Will Castles Stop the Roving Celt? #263

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This Week in Celtic Music

0:42 "Shandon Bells Set" by Black Market Haggis from EP

4:50 "Spotted Dog/The Swallow's Tail/Donegal Lass" by Reel Treble

6:56 "A Stonecutter's Journey" by Bat Kinane from The Hills Above the Valley

10:08 "The Exiles" by The Flying Toads from In Stitches

14:35 "Maid of Fife-e-o" by The Black Velvet Band from The Black Velvet Band

18:01 CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

18:57 "Castle of Arianrhod" by Emerald Rose from That Night in the Garden

24:45 "The Banks Are Made of Marble" by Runa from Current Affairs

27:47 "Loch Tay Boat Song" by Martyn Wylde from Minstrel's Lament

32:05 "Jolly Rover" by Maidens IV from Four Aflame

35:54 CELTIC FEEDBACK

37:50 "The Meeting of the Waters" by Byrne and Kelly from Echoes

40:47 "Drinking For Two" by The Langer's Ball from Whiskey Outlaws

43:09 "Billy Thom's/Rannie MacLellan/Growling Old Man And Woman" by Fiddlers 3 from Volume 3: The Rhythm Chapter

46:56 "McKenzie's Daughter" by The Fisitcuffs from Bruised But Not Beaten

49:07 "William Glen" by Rathkeltair from Big White Van

57:06 "Broken Man" by Erin's Guild from Broken Man

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