Celtic music is always burning somewhere. Today we fan the flame with new sounds from Sean Heely and Beth Patterson, The McDades, Skyrie, and a whole lot more. This is the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. It's the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #763 - - Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!

Sean Heely and Beth Patterson, The Byrne Brothers, serious kitchen, Jared Bogle, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Ockham's Razor, Runa, Hounds of Finn, The Horsenecks, Skyrie, Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, Jarmila Xymena Gorna, The McDades

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:06 - Sean Heely and Beth Patterson "Aux Nachitoches" from Stir the Blood to Fire

3:32 - WELCOME

7:58 - The Byrne Brothers "Waikiki Reel (Finn Byrne) Seanamhac Tube Station Reel [Traditional]" from Living the Dream

11:27 - serious kitchen "wind that shakes the barley" from on the mash

15:42 - Jared Bogle "The Orphan / The Black Rogue (Jigs)" from The Old Road Home

19:02 - Matt and Shannon Heaton "P Joe Hayes #2/Cottage in the Grove/Mother and Child (reels)" from Whirring Wings

23:05 - FEEDBACK

24:02 - Runa "For All That You Do Set" from When The Light Gets In

29:35 - Hounds of Finn "Where It Burns" from Gravity Pulls

34:06 - The Horsenecks "Jinny Lin's Tune" from In the West

36:42 - THANKS

37:43 - Ockham's Razor "Murmuring" from Secrets and Silence

42:00 - Skyrie "Solid Ground" from Hunger Road

47:01 - Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer "Pyramid Bourrée" from Come Bring With A Noise

50:48 - Jarmila Xymena Gorna "Escape - Dihangfa" from Single

56:24 - CLOSING

57:46 - The McDades "The Lily of the West" from Thread The Light

1:01:57 - CREDITS

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Support for this program comes from International speaker, Joseph Dumond, teaching the ancient roots of the Gaelic people. Learn more about their origins at Sightedmoon.com

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The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and our Patrons on Patreon. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. Visit our website to follow the show. You'll find links to all of the artists played in this episode.

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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. Discover the stories behind the songs from the heart of the Celtic pub scene.

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CHANGE IN WHO IS PLAYED ON THE PODCAST, NO AI MUSIC, FOCUS ON PERFORMING BANDS

Something important happened recently. I received my first - ever submission from a Celtic "band" that was 100% AI - generated.

Honestly? It sounded good. And I was grateful the artist, Emma Rove, was completely open about it. The music and the vocals were AI. I couldn't tell.

But from the early days of this podcast, my goal has been to promote indie Celtic artists. I'm updating that for the future. My goal is to promote performing indie Celtic artists.

This actually works well for me. I'm not a fan of most "Celtic Music" on YouTube. It's usually electronic and orchestrated. Not my thing.

So if the artists aren't performing, I probably won't play them on the podcast.

Hopefully that makes for a better show all around. Thanks for your support.

THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!

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