Dancing in Belfast #764

From Québécois fiddle fire to a Highland fairy lullaby, this week's Celtic journey takes you from County Clare to Brittany and beyond. New music, fresh voices, and a few surprises. This is the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #764  -  -  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com!

Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau, Mary Beth Carty, Trouz Bras, Ned Bigham, The Edinburgh Quartet & Màiri Macmillan, Hildaland, Gwendolyn Snowdon & Cathinca, Dervish featuring Aoife O'Donovan, Blackwillow Starling, Darren Flynn, Donnie 'Large' Macdonald, Celtic Cross, Bang on the Ear, Shades of Green, MacCumhaill and the Gang, Margaret Davis

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0:07 - Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau "Lebreux" from Écoutez tous

3:11 - WELCOME

4:14 - Mary Beth Carty "Mary Anne" from single

7:59 - Trouz Bras "Life is for Living" from Edge of the Spiral: Celtic Music of Brittany

11:57 - Ned Bigham, The Edinburgh Quartet & Màiri Macmillan "Bàs Osgair (the Death of Oscar)" from The Heroic Ballads  -  Laoidhean nan Gaisgeach  -  EP

16:59 - Hildaland "The Watchman's Polka (feat. Ethan Setiawan & Louise Bichan)" from Fiddle Tunes (feat. Ethan Setiawan & Louise Bichan)  -  EP

20:21 - FEEDBACK

21:26 - Gwendolyn Snowdon & Cathinca "Onder de Linde (Unter der Linden)" from Fabula Feminae  -  EP

26:13 - Dervish featuring Aoife O'Donovan "Jackie" from The Great Irish Songbook Vol 2: Poets & Storytellers

29:36 - Blackwillow Starling "Woodland Green" from Thornaeppel

32:16 - Darren Flynn "Pinebox" from (single)

35:52 - Donnie 'Large' Macdonald "An Greusaiche (The Cobbler)" from Christina

39:26 - THANKS

41:43 - Celtic Cross "Dancin' Belfast" from Dancin' Belfast  -  Single

45:16 - Bang on the Ear "My Bonnie Lassie" from Highland Road

48:15 - Shades of Green "I'm Drunk (Yo - Ho!)" from Single

50:46 - MacCumhaill and the Gang "Crathadh t'Aodaich" from 2

53:49 - CLOSING

55:18 - Margaret Davis "Highland Fairy Lullabye" from The Elder Lass

58:55 - CREDITS

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