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)

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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The next trip is scheduled for June 13-20, 2011.
Find all the details when you visit the
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Notes:

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I want to thank all the new and current Members of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Your donations and support are always appreciated. If you would like to become a member, for just $20 a year, you will get free access to Song Henge, my exclusive archive of free Celtic music. Visit songhenge.com for details.

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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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“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

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- Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
- Celtic Christmas Podcast
- Celtic Dreamtime Podcast
- Celtic Christmas Music
- Irish Fireside has a bunch of Irish Gift Guide
- Marc Gunn’s New CD “The Bridge” is now available on CD Baby
- Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
- Irish and Celtic Music Podcast T-Shirts and Swag
- Celtic Invasion Vacations
- Vote for this Irish & Celtic Music Podcast iMix
- Post a review on your favorite website, like iTunes
- Link to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

This Week:

“Late Winter Waltz” by Banshee in the Kitchen
from Invite the Light

“Ding Dong Merrily” by Julia Lane
from Angels We Have Heard

“This Endris Night” by Heather Dale
from This Endris Night

“The Jump Ball/Whipple Hill/How We Spent the Christmas” by Liz Carroll
from Lake Effect

“The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy” by Seamus Kennedy
from Goodwill to Men

“Snowbird” by Maidens III
from Charm & Fire

“Christmas Is” by Hibernian Festival Singers
from Christmas Is…

“Carol of the Bagpiper” by Kevin Behan

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

“To Drive the Cold Winter Away” by Samantha Gillogly
from Triad: 3 Songs for the Winter Solstice

“Gaudeamus” by Tania Opland
from Winter Time

“Christmas Bells” by Angus Mohr
from A Christmas Pageant

“O Come All Ye Faithful” by Vince Conaway
from Hang the Holly

“Carol of the Ducks” by Neidfyre
from Adeste Anatinae

“Christmas Day” by The Elders
from Single

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Find out more about the artists in this show and in past shows by visiting us at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. While you’re there, visit the link for our Celtic Music CD Store on CD Baby. And support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.

“Auld Lang Syne” by Marc Gunn
from The Bridge (Celtic & Folk Music)

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Notes:
- The Celtic Top Five.
- Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.
- Celtic Invasion Vacations.
- Celtic Christmas Music.
- Cleveland Celtic Podcast Christmas Special.
- Post a review on your favorite website, like iTunes.
- Link to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.

This Week:

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Banshee in the Kitchen
from Invite the Light World Music for Winter

“Banjos We Have Heard on High” by Jed Marum
from Ain’t No Goin’ Back

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

“Gaia Song: Winter” by Craig of Farrington
from Blue Upon Blue

“O’Carolan’s/Welcome Christmas” by Alison Brown
from Evergreen

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

“Christmas Elf Conscription Song” by Marc Gunn
from Song Henge, Vol. 25

“Oh Come All Ye Faithful” by Wicked Tinkers
from Slainte Happy Holidays

“Jogging Along With My Reindeer” by Seamus Kennedy
from Goodwill to Men

“Reels: Christmas Eve/Oiche Nollag/High Road to Linton” by Eileen Ivers
from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

“Hey Ho Rounded” by NeidFyre
from Duck Feet Waddling

“An Appalachian Winter” by Steve & Ruth Smith
from An Appalachian Winter

“Noel Christmas Eve 1913″ by Coyote Run
from Tend the Fire

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

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Next time we’ll have more Celtic music. Find out more about the artists in this show and in past shows by visiting us at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. While you’re there, visit the link for our Celtic Music CD Store on CD Baby. And support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast.

“Sing Joy” by The Hibernian Festival Singers
from Christmas Is…

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Notes:
- Looking for CDs for the holidays, try Victims of Irish Music. This compilation CD from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, features some of the best independent instrumental Irish and Celtic music around. Or visit our Celtic Podcast CD Gallery . Looking for Celtic Christmas music? Though I might also suggest Eileen Ivers latest Christmas CD, An Nollaig, An Irish Christmas.
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- Last year’s Celtic Christmas show
- Cleveland Celtic Podcast – Christmas Specials
- Become a Member of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.
- Link to the Podcast.
- Comments? Please email me.

This Week:

“Silent Night” by Gypsy Soul
from Sacred

“Christmas Day/Dan O’Keefe’s” by Athas
from Athas

“Mrs. Foggarty’s Christmas Cake/The Cook in the Kitchen” by Seamus Kennedy
from Goodwill to Men

“Soltice Carol” by The Ravens
from Rise With the Moon

“A Midwinter Waltz” by Cady Finlayson
from Irish Coffee

“I Saw Three Ships” by Celtic Stone
from A Light Shall Shine: Music for Christmas

“Heigh Ho! The Holly” by Merry Wives of Windsor
from Tales from Windsor’s Tavern

“Greensleeves/What Child Is This?” by Celeste Howard
from Celtic Blessings

“Jingle Bells” by Drink Bar
from Drink Bar Demo

“The Holly and The Ivy” by Heather Dale
from This Endris Night

“Somerset Wassail” by Coyote Run
from Tend the Fire

“Adeste Fideles” by The Black House Ceilidh
from Upon a Winter’s Eve

“In the Winter Time” by Arminta
from Forged in the Fire

“Little Drummer Boy” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol. 1

“Bundle and Go/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Out on the Ocean” by The Gryphon Carolers
from One December Night

“Come Before Winter” by Steve and Ruth Smith
from Dancin’ Cross the Strings

Next time music we’ll have be back to our regular shows schedule. Find out more at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. Support the artists and buy their CDs.

“Sheep Under Snow” by Nick Hennessey
from Of Fire, Wind, and Silver Stream

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Notes:
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- Cleveland Celtic Christmas Music
- Songs from the Black
- Irish & Celtic Music Podcast on Myspace
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This Week:

“Third Carol for Christmas” by Stonecircle
from Winter Sky

“The Bells” by Coyote Run
from Tend the Fire

“Flurry Reel” by Brothers 3
from The Journey That Lies Before

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

“Nutcracker Suite – Sugar Plum Fairy” by Celtic Stone
from A Light Shall Shine: Music for Christmas
- Help get his album re-released by buying Digital Traditions

“O Holy Night” by Gypsy Soul
from Sacred

“The Wren” by Heather Dale
from The Wren Single

“Christchild’s Lullabye” by Stuart Martz
from Christchild’s Lullabye

“Slip Jigs for Holly” by E.J. Jones
from The Willow

“The Snows They Melt The Soonest” by Cara Dillon
from After the Morning

“Three wise reels” by Pol Mac Adaim
from Internationale

“Bog Down in Christmas” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol. 1

“In Dulci Jubilo_On Christmas Night” by Julia Lane
from Angels We Have Heard

“An Chead Nollaig (The First Christmas)-Oiche Chuin” by Seamus Kennedy
from Goodwill to Men