#119: Best Celtic Artists for St Patrick's Day 2012

Music from Colin Farrell, Jimi McRae & Sam Okoo, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Heather Alexander, Scooter Muse, The Crossing, Rising Gael, The Flying Toads, Alison Nolan, Atlantic Wave, Rambling Sailors, Keith Hinchliffe, Pandora Celtica, Molly Bauckham, Gaelic Storm, Maggie Drennon, Ockham’s Razor, Jiggernaut, Rathkeltair, Sligo Rags. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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This Week in Celtic Music

“The Drunken Acrobat” by Colin Farrell
from On the Move

“Scotland The Brave/Jigs/The Jolly Beggarman” by Jimi McRae And Sam Okoo
from Scottish Pipes And African Drums

“Billy Boy/Nancy’s Fancy” by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
from Stones on the Ground

“The Hexhamshire Lass” by Heather Alexander
from A Gypsy’s Home: Songs of the Roving Life

“The Broom of the Cowdenknowes” by Scooter Muse
from Saddell Abbey

“Home” by The Crossing
from Baile (Home)

“Black Mountainside” by Rising Gael
from IV

“Out on the Ocean” by The Flying Toads
from In Stitches

“Red Is The Rose” by Alison Nolan
from Caterina Francesca

“The Plumbers Craic” by Atlantic Wave
from The Angel’s Share

“Blackbird” by Rambling Sailors
from Ports of Call

“Chapel Keithack” by Keith Hinchliffe
from Islands

“We Will Go Home” by Pandora Celtica
from Out of the Box

“The Shepherd’s Wife” by Molly Bauckham
from Maid on the Shore

“Blind Monkey” by Gaelic Storm
from Cabbage

“Dawnings Whisper” by Maggie Drennon
from Just Now

“Cold Whiskey Jane” by Ockham’s Razor
from Wolves in the Walls

“Macfurley’s Rant” by Jiggernaut
from The Well

“How the Irish Saved My Life” by Rathkeltair
from Something Good for a Change

“Everest, to the Climber” by Sligo Rags
from Roll Me Down the Mountain