CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter
September 2004

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CONTENTS

SITE NEWS:    Free Music Drawing, New Reviews, Links, etc.
RADIO NEWS:   Top 20, New Tracks
MUSIC NEWS:   New albums galore
HOW YOU CAN HELP
SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS

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*** CelticChristianTunes.com SITE NEWS ***


FREE MUSIC DRAWING:

Congratulations to Peter in Toronto, ON, who has won our most recent 
drawing. Our next drawing will be in November, so the winner of our 
next giveaway will receive three holiday albums: Caroline Bowles', 
"Christmas Carols", Kildare's, "Celtic Carols", and Lianna Klassen's 
"Once Upon A Time Forever After".

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


NEW REVIEWS

We've recently published a reviews of the following albums.

The Crossing's "Standing Stones"
Dan Carollo's "Waiting For Inspiration"
Dave Bainbridge's "Veil of Gossamer"
Coast String Fiddler's "Look To The Mountains"
Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning's "The Katurran Oddysey"

Reviews coming soon: Dave Bainbridge and David Fitzgerald's "The Eye 
Of The Eagle" and the compilation "Songs For Luca".


NEW WEBSITE LINKS

Since our last edition of the Newsletter we've added links for 
Raymond McCullough and The Barra MacNeils.


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*** CelticChristianTunes.com Radio NEWS ***


NEW TRACKS

We've recently added new tracks from Ric Blair, Raymond McCullough, 
Dave Bainbridge, Dan Carollo, and Carolyn Vargas.


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. Sarah Lacy - Be Thou My Vision -  Celtic Inspirations (disc 2)
2. Ceili Rain - God Done Good -  Erasers On Pencils
3. Genie & Troy Nilsson - Shalom -  Whisper
4. Jane Billington - It's In You We Proclaim - Deep Still
5. Iona with The All Souls Orchestra -  Dancing On The Wall - Woven 
Cord
6. Eden's Bridge - Father, Hear The Prayer We Offer - Celtic 
Reflections On Hymns
7. The Crossing - Standing Stones -  Standing Stones
8. The Crossing - Parting Song/Deliverance - Look Both Ways/Rise and Go
9. Moya Brennan - Falling - Two Horizons
10. Michael W. Smith - You Are The Lord - Worship Again
11. Margaret Becker, Joanne Hogg, Kristyn Lennox - I Will Trust - New 
Irish Hymns #2: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit
12. Lianna Klassen - Song of Declaration - Love in the Ruins
13. Sheila Walsh - Blue Waters - Blue Waters
14. Runrig - Da Mhile Bliadhna - In Search Of Angels
15. Isle of Light - Palo Verde Turkey / Morning Star / Uncle Larry's 
- Isle of Light
16. Ric Blair - Fields Of Freedom - Fields Of Freedom
17. Maire Brennan - Song of David (Psalm 67) - Perfect Time
18. Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning - The Enduring Story - Songs From 
Albion
19. Iona - Encircling - Journey Into the Morn
20. Eden's Bridge - Awesome God -  Celtic Worship


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

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*** MUSIC NEWS ***

Here's what's happening in Celtic Christian music. For more 
information about each of these items, please visit the artists' 
websites through http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com.

ANUNA recorded a concert in Sweden on September 19 which they thought 
was so good, that according to their web site, "This may result in a 
live album rather unexpectedly..." Anuna recently released a new 
edition and remaster of their "Deep Dead Blue" album.

RIC BLAIR  has recently completed his 3rd CD entitled, "Fields of 
Freedom: Celtic Hymns and Instrumentals", a collection of ancient 
celtic hymns, traditional celtic music, and Ric's original 
compositions. The CD features guests Phil Keaggy (who produced one 
song and sang BGVs) and Sheila Walsh reading scripture meditations.

