Commitment to Celtic Music #256

In today's Celtic Feedback, someone pointed out that I made a commitment to Celtic music years ago. It's still going strong and growing each and every week as I share more indie Celtic music from artists like Fiddleheads, Academy of Irish Music, Spirited Lads, Chief O'Neill's Mixed Flock, Hearthfire Duo, The Sorries, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, Poitin, Gwilym Morus, Keltikon, Aiden's Clan, Hair of the Dog, Bang On the Ear, Round the House. Thank you for being on this journey with me and inspiring me to create an awesome Celtic music show each and every week!

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* I thought of another great way to help promote indie Celtic bands. I want to start sharing links to the albums of bands in the latest episode. Unfortunately, I really someone's help to make this work. It should only take about 30 minutes a week of your time. If you would like to help me promote indie Celtic music, drop me an email.

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This Week in Celtic Music

0:27 "The Annan Polka / Swedish Polka / Caddam Woods" by Fiddleheads from And The Fiddles Played On

5:21 "Farrell O'Gara" by Academy of Irish Music from Cruinn

8:30 "Bold O'Donahue" by Spirited Lads from Spirited Lads

11:04 "Slip Jigs: The Echo of Carrowkeel/The Cock and the Hen/Hardiman the Fiddler" by Chief O'Neill's Mixed Flock from The New Blackthorn Stick

15:24 "Kishmul's Galley" by Hearthfire Duo from Kishmul's Galley

19:28 CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

22:42 "The Thiggin' Song" by The Sorries from Auld Lang Syne

24:19 "Bundle and Go / My Mind Will Never Be Easy (feat. Brian Miller)" by Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen from Life Is All Checkered

27:10 "May" by Old Man Flanagan's Ghost from Sociable

32:08 "Scholar" by Poitin from Bofiguifluki

37:00 "Cold City" by Gwilym Morus from Live Performance

40:46 CELTIC FEEDBACK

43:22 "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" by Keltikon from Agenbite of Inwit

47:41 "Were You at the Rock?" by Aiden's Clan from Give It A Go

50:03 "Paddy On the Railway" by Hair of the Dog from At the Parting Glass

53:13 "Mairi's Wedding" by Bang On the Ear from Tales From the Glen

56:42 "Banks of the Fordie" by Round the House from At This Stage

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