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News from Celtic WebRadio (as of 2006-11-01):

• I'm adding podcasts to the material covered by this website. They're basically the new form of web radio. They'll appear slowly, as I have a chance to write them up.
• I'm starting (again) a serious effort to bring the site back up to date. Thanks to you all for the nice notes, and even for the occasional complaints regarding my laziness. Both are helpful.
• There are still a number of dead links on the site. I'll be working on removing them over the next few days or weeks, and adding new programs.
• I've restarted my RSS feed, this time with an associated blog (see below). This is a great way to receive news items automatically from your personalized list of sources, and for those of you who use an RSS reader (such as FeedDemon), it should be a convenient way to learn about new Celtic WebRadio sites as they're added here.

Celtic Music:

• Continuous Celtic music WebRadio broadcasts
• Podcasts of Celtic music
• Scheduled Celtic music WebRadio programs
• WebTV programs dealing with Celtic music, culture, etc.

Celtic Languages:

• WebRadio broadcasts/podcasts in Celtic languages:
  • Gaelic group: Scottish, Irish, Manx
  • Welsh group: Welsh, Cornish, Breton
  • Galician (a romance language, not Celtic, but our Celtic cousins)

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• How time zones are shown on this page
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Continuous Celtic Music Broadcasts

Site	Comments
Acoustic Cafe	Radio programs of specific groups. Celtic-related programs in the archive include: Alexi Murdoch, Mary Black, Maura O'Connell
*Celtic Grove	This is a 24/7 Celtic music station, with some some commentary, interviews, etc. like a "regular" radio station.
*LiveIreland.com	This site has 3 streams of Irish music available continuously. Two of the streams appear to be live. One is traditional, one a mix, one modern.
Live365.com	This is a collection of webradio stations, all using technology provided by Live365. These stations use a special Live365 player, which can be installed automatically when you're at the site of any of the stations. Some of the stations are personal stations provided by individuals, while others are institutional. Quality varies, but some are quite good. Do a search for "Celtic" and you'll find quite a few stations (76 as this is being written). Can be firewall issues, if you're listening at work.Of particular quality and interest are these: Station Description Celtic Melt Pleasant, rather mellow "Irish and Irish-inspired music" *RenRadio Celtic and Renaissance Festival Music
*Music Sojourn.	This site has 12 music categories, two of which have contemporary Celtic content. The "Celtic Currents" category has 12 tracks totaling 10+ hours. The "Celtic Rock and Reel" category has 5 tracks totaling 5+ hours. Both include links for artist, album information, and album purchase. There is some advertising on the audio track.
*Radio Ceol	Constant Irish music track, and plans for live session recordings, artist interviews, guest shows, etc. Uses Apple Quicktime (download is fairly automatic).
*Radio Telefís Éireann	This Irish radio station keeps the latest versions of its weekly Irish music programs "Ceili House"  and "The Late Session" available for listening. Click on "Audio Downloads", select program and click on "Real".
Scottish Internet Radio*	This is a totally revamped WebRadio site, with several interesting program series, each program typically 30-40 minutes long, and all available continuously from archive. Program Description Ceòl, Cainnt 's Craic (Music, Chat and Crack) with Brian O hEadhra  Pleasant music-and-interview show broadcast in Scots Gaelic. The music is a mix of modern Celtic folk, some traditional Gaelic folk, and other world music. The Kitchen Ceilidh (Ceilidh às a Chidsin) with Fiona Mackenzie  Nice mix of instrumental and traditional Scots Gaelic songs, with bilingual announcements and occasional beginner lessons in Gaelic.
*SHOUTcast Celtic	SHOUTcast provides a variety of "radio stations", many run by individuals as a public service. The link at left is to the Celtic list. Some specific stations worth a listen are: Celtic Grove 56K, Celtic Grove 24K, and Toby's.
*Wales Radio International	Archives of "Celtic Notes" and "Sounds Celtic", both of which have some Celtic music content. Only occasional programs are entirely about music, however.
NOTE*	Some of the scheduled programs listed below also have associated archives of past programs that can be accessed at any time. I've tried to mark these with a red asterisk (*) in the "Site" column.

Celtic Music Podcasts

Site	Comments
Celtic Folk Podcast	Al Mann, of Georgetown, Kentucky, provides a nice podcast consisting mainly of contemporary Celtic pop, some rock, and an occasional bit of boundary stretching.
Cleveland Celtic Podcast	Cleveland's Wendy Donahue hosts an excellent podcast of Celtic rock and contemporary Celtic music, from the Cleveland area and around the world.
Pacific Northwest Celtic Music Podcast	Becky Johnston, of Eugene, Oregon, presents music by Celtic musicians in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and eastern Montana.
Thistlepod	Fiona Ritchie, of the Thistle & Shamrock radio series, does brief podcasts featuring samples of new Celtic music.

