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January 17, 2003

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Celtic Music Contents:

1. Celtic Music News
2. Celtic Music Band Feature - Lothlorien
3. Celtic Music CD Store - Loreena McKennit
4. Celtic Music Article #2 - Celticana
5. Featured Celtic Website - Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music
6. New Celtic Music Single Releases
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1. Celtic Music News

Something incredible happened this week. Lothlorien, in my opinion, the pinnacle combination of traditional and contemporary Celtic music on MP3.com, was knocked off
the Celtic Top 40. Well as hard as I've had to promote to get the Brobdingnagian Bards up the charts, I cannot deny that Lothorien is one of the biggest names in downloadable
Celtic music. So at long last, I'd like to feature a single that was released some months back by this internet great, Lothlorien. And to compliment them, I've chosen another wonderful contemporary Celtic group from San Diego, called Celticana.

MP3.com is also getting ready to change the format quite a bit. Artists who are not Platinum Artists will soon only be allowed to post three songs on their artist page.
This means, if you still want some great music, you better head over to MP3.com and start downloading those non-Platinum artist music. How can you tell which is which? The Basic Artist pages are NOT in bold.

Finally, I need a wee bit of assistance from all who are willing. The Austin Chronicle Music Poll is up again. The Brobdingnagian Bards made an incredible showing last year, and we hope to do the same this. So if you'd like to help out, please visit the link below and follow the voting instructions.

Next week, we'll take a walk on the comical side of Celtic music.

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2. Celtic Music Band Feature
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Lothlorien - "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore"

If you've been on MP3.com for any length of time, you probably know about Lothlorien. They're not just some group with a cool "Lord of the Rings" band name. In my opinion they are the perfect combination of contemporary and traditional Celtic music. Their music is largely ethereal and haunting sounding on mostly traditional instruments. You'll hear some stunning tunes and some equally stunning vocal ballads like in "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore." The group has achieved a host of awards since they began in 1996. And every one of them is well-deserved.

"Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore." is a classic tale of Irish migration to the United States which began in the 19th century and continued into the 20th. It describes the hardships and the heartaches associated with these travels.

I talked to Chris Lloyd to find out when their next album would be released. Chris told me that they are currently working on it and hope to have something out by March. Keep your fingers crossed!

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3. Celtic Music CD Store - Search for Celtic Music CDs
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"Book of Secrets" by Loreena McKennitt

Released in late 1997 on Loreena McKennitt's own label, Quinlan Road. The Book of Secrets has proven, since then, to be the Loreena's greatest commercial success, going Platinum in the U.S. The songs were researched and written all over the world and feature incredible stories. The most successful songs from the album were "Skellig", "The Highwayman", "Dante's Prayer" and "The Mummers' Dance".

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4. Celtic Music Band Feature
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Celticana - "William Morris"

Celticana perfomrs traditional and modern Celtic with Americana influences and progressive Celtic rock in nature with beautiful soprano, vocals, delicate guitars, tasty electric violin and mandolin, keyboards and whistles.

Celticana does a fantastic job of complimenting the story with very simple yet sweet additions of whistles and violin as vocalist Lauren Morris sings an original story about "William Morris". This striking tales is about her father's capture and torture in the South Pacific during World War II. It's the title track to the "Soldier's Daughter" CD and highlights Lauren's excellent ability to write music with a sound as timeless as the story.

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5. Featured Celtic Music Website

Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music

Interested in learning how to play traditional Irish music? Well, Alan Ng has put together a list of his personal tips for playing it. Plus, links to other authors with similar vision. This is strictly Traditional music, so if you love trad and want to join in the next local seisun, start reading!

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6. New Celtic Music Single Releases

  • "Kilt Set" by serious kitchen
  • "The Pipers Broken Finger" by Brendyn OS Montgomery
  • "Maggie Lauder (remix)" by Emerald Rose
  • "Galway Shawl" by Uisce Beatha IAPM
  • "Sven the Groovy Viking" by Nada Brahma
  • "Grass Is Greener(Live In Germany)" by The Electrics
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