Wandering the Celtic countryside looking for great indie Celtic music I found David Hyams, Lochlainn, Celtic Squall, The Nettles, The Kish Celtic Band, Shillelagh!, Beth Patterson & Patrick O'Flaherty, Darren Raleigh, Marc Gunn, Bill Grogan's Goat, The Tossers, Connemara Stone Company, Cleghorn, The Ceili Family. Listen and Share!

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Marc Gunn's latest album, Pirates vs. Dragons, will be released on July 27, 2016. You'll hear sea shanties interwoven with a Celtic Steampunk musical story about an air pirate that kidnaps a bard to immortalize his dragon treasure hunting in song. What he doesn't realize is that the musician will do anything to protect the dragons. Subscribe to my mailing list to notified when it is released, or go to savedragons.com

 

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This Week in Celtic Music

0:31 "The Stolen Kiss" by David Hyams from Knowing the Place

5:16 "Make the Fence" by Lochlainn from Cailleach's Plaid

10:00 "Samuel Hall" by Celtic Squall from Celtic Squall

13:22 "Sandy River Belle/The 28th of January" by The Nettles from Flow

17:54 "Eastern Morn" by The Kish Celtic Band from The Kish Celtic Band

20:00 CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

20:48 "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by Shillelagh! from A Turn of Fortune

23:41 "Tolka Polka Set" by SLIP from Demo

27:42 "Bean Phaidin" by Beth Patterson & Patrick O'Flaherty from Caelic

28:58 "The Song of the Water Kelpie" by Darren Raleigh from Silverwheel

32:27 "Come and Be a Pirate" by Marc Gunn from Pirates vs. Dragons

35:20 CELTIC FEEDBACK

36:32 "The Burning of Cork" by Bill Grogan's Goat from Third Eye

40:54 "Leopardstown Races" by The Tossers from Agony

46:34 "Balivanich" by Connemara Stone Company from Back Home

53:05 "Castle Kelly" by Cleghorn from Cleghorn

58:44 "Alive" by The Ceili Family from Ministry of Silly Folk

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