Cat on the Roof #755

This week on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, we travel from Kolkata to Dublin. We go from pub brawls to Ragland Road. From a cat on a rooftop to the bog down in the valley. Fifteen artists. One incredible hour. Let's go. It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #755. Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!

Cedar Dobson and Debojyoti Sanyal, The Here & Now, Ryan McCombe, Faoileán, Celtic Conundrum, Pressgang Mutiny, Arise & Go, The Bilge Pumps, Stephen MacDonald, Duncan McLauchlan, Glaucia Carvalho, SeaStar, Dropkick Murphys, Release the Craicen, Leevy, Tara's Folk

Marc Gunn, Cedar Dobson, Debojyoti Sanyal, Faoileán, Leevy, Tara's Folk, Dropkick Murphys, Arise & Go, Pressgang Mutiny, SeaStar

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:06 - Cedar Dobson and Debojyoti Sanyal "Jimmy Ward's Jig" from From Kolkata to Dublin

1:46 - WELCOME

4:19 - The Here & Now "Madison Avenue" from Ladybird

9:27 - Ryan McCombe "Ragland Road" from single

13:16 - Faoileán "Cat on the Roof" from Why Should I Not

17:19 - Celtic Conundrum "The Land" from Lore

21:25 - FEEDBACK

28:09 - Pressgang Mutiny "Maggie May" from Departure

31:37 - Arise & Go "The Drowning At Bruckless / The Miller’s Maggot" from Moments of Light

35:47 - The Bilge Pumps "Excursion Around the Bay" from Greatest Hits, Vols I - VII

38:45 - Stephen MacDonald "The Chords Wouldn’t Play" from The Legend of John Lally

41:45 - Duncan McLauchlan and Glaucia Carvalho "The bog down in the valley" from McLauchlan's Celtic Brew

45:13 - THANKS

47:08 - SeaStar "The Fore Shadows" from The Treekeeper Awakens

52:13 - Dropkick Murphys "Fiending for the Lies" from For The People (Expanded Edition)

54:53 - Release the Craicen "Fisher's Hornpipe / Limerick Lasses / Mason's Apron" from Live! Songs on a Boat

57:42 - Leevy "Burn the Casket" from Baile Mhúirne or the Soldiers March the Paps of Anú

1:01:18 - CLOSING

1:02:06 - Tara's Folk "Everybody's old" from remember how we fall

1:05:52 - CREDITS

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You are two weeks into the Spring Celtic Challenge. That is no small thing. Two weeks of walking. Two weeks of music. Two weeks of picking up a little trash and leaving the world a bit cleaner than you found it.

Week three is where it gets real. The novelty has worn off. Life has gotten in the way at least once. And you're still here. That matters.

So here's your reminder. Step outside today. Twenty minutes. Let the music move with you. And if you spot something on the ground that doesn't belong there, pick it up. One piece. That's all.

If you've been working on the community knotwork or sharing your challenge art, keep going. Tag it, share it, celebrate it. You're building something with this community, step by step.

Two weeks down. Two to go. Let's walk.

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Ryan S. emailed back in January: "Hey Marc. On this week's Dan Savage podcast episode #1000, they mentioned the Irish and celtic music podcast!!! Woot! Keep up the good work!"

Chelle Fiddler emailed: "Hi Marc!  I am also a long - time Celtic musician.  As a player, I love the pin idea.  As an audient (my invented word for one audience, ; - ) ) I probably wouldn't buy it.  But that's just me.... I'm not inclined to listen to Celtic music at home.  I'm more likely to go to a live show, or even hire the band to play a house concert.

I'm running the Celtic series at the Old Brogue in Great Falls now... I adopted that baby from IONA this past Fall.  Hopefully I can beg your help promoting the shows?  We need all the help we can get. : - ). I'm so very green at promoting shows, and now I'm running two concert serieses... serii?  Like you, I'm all about keeping this music alive and vibrant, and building an audience for my brilliant colleagues. All the best,"

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Alexander Randall 5th emailed: “Whether you make better patter or not, I will listen to you until I die.

I mentioned the Galacian Celtic music.

I am so intrigued by this sound.

Some of it is like obvious jigs and reels and marches, but it also sounds like Flamenco some of the time and sometimes muslim  creep in.  It is very "spanish" and yet not.   And when the bagpipes come in, you think you are in Ireland...

Here are four that you will find interesting.

This one is by the kind of national Galacian folk arts concert.  It opens with an almost middle eastern sound, the the voices com in singing in Spanish and then the bagpipes hit and it turns into a celtic party... in spain!

 

This one opens with cricket and turns into a dance.

This one is a jig.  It says so in the title but then it turns into something else  -   -  The Muneira is like the Galacian national dance... It could be scots...

What country did this dance come from?

You pick up all kinds of odd ideas.  Fiddle around with this Galician celtic music…”