Grinning Beggar's Celtic Podcast

This is it folks.. I will warn you straight away, approach this episode with an open mind!! After months of speculation and listening to people touch on the topic I have grabbed the bull by the horns and done it! Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you with the Grinning Beggar's first (and perhaps last) Celtic/Folk Metal Extravaganza.

What many people do not realize is that Celtic/Folk/Pagan Metal is really getting big in the metal genre, much like folk punk has been given a large shot in the arm in the past few years. This is further proof as to why Celtic music is the best music in whatever form presented. Open your ear holes and your mind and enjoy.

Any and all feedback can be sent to grinningbeggar@yahoo.com

And this time I expect some !

Slainte !

Philthy Phil

The Playlist is as follow:

Track 01. Six Ribbons - Green Carnation
Track 02. Alestorm - Scrapping the Barrel
Track 03. Thanteros - Tir Na N'Ug
Track 04. Cromdale - Black Sails
Track 05. Skyclad - A well Travelled Man
Track 06. Korplikani - Rise
Track 07. Celtic Legacy - Glen Corr
Track 08. Cruachan - The Great Hunger
Track 09. Eluveite - The Essence of The Ashes
Track 10. Turisas - Take The Day!
Track 11. Finntroll - Trollhammaren
Track 12. Crudalach - Living With Pride
Track 13. Cave Growl - Sons of War
Track 14. Devil in The Kitchen - Wizards Walk
Track 15. Primordial - Sons of The Morrigan
Track 16. Alestorm - I am a Cider Drinker
Track 17. Skyclad - The Widdershin Jigs

It's December, Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is drawing near. With that being said this episode is the Grinning Beggar's First Annual Celtic Christmas Podcast. Much like a fruit cake this podcast covers all the bases and has something everyone will enjoy. A big thank you to my wife for the assistance with the selection of tunes and an equally big thank you to those that made some requests.

Le gach dea-ghuí i gcomhair na Nollag agus na hAthbhliana!

Phil

The play list is as follows:

1. Christmas Decorations in December - The Punters
2. On Christmas Night/Charles O'Conor - Cherish The Ladies
3. Chrsitmas Eve & Maids of Montcisco - Celtic Warriors
4. An Chead Nollaig/Oiche Chiuin - Seamus Kennedy
5. Green Card - The Prodigals
6. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - The Punters
7. Christmas Lullaby - Shane Macgowan and The Popes
8. Christmas in Hell - Mr. Irish Bastard
9. Christmas Eve in The Boozer - The Gobshites
10. Silent NIght (Not so Silent) - The Briggs
11. Bog Down in Christmas - Brobdingagian Bards
12. Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake/The Cook in The Kitchen - Seamus Kennedy
13. The Rebels Jesus - The Chieftans featuring Jackson Browne
14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Seven Nations
15. Seven Joys of Mary - Great Big Sea
16. Christmas Child - Carbon Leaf
17. Christmastime in Newfoundland - Shanneyganock
18. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl
19. O' Holy NIght - Shanneyganock
20. Fairytale of New York - Kyf Brewer

In this episode we give thanks to all Service People of yesterday and today, and remember the sacrifices of those no longer with us. Please take a moment and reflect upon the liberties we so often take for granted, and give thanks to those who gave all so that we may enjoy them.

The Playlist:

1. The Rogues - The Warrior Salute
2. John McCrae - In Flanders Field
3. Ian McCalman & Dick Gaughan - War Outside
4. The Dubliners - Gentleman Soldier
5. The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Green Fields of France
6. Dropkick Murphy's - Last Letter Home
7. Street Dogs - Back to The World
8. Black 47 - Downtown Baghdad Blues
9. Sir Reg - Far Away
10. Between The Wars - Lone Pine
11. The Killiagns - Karskys Dead Soldiers
12. The Levellers - Another Man's Cause
13. Greenwich Meantime - Ode to Joe
14. Great Big Sea - General Taylor
15. Emish - Remember These Bones
16. Jiggernaut - Two Minute's Silence
17. The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
18. Mr. Irish Bastard - Another Mans Country
19. The Rumjacks - Uncle Tommy
20. Carbon Leaf - The War was in Color
21. Kilmaine Saints - Amazing Grace

Cheers,

Phil

Over the months since starting this Podcast I have received a number of submissions. I figured it was high time to take a lot of this quality music and share it. Its spans the globe, it spans the genre and it kicks arse..! Thank you everyone for your submissions, keep 'em coming!! Enjoy my very first submission only show and sorry for the lapse since the last show, I promise things will get better over the winter.!

