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Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland DVD

Filmed at 14 beautiful and iconic locations around Ireland, Postcards from Ireland features 80 minutes of beautiful landscapes as Celtic Woman performs songs from their latest album, plus some fan favorites. Selections include “Danny Boy,” “Amazing Grave,” “The Dawning of the Day,” and more.

(Celtic Woman)

1DVD# MOB674398 $18.99

Celtic Journey

Celtic Journey is an album of music and song from Scotland and further afield, with pipes, fiddle, choir, courting songs, lullabies, humorous stories of whiskey smuggling and sad laments for love lost. The music comes from the Isle of Skye, Nova Scotia, Glasgow, Stornoway, Inverness, and the Scottish Highlands. This is an album that simply cannot be missed by lovers of Celtic music. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2870 $14.99

The Celtic Lute / Ronn McFarlane

26 Celtic songs performed by famed lutenist Ronn McFarlane. All are played masterfully in McFarlane’s own arrangements, which give the disparate works a greater feeling of cohesion. McFarlane’s complete mastery of his instrument is everywhere apparent in his fingerings, his expressiveness, his ability to contrast bright and dancelike material with inward-focused pieces.

(Sono Luminus)

1CD# DSL-92225 $15.99

Celtic Psalms, Vol. 1

These Celtic psalms promise to be a long-standing resource for meditation and worship. By pairing the wisdom of the psalms with timeless melodies, delicate harmonies, and instrumentation, these arrangements bring to mind the Celtic landscapes of Ireland and Scotland with sincerity, integrity, and tenderness. (Gia Choral Works)

1CD# GIACD-1015 $16.99

Celtic Folk from

Wales

A delightful and varied cross-section of Welsh music, with Carreg Lafar, Aberjaber, Meredydd Evans, Côr Seirion, Plethyn, Ar Log and more. The music ranges from famous Welsh male choirs, to folk songs, to ancient pieces played on traditional instruments and contemporary pieces with modern arrangements. Info about the groups, music and instruments. Original Welsh lyrics with English translations.

(ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2222 $12.99

Bagpipes of Celtic Galicia

Pepe Romero, head of an outstanding family of folk musicians has been playing the bagpipe since he was twelve years old. He is known today, as one of the best bagpipers in Galicia. The repertoire on this album, based on self-composed themes with clear, unmistakable and genuine roots in the Galician usical tradition, is another aspect that gives a very special character to this group.

(ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2681 $14.99

St. Patrick’s Day – Ultimate Irish Pub Songs

Celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland with a fantastic playlist all included on this Ultimate Irish Pub Songs album. A great selection of Irish music to celebrate with. Including classics such as “The Wild Rover”, “Spancil Hill”, “Irish Rover” and more! These tracks have been curated from the finest Irish records that Arc Music has to offer, and showcase a program of brilliant Celtic artists including the Dicey Reillys, Turlough, Paddy O’Gorman. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2891 $14.99

Irish Uilleann Pipes

Uilleann pipes touched the hearts of millions in the show Riverdance and the film Titanic. Slow airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes and songs from Ireland solo or accompanied by guitar, tin whistle, bouzouki, bodhran and voices. Songs include “Pigeon on the Gate,” “Will You Come Down to Limerick,” “Speed the Plow,” “Banish Misfortune,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2267 $12.99

Bagpipes of Britain & Ireland

Classic recordings made by folklorist Peter Kennedy in the 1950s / early 60s of legendary players of the three types of British and Irish pipes with an unbroken tradition. Songs include “Mrs. McLeod’s Reel,” “The Jenny Bell Polka,” “Maggie’s Foot,” “Keel Row,” “The Little Red Fox,” “The Fair Flower of Northumberland,” and more. 32 songs in all! (Nimbus)

1CD# SDL416 $18.99

Pipes & Drums from Scotland

“This album is a must for the pipes and drums enthusiast as it contains an excellent variety of original material superbly arranged and played by the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Queen’s Own Highlanders…. The overall tone and execution is of the highest caliber. This could well introduce a new approach to pipe and drums representation.” – Captain John Allen, Director of Army Bagpipe Music. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2375 $12.99

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