#242: King of the Fairies

Last week, we featured the best Celtic music of 2015. This week, we’re gonna catch up with the newest Celtic music that has come into my inbox. You’ll hear great indie Celtic music from Avourneen, Black Market Haggis, Aul’ Grey Whistle, Bonnie Rideout, Pandora Celtica , Dublin Harpers, Beltaine, SaltyPaws, Smithfield Fair, Good Foot, Steel […]

An Taisdeal – Celtic Music Spotlight

An Taisdeal – Celtic Music Spotlight

An Taisdeal (pron.: An Tahshdel, Scots Gaelic for “The Journey”) is a Celtic Folk project from Germany. Originally founded by Rüdiger Reinhardt in 2002 with Anna Molitor on the fiddle, the project was put on ice, as he moved away in 2005, and playing together was no longer possible. “The Journey” can be seen as […]

Newsletter: Good Adventures, Best of Marc Gunn

Greetings Gunn Runner I’m sure everyone north of Alabama dug their heals into the ground to prepare for Snowzilla. However, my family loves snow. And we love a good adventure. So on Saturday, we drove up I-65 to Columbia, Tennessee. We stopped at a hardware store and bought some trash can lids. Then we drove […]

What Should I Call a Best of Marc Gunn Compilation?

What Should I Call a Best of Marc Gunn Compilation?

I’m working on a new compilation CD. You could call it a Best of Marc Gunn, but it’s not really. And I don’t think. Rather, the album features one track from each of the 20 solo albums I’ve released since I released Soul of a Harper in 2005. I tried to pick some of my most-popular recordings […]

Top 20 Celtic Bands of 2015

Top 20 Celtic Bands of 2015

Last week, I released the Celtic Top 20 featuring the best Celtic Music Bands of 2015 as voted by fans of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I want to share with you more about those bands. You can listen to the full Celtic music show here. You can also check out the episode where I […]

Marc Pick’s Most-Popular Celtic Bands of 2015

Marc Pick’s Most-Popular Celtic Bands of 2015

I didn’t actually pick these amazing bands this week. It was a lot more organic than that. This list features the Celtic bands I played most-often on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I love all of these bands, but there were a few surprises that I didn’t anticipate. Ranked in Order: The Bow Triplets […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #241: Top 20 Best Celtic Music of 2015

It’s time, once again, to celebrate the Top 20 Best Celtic songs of 2015. We had a lot of great music last year as I found out when I compiled all of  your votes. That’s right. YOU get to vote for the best Celtic music of the year. Today, you’re gonna hear the Best Celtic music […]

Donations to Celtic Non-Profits (as of the end of 2015)

I think it was 2003 that I first released a compilation CD called Coventina’s Well. It featured a bunch of awesome Celtic bands I found MP3.com. I paid royalties to the artists on the compilation for each album that sold. It was a major headache. I discontinued the album, and in 2005, I released The […]

#240: Irish Music on Ellis Island

This week on the podcast, we have Irish Celtic music from Caladh, Blackwater, Amelia Hogan, Earl’s Chair, An Taisdeal, Laurent Leemans, Beltaine, Dublin 4, Ellis Island, Doug Folkins, Shishonnah,  Lenahan, Alizabr and Ann Sannat with Faun, Burning Bridget Cleary. celticmusicpodcast.com/240 If you enjoy this podcast, then please rate the show on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. […]