Peg Kerr's Journal

I have bekkio to thank for introducing me to the Irish and Celtic Music podcast (banner below), a free, bi-monthly, downloadable radio show of independent Irish & Celtic music. You can subscribe through iTunes. It includes Irish drinking songs, Scottish folk songs, bagpipes, music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Nova Scotia, Galacia, Australia, the United States, and around the world. I set up a syndicated feed for it today: irishceltmusic.

Anyway, I was listening to episode #39 today, and a song came up, "My Father is a Werewolf," by a Finnish group from Helsinki that plays Irish music and music with Irish Influences, the Redhill Rats. I really liked that song, and heck, it reminded me of [insert gratuitous Harry Potter reference here] Teddy Lupin, so I went Googling for more information. And I found this iSound page, where you can download twenty-one of their songs for free, including "My Father is a Werewolf." I really like them! [re: "My Father is a Werewolf": the singer's father sounds more like Fenris Greyback than Remus Lupin, but still, check it out and let me know if you like.] I believe these are authorized free downloads since the page offers a way to contact the band (if you have an iSound login, that is, but you don't have to have one to download).

(Hey, lollardfish! Check out their rendition of the song "Tramps and Hawkers.")

Have any of you heard of the Redhill Rats before?



( Lyrics to My Father is a Werewolf )

( Here there be spoilers )

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