TERL BRYANT can be heard playing the skins on Matt Redman's recently 
released live album and DVD "Face down", which was recorded in 
Atlanta, GA, USA. Terl has been working with Matt since late 2002 
doing various tours and dates across Europe, America and South 
Africa. More info can be seen at http://www.heartofworship.com.

CELE DE has just unveiled a new website design. Newly announced on 
the web site are free Amazon.com mp3 downloads.

CEILI RAIN has just released a new CD, "Change in Your Pocket". It 
can be purchased through their newly redesigned web site.

JUDY COCKWELL has released "Beyond", her third album. Two versions of 
the album are avialable - the standard CD version containing 12 songs 
and instrumentals, and a double CD version of the album, which 
includes the standard CD and an additional disk with backing tracks 
and full music scores for the songs.

THE CROSSING has recently updated their web site with a stunning new 
design. To our knowledge, this is their first full-fledged official 
web site, though most of its content remains to be fleshed out at 
this time.

THE ELECTRICS has a new album in the final stages of production. 
According to The Electrics: "Fans of The Electrics music will not be 
disappointed with this new offering. The folk/rock sound is still 
paramount in the Electrics music, but this time it's faster and 
punkier (yes Punkier)!"

FATHOM has announced that, after a short but fruitful stint in the 
band, Danny McLaughlin has left to pursue other ventures and as a 
solo piper. Danny's pipe playing will be featured on Fathom's 
upcoming CD release this fall.

IONA's only UK appearance this year will be "a very special" concert 
at London University on November 18. The show is to be filmed for 
their first full concert DVD release. Information on tickets (which 
are in limited supply), is available from 
http://www.iona.uk.com/newindex/p ress%20releases/dvd2004_release.h 
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DAN CAROLLO is working on some song arrangements of traditional 
Celtic and American hymns for a limited-release EP.

JEFF JOHNSON & BRIAN DUNNING's latest release from ArkMusic/Hearts Of 
Space, "The Katurran Odyssey - A Musical Journey" is a "soundtrack" 
to the illustrated story book from Simon & Schuster by the same name, 
which is to be released in October. Illustrations from former George 
Lucas animator Terryl Whitlach adorn the cover of the album, a review 
of which has just been posted at CelticChristianTunes.com. It is the 
September CD of the Month on National Public Radio's Echoes music 
show. A live "living room" concert will be recorded with with Echoes 
host, John Diliberto, for a December broadcast. For information on 
the Echoes appearance, visit http://www.Echoes.org.

In other news from Jeff, he is finishing up mixing for a new follow 
up recording to the popular Ancient-Future worship CD, "Benediction" 
for release in early 2005. "A  Windham Hill Christmas 3" will feature 
Johnson's and Dunning's arrangement of "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, 
Isabella" from their "A Quiet Knowing Christmas". The Windham Hill 
release will be in stores this holiday season.

PHIL KEAGGY has been producing several albums, including one for 
Cheryl Bliss which is scheduled for an October release, and a CD for 
Third Season, a local Nashville band (whose rhythm guitar player, 
incidentally, is Keaggy's webmaster, Robin Mawdsley). The CD is 
scheduled for a November release.

November will also see the release of a CD from the band Dispatch on 
which Phil will make an appearance. More information: 
http://www.dispatchmusic.com.

Phil has been doing some collaborating with fellow musicians Wayne 
Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims, Kenny Greenburg, and Matt Brownlewee; 
according to Keaggy, some of these songs "could" make their way onto 
his next CD.

MOIRA KERR's web site reports a new album, "Loch Lomond Hills". (It 
should be noted that, while this is news to us, the information on 
the web site is not dated.)

KILDARE's newest album "Celtic Worship - Awaken The Dawn" will be 
released on November 9.

ROBIN MARK's praise & worship follow-up "Revival In Belfast II" was 
released September 14.

RUNRIG's "Day of Days" DVD and CD are reviewed in the Oct/Nov 2004 
issue (#114) of Dirty Linen.

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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