Grieve, Samantha Gillogly, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Gothard Sisters, Boston Blackthorne, Jennifer Grassman, Gaêlica, Ron Cody, Oona McOuat, Altan, Angus Mohr, Julia Lane. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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This Week

“The Snow Day Waltz” by The AM String Band
from Take Root!

“Coventry Carol” by Wicked Tinkers
from Slainte Happy Holidays!

“The Winter Has Passed” by Don Grieve
from Tribute To Robbie Burns

“Da Day Dawn” by Samantha Gillogly
from Triad: 3 Songs for the Winter Solstice

“Bog Down in Christmas” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Christmas in Brobdingnag

“Little Drummer Girl” by The Gothard Sisters
from Christmas

“Big Old City” by Boston Blackthorne
from County Kerry to Kerry Park

“What Child Is This?” by Jennifer Grassman
from Serpent Tales & Nightingales

“Niño Lindo” by Gaêlica
from Peace – A Venezuelan Celtic Christmas

“Snow on the Hills/Bobby Casey’s” by Ron Cody
from The Talking Rake

“December Song” by Oona McOuat
from December Song Single

“The Snowy Pathy” by Altan
from Harvest Storm
courtesy of Compass Records

“Fum Fum Fum” by Angus Mohr
from A Christmas Pageant

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“Away in the Manger” by Julia Lane
from Angels We Have Heard (Beloved Music of Yuletide)

After last week’s show, I had to ask myself “What is Celtic Christmas music anyway?” It’s a fairly generic, marketing term, just like “Celtic music”. But for me it conjures up certain images and sounds that *I* want to hear. Love to hear your thoughts on it as well.

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Music:

“Carol of the Bells” by Celtic Stone
from A Light Shall Shine: Music For Christmas

“Do You Hear What I Hear?” by Eileen Ivers
from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Banshee in the Kitchen
from Invite the Light

“Christmas Potpourri” by Julia Lane
from Angels We Have Heard on High

“Christmas Bells” by Angus Mohr
from A Christmas Pageant

“Christmas Time in Texas” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Christmas in Brobdingnag

“The First Noel” by The Gothard Sisters
from Christmas

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Time to celebrate the holiday season.    Producer Cal Koat has found the merriest, jolliest, most Yule-ish music in the Celtic canon.  Grab your eggnog and enjoy.

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• Great Big Sea – Come and I Will Sing You
• Spirit of the West – Christmas Eve
• Jethro Tull – Ring Out Solstice Bells
• Eileen Ivers – Christmas Eve
• Cherish the Ladies – On Christmas Night
• Boys of the Lough – A Midwinter Waltz
• Tarbox Ramblers – Last Month of the Year
• New Grange - Go Tell It On the Mountain
• Natalie MacMaster with Allison Kraus – Get Me Through December
• Berroguetto – Nadal de Luintra
• Jethro Tull – Bouree
• Loreena McKennitt – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Cherish the Ladies – Ding Dong Merrily on High.

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Celtic Christmas Special, Part 1. Music from Eileen Ivers, Banshee in the Kitchen, Tommy Sands, Wicked Tinkers, Locklin Road, Stonecircle, Damh The Bard, Lunasa, Marc Gunn, Nancy Daily Green, Angus Mohr & Friends, Fred Gosbee, Jiggernaut, Iona. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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Wouldn’t it be amazing to walk among the rolling green
hills of Ireland? Picture the texture of standing
stones, the sounds of Irish fiddle, and the wet taste
of Guinness on your lips and you’re just now beginning to
understand the magic of each Celtic Invasion of Ireland.
The next trip is scheduled for June 13-20, 2011.
Find all the details when you visit the
website at www.celticinvasion.com .

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This Week

“The Wexford Carol” by Eileen Ivers
from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

“Jeanette-Isabella Set” by Banshee in the Kitchen
from Invite the Light

“Like the First Time It’s Christmas Time” by Tommy Sands
from To Shorten the Winter

“Angels We Have Heard On High” by Wicked Tinkers
from Slainte Happy Holidays

“Lambs on the Green Hills” by Locklin Road
from Christmas Light

“Third Carol for Christmas” by Stonecircle
from Winter Sky

“The Winter King” by Damh The Bard
from Spirit of Albion

“Feabhra = An Erc’h War An Enezeg (Snow On The Island)/Brenda Stubbert’s/Thunderhead” by Lunasa
from The Story So Far

“Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song” by Marc Gunn
from Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song

“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Nancy Daily Green
from Celebrating Christmas Yore

“Ukrainian Bell Carol” by Angus Mohr & Friends
from A Christmas Pageant

“Waiting for the Snow” by Fred Gosbee
from The Ballad of Cappy John & Other Songs of Coastal Maine

“Midwinter” by Jiggernaut
from The Well

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PROMO – Slice of Sci Fi

“I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In/Three Little Boats Went Out to Sea/Christmas Day Isa Moarnin/Christmas Eve Reel” by Iona
from Mid-Winter Light

In this special holiday edition of the Engaging Ireland Podcast, Travis and Kathy take a look at some of the holiday traditions that have been practiced in Ireland over the years, and Travis presents a recital of the Kerry Christmas Carol, written by Sigerson Clifford.

