We are excited to announce that we are at the start of the planning stages of the first Annual Celtic Folk Scotland Tour!
“What’s that all about?” I hear you ask.
Well, have you ever wanted to visit Scotland and attend an actual session and watch and listen to some great traditional music being played in a 300 year old pub? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wander down quiet country lanes, sheep and pheasants everywhere you look? Have you ever longed to walk through the picture-perfect glens of Angus? Or how about sampling freshly smoked fish in one of the great fishing towns of the east coast?
Or perhaps you want to visit one of the ancient sites that date back almost 6000 years or look at the craftsmanship of a 1600 year old carved pictish stone?
The Celtic Folk Scotland Tour will take place in July or August (probably) and will accomplish all that and more. We will be taking a relatively small number of people on a tour of the sights, sounds and tastes of the real Scotland. Yes, we’ll do some of the typical tourist things too, but if you have ever wanted to see the real beauty that is Scotland, you shouldn’t miss this great opportunity. The small group number will ensure we have an intimate time together, allowing us to visit places slighly off the path beaten by bus-loads of tourists!
A draft itinerary will be available soon and we’ll let you know, of course, when that becomes available. Once we finalize the schedule we’ll post it right here at the Celtic Folk Podcast and allow folks to book their spot.
If you would like to be emailed with complete information as soon as we have it available, please email info@celticfolkpod.com and put “Scotland Tour” in the subject line.
So, keep an eye out for more news of this exciting trip available only to subscribers of the Celtic Folk Podcast.
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CFP13 Show Notes:
Back to the Music. Some of you are waiting for us to get back to great traditional music here on the Celtic Folk Podcast and that’s OK.
Williams and Williams- Abraham. Laurie and Rick Williams are a songwriting couple who draw on many influences and produce songs in many styles. They can pen childrens’ songs to movie scores and everything inbetween.
Laurie is a former opera singer and journalist turned lyracist and music critic. Rick was on the road for years in the Gospel circuit with his family, did some other bits and pieces, met Laurie and got a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. He pens the music and does the arranging.
Laura McGhee- Green Eyes. The beautiful Laura McGhee there with her very catchy song Green Eyes. Laura describes her music as Crossover Celtic Folk Rock - with a hook.
Her influences range from Dolly to Dylan, the Pogues to The Proclaimers. Throw in a bit of Celtic and a little of Loretta and your half way there.
A classically trained fiddler who graduated from the Royal Academy of Music just a couple of years ago, Laura is off to a great start to what I think promises to be a very successful career as a full time musician. Laura’s first pro gig was as the string arranger for Echo and the Bunnymen. From there she landed an appearance on Broadway with Pete Seeger at the Matt McGinn tribute concert.
I sat down and talked with Laura recently and we’ll have that full interview next week. We talk about the fact that like the Proclaimers, she’s not shy about her native accent, and the major music project she’s working on.
Four Leaf Peat - Follow Me Up To Carlow. Born out of Irish traditional music in pub sessions our next group brings together musicians from various backgrounds whose musical hearts beat Irish! Grounded in tradition with undeniable influences by Ireland’s traditional pipers, fiddlers and singers, they also doff their caps to the current innovators of traditional music.
Larry Allen Brown - Jaime Marie. Born and raised in Chicago, Larry Allen Brown has had a long career as lead guitarist for a variety of groups. Larry embarked upon a solo career as a composer and performer on the acoustic guitar six years ago. Larry teaches in Birmingham, Alabama where he resides with his wife Kathryn and their dogs, Dipstick and Murphy.
Larry has also been a guest artist with Trad. music legend Alasdair Fraser.
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite track from this week’s podcast by emailing us, telling us who you want to hear again and we’ll tally the votes and crown the winner the ShowStopper Track. So drop us a line and tell us who you liked the best of the four great tracks this week.
Check out our parent website at www.upbeatcafe.com where you’ll find a schedule of great live music, as well as our Online Music Shop were you can buy those old-fashioned CD’s, as well as digital downloads.
STOP PRESS OK, so perhaps we have one or two more things to do to get Upbeat Sounds ready for the music-hungry public, but we’re so close. We will be opening this new shop just as soon as we can. You’ll be able to find it here when it goes live. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress.
