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Ever since I started performing at Renaissance festivals in 1999, I’ve dreamed about starting my own faire. I think most Rennies have. How exciting that would be! George Appling, or King George as he’s known at the Sherwood Forest Faire, not only dreamed of it, he made his dream a reality. How did it happen? […]
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We’re less than a week away from Irish Music Month. I thought I’d share a bunch of new indie Celtic music from Heidi-Jane Schwabe, Athas, Abby Green, Jonathan Milton, Myddle Earth, Dearest Home, Avourneen, Nessa, Saby O’, La Unica, Stephen Kern, The Tomfooligans, Niteworks, and Lady Moon that was recently submitted before we jump full […]
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When my first daughter was born, I had a flood of comments from Gunn Runners asking me when I would release a kids CD. It was bound to happen. I theme most of my albums from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers to Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion, Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits to […]
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Cedric is the fiddler and one of the singers of Bedlam Bards, a comedic Celtic group from Austin, Texas that was one of my biggest influences when learning how to put on a show. This weekend, I sat down with Cedric to get a in depth interview about how he escaped Lubbock to join the […]
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The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is not your typical Celtic radio program. Most play the same Celtic artists promoted by the top record labels. We focus on indie Celtic bands, the ones who don’t get played but are just as good. You’ll find them living in your town if you go looking. Great indie Celtic […]
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I asked Melinda to compile a list of Cornwall Festivals and musicians for this year’s Celtic Invasion of Cornwall. Here’s what she pulled together. Festivals and Events Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival June 17 – 19 – Falmouth Cornwall 3 Wishes Faery Festival June 17 – 19 – Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park Hawker […]
The Ring of Hope words and music Marc Gunn, Sept 2002 Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits When I was young, I’d sit around Bag End with Bilbo. Singing songs and tales about the Elves of Old. While we smoked our Southern Star. A leaf of golden par That transformed the […]
In county Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland is the giants causeway. What one Radio Times poll named the fourth greatest wonder of the United Kingdom. 40,000 interlocking basalt columns line the coast, the result of a volcanic eruption millions of years ago. Now it’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in […]
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I had a good show last night on Concert Window. It was great to be back. It was awesome to see all of the names who popped up in the chat room. Here’s the stats: 17 People bought tickets at an average of $6.87 per ticket. Your total share is $81.72 6 Subscribers watched, your […]
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Happy Celtic Valentine’s Day! I’m happy to share with you a bunch of Celtic love songs and tunes which show the Celts know as much as about love as anyone, some even more passionately so. You’ll enjoy great Celtic music from Mithril Duo, Tullamore, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Battlefield Band, Colleen Raney & Colm Maccárthaigh, […]
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