Anne Roos was kind enough to allow use of her beautiful harp music for this episode. For further information on Anne and her music, visit her website at www.celticharpmusic.com or in iTunes.

The Engaging Ireland Podcast presents information, interviews, and travel tips related to Ireland and Irish Culture. The podcast can also be found on iTunes and other media podcast outlets.

I’m back from a month-long break and happy to announce a new baby in my family. Show #76 celebrates Kenzie’s birth plus the magic and music of a Celtic Christmas.

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Music:

“Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song” by Marc Gunn
from Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song Single

“Don Oiche Udi mBeithill” by Eileen Ivers
from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

“(Without You On) Christmas Day” by George Papavgeris
from Ordinary Heroes

“Merry Christmas Everyone” by Séan McCann
from Merry Christmas Everyone

“Irish Holiday” by The Gleasons
from A Letter To Erin

“Christmas Day” by The Elders
from Christmas Day

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We hope to be back again next year with more great Celtic Christmas and holiday music and entertainment for your listening enjoyment.

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On Christmas Eve, I wrote a wee song that I thought I’d share with this final episode of 2009.

Slainte!

This show:
“Kilted Christmas” by Marc Gunn

Plus – Luis the Rowan
continuing our Ogma’s Tales Of The Trees,
and the Creation of the Ogham Alphabet

Content : 57 mins 42 secs

• introduction to the program and credits
• about wassailing traditions
• about the Rowan Tree
• Luis The Rowan feature story from our Ogham series
• Story : Harry McCrory and the Yule Log
• songs and music by …
  Broceliande, Claire Roche, Madeleine Doherty, Donna Germano, Willson & McKee, Harris Moore

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Credits and Links :

Broceliande

songs played are “Gloucestershire Wassail” and “Gaudete” from their CD, “Sir Christmas”

Claire Roche

song played is “Dun Oiche Ud I Mheitheal” which is on her “Journey With Claire Roche CD.

Willson & McKee

“One Lone Rowan Tree” taken from the CD of the same name

Madeleine Doherty

Music from her Inner Music trilogy was used as background in my “Luis The Rowan” story, the track used, “Sacred Journey” on CD1 of the trilogy.

Harris Moore

This podscape finishes with “The Spiral Dance” and also features harp intermissions from “Busker’s Dream”, both tracks from “Earth Spirits Of Ancient Ireland” by Harris Moore of the Celtic And Prehistoric Museum in Ventry, west of Dingle in Kerry. Worth a visit. Get CDs by phoning Harris or contact me, John of Celtic Ways.

Donna Germano

The tune used during the Harry McCrory story was taken from Donna’s interpretation of “Cape Clear” from her “Winter Star” CD.

Next Podscape ideas and plans …

Scheduled for January 3^rd release

Pottering Harry McCrory’s finds someone to build him a Timeless Machine

part 3 of our Ogma’s Tale of the Trees 22 part series, “Fearn the Alder”

maybe an interview, but not sure who yet

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Here we are… yet another year almost done and it brings me to have over 100 requests to bring on the Paddy Rockin’ Holiday’s Podcast again!! It’s a mix of Celtic Rock & Punk bands along with some of my favorite songs for the holidays and some fun stuff to maybe give ya a giggle and spit whiskey out your nose.

Thanks again everyone for getting me one step closer to our 10 year anniversary on June 1, 2010!!!

Playlist:

Darby O’Gill & The Little People – Whiskey Christmas
88 Fingers Louie – All I Want For Christmas
Neck – Anarchy In The UK
The Ruffians – Christmas In Killarney
The Tossers – St. Stephen’s Day
Mojo Nixon – We 3 Kings
Shane MacGowan – Christmas Lullaby
The Dickies – Silent Night
Mr Irish Bastard – Christmas In Hell
The Yobs – Oy Santa
Gobshites – Christmas Eve in the Boozer
Flogging Molly – The Rare Ould Times
Reilly – We Three Kings of Orient Are
The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York
The Sandcarvers – The Night Before
The Yobs- C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S – Gloria
Pipes and Pints – City By The Sea
The Vandals – Oi To The World
Flatfoot 56 – Amazing Grace
The Bollweevils – White Christmas
Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers – (Hey Now) You’re My Savior
Groovie Ghoulies – Christmas On Mars
Darby O’Gill & The Little People- Baby It’s Cold Outside
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – This Time Of Year
Dust Rhinos – St Peter of the Pub
Biblecode Sundays – Christmas In London
The Real Mackenzies – Auld Lang Syne
Hope you all have one hell of a party this Holidays season… bring your families together… either from blood… or from liking great music… and raise a pint and thank all who have passed away and for leaving us more beer to drink now that they are gone.

Cheers,

John Bowles
c/o Paddyrock.com