Like to listen to great new, independent music of all genres from all around the world? Subscribe to our other weekly podcast Upbeat Radio. We feature excellent music for all tastes.
A note for Artists:
Would you like to have your music included on a future Celtic Folk Podcast? Just email us or submit a song to us through Sonicbids.
Please, please, please give us some feedback and let us know how we’re doing. All podcasters live for feedback, both good and bad - it let’s us know what you, our listener and subscriber, want to hear. Email us at info@celticfolkpod.com
Please help us support these fine artists by taking a look at their websites, buying their music or at least let them know how much you enjoyed listening to their music on the Celtic Folk Podcast.
Welcome the Celtic Folk Podcast! We continue to showcase the best Celtic, Folk and Traditional music from around the world each week.
Click on the player above to listen to a streaming version. However, we would prefer for you to subscribe!
Click on the iTunes logo to subscribe to the Celtic Folk Podcast using iTunes.
Either way you won’t miss a single Celtic Folk Podcast!
In order to download the episode MP3 directly to your computer, rather than streaming it, or if you do not have podcatcher software that will download it for you automatically, click on the Feedburner link above. When the new page opens, right click on the episode’s “Play Now” and then select “Save Target As…”
CFP12 Show Notes:
Alasdair White Interview. This week we are kicking off our series of interviews with musicians and artists from the world of Celtic and Traditional music. We brought back a few from our trip from Scotland and we have others from artists on this side of the Atlantic.
We start, however, with a great instrumental from Todd Smith.
Todd Smith- Cliffs of Aran. Boston based multi-instrumentalist, arranger/producer, singer/songwriter, Todd writes guitar-driven, classic-style rock and folk-rock. He draws influence from many different genres, and is able to compose/arrange in virtually any one of those genres. This tune showcases his ability as a musician.
Our Artist Interview Series was an idea that came out of a little brain-storming about the Podcast. We thought it would be a good idea to get together, very informally, with some of the artists we feature right here on the Podcast and chat with them about their music, their background and whatever else might be on their mind. We deliberately decided to be very low key when it came to the interviews to give you, the listener, a sense of being there – part of the conversation.
Some of the folks we have chatted to so far, and will be featured in the series include:
Up and coming fiddler and singer, Laura McGhee
Scots trad songstress, Christine Kydd
Scottish smallpipes maker, Ian Kinnear
and Celtic-rock and Canadiana band, The Glengarry Bhoys
Last week we introduced you to the music of Alasdair White. Known perhaps as the multi-talented fiddler from the Battlefield Band, Alasdair has just released his first solo CD – The White Album.I caught up with Alasdair at a session in Edinburgh just prior to his departure for the United States and the Batties’ Fall tour.
If you haven’t seen Alasdair and the rest of the Battlefield Band perform live, well, you’re missing a terrific experience.
No voting this week for your ShowStopper Track - that will be back again next week. The ShowStopper Track is your favorite track of the week. You can vote for that track by emailing us, telling us who you want to hear again and we’ll tally the votes and crown the winner the ShowStopper Track.
Mary Knickle- Weave the Yarn.
Having killed her name last week, Mary gets some sweet revenge by being this week’s ShowStopper Track. Well done, Mary, and my apologies!
We’ll be back next week with our regular show, packed with great Celtic, Folk and Traditional music.
Check out our parent website at www.upbeatcafe.com where you’ll find a schedule of great live music, as well as our Online Music Shop were you can buy those old-fashioned CD’s, as well as digital downloads.
STOP PRESS: Looks like we will be going live with our Online Music Store next week! You’ll be able to find it here when it does go live. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress.
Like to listen to great new, independent music of all genres from all around the world? Subscribe to our other weekly podcast Upbeat Radio. We feature excellent music for all tastes.
A note for Artists:
Would you like to have your music included on a future Celtic Folk Podcast? Just email us or submit a song to us through Sonicbids.
Please, please, please give us some feedback and let us know how we’re doing. All podcasters live for feedback, both good and bad - it let’s us know what you, our listener and subscriber, want to hear. Email us at info@celticfolkpod.com
Please help us support these fine artists by taking a look at their websites, buying their music or at least let them know how much you enjoyed listening to their music on the Celtic Folk Podcast.
Welcome the Celtic Folk Podcast! We continue to showcase the best Celtic, Folk and Traditional music from around the world each week.
