Brilliant Folk Musicians Might Not Make the Best Rockers

There’s a running joke among my friends that one day I’ll “sell out” and record my Celtic rock album.  It’s true I’d love to release a Celtic rock album.  I started out as a rock musician after all, not a Celtic folk musician.  I played guitar with Skander and Breastfed before I found my calling […]

Review of Spotify

I finally got a chance to download and use Spotify.  I downloaded it because I wanted music to romance my wife on Valentine’s Day.  I learned a lot about it.  I’m gonna share the good and the bad of Spotify. Spotify Review from the Fan’s Perspective I drank the Kool-Aid.  Spotify rocks!  Yup.  There is […]

Marching On…

Like February itself, or winter in Texas, the shiny side of Valentine’s Day doesn’t quite last long enough. Other holidays have a full month to show their decorations, but as February winds to a close, we have only a hint of the memory of pink and red hearts—though February is American Heart Month.  The decorations […]

Alabama Celtic Music

St. Patrick’s Day is rapidly approaching.  I thought I’d spend this weekend in between shows prepping for the weeks to come, but alas, no time. I have lots of geeky Celtic music to play.  Instead, I thought I’d share some of the Alabama Celtic music from my neck of the woods. I started a website […]

Cool artsy flier

Things I wish I did. Cool artsy fliers. I spent 16 years in austin admiring all the flier art. I can’t help but wish I was a halfway decent artist and could design cool fliers. But me… Not so much. Ah well…

From Faire to Con and Back Again!

What’s up with Marc Gunn this week? Well, Marc has just recently returned home from the Texas Hill Country!  For the past two weekends, he has been  at the Sherwood Forest Fair, where he jammed with Cedric of the Bedlam Bards playing Firefly Drinking Songs, music inspired by Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity (you can find the CD of […]

Pub Songs #113: Irish Celtic Songs

Pub Songs #113: Irish Celtic Songs

A month and half after the first show of the year, I am back with some more Irish Celtic Songs plus LOTS of news from The Celtfather. I had a busy a month, which included a flight to Texas for some shows at the award-winning Sherwood Forest Faire. But that’s just the start of a ton […]

Happy Mardi Gras!–and all that (Celtic) jazz…

Today, in select locations, revelry prevails.  In New Orleans, my home town, there is eating, drinking, and merriment (more than usual), beads, occasional nudity, temporary insanity, and a general festive mood.  Meanwhile, in other parts of the country (like Texas, where I am now), it is just another day.  But we can still be a […]