Welcome the winter podcast of the Society of Celtic Shamans. May your Midwinter be a blessed season of renewal. Tira Brandon-Evans begins this podcast with the Yuletide Invocation, from Volume I of the Carmina Gadelica, by Alexander Carmichael. You may find this invocation at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cg1/cg1063.htm

Lydia McCauley regales us with The Moon of Wintertime from her album The Moon of Wintertime (2010). Find this at http://lydiamccauley.com

Dillon Carlyon reads Canto III from Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fairy Tale by Charlton Miner Lewis (1903), found at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/arthur/art097.htm.

From the album The Castle of the Holly King (2003) Shira Kammen sings the Counting Song. Find Shira's website at http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen.

Dillon continues Gawayne and the Green Knight with the rest of Canto III and Canto IV through the Conclusion.

The Gloustershire Wassail -- Wassail Song performed by James Edwards from the Magnatune Christmas Compilation (2007) closes our podcast. Find James Edwards at http://magnatune.com/artists/james_edwards

You sowed in kindness, now harvest joy. May you have a full and rich harvest.

With this podcast Dillion Carlyon and I are announcing a change in our schedule. Due to our many projects we are not able to maintain a schedule of eight podcasts a year and are cutting back to four a year. We will be posting new podcasts at the Solstices and Equinoxes.

Tira Brandon-Evans begin this podcast with 'The Earth Breath'  from The Candle of Vision, by A.E., 1918 http://www.sacred-texts.coms/neu/celt/cov/cov04.htm

Next we hear Kate Fletcher and Corwen performing the medieval folksong the Soul Cake. You may find more music from Kate and Corwen at http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/kate_fletcher.html

Dillion Carlyon reads 'The Voyage of Bran', in English translation by Kuno Meyer, first published in 1895. http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vob

And finally Kate Fletcher sings Invocation / Strömming Boats from her album Fruit (2007) http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/kate_fletcher.html

Thank you for your continued support of our podcasts and may you always be well, be strong, be free.

Blessings of Lugh and Tailte to you and yours this Lughnasadh.

This month our producer Dillon Carlyon begins our podcast with "The Fiddler's Lament" from the Green Energy album by The Irish Experience.

Find them at: http://www.myspace.com/irishexperience.

Dillon reads from the tale The Boyhood of Fionn, by James Stephens from the book Irish Fairy Tales, 1920.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ift/ift02.htm

We then present The Mist Covered Mountains from the album On the Salt Sea by Henry Martin.

http://www.myspace.com/onthesaltsea

Tira Brandon-Evans reads Chapter 21 Times and Seasons and Weather, and the Days of the Week

from Notes of the Folklore of the Northeast of Scotland by Walter Gregor, 1881

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/nes/index.htm

At the last, Diana Rowan performs Grainne's Set/Glass of Beer from the Panta Rhei album, 2004.

http://www.sirenharp.com

Once again the Sun treads her path in to spring. For this Alban Eiler podcast we are pleased to present our Spring program.

First from Sora , the song Children of Lir, from the album Heartwood (2009).

http://www.soramusic.ca

 

Dillon reads Oisin's Story from Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory (1904). http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm87.htm

 

Next we hear Hijaz Ilahi  from the album The Bright Knowledge by Diana Rowan (2009).

magnatune.com/artists/rowan

 

Then Tira reads Oisin's Lament, also from Gods and Fighting Men. http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm90.htm

We close with Cock Up Your Beaver, a tune by Carolan performed by Da Camera in the album A Celtic Celebration (2004).

magnatune.com/artists/da_camera

We hope you enjoy the season and the our podcast. To learn more about the Society of Celtic Shamans visit http://www.faeryshaman.org .

Once again we celebrate Imbolc, the hope of spring. Brighid's day is a very special day, though many days of winter remain the snowdrop and the crocus appear in sheltered spots. The hedgehogs come out of their holes as do the snakes. All these are signs that spring is on the way and coming soon.

With this Imbolc podcast we open with a recitation of Brighid's Mantle by Tira. This is followed by The Poet from Cheryl Ann Fulton's album The Once and Future Harp (http://magnatune.com/artists/fulton).

Dillon reads several excerpts about Brighid from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Wilde  (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/index.htm), including St. Bridget (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali183.htm), The Bride's Well (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali208.htm), and Kil-na-Greina (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali206.htm).

Next Diana Rowan performs The Celtic Sonata- The Star of Munster/Cremonea/Glenlivet from the album Panta Rhei - Celtic and Mediterranean Music for Harp (http://www.magnatune.com/artists/rowan), followed by Maiden in the Mor Lay by Tim Rayborn from the album Honey From the Thorn (http://magnatune.com/artists/tim_rayborn).