Celtic Rock has a long history since it first started moving people’s feet and heads when the Folk Revival met rise of Rock in the 60s. There’s a lot of incredible bands who’ve risen to the top. Everyone has their opinion as to which are the best, as you’ll see if you do a search […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #193: Best Celtic Dinner Music in Dublin
Dublin has some of the best restaurants in Ireland. In show #193, we’re gonna enjoy some of the awesome food of the Celts in song with Irish Celtic music from Serious Kitchen, Banna De Dha, Abby Green, Pandora Celtica, Cady Finlayson, Battlelegs, The Shanties, Dun Aengus, Barleyjuice, The Irish Balladeers, Hawp, Calasaig, The Elders, Heidi […]
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What is Jonathan Talltale?
I transferred an old, old audio recording that I made in high school. It’s called Jonathan TallTale. It was my tribute to Fibber McGee and Molly. I listen to like two minutes of it, and wow, did my voice sound like that?Somehow I seriously thought I must’ve sped up the cassette tape when I was […]
Irish Lilting (Lyrics)
Lyrics and music by Marc Gunn Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: St. Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids Come all ye young travelers Come along with me We’ll sing a song all day long Ora-diddle-la-diddle-la-dee A diddle-la-diddle-la-dee OH! A diddle-la-diddle-la-dee It’s as fun as can be A diddle-la-diddle-la-dee Oh! A diddle-la-diddle-la-dee It’s Irish Lilting Clap your […]
St Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids Off to Printers
St. Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids is at long last done and off to the printers. The album officially goes on sale on March 1st, but it’ll be available EXCLUSIVELY through iTunes on February 1st. Here’s the final track list: I’ll Tell My Ma Irish Lilting Red-Haired Boy Lilting Happily Ever After Gypsy Rover Rising […]
I Love Crunching Nuts (Lyrics)
Lyrics and music by Marc Gunn Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: St. Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids I love crunching nuts. I love to hear them pop. I love to watch them fall to the ground. ‘Cause I love crunching nuts. My wife loves crunching nuts. She smiles whenever they pop. We go for walks […]
2 Misconceptions About Introverts
I have a quick rant about introversion that was sparked by a person on podcast today. The guest said he was a bad public speaker because he was an introvert. That reminded me of one other misconception someone alluded to last week. Find out more about both misconceptions in this week’s Celtfather podcast. The show […]
Return to Texas, Two Weekends Only at Sherwood Forest Faire
In just two weeks, I will be back in Texas for my annual return to the Sherwood Forest Faire. The Sherwood faire is located just outside of Austin and is an award-winning Renaissance festival, having won Best New Renaissance Festival two years in a row in the Renaissance Festival Awards. It’s an awesome and impressive faire […]
Music Marketing 203: Sneaky Way to Make a Living as a Musician
Starting in 2000, I published a weekly email called The Bards Crier Music Marketing newsletter. It was one of the most-respected indie music marketing sites online. My goal was to guide musicians on the journey on how to make a living as a musician by documenting my own journey. The newsletter mostly stopped by the […]
Celtic Love for Valentine’s Day
There’s a blog I saw online that said Irish “love” songs were unromantic. That’s a bunch of hogwash by some cynical people who don’t know or appreciate Celtic music. The Celts are some of the most-passionate people in the world. One of the goals of my new compilation CELTIC LOVE is to highlight the beauty […]
