Jun 4, 2020

It’s Pride Month. We’re showing our pride and support for the LGBTQ community by highlighting LGBTQ Celtic musicians with an interview with Ockham’s Razor on this special show on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.

The Homespun Ceilidh Band, Callanish, Seumas Gagne, Bua, Alexander James Adams, Samantha Gillogly, Melanie Gruben, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Ockham's Razor

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:08 - "Tripping Up The Stairs / The Tenpenny Bit / The Blackthorn Stick" by The Homespun Ceilidh Band from Home With The Homespun Ceilidh Band

• Daphne Eftychia Arthur (pronounciation eff-ti-HEE-ah) T and L

3:10 - WELCOME - PATREON THANKS

• Guest: Kris Clements of Ockham’s Razor
• Special feature on Pride Month

9:25 - "Douglas Jig" by Callanish from Callanish

• John Adams: Fiddler

11:18 - "Is Truagh Leam Ar Sgaradh" by Seumas Gagne from Baile Ard

• Article: Being Gay in Gaeldom
• Pronunciation: Iss true-ah Lom are ska-ra

14:26 - "Eddie Moloney's / Micho Ressell's (Mason's Apron)" by Bua from Down the Green Fields

• Brian Ó hAirt: vocals, sean-nós dance, concertina

17:34 - "Brannigan's Special Ale" by Alexander James Adams from Animals All the Same

• Fairytale Minstrel and Storyteller of Myth and Magic
• Heather Alexander

21:04 - CELTIC FEEDBACK

29:26 - "Young Catherine/James Bethag" by Samantha Gillogly / Tim Maurice from Celtic Chamber Music

34:24 - "A Faery Song" by Melanie Gruben from A Faery Song

36:23 - "Dumbbells" by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir from Single

41:40 - "Path to Alexandria/Mushtaq's Jig/Sleepy Camel" by Alexander James Adams from Cat & the Fiddle

45:30 - "My Parents Reared Me Tenderly" by Bua from Down the Green Fields

49:24 - INTERVIEW WITH OCKHAM’S RAZOR

58:20 - "The Handsome Cabin Boy" by Ockham's Razor from Ten Thousand Miles to Bedlam

1:00:30 - "The Butcher Boy" by Ockham's Razor from Job's Comforter

1:05:40 - INTERVIEW WITH OCKHAM’S RAZOR (CONTINUED)

1:10:48 - “The Cemetery Song” by Ockham's Razor from Songs from Pottersfield

1:15:13 - “Moorlough Shore” by Ockham's Razor from Job’s Comforter

1:20:11 - CLOSING

1:22:27 - "Lagan Love" by Callanish from Callanish

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I grew up in a family that appreciated bands like the dubliners and I Grew to appreciate trad before expanding my tastes with more rock oriented Irish stuff (Pogues to drop kick Murphys and such). Gaelic Storm and Cean are two bands that probably represent my current listening interests best. I recently got into Coig after seeing them at the Maryland Irish Festival. We had the pleasure to visit Ireland last summer and I was gearing up to doing a heavy St Pats week before everything went south. This podcast has helped deal with it."