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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC
0:06 - Sean Heely and Beth Patterson "Aux Nachitoches" from Stir the Blood to Fire
3:32 - WELCOME
7:58 - The Byrne Brothers "Waikiki Reel (Finn Byrne) Seanamhac Tube Station Reel [Traditional]" from Living the Dream
11:27 - serious kitchen "wind that shakes the barley" from on the mash
15:42 - Jared Bogle "The Orphan / The Black Rogue (Jigs)" from The Old Road Home
19:02 - Matt and Shannon Heaton "P Joe Hayes #2/Cottage in the Grove/Mother and Child (reels)" from Whirring Wings
23:05 - FEEDBACK
24:02 - Runa "For All That You Do Set" from When The Light Gets In
29:35 - Hounds of Finn "Where It Burns" from Gravity Pulls
34:06 - The Horsenecks "Jinny Lin's Tune" from In the West
36:42 - THANKS
37:43 - Ockham's Razor "Murmuring" from Secrets and Silence
42:00 - Skyrie "Solid Ground" from Hunger Road
47:01 - Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer "Pyramid Bourrée" from Come Bring With A Noise
50:48 - Jarmila Xymena Gorna "Escape - Dihangfa" from Single
56:24 - CLOSING
57:46 - The McDades "The Lily of the West" from Thread The Light
1:01:57 - CREDITS
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