Scheduled Celtic Music Programs

These programs are a great opportunity to listen to Celtic music from all over the world, often with comments, interviews, etc. Please be aware that I have a lot of trouble with the times. Sources of difficulty are: (1) stations that stream their programs world-wide, but (incredibly, in my opinion) announce their schedule in local time with no information about how it relates to UTC/GMT; (2) U.S. daylight savings time. If you really want to hear a program, you're well advised to check the website of the station/program, and make your own correction. I'd be grateful to have errors pointed out, though, so this list can be kept as accurate as possible.
Time GMT* (Local)	Program	Site	Comments
Mon 0h00-1h00         (Sun 1800-1900)	*Thistle and Shamrock	KAMU	Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
Mon 0h00-3h00.	*Bound for Glory.	WVBR	Live folk concerts from Cornell University, USA. Sometimes have Celtic artists.
Mon 19h00-21h00	*Coisle an Cheoil	Clare FM	Irish Traditional Radio, County Clare, Ireland
Tue 1h00-4h00	*Celtic Airs (FM on Toast)	WWUH	Celtic programming with host Steve Dietrich. University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Tue 2h00-5h00	*Tree and Root	WDVR	Music from Scotland, Ireland and England.
Tue 18h00-20h00	*Music in the Glen	Clare FM	Irish Traditional Radio, County Clare, Ireland
Wed 11h00-14h00.	*Donegal Express.	WRUV	University of Vermont, USA
Thu 1h00-2h00         (Wed 1900-2000)	Thistle and Shamrock	KAMU	Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
1st Thu each month 2h00-4h00.	*Musica Mundi	KGNU	Boulder, Colorado, USA
Fri 0h00-2h00.      (Thu 1900-2100)	Music of the Isles.	*WMNF	Tampa, Florida, USA *Search main page Site Layout for an archive of the past months broadcasts.
Fri 2h00-4h30      (Thu 1900-2130)	Whisky in the Jar	KVNF	Paonia, Colorado, USA
Fri 3h00-5h00      (Thu 2200-0000)	*Currents and Traditions.	WDVR	Folk and Celtic music.
Fri 21h02-22h00         (Fri 2202-2300)	The Late Session	RTE Radio 1	Irish traditional and folk music. *Archived copy of latest show.
Sat 0h00-3h00      (Fri 1800-2100)	The Celtic Show.	CKUA	University of Alberta, Edmondton, Alberta, Canada.
Sat 13h30-14h30	*Lume na Palleira.	*Radio Galega	In Galician. Partially repeats at 3h05 Sun. Program includes listener feedback, sometimes annoying. *There's also a large archive of somewhat earlier programs.
Sat 15h00-17h00	*Celtic Sojourn	WGBH	The flagship PBS station in Boston, MA, USA. *Archived copy of latest two shows.
Sat 13h00-16h00        (Sat 0900-1200)	A Thousand Welcomes	WFUV	Celtic traditional music. *Archives from Dec 2001. Fordham University, New York, USA
Sat 17h00-19h00.	*Living Tradition.	WHUS	Univ. of Connecticut at Storrs, USA
Sat 16h00-17h00        (Sat 1200-1300)	Thistle and Shamrock	WFUV	Fordham University, New York, USA
Sat 18h05-19h30        (Sat 1905-2030)	Take the Floor	Radio Scotland	Traditional Scottish dance music; longest running radio program in Scotland. *Archived copy of latest show.
Sat 20h30-21h15        (Sat 2130-2215)	Ceili House	RTE Radio 1	Llive Irish music, presented from practically every county in Ireland by Kieran Hanrahan.. *Archived copy of latest show.
Sat 21h15-22h00        (Sat 2215-2300)	Failte Isteach	RTE Radio 1	"Donncha O'Dulaing opens up a world of human experience, reflection and warm humour along with a suitable selection of music." *Archived copy of latest show.
Sun 15h00-17h00        (Sun 1100-1300)	Celtic Brunch ( & Mists of Avalon )	WDVR	Walt Haake, Carla Van Dyk, and Diana Jordan take turns doing this program of Celtic music. Fourth Sundays are Walt's Mists of Avalon ("A tapestry of Celtic, Middle Eastern and European dance and song"). Delaware Township, New Jersey, USA.
Sun 2h00-3h00        (Sat 2000-2100)	*Celtic Connections.	KAMU	Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, USA
Sun 04h00-04h45         (Sun 0500-0545)	Ceili House	RTE Radio 1	Llive Irish music, presented from practically every county in Ireland by Kieran Hanrahan.. *Archived copy of latest show.
Sun 07h10-07h55         (Sun 0810-0855)	Mo Cheol Thú	RTE Radio 1	"Together with a selection of poetry, song and music, Ciaran Mac Mathúna eases you into Sunday morning in Ireland." *Archived copy of latest show.
Sun 16h00-20h00         (Sun 1200-1600)	Ceol na nGael	WFUV	Irish music, news, etc. *Archives from Dec 2001. Fordham University, New York, USA
Sun 20h00-21h00         (Sun 1600-1700)	Thistle and Shamrock	WFUV	Fordham University, New York, USA
Sun 23h00-0h00         (Sun 1800-1900)	*Thistle and Shamrock	WUNC	Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Celtic WebTV Programs

