I got an email yesterday from someone asking about my show. They ask, “I’ve been enjoying your wide ranging podcasts. I’ve been a Celtic music fan for years. I have been listening to Celtic music for a long time. In fact since I discovered the Thistle & Shamrock a very long time ago. I happened […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Drunken Scotsman
“Drunken Scotsman” or more commonly known as “The Scotsman” was a song I first heard from sung by Bryan Bowers…an autoharper. I think I first heard it on a morning radio show in the 80s, but Dr. Demento loves it and you now find it all over the world sung by Scots- and kiltophiles. The […]
Pub Songs #32: Live Music with Michelle Hedden on Bodhran
Michelle Hedden recorded on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers with me and used to play with Brobdingnagian Bards. I thought it’d be nice to jam a little before a CD release party of cat songs. Songs: “Come Out Ye Black and Tans“ “Paddy McCullough“ “Ye Jacobites By Name“ “Old Dun Cow“ “A Lil Bit […]
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Sickness and Studio Updates
Getting sick sucks! And yet, I’m so good at it. Though this time, I think I caught a virus probably from reduced resistance from not enough sleep. At least I’m learning what causes my all too frequent illnesses. So today, I’m at home, sleeping and watching Anne of Green Gables, cuz I’m that kind of […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #46
Brought to you by the Brobdingnagian Bards tour of Ireland where we will go to… Explore Bantry Bay, Bantry Gardens with seven acres of terraced splendour and gothic sculptures and Bantry House’s French Armarda center that re-enacts the attempted invasion by Theobald Wolfetone. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and […]
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Ed Miller at the Cactus Tonight
Scottish singer, Ed Miller, will be performing with Rich Brotherton at the Cactus Cafe at 8:30pm tonight. I’ll be there. Don’t think he has any new CDs, but he’s on the Celtic Music Podcast bunches. He puts on a great show!
Thinking Ahead in the Music Business
It’s funny being a musician… no, a businessman. Because in the real world, I don’t think about what’s coming up. Christmas is about the only holiday that makes me think forward in time. Things like Valentine’s Day, National Feral Cat Day, Robert Burns Birthday, or St. Patrick’s Day are usually last minute, “Oh look, it’s […]
Big Strong Cat
Just finished mixing “Big Strong Cat (My Puddy Tat Sylvester)“. It sounds way cool. Special thanks to Pab Sungenis, Tom Smith and Leslie Larkins. Recorded Michelle on bodhran for a few songs today. W00t! Quote of the Day:“A banjo and a tuba… That’s funny!”– Rich Brotherton
New MP3 – What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty
I am back in the studio to record my second edition of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. I had so much great feedback from the first album, I HAD to do another. And lo and behold, I haven’t finished this album and already people are talking about a THIRD album. One paw at a […]
New MP3 – Black Is the Color (Live)
What a beautiful song! I really fell in loved with it listening to Nick Hennessey perform it on his solo albums. Nick plays harp. I play autoharp. But the first thing I did after falling in love with it was rewrite it about cats for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. And it […]
