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The CeltCast team wishes you a musical 2022! 
This year, we start with a new Monthly Marker from a Russian Folk Band! This band mixes Celtic, Nordic and Russian traditions.
Band: Smorodina Reka with the song ‘Evening‘. 
You can find Smorodina Reka here:
New Monthly Marker and Daily Disc – Christina Alden & Alex Patterson – Hunter (2021) UK
Before I tell you more about this beautiful album, I would like to announce our new Monthly Marker of December! It’s “The Fox Song” of this talented duo from Norwich. We will play this song five to six times a day for the whole month! 
Christina and Alex made this atmospheric album during the lockdowns of ’20/’21 at their own home. The album cover and booklet have a beautiful design, made by Christina herself! Instead of listing the lyrics in full, the booklet contains descriptions of the backstories of the songs. I really like this and feel it fits the warm atmosphere of the album. It is one to enjoy in peace, dreaming away listening to the beautiful arrangements. Songs about life, forest, nature, wildlife and friendship. And, I also love Christina’s warm voice.
So, the only advice to give is: please listen to the welcoming sounds of this album, and enjoy! 
Musical greetings, Ilona
You can find Christina and Alex here:
The Daily Disc AND NEW Monthly Marker 
Stundom – Ma jeg holde din hand (translation: May I hold your hand?) (2021)
In November, we will play the song ‘Frigear’ five to six times a day! 
Recently, we received this amazing Nordic Folk album. While listening to it during travelling I knew…. this album is a pearl! I think our balfolk friends will love this one too! My favourite songs are ‘Frigear’ (new Monthly Marker) and ‘Baronen’. And, I really love the original album cover.
Info:
Their music is inspired by the traditional dance music from their ancestors, mixed with the classical chamber music tradition and several modern symphonic elements, achieved with a blend of the cithern, the violin and the piano. Years ago, they performed with the name ‘Elmoe & Hoffmann’ and won the “new talent” prize at the Danish Music Awards Folk 2015. In 2017, the pianist Julian Svejgaard stepped in the project of Emma Kragh-Elmøe and Villads Hoffmann.
Thank you GO’ Danish Folk Music!
Musical greetings, Ilona CeltCast 
You can find Stundom here:
Check This Out! 
MONTHLY MARKER news! 
Last week, the brand new album ‘Labyrinth’ of Waldkauz was our Daily Disc. Today, we can tell you that one of the songs on this album will be our new Monthly Marker! In October, we will play the song ‘Ariadnes Faden‘ five to six times a day. Ariadne is the goddess of passion! This ‘Andro’… will make you happy, will make our balfolk dancers happy, will let you dance, will let you move and will make you love our beautiful (Pagan) Folk scène even more! Beautiful people, let’s dance and make each other happy!
Waldkauz wrote about this song:
This is our version of an Andro, a traditional Breton folk dance. In An Dro, the dancers hold hands and form a long chain. Like the thread of Ariadne, which led Theseus safely out of the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.
Tanz Tanz Tanz!
You can find Waldkauz here:
In January, we received an email at CeltCast HQ from Volker Armbruster, the man behind Book of Tunes. He told us about the album he released in October 2020, which features Irish and Celtic Folk music with film music elements. After some conversation, a physical copy of the album ‘New Found Trails’ was delivered and…. I instantly loved it! The tracks are all instrumental, and you can feel the ‘movies’ behind the tracks. Get ready to let yourself be enchanted by these special folk-inspired songs.
In the meantime, Volker released three other amazing singles and two Yule-tide songs. These are all magical as well! If you are not yet familiar with his work, we highly recommend that you have a listen to his songs after reading this! For the whole month of September, we are going to play the single ‘Ratatoskr’ five to six times a day on CeltCast Radio.
It is a soundtrack song just waiting for a movie to be shot for it!
More about the single ‘Ratatoskr’ on Bandcamp:
A story about the greedy squirrel Ratatoskr living in the world-tree of Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. It always searches for bigger and better fruits, bringing itself and its friend Eikpyrnir in danger.
I’m longing for the next album, and I’m sure you’ll share my opinion once you hear Volker play.
Musical greetings, Ilona CeltCast
You can find Book of Tunes here: