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June 5, 2025 79 mins

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Malin Lewis, The Homespun Ceilidh Band, Bua, Callanish, Dancing With Hobbits, Ermagerd the Bard, Alexander James Adams, Seumas Gagne, Melanie Gruben, Ockham's Razor

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:11 - The Homespun Ceilidh Band "De'il In The Kitchen / The Drunken Piper" from Home With

The Homespun Ceilidh Band

  • Daphne Eftychia Arthur (pronounciation eff - ti - HEE - ah) T and L

3:19 - WELCOME

5:26 - Bua "John Joe Hartnett's / Spellan the Fiddler" from Down the Green Fields

9:29 - Callanish "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" from Callanish

  • John Adams: Fiddler

12:58 - Dancing With Hobbits "Hobbit Hornpipe" from Dancing With Hobbits

  • Sam Gillogly: Fiddle

15:22 - THANKS

17:44 - INTREVIEW: INTRODUCTION

23:43 - Malin Lewis "Hiraeth" from Halocline

27:59 - INTERVIEW: INSPIRATIONS

35:15 - Malin Lewis "Trans" from Halocline

38:20 - INTERVIEW: RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS

45:08 - Malin Lewis "The Old Inn" from Halocline

48:52 - FEEDBACK

52:55 - Ermagerd the Bard “I Walk Among You” from single

55:31 - Alexander James Adams "Your Coming Spring" from The Blue Rose Rare and Other Faerie Tales

1:01:16 - Seumas Gagne "Tir Nan Og" from Baile Ard

1:06:32 - Melanie Gruben "Water Charges Song" from Like a Tide Upon the Land

1:11:30 - CLOSING

1:12:37 - Ockham's Razor "I'm Coming Home Northumberland (2024)” from Garnet

1:18:36 - 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.

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