Celtophilia

Welcome to Celtophilia!
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed to get automatic updates of everything going on at Celtophilia.
Check out our articles, and make sure you leave a comment. Celtophilia is a "do follow" blog, so when you comment, you'll get a backlink.
Thanks for visiting!

Yes Celtophiles, Mike and I have been cluttering up your internet here at Celtophilia for an entire year as of today. Sure, we deserted you a time or two when we ran off to the beach, or my computer rebelled, or Mike got attacked by his household appliances, but ya’ll have always been on our minds.

The site has evolved a little along the way, we’ve gotten to know some awesome musicians and readers, and we’ve been privileged to listen to some of the best music on the planet, and even more privileged to be able to share it here. We want to thank each and every one of you for visiting, hanging out, and reading, we are so grateful for your participation and support.

In the coming year we are excited to share more album reviews, more band interviews, and more Celtic Music Deathmatches. We will definitely be revisiting the Limerick Contest, and we may have some new contests as well. Be assured that our love for Celtic music only gets stronger with every post we write and every new band we are lucky enough to discover. We want your feedback too! Is there a band we’ve neglected so far that we absolutely have to check out? Have a Celtic music topic that we should be writing about? Talk to us in the comments or send one of us an e-mail. (I’m way prettier and nicer than Mike. So write me. Ahem.)

Thanks ya’ll for an amazing first year, and here’s to another one!

Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo aris! - “May we be alive at this time next year.”*

*And if we aren’t alive, may we be zombies!

**For this historical and Very Important Post, I figured I would clear up a common misconception. Mike and I are not “together.” Well, very often we are together out there in the meat world, but not like that. Mike is married to my sister Julie, and is the best big brother a girl could hope for. If you like being called a punk, a gooftrooper, and a dillweed, being shot incessantly with nerf darts, and having imaginary snowballs thrown at you, which as it happens, I do.

Slainte,
Bonnie

Mike’s Note: I had all kinds of witty and clever things I thought I wanted to say, but I just got back from hiking 6 hours / 10 miles on the Appalachian Trail, and I can barely bring myself to type this before I fall over from exhaustion. I will return Bonnie’s lovely compliment and say that she is everything I ever wanted in a little sister, but don’t tell her I said it. Now, off to collapse somewhere. Oh, and I’m prettier.

Yes, but what is Celtophilia? Celtophilia is simply the best place to find reviews of Celtic CDs. Sure, there will be other things too, like interviews with Celtic artists and probably some opinions about where the genre is and where it’s going, but we’ll try to keep that to a minimum. (Yeah, sure.)
Honestly, for the most part, it’s going to be two people listening to music, tossing it around inside our weird and demented minds for a while, then writing down our thoughts. You’ll probably agree sometimes. You’ll probably disagree sometimes. Sometimes, you’ll probably think we’re an entirely unqualified pair of hacks who ought to be finding better ways to spend our time. That’s fine. Feel free to tell us when we get it wrong. We won’t bite… probably. As long as it motivates you to go out and support Celtic Music, we’ll consider our jobs done. We’re new right now, (as of today, as a matter of fact) so keep checking back. Subscribe to the RSS feed so you can always stay up to date. See what we have to say. Give us some feedback. Tell us how much you love Celtic music. Tell us how much you love us. Just come back, please!

Slainte,

The Celtophiliacs