Druidcast - The Druid Podcast

Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 08:

Live recordings from the Order’s Winter Gathering, Glastonbury, December 2007 –
Silver on the Tree – www.myspace.com/silveronthetree
Barry Patterson – www.redsandstonehill.net
Liv Torc – www.myspace.com/lousionnach

Results of last month’s competition, plus a new competition for this month’s show.

Tim Freke gives a talk on Death and Rebirth in the Gnostic Tradition – www.timothyfreke.com

Backing music for competition – Making the Mead – Paul Newman – www.iampaulnewman.co.uk

DruidCast theme music – The Hills they are Hollow – Damh the Bard – www.paganmusic.co.uk

Irish Rover – The Blaggards – www.blaggards.com

Shownotes DruidCast Episode 07
2nd part of the interview with Philip Carr-Gomm on the life of Ross Nichols
Evaporate – Chris Ayer - www.chrisayer.net.
Deidre of the Sorrows from Language of Birds - Fiona Davidson www.ceilede.co.uk.
www.watercolourmusic.com
Goddess  - Melissa Cox - www.myspace.com/melissacox.
The Spirit World – Josh Woodward - www.joshwoodward.com.
Background music middle section – Making the Mead – Paul Newman – www.iampaulnewman.co.uk
Intro music – The Hills they are Hollow – Damh the Bard – www.paganmusic.co.uk
Email for Avey and Dave the Flute: wayne.avenson(AT)zen.co.uk

DruidCast Episode 06 - Samhain 2007

This month features:
Wildwood Dream - Dave the Flute and A. Avey
After the Darkness, comes the light - Mona Leigh McCrea - www.monaleigh.tv
An interview with Philip Carr-Gomm about the life of Ross Nichols (Nuinn)
Cailleach - Silver on the Tree - www.myspace.com/silveronthetree
Chiemi Lynn Haman - Time
Samhain Eve - Damh the Bard - www.paganmusic.co.uk
Intro music - The Hils they are Hollow - Damh the Bard - www.paganmusic.co.uk
Making the Mead - Paul Newman - www.iampaulnewman.co.uk

DruidCast – A Druid Podcast Episode 05

The DruidCon 2007 Special.
Philip Carr-Gomm interviews Stephan Allen, Potia, Little Raven, Fionn Tulach and Syd Merle.
Cruel Sister – Kate Fletcher – www.katefletcher.co.uk
Mistletoe Foundation - http://druidnetwork.org/en/mistletoe/foundation.html
Their a Bannag, Ho ro Bannag - Fionn Tulach - http://www.ceilede.co.uk
Syd Merle Broceliande Forest site - http://terre.sacree.over-blog.com/
Tara under threat – www.tarawatch.org
The Dinador Serpent - http://www.rotherwasribbon.com/
Elder - James Reid - Woven Wheat Whispers – www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk
Intro music – Hills they are Hollow – Damh the Bard – www.paganmusic.co.uk
Making the Mead – Paul Newman – www.iampaulnewman.co.uk

DruidCast Episode 04
Spanish Troubador - Dragonsfly www.dragonsfly.org
Messiah - Silver on the Tree www.myspace.com/silveronthetree
The History of the Pagan Horned God - Professor Ronald Hutton
Elements of Druidry - Beliefs - Philip Carr-Gomm
Poem - Faerieland Dance - Aiden Doyle
Wood - Telling the Bees - www.myspace.com/tellingthebees
North Country Maid - The Owl Service www.myspace.com/theowlservice
Wood and North Country Maid taken from John Barleycorn Reborn www.john-barleycorn-reborn.com
Making the Mead - Paul Newman www.iampaulnewman.co.uk
Familiar Shores - Dragonsfly - www.dragonsfly.org
DruidCast Theme - The Hills they are Hollow - Damh the Bard www.paganmusic.co.uk

Welcome to DruidCast Episode 03!

In this podcast we feature excerpts from the Order’s Bardic audio course, an interview with New Zealand Druid Pamela Meekings-Stewart where we talk about Druidry in the Southern Hemisphere, plus lots of great music – see the credits below!

Arianrhod – Claire Hamilton http://www.livingmyths.com
The Power of Story – Philip Carr-Gomm
Merlin am I – Damh the Bard http://www.paganmusic.co.uk
My Name is Lugh – Explorer http://www.myspace.com/explorerpagansongs
Linde von Bayeax – Corvi Ridentes http://www.corviridentes.com
Must keep building roads – Tom Goddard
An Invocation of Awen – Paul Rouselle
Dark Lake – Claire Hamilton http://wwwlivingmyths.com
Follow the Line – The Dolmen http://www.thedolmen.com

A Bardic Bonanza!

This is the second edition of DruidCast, the podcast brought to you by the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. In this show we have live performances from some of the best of the UK's Bards recorded at the Order's Summer Gathering at Glastonbury Town Hall, 9th June 2007.

Arthur 'ZZ' Birmingham (www.zzbirminghamband.co.uk) plays a Muddy Waters classic.

Keiron Sibley drums his 'Barefoot Boogie'.

Paul Mitchell (www.myspace.com/pagansatire) plays a rousing rendition of the classic folk song John Barleycorn.

We have an exclusive interview with Druid Will Worthington, artist of the Druid Animal Oracle, the DruidCraft Tarot, and the forthcoming Druid Plant Oracle.

More music from Paul Newman (www.iampaulnewman.co.uk) and Damh the Bard (www.paganmusic.co.uk). A great performance from poet Liv Torc, and finishing with a song by Bard Rob Chapman (www.myspace.com/alittlebitofsacred).

Also there is the result of last month's book competition.

Druidcast - the Druid Podcast

Welcome to the webpage for the Druid Podcast - Druidcast - provided by the Order. Your host is Damh the Bard and each episode he will feature poetry, story and song offered by Bards throughout the world. There will also be interviews with people from the Druid tradition, seasonal thoughts, explorations of Celtic mythology and history, reviews, and competitions. Shownotes for episode 1: The first show is an introduction to the Order, the three grades, and the Druidic Wheel of the Year. Intro music is 'Hills they are Hollow' by Damh the Bard (http://www.paganmusic.co.uk), the link harp music is 'Hawthorn' by Fred Hageneder (http://www.friendsofthetrees.org.uk), and the backing harp music for the Imbolc poem is 'Wake' by Claire Hamilton (http://www.livingmyths.com). Throughout the section discussing the seasonal cycles we have used the dates relevant to the Northern Hemisphere, if you are listening from the Southern Hemisphere the dates are reversed, ie the Summer Solstice is on or around the 21st December, not June.