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) WebRadio Sites

Site	Comments
*Radio nan Gaidheal	Gaelic page of BBC Scotland. Now live full-time! Click "Eist" under Radio nan Gaidheal. There are also archives of various programs strewn about. Note especially daily news in both audio and text form under "Naidheachdan". "Letters to Gaelic Learners" in Gaelic under "Foghlam" (the last few in both PDF and audio form -- click "Eist" for audio).
Scottish Internet Radio*	This is a totally revamped WebRadio site, with several interesting program series, each program typically 30-40 minutes long, and all available continuously from archive. Program Description Ceòl, Cainnt 's Craic (Music, Chat and Crack) with Brian O hEadhra Pleasant music-and-interview show broadcast in Scots Gaelic. The music is a mix of modern Celtic folk, some traditional Gaelic folk, and other world music. The Kitchen Ceilidh (Ceilidh às a Chidsin) with Fiona Mackenzie Nice mix of instrumental and traditional Scots Gaelic songs, with bilingual announcements and occasional beginner lessons in Gaelic.
*Scottish Internet Radio	"Let's Try a Little Gaidhlig" is a series of 20 half-hour Gaidhlig lessons, updated weekly. Well done. Scroll down on the main page to find the archive.
*Aiseirigh nan Gàidheal	"The Awakening Gaels" is a series of 10 one-hour radio broadcasts (the 2001 Highlands and Islands Summer Series) from the Gaelic community in Nova Scotia. Mostly traditional Gàidhlig music, but with spoken Gàidhlig, stories and lessons. Part of a continuing series (now 6 years old).
*Fios.	This is the North Lewis weekly newspaper, published every Friday with news of the Outer Hebrides. All issues have some articles in Gàidhlig, some in English. Issue 18 contains bi-lingual material. As a concept demonstration, issues 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 have both bi-lingual articles and oral readings of the Gàidhlig. They're looking for further funding to do this for future issues. When you get to the website, click on the large blue "Fios" you'll see there, pick the desired issue, and look for articles with the headphones symbol.

Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) WebRadio Sites

Manx Gaelic (Gailck) WebRadio Sites

Welsh WebRadio Sites

Cornish WebRadio Sites

Breton WebRadio Sites

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Ar Radioioù en Brezhoneg

This is a joint project of four Breton-language radio stations to make their broadcasts accessible on the internet. Broadcasts are in Breton or French. All four stations can be accessed using their own players or via streaming MP3 or OGG. The four stations are: Station Description Radio Kerne All Breton. Presents 60 hours/week of Breton-language programming of various sorts, some original and some from the other stations listed below. Listen MP3 Arvorig FM All Breton. Listen MP3 Radio Bro Gwened Bi-lingual (French/Breton including Gwenedeg dialect), with special emphasis on education and music. Listen MP3 Radio Kreiz Breizh Bi-lingual (French/Breton), news, politics, music, and culture of the region. Listen MP3

Galician WebRadio Sites

About Streaming Media Players

Player Name and Description	Go Get It
Unless indicated otherwise, all broadcasts listed on this page use the standard RealPlayer streaming audio/video player. This is an excellent, free, no-hassle streaming multimedia player that can be used as a browser plug-in or as a stand-alone player. Even sites with specialized players (e.g., Spinner.com) are typically using the RealAudio standard now. Click on the button at right to obtain the player.
The Microsoft Windows Media Player doesn't cover all the platforms, but is used by some streaming media sources listed here. They're explicitly indicated.

*Time Zone Corrections

Times are now expressed in 24-hour Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Thus, Friday 0h00-2h00 is Friday from midnight to 2:00 AM at Greenwich. For me, in the US Mountain Time Zone (GMT-7), this program would be heard on Thursday evening from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Errors are possible, as are schedule changes I haven't caught yet. You should check the schedule at the broadcast site to verify the time if you're planning to listen to a scheduled program.

About This Webpage

I often listen to Celtic music while working. Since I live in the United States, I don't find as much Celtic music available on broadcast stations as I would like. And though my collection of CDs is pleasant and growing, it can't expose me to new artists and songs I've never heard before. WebRadio is the perfect answer for my needs, and I'm interested enough that I thought I would make an effort to maintain an information resource in this rather specialized area.

I'm also a student of Scottish Gaelic, and the recent advent of WebRadio news broadcasts in several of the Celtic languages is an exciting addition.

If you are aware of information that should be added or changed here, please let me know.

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Last modified: Monday November 13, 2006.