South Australia #394

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Raglan, West Awake, Lily Bentley, Tan and Sober Gentlemen, Ravens Three, Brobdingnagian Bards, Lissa Kathe, The King's Busketeers, Louise Fraser, Seamus Kennedy, KMM, The Triskells, The Blarney Rebel Band, Rebels and Sinners , The Grenaways

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:04 "Maigh Seola and the Ballina Barndance" by Raglan from A New Dawn

6:39 "Turkey in the Straw/Temperence Reel/Mason's Apron" by West Awake from Live at the Dublin Pub

10:41 "The Parting Glass" by Lily Bentley from Norwood Gothic

14:19 "Going Home" by The Tan and Sober Gentlemen from Veracity

18:32 "Mattie Groves" by Ravens Three from Flight

24:25 CELTIC FEEDBACK

26:45 "Jedi Mickey" by Brobdingnagian Bards

29:36 "Calanais Stones" by Lissa Kathe from Calanais

35:11 "South Australia" by The King's Busketeers from The Bedroom Sessions: Boston to Belfast

37:50 "Hush" by Louise Fraser from Single

41:25 "To Morrow" by Seamus Kennedy from A Smile and a Tear

44:30 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

47:23 "Les Corsairs" by KMM from Single

52:12 "La Danza Del Oso" by The Triskells from Single

56:07 "When I'm Sober" by The Blarney Rebel Band from Ever Onward

58:39 "'Til the Bottle Strikes Me Dead" by Rebels and Sinners from Day's Just Begun

1:03:34 "Rowan" by The Grenaways from Diesel Rainbows

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CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

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