Celtic Love Songs & Tunes #244

Happy Celtic Valentine's Day! I'm happy to share with you a bunch of Celtic love songs and tunes which show the Celts know as much as about love as anyone, some even more passionately so. You'll enjoy great Celtic music from Mithril Duo, Tullamore, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Battlefield Band, Colleen Raney & Colm Maccárthaigh, Marc Gunn, Scott Hoye, Seamus Kennedy, Steel Clover, The ShamRogues , The McCabes, Celtic Cross, Carbon Leaf, Finbar Furey. If you enjoy this podcast, then please rate the show on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Subscribe today to download 34 Celtic MP3s for free. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. And remember to Vote in the Celtic Top 20. Vote once for each episode and you can help me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2016 episode.   Today's show is brought to you by Celtic Invasion Vacations Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans to exotic locations around the world. We don’t travel in big tour buses and see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to Know the region through its culture, history, and legends. Plus, I bring you some great Celtic music by me and other Celtic artists. We're going to Cornwall in 2016. Subscribe to the mailing list to join the invasion at celticinvasion.com   Notes: * Each week, 139 people pledge $1 or more per episode to help pay for the production of the podcast. Whenever we hit a Milestone. You get an extra long episode of Celtic music. Right now, we are $6 away from a 2-hour Celtic music special highlighting the indie Celtic music of Canada. You can Become a Patrons of the Podcast. Special thanks to our newest Patrons: Christoffel, Amy, Robert * Plans for this year's St Patrick's Day Internet Music Festival are in full swing. We have our first musician, aside from me, who will submit a video for this year's festival. If you're a Celtic musician and want to join. Visit the website for details. * I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK: Call 678-CELT-POD to leave a voicemail message. That's 678-235-8763. What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can email a written comment to music@celticmusicpodcast.com along with a picture of what you're doing while listening to this podcast or from one of your trips to one of the Celtic nations.   This Week in Celtic Music 0:30 "The Price of My Pig / Kitty's Wedding (feat. Andy Kruspe)" by Mithril Duo from Bottom of the Punch Bowl 4:00 "Wedding Jigs" by Tullamore from Wild and Wicked Youth 8:42 "Nancy O" by The Makem & Spain Brothers from Up the Stairs 13:02 "Slow Air & Jig: The Glasgow Lasses / The Scottish Lovers" by Battlefield Band with Leo McCann from Beg & Borrow 17:05 "Mary and the Soldier" by Colleen Raney & Colm Maccárthaigh from Cuan 20:05 CELTIC MUSIC NEWS 22:18 "Purple Flower" by Marc Gunn from Celtic Love 25:43 "Eleanor Plunkett/Fanny Poer" by Scott Hoye from Black Rose 29:48 "Grace" by Seamus Kennedy from A Smile and a Tear 34:03 "Dunmore Lassies" by Steel Clover from Take the Crown 38:02 CELTIC FEEDBACK 40:01 "Leaving of Liverpool" by The ShamRogues from Drunken Memories 43:35 "Reely Funky: Cos Cob Reel, Love Of The Endings" by The McCabes from Dark Before the Dawn 47:53 "Strange Love" by Celtic Cross from Saoirse's Heart 51:07 "Mary Mac" by Carbon Leaf from Echo Echo 55:11 "Walking With My Love (with Mary Black)" by Finbar Furey from Colours The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. You can post feedback in the shownotes at celticmusicpodcast.com.