Cheers,

Phil

The Playlist is:

1 - Smokey Bastard - Yuppie Dracula
2 - Smokey Bastard - My Son John
3 - Smokey Bastard - Bad Reception
4 - Sir Reg - A Sign of the times
5 - Sir Reg - How The Hell Can You Sleep
6 - Sir Reg - Dublin City
7 - Emish - Guns and Pride
8 - Emish - Sinners Make the Best Saints
9 - Emish - Murder In The Jar
10 - Sons of Malarkey - Gone, Gone, Gone
11 - Sons of Malarkey - Farewell To Nova Scotia
12 - Sons of Malarkey - Drowsy Cooley
13 - Marc Gunn - The True Story of No Pants Day
14 - Marc Gunn - Kilted for Her Pleasure
15 - Marc Gunn - The Widow and The Devil
16 - Icewagon Flu - Hills of Connemara
17 - Icewagon Flu - Boston Harbour
18 - Icewagon Flu - Galways Races
19 - Rusty Nails - Opened Ground
20 - Rusty Nails - Train Yard Pubs
21 - Rusty Nails - Shamrock Pub
22 - Between The Wars - Come Out Ye Black and Tans
23 - Between The Wars - The Tail of The Rats
24 - Between The Wars - Irish Rebel Song
25 - Kilmain Saints - The Saints Are Up!
26 - Kilmain Saints - Farewell, Self Esteem
27 - Kilmain Saints - Pog Mo Thoin

The time be here you lilly livered scallywags. It only comes once a year so go and grab yer grog and yer Jolly Roger and make for the ocean... For September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day !! Join me as we celebrate this joyous occasion with sea faring and pirate tunes and a wee bit of me, Philthy Phil and me lousy pirate accent... Arrrgh!

Big thank to Don Maitz from www.paravia.com for the Artwork for this episode. And also to the guys at www.talklikeapirate.com for giving us such a fun thing to look forward to every year!

Slainte!

The Booty is as follows:

1. Captain Black Jack Murphy - Mingulay Boat Song
2. Greenland Whalefishers - The Mutineer
3. Crofters Revenge - Fly The Jolly Roger
4. Blackjacks'n Blarney - Pirates Tale
5. The Wages of Sin - The Bucaneers of Elliot Bay
6. The American Wake - The Drinking Jolly Roger
7. Jim Hancock and The Burley Pyrates - The Pump Shanty
8. Captain Black Jack Murphy - PSA Talk Like a Pirate Day PSA
9. Dublin City Ramblers - Botany Bay
10. Dolemites - Lobotomy Bay
11. The Dreadnoughts - Black Sea Gale
12. The Currency - The Port Song
13. Kilmain Saints - Ten Fathoms Deep
14. The Pirate Charles - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
15. Fiddlers Green - Captain Song
16. Rum Currency - Token Sailor Song
17. Blaggard - Never Trust a Sailor
18. Seamus Kennedy - The Sailors Prayer
19. The Blarney Rebel Band - Granuaile
20. Great Big Sea - Captain Kidd
21. Town Pants - Monahan The Mutineer
22. Barley Boys - Captain Grog
23. The Real McKenzies - Ballad of John Silver
24. Skull Branded Pirates - Blackbeards Last Stand
25. Captain Black Jack Murphy - PSA Support Piracy
26. Ceann - The Worst Pirate Song

With summer winding down, I figured what better time for an episode dedicated to various libations.. beer, whiskey, gin you name it! So grab your poison of choice as we bring the summer to a close with a Celtic Podcast about drinking. ~ Cheers and thanks for listening, Phil

Playlist

1. Barleyjuice - Pour That whiskey
2. Mahones - Drunken Lazy Bastard
3. Dublin City Ramblers - Pub With No Beer
4. Barley Boys - Drunk Again
5. Harry O'Donoghue - Old Dun Cow
6. Seamus Kennedy - American Beer
7. Clancy Brothers - The Juice of The Barley
8. Gaelic Storm - Raised on Black and Tans
9. Shilelagh Law - The Liver Song
10. Ceann - Pabst Blue Ribbon
11. The Towne Pants - Delaney's Old Beer Hall
13. The Elders - Haverty Boys
14. Celi Family - Fall Face First
15. Fiddler's Green - Bottom Of Our Glass
16. Pogues - Whiskey You're The Devil
17. Dropkick Murphys - Barroom HEro
18. Kilmaine Saints - The Saints are up
19. The Stanfields - Dirtiest Drunk
20. The Tossers - Buckets of Beer
21. Pagan Mary - 12 Pints of Guinness
22. Paddy and The Rats - Bang
23. Rum Currency - Tianjin Drinking Song
24. Gobshites - Cheers (Raise a pint)
25. Brobdingnagian Bards - Jedi Drinking Song
26. Brobdingnagian Bards - Donald, Where's Your Drunken Scotsman?
27. Brobdingnagian Bards - Jedi Drinking Song Prequel