CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter
November 2005

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CONTENTS

SITE NEWS:    CCT Podcast, Enter DAILY To Win, More...
RADIO NEWS:   Christmas tunes, The Top 25
MUSIC NEWS:   New albums & other news
HOW YOU CAN HELP
SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS

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*** CelticChristianTunes.com SITE NEWS ***


CelticChristianTunes.com PODCAST: WOULD YOU LISTEN?

We're considering initiating a weekly half-hour 
podcast which would consist primarily of music 
and a few artist news tidbits. This would require 
a lot of time and effort, so it isn't something 
that we will undertake unless we know there will 
be enough interest. If you are interested in a 
CelticChristianTunes.com podcast or have any 
suggestions for what you would like such a 
podcast to contain, please reply to let us know. 
We'd love to hear from you.

(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you 
can find out more about podcasts at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast.)


CDs ON SALE AT CelticChristianTunes.com

As announced in the last newsletter, recipients 
of the CelticChristianTunes.com Newsletter may 
purchase CDs from CelticChristianTunes.com. 
Current inventory includes a small number of 
Christmas titles.

Though this offer is still exclusive to those on 
our mailing list, it will soon be open to 
anybody. We have very few copies of each title 
(in some cases, just one or two). So, take a 
look, and if there's something you would like, 
don't delay your order. The proceeds of your 
purchase will help keep CelticChristianTunes.com 
and CelticChristianTunes.com Radio running. To 
browse the titles available, visit 
http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/news-ccdoffer.shtml


FREE MUSIC DRAWING - NOW YOU CAN ENTER DAILY!

Congratulations to Chuck in Terre Haute, Indiana, 
who has won our most recent drawing. Our next 
drawing winner will receive three great Christmas 
albums. This will be a short drawing period; we 
expect to ship the next prize in 3-4 weeks so 
that the winner has time to enjoy them before 
Christmas. Don't wait to enter!

Also, now you can increase your chances of winning by entering once 
each day!

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


CHRISTMAS REVIEWS FEATURED

Between now and Christmas, we're featuring our 
past Christmas album reviews prominently on the 
reviews page so that you can easily find some 
great Celtic Christian Christmas classics. (Say 
that three times fast.)

You can read these and all other archived reviews 
at http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com/revs.shtml.


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*** CelticChristianTunes.com Radio NEWS ***

NEW TRACKS

We've just added loads of Christmas music to the 
CelticChristianTunes.com Radio playlist rotation. 
Be sure to tune in!


THE TOP 25

Here are the current 25 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. Joe King - Stand Your Ground - Celtic Inspirations
2. Iona - Castlerigg - Open Sky
3. Lianna Klassen - Incense to the Father - Love in the Ruins
4. Andrienne Liesching and Geoff Moore - In 
Christ Alone - Worship Together: Be Glorified
5. Maire Brennan - Mary Of The Gaels - Whisper To The Wild Water
6. Alan Mearns - Song For The Suffering Saint - The Tree
7. Michelle Tumes - Heaven's Heart - Center of my Universe
8. Michael Card - The Greening of Belfast - Poie'ma
9. John Doan - The Old Church of Kilronan - Eire: Isle of the Saints
10. Runrig - The Summer Walkers - The Stamping Ground
11. Lianna Klassen - History Belongs - Out of Borderland
12. Kerri-Ann Rostad - As The Deer - Deep Still 2: It Is Well
13. Jane Billington - Deep Peace - Deep Still
14. Graham Kendrick - Peace To You - Celtic Inspirations
15. Eden's Bridge - The Lord is My Light - Celtic Psalms
16. Robin Mark - Forever - Come Heal This Land
17. Kildare - All Creatures Of Our God And King - Morning Dance
18. Patrick D'Arcy & Skip Cleavinger - Farewell 
To Ireland - Song Of The Piper: The Solid Rock
19. Leahy - G Minor Medley - Lakefield
20. Connie Dover - Ubi Caritas - Celtic Spirit
21. Carol Arblaster - All Creatures Of Our God And King - Holy Thorn
22. Richard Souther - The Flower Gleams (Hodie 
Aperuit) - VISION - The Music of Hildegard von 
Bingen
23. Michael Card - Be Thou My Vision (reprise) - Starkindler
24. Maire Brennan - Gra De - Perfect Time
25. Lianna Klassen - Song of Unity - Out of Borderland

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

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*** MUSIC NEWS ***

ANUNA has just completed recording their new 
album, tentatively titled "Sanctus".

