Wartburg

We went to visit Wartburg on Thursday. We'd gotten the letter with her acceptance on Wednesday and went, by golly, here it is spring break, and when are we going to have another chance to get away to check it out? So we drove to Iowa and met with the nice people in admissions and toured the campus. Fiona wrinkled her nose at the orange everywhere (their school color) but admitted she was much more interested in the school now than she was before. I have to get them more documentation before they can give us the word about the financial aid package they will be offering.

A little late for St. Patrick's Day

but once again you can download for free 17 Irish/Celtic songs, courtesy of Marc Gunn of the Irish and Celtic Music podcast.

Every year for St. Patrick’s Day, I compile a new list of St Patrick’s Day MP3 downloads that are 100% free and legal. Many of these artists are played regularly in the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. And ALL of these artists are generous enough to offer their music for free in the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine.

This year’s free downloads were featured in show #79 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. You can listen to the show as a podcast, download the ZIP file, add the MP3s to your MP3 player, or burn them to a CD. It’s your choice. But it’s totally free.

STOP! Now share this great music with your friends. That’s right. You have our permission to cross-post this article on your website or blog.

I write this article every year and compile these free MP3s is to help promote independent Celtic music. If you find an artist that you really love on this compilation, go to the artist website, drop them an email to let them know you found them through the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. Then buy their CD.

Download “17 Celtic Music Downloads for St. Patrick’s Day” (98.5 MB)

To download, right-click the link and “save as” to the folder you choose. Then unzip the file. (p.s. these MP3s will only be up for a month, so download them soon).

See Marc's original post for a list of the songs with links to the musicians' music.