CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter
May 2004

WOW, look at that! It's not even the middle of 
June yet and you're already receiving the May 
CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter! Seriously, I 
(Cory) have for the last 3 months been busily 
doing all the things associated with moving our 
corporate headquarters (my family's house), which 
is the reason you haven't seen a regular 
Newsletter since January. Mea culpa!


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CONTENTS

SITE NEWS:    Free Music Drawing, New Weblog? Reviews, Links, etc.
RADIO NEWS:   Top 20
MUSIC NEWS:   New albums galore, & more
HOW YOU CAN HELP
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*** CelticChristianTunes.com SITE NEWS ***


FREE MUSIC DRAWING:

Congratulations to Cheryl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 
who has won our most recent drawing. The winner 
of our next giveaway will receive Fathom's new 
album "Pollution Blues", Alan Mearns' "The Tree", 
and Caroline Bowles' "Wondrous Love".

You might not know it, but there's a lot of stuff 
that you never find out about because we don't 
really have a good format for it. The solution: a 
weblog maybe? Examples of things that might be 
included in blog entries are concert listings 
that happen to cross my desk, minor site update 
news, and any other random thoughts that make 
their way to my fingertips. So, this time around, 
I'd like your opinion. If I start a blog, will 
you read it?

To complete the survey and enter the current 
contest, just fill out the form at 
http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/surv.shtml.

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NEW REVIEWS

Since our last newsletter, we've posted new album reviews for:
Fathom: "Pollution Blues"
John Doan: "Wayfarer"
Alan Mearns: "The Tree"
Debbie Zepick: "Fearless"
Marc Gunn: "Soul of a Harper"
Brobdingnagian Bards: "Memories of Middle Earth"


NEW WEBSITE LINKS

Since our last edition of the Newsletter we've 
added links for Bob Quaderer, El McMeen, Elaine 
Cooke, and Ceol an Chroi.


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*** CelticChristianTunes.com Radio NEWS ***


THE TOP 20

Here are the current 20 most popular songs on 
CelticChristianTunes.com Radio, based on a 
combination of factors, including listener votes, 
"Buy" and "Wish List" clicks, and log-offs while 
songs are playing. The list is in the format 
Artist - Song - Album.

1. Eden's Bridge - The One You Left Behind / 
Heath & Heather (instrumental) - Celtic Journeys
2. Kildare - The King Of Love My Shepherd Is - Evening Dance
3. Eden's Bridge - Open Sea - Isle Of Tides
4. Prairie Bible College Fine Arts Department 
with Onora - God Above, God Below - God Above, 
God Below
5. Lianna Klassen - The Intercessor - Love in the Ruins
6. Maire Brennan - Mary Of The Gaels - Whisper To The Wild Water
7. Various Artists - Amazing Grace - Celtic Hymns
8. Beyond The Pale - Kesh Jig / Road to 
Lisdoonvarna / Calliope House - Beyond The Pale
9. Andrienne Liesching and Geoff Moore - In 
Christ Alone - Worship Together: Be Glorified
10. Iona - Treasure - Heaven's Bright Sun
11. Debbie Zepick - Change the World - Fearless
12. The Crossing - Farewell to the Max / Athol 
Highlanders - Dancing at the Crossroads
13. Terl Bryant - Christ Be In Me - Psalm
14. Jeff Johnson - Oceanus - Prayers of St. Brendan
15. Eden's Bridge - Every Heart - Celtic Praise
16. Moya Brennan - Ancient Town - Two Horizons
17. Michael Card - Be Thou My Vision (reprise) - Starkindler
18. Maire Brennan - I Lathair De (In God's 
Presence) - Whisper To The Wild Water
19. Lianna Klassen - Incense to the Father - Love in the Ruins
20. Judy Cockwell - Candle Light - Shades of Light


TO LISTEN: Visit http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/list.shtml.

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*** MUSIC NEWS ***

A lot has happened in Celtic Christian music 
since our last Newsletter! For more information 
about each of these items, please visit the 
artists' websites through 
CelticChristianTunes.com.

DAVE BAINBRIDGE's solo album "Veil of Gossamer" 
has been released, and is now available to order 
from Iona's website.

RIC BLAIR has recently completed his 3rd CD 
entitled "Fields of Freedom, Celtic Hymns and 
Instrumentals". The CD features guests Phil 
Keaggy and Sheila Walsh, and will soon be 
available on Ric's website.

CEILI RAIN will host a 5-day trip to Ireland from 
JFK International in New York in March 2005. For 
more information use the link on their website.

ELAINE COOKE has recently launched a new CD 
of Celtic Christian music entitled "The Healing 
Light".

BRIAN DOERKSEN's new CD and DVD entitled "Today" 
have been completed for release on August 10.

FATHOM: Fast on the heels of their February 2004 
release "Pollution Blues", FATHOM is already 
recording their third collection of songs. This 
will be the first CD to feature Fathom's new 
uillean piper Danny McLaughlin and will include 
more traditional instrumental Celtic music than 
previous albums. The recording has yet to be 
named.

DAVE FITZGERALD is preparing a new album for 
release, "God is Love". More information about 
this album, including mp3 clips, is available 
from http://www.davidfitzgerald.co.uk/solo.htm. 
The credits include some familiar names, 
including NICK BEGGS and TERL BRYANT.

PHIL KEAGGY has a new CD "It's Personal" and DVD "Philly Live".

LIANNA KLASSEN will begin work on her new album 
"Out of the Borderland" this summer; it is 
scheduled for a November release. After 9 
nominations over the years, Lianna won the Vibe 
Awards' "2004 Best Seasonal Album of the Year" 
for "Once Upon A Time Forever After" last month 
in Toronto. She was also nominated this year for 
"Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Song of the 
Year" for "The Women's Song".

ROBIN MARK's "Revival In Belfast 2" is planned 
for release before the end of July. The album is 
being re-mixed by legendary producer Paul Mills, 
whose credits include Natalie MacMaster's "My 
Roots Are Showing", and should be nearing 
completion as you read this.

THE PASSAGE released a new album "Elegies" last month.

RUNRIG is celebrating their 30th year as a band 
with the release of their 12th album "Proterra". 
This is their first "theme" album, as compared to 
the usual song-based album.

SOULFUL TERRAIN is currently recording a new 
album, "Astoria". Like Terrain's first recording, 
it is multi-stylistic with Celtic, rock, and 
blues influences, and will feature guest 
appearances by Iona's DAVE BAINBRIDGE and FRANK 
VAN ESSEN.

SEVERAL ARTISTS' websites have recently been 
redesigned. See the new digs from IONA, PHIL 
KEAGGY, MADISON GREENE, ROBIN MARK, and THE 
PASSAGE (currently splash page only). All are 
linked from CelticChristianTunes.com's "Artist 
Links" pages.


If you have any news tips that our readers will 
want to know about, be sure to drop us a line at 
Cory@CelticChristianTunes.com.

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