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A Celtic Christmas

Frank Hennessy presents the best in folk, roots and acoustic music from the Celtic countries and beyond.

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Sun 14 Dec 202520:00
BBC Radio Wales

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Music Played

  • Steeleye Span

    Gaudete

    • Below the Salt.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 10.

  • Frost At Midnight

    Bannau Brycheiniog

    • 10090602 Records DK.

  • The Twangtown Paramours

    Waiting for Christmas to Come

    • Inside Edge Records.

  • Dick Gaughan

    The Snows They Melt the Soonest

    • Handful Of Earth.
    • Topic.
    • 5.

  • Kate Rusby

    Let Your Light Shine

    • When They All Looked Up.
    • Pure Records (Yorkshire) Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Al Lewis

    A Child's Christmas In Wales

    • A Child's Christmas in Wales.
    • Al Lewis Music.
    • 1.

  • Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh

    Carol of the Bells

  • Mountaintop Junkshop

    Meet Me at the Light Switch On

    • Electric Blanket Records.

  • Ceri James

    Legend of the Angelystor

    • Legend of the Angelystor.
    • Heed Records.
    • 1.

  • Jack Keogh

    I'll Never Let You Down

    • Jack Keogh Music.

  • The Blackheart Orchestra

    Winter Majesty

    • Ceandar Records.

  • Ye Vagabonds

    On Sitric Roads

  • Mary Hopkin

    Iesu Faban

    • Space Studios Ltd t/a Mary Hopkin Music.

  • The Outside Track

    Christmas in Killarney

  • The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show

    No Money in Peace

  • The Roches

    The Little Drummer Boy

    • We Three Kings.
    • Geffen*.
    • 9.

  • The Chieftains

    A Breton Carol

  • Bruce Springsteen

    O Mary Don't You Weep

    • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Foster & Allen

    Silver bells

    • Christmas Gold.
    • Crimson.
    • 7.

  • Kate Rusby

    Let the Bells Ring

    • Angels and Men.
    • Pure Records (Yorkshire) Ltd.
    • 12.

  • Calan

    Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)

    • Nadolig yng Nghymru - Christmas in Wales.
    • Sienco.
    • 7.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • POLYGRAM TV.

  • The Roches

    We Three Kings

    • We Three Kings.
    • Geffen*.
    • 13.

  • Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band & Sneak's Noyse

    The Sans Day Carol

    • English Folk Carols.
    • Regis Records.
    • 1.

  • James Taylor

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    • James Taylor At Christmas.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Lowri Evans

    Arhosa amdana i

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Virgin Mary

    • The Wonderful World of Lonnie Donegan, Vol. 2.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 17.

  • Jack & Daisy

    The Times They Are A-Changin'

    • Barcelona (In The Rearview).
    • Bay Street Records.
    • 4.

  • Paul Cherrington

    In The Bleak Midwinter

  • Calan

    Ganol Gaeaf Noethlwm (In The Bleak Midwinter)

  • Nanci Griffith

    A Wexford Carol

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Dec 202520:00
    BBC Radio Wales

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