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It's a brand new year. We're kicking it off with an interview and even more music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #692. Subscribe now!

Natalie Padilla, Joseph Carmichael, Kyle Carey, Robert Zielinski, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Celtic Wood and Wires, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Skyrie

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0:11 - Natalie Padilla "Balsamroot" from Montana Wildflower

4:09 - WELCOME

6:36 - Joseph Carmichael "Fechin' Inn" from Desiderium

9:43 - Kyle Carey "The Sere Wind" from The Last Bough

12:41 - Robert Zielinski "The Dragonfly" from Kiangardarup

19:07 - FEEDBACK

20:31 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "P Joe Hayes #2/Cottage in the Grove/Mother and Child (reels)" from Whirring Wings

24:35 - How Shannon Heaton found Irish music

32:39 - Irish Music Stories

37:19 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Thady Casey's & The Reel of Rio" from Blue Skies Above

41:08 - YouTube Channel

43:19 - Irish Session Culture

46:44 - Touring as an Irish musician

48:07 - Favorite Places in Ireland: Cruise's Pub in Ennis in County Clarre, Crane Bar in Galway City

51:07 - Recommendations

56:44 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Mantle of Green" from Tell You in Earnest

1:00:43 - THANKS

1:04:20 - Celtic Wood and Wires "Mrs. Murphy's Daughter" from Into The Music

1:07:32 - Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps "Love Rides a Slow Train" from Down to the Roots

1:10:08 - Skyrie "The Fish" from Hunger Road

1:12:34 - CLOSING

1:13:57 - Matt & Shannon Heaton "Westlin Winds (song)" from Whirring Wings

1:17:42 - CREDITS

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