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Changing the way you hear Celtic Music
A weekly ezine of free Celtic MP3 downloads
June 29, 2003 5000+ subscribers

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CONTENTS:

1. Celtic Music News
2. Celtic Music Band Feature - Heidi, Stef & Bow Triplets
3. Celtic Music CD Store - Great Big Sea
4. Celtic Music Article #2 - The Willow Band
5. Featured Celtic Website - Temple Records
6. New Celtic Music Single Releases
7. Manage your subscription

Read this issue online at http://www.celticmp3s.com/magazine/ .

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1. Celtic Music News
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Well, I've been doing a wee bit of reorganization of the website.
It's coming along fairly nicely. I'm pretty pleased with it. Still
needs a LOT of work that I just don't have much time to do, but
ah well...

CELTIC MP3S COMPILATION CDS
I've been working on compilation CDs for a while, but at long last,
I nearly have the next couple CDs compiled thanks. I'll keep ye
informed when they are complete.

CAFE BUZZ
CelticCafe.com offers some of the best networking online for the
Celtic arts. Now it also offers some of the best Celtic News, like:

CELTIC WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE DE LORIENT - August 1-10, 2003
REAL IRISH - MADE IN SWEDEN!
Celtic Dreaming - Music, Poetry and Multimedia
ZOUKFEST 2003
And much more, read about them at
http://www.celticcafe.com/Buzz/CafeBuzz062203.htm


SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BARDS w/MEMORIES OF MIDDLE EARTH
I do my best to help bring great recognition to independent Celtic
while bringing you free MP3s. Now my group needs your help, we
just released a new CD of Tolkien inspired music. Order a copy of
it or the sampler.
Memories of Middle Earth (on sale) http://tolkien.bardscrier.com/
LOTR Sampler http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/cds/264/264667.html

Station suggestion of the week:
Before U2, Before THE CORRS, Before ENYA
http://www.celticmp3s.com/radio/BeforeU2/




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2. Celtic Music Band Feature #1
http://www.celticmp3s.com/bands/
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"Big John McNeal" by Heidi, Stef & Bow Triplets
http://mp3.com/bowtriplets

Heidi, Stef & Bow Triplets play great Celtic music. Traditional
songs and tunes plus original compositions combining their own
multinational backgrounds with the Celtic styles to which this band
is deeply comitted. They can be heard live in various countries in
Europe. They recently released an album called "One Spot on
Earth" that highlights their growing talent.

"Big John McNeal" is one such example of fantastic fiddling. This
traditional fiddle piece adapts itself wonderfully to the bluegrass
style. The original fiddle tune composed by Peter Milnes was titled
"John McNeal." Jay Ungar learned if from the Canadian fiddler Bud
Snow who said the tune was widely known in Canada as "Big
John McNeal". The original tune was written in Aberdeen, Scotland
by Peter Milne. Milne died in an Aberdeen mental institution in
1908 (possibly the first recorded case of Fiddle Fever"). And once
you listen to this song, you'll get another case of "fiddle fever"!

One Spot on Earth
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/cds/247/247861.html


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3. CELTIC MUSIC CD STORE
http://www.CelticMusic.org/
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"Sea of No Cares" by Great Big Sea
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXCE/thebards?ref=nosim

An incredible blend of traditional Celtic music with modern rhythms.
The latest album is the perfect representation of what has made
this band so incredibly popular. The album features exquisite vocal
harmonies, plus some great songwriting. Plus, you'll find some great
Celtic seafaring ballads. Highlights include the title track "Sea
of No Cares", plus, "Scolding Wife" and "French Perfume".

More about Great Big Sea at
http://www.celticmp3s.com/cgi-bin/celtic_music/jump.cgi?ID=101



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4. Celtic Music Band Feature #2
http://www.celticmp3s.com/bands/
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"Willow Reels" by The Willow Band
http://mp3.com/the_willow_band

So what happened to Clandestine? Well, they broke up and each
artist has gone their separate way. Piper E.J. Jones has joined
together some of the top Celtic musicians on the scene to form
The Willow Band, also featuring Irish singer/songwriter, Gerry
O'Beirne, and Irish/Breton fiddler, Rosie Shipley. Together they
combine great music, engaging personalities, and a fun show.

You can catch a glimpse of their top-notch performance on E.J.'s
solo CD, "The Willow" which features a beautiful set of reels,
written in a Monterrey CA hotel room after day on the road with
Clandestine. It's intricate and melodious and features highlights
E.J.'s competition piping and beautiful visualizations of Central
Texas bonfire at night.

Buy CD Sweet Lady of Flowers
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/cds/224/224451.html



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5. Featured Celtic Music Website
http://www.celticmp3s.com/resources/
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Temple Records
http://www.celticmp3s.com/cgi-bin/celtic_music/jump.cgi?ID=333

The Temple Records website gives you access to the best in Scottish T
raditional Music, plus a little bit of Irish Music for good measure.

Here at Temple, we have some of the best Scottish Traditional harp,
bagpipe and fiddle music plus gaelic song, singer/songwriters like
Pat Kilbride and not forgetting Battlefield Band.

From artists like Alison Kinnaird, Ann Heymann, Marie Ni
Chathasaigh, Bill Taylor, Dr. Angus MacDonald, John D. Burgess,
Shotts & Dkyehead, Christine Primrose, Arthur Cormack, Flora
MacNeil, Brian McNeill, John McCusker, Alan Reid, Jim Hunter,
Peter Nardini ... to name but a few.

Temple Records also offers some free mp3 downloads from each album!




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of great music, or for most people, download all your favorite
Celtic MP3s and transfer them to your Nomad Jukebox to
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6. NEW RELEASES
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"Patriot Game" by Marc Gunn
http://mp3.com/marcgunn?cm

"Blue Butterfly by Bow Triplets" by Celtic MP3s.com Music Magazine
http://mp3.com/celticmp3s?cm

"Sounds Like a Square Dance!" by Fiddlers 3
http://mp3.com/fiddlers3

"Pe Trouz War an Douar" by Celtic Harp, Kathryn Mannyng
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/67/kathryn_mannyng.html




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7. ABOUT THE CELTIC MP3s MUSIC MAGAZINE
http://www.CelticMP3s.com/
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"Celtic MP3s Music Magazine" is a weekly publication by
Bard Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, The Original
Celtic Renaissance. Help spread the word about great
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