THE BARRA MACNEILS released their ninth 
recording, "All At Once" this fall. The recording 
features the addition of siblings Boyd and Ryan 
MacNeil to the group.

MOYA BRENNAN has released a Christmas album, 
simply titled "An Irish Christmas". This album 
reviews the Christmas story through a blend of 
new tracks and traditional songs like "God Rest 
Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "In The Bleak Midwinter". 
According to Moya, the idea for the album first 
came to her some time ago: "I've been involved in 
number of other people's Christmas projects in 
recent years," explains Moya, "but I wanted to 
capture a truly Celtic Christmas feeling...It's 
always important to bring the meaning of 
Christmas to the fore."

MOYA BRENNAN also makes guest appearances on 
other recent albums. These include the Delirious? 
album, "The Mission Bell". Moya's appearance in 
the song "I'll See You" is one of several guest 
appearances on that album. (More info: 
http://www.delirious.co.uk/.) Moya also appears 
on the new Schiller album titled "Tag Und Nacht". 
In 2003, Schiller and Moya Brennan worked 
together on a techno/dance remix of "Show Me" 
from Moya's album "Two Horizons". On the new 
Schiller album, Moya sings on two songs, "Miles 
and Miles" and "Falling". (More info: 
http://www.schiller-musik.de.)

DAN CAROLLO: and Michael Connolly are working on 
a new CD project, to be released early next year. 
Also involved in the project is fiddler Randal 
Bays  (who, if you're in the Seattle area, you 
can hear for free at the Dusty Strings Open House 
on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at 11:00 am). The new 
project will be all instrumental music, a mix of 
traditional Irish and American tunes, with a few 
originals.

CEILI RAIN received 5 Unity Awards this month. 
The Unity Awards are the Catholic equivalent of 
the Gospel Music (Dove) Awards. Ceili Rain was 
nominated in 9 different categories.

CELE DE is working on their next album on the 
heels of this summer's "Fresh" EP.

KEITH GETTY has released the fourth and final 
installment in the "New Irish Hymns" series, 
"Hymns for the Life of the Church". This album 
includes new congregational hymns on different 
subjects, from communion, preaching and 
benediction to unity, suffering and world 
mission. Like the previous two albums in the 
series, it features Margaret Becker, Iona's 
Joanne Hogg, and Kristyn Getty.

Speaking of JOANNE HOGG, she's beginning work on her second solo album.

And speaking of IONA, they're making fast 
progress on their upcoming album "The Circling 
Hour". Member Dave Bainbridge describes Iona's 
new sound as "rocky and edgy". Iona is also 
preparing for final video edits on their upcoming 
live DVD, and has announced that in addition to 
the DVD, there are plans to release the concert 
as a double CD soon. The CD version will not 
include the additional acoustic set.

SONGS FOR LUCA 2: The "Songs for Luca" album has 
raised approximately  20,000 to help fund Dave 
and Debbie Bainbridge's autistic son Luca's 
home-based Son-Rise program, which Debbie and 
Dave have been running for the past 3 years. 
Educational experts have been amazed at Luca's 
progress and at Luca's annual review in July they 
confirmed that the course was having tremendously 
beneficial effects for Luca, who turned 8 this 
month. However, sales from "Songs for Luca" are 
dropping off now that it has been available for 
almost 3 years, and Dave and Debbie are planning 
to continue fundraising with "Songs for Luca 2". 
Several artists have already committed to 
contributing tracks.

JEFF JOHNSON & BRIAN DUNNING have a new Christmas 
album available, "Stars In The Morning East - A 
Christmas Meditation". The recording features 
musical contributions from John Fitzpatrick 
(violin), Maire Breatnach (viola & violin) and 
Jozef Luptak (cello).

PHIL KEAGGY is working on tracks for both his 
next vocal album, as well as an upcoming 
instrumental project being released for McPherson 
Guitars. Phil also has re-released instructional 
videos that Phil released back in the 80's and 
90's, "Electric Guitar Style" and "Acoustic 
Guitar Style".

KULA, a young band from Rose Creek Village in 
Selmer, TN is recording their first CD.

RAYMOND MCCULLOUGH has released "Into Jerusalem", 
a Celtic/Hebrew worship album.

Except where other links are provided above, more 
information may be found on these artists' 
websites, all of which are linked from 
http://www.CelticChristianTunes.com.

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