Spirits if the Highland Road #775

TEUD: The Hebridean Fiddle Project, Juha Rossi, McFloosey, Jared Bogle, Jesse Ferguson, Celtic Underground, Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson, MacCumhaill and the Gang, Blackwillow Starling, Christine Collister, Bang on the Ear, Blaggards, Boiled In Lead, The Elders, Bill Mullen

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 - Intro: Cragganmore Distillery

0:10 - TEUD: The Hebridean Fiddle Project "Gaelic Waltzes" from TEUD

3:39 - WELCOME

5:30 - Dan Possumato "The Eavesdropper / The Diplodocus (feat. Kevin Burke & Kathy Fallon)" from An Teachín Gorm

An Teachín Gorm is Irish for "The Blue Cottage," said roughly "on CHAH - keen GUR - um."

8:31 - McFloosey "Shenandoah" from Fiacre's Fell

10:54 - Jared Bogle "Mr Standfast / The Trip to Durrow (Reels)" from The Old Road Home

14:25 - Jesse Ferguson "Who Would Not Fight for Charlie?" from Carried Forward

16:20 - FEEDBACK

19:46 - Celtic Underground "Come Back Paddy Reilly" from You Can Always Go Home

24:31 - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson "The Westport / The Manchester" from Once Through the Hall

27:44 - MacCumhaill and the Gang "Willow Maid" from 2

MacCumhaill is pronounced "mac - COOL," as in Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool).

33:15 - Blackwillow Starling "Fire Within" from Thornaeppel

36:59 - Christine Collister "The Mask" from I Am of Ireland / Yeats in Song

39:27 - THANKS

41:16 - Bang on the Ear "Heave Away" from Highland Road

44:18 - Boiled In Lead "Fast Reels" from King of the Dogwoods

47:51 - The Elders "Shores of Farewell" from The Spirits and The Sea

52:14 - CLOSING

52:55 - Bill Mullen "Rising O' the Moon" from The Beginning

55:39 - CREDITS

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* Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic musician and also host of Pub Songs & Stories. Every song has a story, every episode is a toast to Celtic and folk songwriters.

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Patrick Rieger emailed: "A New Band! Devil Take the Women Hi Marc,

Some exciting news here in Pittsburgh for people who like Irish music. An Irish band formed just a few years ago, Devil Take the Women, the name taken from "Whiskey in the Jar". The band is made up of Lauren on acoustic guitar and main vocals, Megan on fiddle and vocals, and Chris on the drums. The Irish bands and musicians I have seen and heard about in Pittsburgh have been around for many years. So to have a new band is pretty cool. My family and I, plus our friend Abby, saw Devil Take the Women for the first time on July 18 at Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle Irish Pub, and it was a great show. They have lots of energy, and a great stage personality. They throw in a few non - Irish songs from time to time, but most of the time it's Irish, which is good for us who have not been happy with the decline in the amount of Irish music played in the pubs for a number of years. We will be seeing them again, and hopefully get some more friends to join us."

Martha Clancy emailed: "Hi Marc, I am a Celtic harpist Interested in your e - book about how to promote music in the digital age. You have actually featured me in the past.

I used to be able to make money with my CDs on Qvc network and other outlets but now find it very difficult. I have composed many songs in the traditional manner which I would like to promote and find a way to make an income stream with the music I've already produced. I have four CDs I have collaborated on several others. Someone has put much of my music on iTunes which you can search Martha Clancy and iTunes for but I don't get any income from that.

My website is www.harpsounds.com