Click on the player above to listen to a streaming version. However, we would prefer for you to subscribe!
Click on the iTunes logo to subscribe to the Celtic Folk Podcast using iTunes.
Either way you won’t miss a single Celtic Folk Podcast!
In order to download the episode MP3 directly to your computer, rather than streaming it, or if you do not have podcatcher software that will download it for you automatically, click on the Feedburner link above. When the new page opens, right click on the episode’s “Play Now” and then select “Save Target As…”
CFP11 Show Notes:
Getting Colder. Winter is starting to tighten it’s grip on our home state of Kentucky. So, as the weather is finally making an effort to turn cold we will try to keep you warm, at least mentally, with another half hour or so of great Celtic, Traditional and Folk music from around the world.
Our trip back home to Scotland was excellent! We toured around, frequented a whole lot of coffee shops, drank lots of coffee, got together with some old friends and made some new ones.
This week we’ll be introducing you to some of the folk we talked to during our trip and of course we’ll play some fine music.
Ron Renninger- Kilkenny Mist (Instr.). New Jersey Singer-Songwriter Ron Renninger manages to cross many genre borders effortlessly with tunes and songs that you can listen to all day without thinking this is or is not my kind of music – it’s all good! His skills as a guitarist are obvious from “Kilkenny Mist”.
Alasdair White- The Cockerel In The Creel. We talked to some very talented people on our trip. Here’s a fantastic fiddle player you may know from the Battlefield Band. This set of three tunes: Pull The Knife and Stick It Again, The Flooded Road to Glenties, The Cockerel In The Creelis on Alasdair’s brand new CD The White Album which is now out in the UK and will be available to the rest of the world by the middle of the month.
We start with an Irish jig here with a very macabre title, to do with an old tale about witches. Apparently if they were stabbed, they would try to get you to stab them again. The second stab, it seems, renewed their life. And then you’d better watch out! The first of the reels was written by the late and celebrated Irish fiddler, Jimmy McHugh. Originally brought up in Donnegal, like many of his countrymen, he settled in Glasgow, where he brought up a family and became well known on the Glasgow and Scottish traditional music scene. The Cockerel In The Creel was written by the legendary piper and composer Donald MacLeod. The title refers to the Hebridean practice of putting the Cockerel in the creel on Sundays - probably something to do with stopping the cocks crowing on the Sabbath. In any case its is another great tune from “wee” Donald.
From Alasdair’s liner notes from The White Album / an Clar Geal
You can hear our interview with Alasdair White from the Battlefield Band in an upcoming episode of the Celtic Folk Podcast, so stay subscribed to catch it.
Alasdair is currently on tour with the Battlefield Band in the United States.
Hard Logic - Leprechaun Hammer Incident. Hard Logic is a six-member Jazz band but that doesn’t stop them from hitting Celtic, Funk, Latin and Rock along the way.
Mary Knickle- Weave the Yarn. Typical of Mary’s songs that focus on stories from the woman’s point of view is Weave the Yarn. Her album “Weave” is full of wonderful original songs that have you believing they were written a couple of hundred years ago.
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite track from this week’s podcast by emailing us, telling us who you want to hear again and we’ll tally the votes and crown the winner the ShowStopper Track. So drop us a line and tell us who you liked the best of the four great tracks this week.
Check out our parent website at www.upbeatcafe.com where you’ll find a schedule of great live music, as well as our Online Music Shop were you can buy those old-fashioned CD’s, as well as digital downloads.
STOP PRESS OK, so perhaps we have one or two more things to do to get Upbeat Sounds ready for the music-hungry public, but we’re so close. We will be opening this new shop just as soon as we can. You’ll be able to find it here when it goes live. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress.
Like to listen to great new, independent music of all genres from all around the world? Subscribe to our other weekly podcast Upbeat Radio. We feature excellent music for all tastes.
A note for Artists:
Would you like to have your music included on a future Celtic Folk Podcast? Just email us or submit a song to us through Sonicbids.
Please, please, please give us some feedback and let us know how we’re doing. All podcasters live for feedback, both good and bad - it let’s us know what you, our listener and subscriber, want to hear. Email us at info@celticfolkpod.com
Please help us support these fine artists by taking a look at their websites, buying their music or at least let them know how much you enjoyed listening to their music on the Celtic Folk Podcast.
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