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Flook, Appalachian Celtic Consort,Beyond the Pale, The Bringers, The Boston Harbor Bhoys, The Jig is Up!, The High Kings, Larry Mallette, David Roon, Sliotar, Ida Elenam Heavy Blarney, Finnegan's Wake, Tartanic

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:03 "Reel for Rubik / Toward the Sun" by Flook from Ancora

5:40 "David and the Goliath/Farewell to Whiskey" by Appalachian Celtic Consort from Come By the Hills

8:42 "The Ghost of Willie Clancy" by Beyond the Pale from Paleontology

12:56 "Swallowtail" by The Bringers from Ramblers and Rovers

24:20 "The Parting Glass" by The Boston Harbor Bhoys from ...And We'll All Go Together

29:39 CELTIC FEEDBACK

30:10 "I Once Loved A Lass - Da Slockit Light" by The Jig is Up! from On Your Toes!

25:52 "Friends For Life" by The High Kings from Decade: Best of The High Kings

40:14 "In Memory of Lloyd" by Larry Mallette and Kendall Rogers from A Stroll in the Park

42:28 "Icarus" by David Roon from Skies Full of Seas

46:04 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

46:32 "Better Man" by Sliotar from Voyage

49:44 "Native Spirit" by Ida Elena from Native Spirit

52:41 "Rat Amongst the Barrels" by Heavy Blarney from From Bog to Swamp

54:37 "Star of the County Down" by Finnegan's Wake

59:04 "Dragon's Jewels" by Tartanic from Uncharted

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CELTIC PODCAST NEWS

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