Best Irish & Celtic Music of 2013 #153

Irish Celtic music from Clandestine, Embarr, Gaelic Storm, Gael Warning, The Gothard Sisters, Hair of the Dog, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Bilge Pumps, Willow and Her Giant, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, Shishonnah, Jed Marum, Rathkeltair, Barleyjuice, Enter the Haggis, Flashpoint, Sons of Malarkey, The Rogues, Finvarra, Marc Gunn. www.celticmusicpodcast.com

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Marc Gunn has three special St Patrick’s Day music events planned for the holiday:

• March 10-14, 2014 is Marc Gunn’s St Patrick’s Day Party on Google Hangouts, every morning starting at 9:00am courtesy of the Pub Songs Podcast.
• Friday, March 14, 2014 at Beef O’Brady’s Irish Pub and Restaurant in Hoover, Alabama
• Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Five Points in Birmingham, Alabama at three different venues starting at 11am.

Visit the bands below to find out what they are doing for St. Patrick’s Day. And remember to tell them you heard them on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast’s Best of the Year special!

This Week in Celtic Music

1:01
“The Hare Reels” by Clandestine
from ReD

6:30
“Slip Jigs: Butterfly/Foxhunters” by Embarr
from Bushes, Briars & Figs, Live at the Riviera

9:38
“Tear Upon the Rose” by Gaelic Storm
from How Are We Getting Home

14:30
“Farewell to Ireland” by Gael Warning
from Audio Visions: Live at the Lake

19:32
“Castle of Dromore” by Willow and Her Giant
from Demo CD

24:20
“Compass” by The Gothard Sisters
from Compass

26:45
“Ghost of the Molly Maguires” by Hair of the Dog
from At the Parting Glass

29:34
“Lothlorien” by Brobdingnagian Bards
from Memories of Middle Earth Remastered

32:25
“Johnny Jump Up” by The Bilge Pumps
from The Idiodyssey

37:01
“Cead Mile Failte” by Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones
from Let Ye All Be Irish Tonight

44:37
“Elysian Dreams” by Shishonnah
from Elysian Dreams

48:25
“Lily of the West” by Jed Marum
from Lonestar Banjo

49:49
“Dante’s Local” by Rathkeltair
from 8

53:58
“Weekend Irish” by Barleyjuice
from Larry Kirwan’s Celtic Invasion

59:27
“Balto” by Enter the Haggis
from The Modest Revolution

1:02:47
“Martin Wynne’s Set” by Flashpoint
from Jammed

1:07:48
“Star of the County Down” by Sons of Malarkey
from Sons of Malarkey

1:10:02
“Scotland the Brave” by The Rogues
from Live in Canada, Eh?

1:12:23
“The Battle of Evermore” by Finvarra
from Finvarra

1:20:30
“Mingulay Boat Song” by Marc Gunn
from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion