RenSites.com, the web host for over 50 episodes of the Renaissance Festival Podcast, went down a couple months back. The site got really popular and it ran out of bandwidth. Since February, we’ve received email from people letting us know about the missing MP3s, and I kept forgetting to mention it in the show. Well, […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Winners in the Austin Music Awards
MARC’S MUSINGS — April 15, 2008 – Marc’s Music News – Austin Music Award Winners – Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers – New MP3 – “Molly Malone… The Cat’s Perspective “ – Join My Street Team Published 1-4 times per month. To manage your subscription, go to the end of this […]
Irish Cat Synchronicity
I went to the acupuncturist today to help me fight off a sinus infection I feel is trying to make headway in me. While being filled with needles, I realized a couple of synchronistic things about my life. My Celtic heritage: I was born March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. I belong to the Scottish Clan […]
Why A “Cat” Is Called A “Cat”
The English word “cat” is very similar to the word used for our feline pets in other languages spoken in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The table below lists the word for cat and the language: Kat Dutch chat French Katze German gatta Greek kottur Icelandic gatto Italian qattus Maltean katt Norwegian kot Polish gato […]
New Folk Music Shop in Austin
From Doc Grauzer: Hello all! Thought I’d send out the word about a new music shop called “Fiddler’s Green”, which is at 1809 West 35th Street, pretty much across the street from Things Celtic. They just opened up on Monday, and I found them just today when I went to see Kimberly at work. So–a […]
Announcing “Whiskers in the Jar” CD Cover
The new CD cover for “Whiskers in the Jar”. It was designed by the amazingly talented Ingrid Houwers. If you want some amazing Celtic art (among other things), check out her website! You can currently pre-order the CD at CatDrinkingSongs.com.
New Cat CD Single
Looks like my single is now available on CD Baby–The Gift Of Cat Love. It features three songs from the upcoming CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers.
Orange Kitten’s Mew (Lyrics, parody “May Morning Dew”)
by Karen D. Mitchell The cats we find are sometimes the sweetest cats on the planet in this parody of “May Morning Dew” from my CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. One sunny June morning as I played in the grass, I heard a loud meowing beneath my neighbor’s house. When […]
Kitty Martin (Lyrics, parody “Henry Martin”)
by Lynn McKinney This parody of the Scottish song “Henry Martin” tells the story of a cat who goes mousing on the high seas. It gets a little bloody when the cat finds a rat on this latest song on my CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. There were three cat […]
The Old Woman and Her Cat (Lyrics, aka “Dundee Cat”)
by Matt McGinn This song by Scottish songwriter, Matt McGinn, is a a classic story of an old woman and her cat. It’s known in Scotland as “The Dundee Cat” and it’s on my CD Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Loversc. In an attic flat in Dundee town, A poor old woman […]
