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May 25, 2023 68 mins

We're casting a magic dragon spell to enchant you with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #608.

Moher, Fiddle Folk Family, Cavort Celtic, Gordon McLeod, Forkroot, Joey Abarta, Kieran Byrne, Brad Reid, Paddyman, David Arkenstone, Thrifty Malone, Chance the Arm, River Driver, Caliceltic, Ewen McIntosh, Ryan Roubison

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 - Intro: Jim Nettles

0:13 - Moher "Hervitmon (slip jigs, jig) 30th Anniversary Slip Jig  -  Herman The German_s  -  Hervitmon" from Phoenix

4:37 - WELCOME

6:14 - Fiddle Folk Family "Maid behind the bar / Cooley's reel / Kilmaley" from Ungeschieden, ungekämmt, ungehört

10:17 - Cavort Celtic "Damn Cold Song" from Kilted Cavort

15:05 - Gordon McLeod "Magic Slipper" from Still Fiddlin'

18:17 - Forkroot "Coyotes at the Dump" from Water & Shade

21:41 - FEEDBACK

25:10 - Joey Abarta "Any Ol' Jig Will Do/The Black Rock/Top it Off (Hop Jigs)" from King of the Blind

28:29 - Kieran Byrne "Welcome Home" from single

31:46 - Brad Reid "Sunday Session" from The Bridge

36:01 - Paddyman "One for the Road" from One for the Road

39:55 - David Arkenstone "The Green Dragon" from Music Inspired by Middle Earth vol.ll

42:59 - THANKS

45:10 - Thrifty Malone "Fill Up Me Barrow Boys!" from single

48:07 - Chance the Arm "Foggy Dew" from All in Good Time

51:20 - River Driver "Fiddle Sticks Set" from Traces

55:42 - Caliceltic "The Wild Rover" from 2023 and Me

58:54 - Ewen McIntosh "Donald MacGillivray" from Ma's Math Mo Chuimhn

1:02:29 - CLOSING

1:03:54 - Ryan Roubison "The Jolly Soldier / The Little Stack of Wheat" from Songs from the Willow Glen

1:07:43 - 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


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