April 6 is Tartan Day, a celebration of Scottish heritage. It is also Scottish Independence Day, when Robert the Bruce declared Scotland in 1320. We have Celtic music from The Rogues, Dublin Harpers, The Sorries, Lochlainn, Brobdingnagian Bards, Serious Kitchen, The Jacobites by Name, Tartanic, Marc Gunn, Ceann, Black Market Haggis, Maggie Sansone, Barleyjuice, Ed Miller. http://celticmusicpodcast.com/

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:02 "Plaid Jam" by The Rogues from Off Kilter

8:13 "Piper's Pub" by Dublin Harpers from Shenanigans

11:58 "MacPherson's Rant" by The Sorries from Auld Lang Syne

17:00 "Cailleach's Plaid" by Lochlainn from Cailleach's Plaid

21:04 "Donald, Where's Your Drunken Scotsman?" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Real Men Wear Kilts

24:49 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

25:51 "The Kilt Set" by Serious Kitchen from "Tig"

30:19 "Mountains of Pomeroy" by The Jacobites by Name from The Jacobites By Name

34:51 "Mad Dog's Triple" by Tartanic fom Uncensored Vol. 4

38:26 "Jock Stuart, A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day" by Marc Gunn from Kilted For Her Pleasure

41:31 CELTIC FEEDBACK

43:05 "Where's Your Kilt" by Ceann from Making Friends

46:59 "Angus and the Kilt" by Black Market Haggis from Better Than It Sounds

50:34 "Willie's Old Trousers & The Tartan" by Maggie Sansone from Wind Drift

54:32 "Tartan Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" by Barleyjuice from Six Yanks

57:51 "A Bottle of the Best" by Ed Miller from Generations of Change

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CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

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