Meow, Woof, and Dine at El Arroyo on April 29

Sunday, April 29, 2007Benefit for Thundering PawsEl Arroyo @ 3PMat Bee Caves Rd and Hwy 71Austin, TX Join us for a fun afternoon Sunday, April 29, 2007, from 3pm to 5pm. Thundering Paws will have a benefit event at the El Arroyo restaurant in Bee Cave, near the intersection of Bee Cave Road and Highway […]

ABC World News Video Podcast Loves Celtic Music

Wow! I haven’t seen it yet, but I got an email from someone who told me about a feature for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. As he describes it ABC World News Video Podcast went out to find some popular podcast and my podcast was one that was picked for it! Now if I […]

Announcing New Irish Podcast

I know. I know. I don’t need to start any more podcasts, but this is something that’s been dear to my heart for a long time. So I thought I’d go ahead and start officially promoting it as such. It’s called the Irish Songs & Lyrics Podcast. It began as just my Celtic lyrics directory […]

Today’s To Do List and Update

Yesterday, Andrew and I were back in the studio working on Real Men Wear Kilts. It was a lighter workday than usual. Gigs are forcing us to take a step back. In April, we’ll jump back into the studio with fervor, but too many gigs in March to do just that. This weekend, we fly […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #33: St Patrick’s Day MP3 Special Edition, Pt 1

Music from Wild Clover Band, Brobdingnagian Bards, Thomas “Doc” Grauzer, Men of Thunda, Booze Brothers, The Tea Merchants, Christiane Cargill, Culann’s Hounds, Marc Gunn, Ceili Moss, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Queen’s Gambit, Jigger, Homeland, Black 47. www.celticmusicpodcast.com Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #33: St Patrick’s Day Music, Part 2 – Your Requests

St Patrick’s Day music from Merry Mischief, Serious Kitchen, Tears for Beers, Ali Benson, James Raynard, Trochrague, Murder the Stout, Minstrosity, Coyote Run, MojoKelt, Bow Triplets, Diane Linn, The Duplets, Redhill Rats, Porter & Stout, Great Big Sea, Irish Stout, Enter the Haggis, Gaelic Storm. http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our […]

17 St. Patrick’s Day Music Downloads 2007

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. This year, I decided to present them in a new format. This year, all the files are compiled like a gigantic digital compilation CD. I ZIP the files up and you just […]

BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS NAMED BEST NONE OF THE ABOVE BAND OF 2006-07 BY THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS

AUSTIN, TX (March 15, 2007) – Indie Celtic music favorites the Brobdingnagian Bards were named Best “None of the Above” Band of 2006-07 at the prestigious Austin Music Awards held last night at the Austin Convention Center, kicking off the music portion of the international South By Southwest music conference. The AMA’s are celebrating their […]

Good vs. Great Sales

I was reading an article by Seth Godin called “Good Is Not Almost As Good as Great” where he mentions firing half of your sales force of “good” sellers and keeping the “great” ones. That really kinda struck home with me due to a recent experience. We play at a convention where we have a […]

Settlement of Ireland

From the Celtic History Newsletter: It was about 11 thousand years ago that the last Ice Age started coming to a close, and the bare of Ireland was colonized quickly by plant species such as grasses, dock and meadowsweet, followed by juniper, willow, birch and hazel. It was about 10,000 years ago that the first […]