Celtic Colours and Catching Up

It has been a bit quiet here. With all the noise going on in the world perhaps that’s been needed.

Time for a bit of catching up though. I do have great music coming up to write about for you here and in other places.

Right now, though: if you are new here, welcome. If you are regular reader, thanks for sticking with me. Music Road turned nineteen this past summer.

First, you’ll want to know about great concnerts you can tune in to live this week (10-18 October) or watch on replas through 31 October.

These are happening at the Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Lots of Cape Bretoners, of course, and artists from Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the US, England, and many places across Canada also.

Next, a few greatest hits and stories you may have missed here at Music Road, followed by news of and several links to other related projects.

Spell Songs II: Let the Light In
Irish music, Irish landscape
Cathie Ryan: Through Wind and Rain
Music and Mystery: Carrie Newcomer

Over at Substack, I’ve begun a newsletter. It’s called Along the Music Road. Different or additional perspectives on artists you’ve met here and others you’ve yet to meet here, along with other related stories. There are subscriptions at no cost and paid ones if you’d care to support my work (hint: you can subscribe for as long or as short a term as you’d like) and you can also follow if you do not wish to subscribe.

Sunday Sessions: Traverse
Sunday Sessions: a song about hanging in through hard times
Songs of Protest, part 4: Onward

At Wandering Educators, I write a once a month (usually third Monday of the month, though this can vary slightly) series called Music for Shifting Times.

Music for Autumn's Connections, from an earlier autumn
The backstory of the series, along with links to all episodes, oldest first -- scroll all the way fown the page for the most recent

I’ve also several other sorts of stories in the archive at Wandering Educators, among them an interview with Rosanne Cash, a look at the story of Putumayp World Music, and a conversation with Scottish fiddle player and composer Sarah-Jane Summers.

At Perceptive Travel I write three stories a month, usually.
Travel as seen through music, history, and the arts, most often.

A preview story about this year’s Celtic Colours Festival
Passim: Music and History on Harvard Square
Glasgow in Six Statues
Northern Ireland: 4 Songs to Help You Understand

I hope you will enjoy exploring the archives here and learning about these others projects. Thank you for being here. Whether you are new to Music Raod or a long time reader, I invite you to stay tuned as explorations continue.

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