Episode 43: Celtic Music

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring celtic music, probably about half of which has lyrics, but much of which is very traditional songs.  It's also a bit of a mix of old and new and not limited to Irish music.  So let's get started!

Whisky in the jar (2:43)
Reels: Tom Ward's Downfall / Sligo Maid / Mountain Road (4:17)
Up Kilkenny (Instrumental Version) (2:52)
Drink It Up (2:07)
Whisky You're the Devil (2:48)
The king of the fairies/the mermaid (2:33)
Achaidh Cheide (2:16)

That was Whisky in the jar by Brigan, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was Reels: Tom Ward's Downfall / Sligo Maid / Mountain Road by Lon Dubh, which is available from SoundCloud.  You actually see that style of playing celtic music quite frequently - traditional celtic songs tend to be a bit on the short side, so by stringing a mix of them back-to-back, you can put together kind of a nice mix.  They end up being a bit like building blocks.  All of those songs are considered a type of song called a "reel", so they all match and go together well.  Anyway, then we had Up Kilkenny (Instrumental Version) by Josh Woodward (Instrumental Versions), which is available from Jamendo.  Next up were Drink It Up and Whisky You're the Devil by 3 Sheets To The Wind, which are both available from SoundCloud.  After that was The king of the fairies/the mermaid by Brigan, which is available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  All seven songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Long Road Ahead (2:29)
Jigger (Traditional goes Rock) (2:09)
Star of the County Down (5:11)
Irish (1:20)
04 Carousel 2 (4:03)
Folk Round (3:06)

That was Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Jigger (Traditional goes Rock) by vvsmusic and Star of the County Down by Marijanh, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Irish by Alas Media and 04 Carousel 2 by Neilhammond, which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Marble, a cross-platform globe viewing program which up until recently I'd never heard of.  It's similar to another very popular earth viewing program.  It has some nifty features like selectable map graphics for showing satellite vs. road map vs. a map from 1689.  It also includes driving directions functionality, though it doesn't seem to be as far along in development.  Anyway, it's available for Linux, Maemo, MeeGo, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Check it out today at marble.kde.org

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

Librivox
Irish Mexicana (2:24)
Whisky in the Jar (2:58)
sous la pluie (3:48)
Skibbereen feat Heydline (4:34)
The Voice of Moss (2:17)
The Pullet and the Cock (2:11)

That was Irish Mexicana by Droxiav, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Whisky in the Jar by 3 Sheets To The Wind, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had sous la pluie by Adragante, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Skibbereen feat Heydline by Marijanh, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was The Voice of Moss by Walid Feghali, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was The Pullet and the Cock by duck, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some pop and rock.  See 'ya!

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