What do you get when you cross a bawdy pirate with a Scots-Irish bard, a lot of beer and drinking songs? You get Irish Stout. Irish Stout is a concept band featuring Captain Black Jack Murphy’s gritty Irish vocals and Marc Gunn folkiness on autoharp. The band performs Irish pub songs and bawdy piratey humour. […]
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Pub Songs #22: A REAL Live Show with Marc Gunn in Eugene, Oregon
I have some solo shows in Oregon. That brought me to a house concert in Eugene. Here’s the entire show. Songs: “The Naughty Kitty” “Wild Rover/Wild Kitty“ “Star of the County Down“ “A Fairy Story“ “Old Dun Cow“ “Donald Where’s Your Drunken Scotsman?” “Old Fenian Gun“ “Johnny Jump Up“ “Irish Ballad“ “Harry Potter and The […]
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Tiziano Gunn (Lyrics, parody “Old Fenian Gun”)
by Marc Gunn, February 7, 2007 In my first cat CD, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I felt like I had a song for Jasper and a song for Torre, but no real song FOR Tiziano, my other tabby cat. Lyrics came to me based on the Irish song, “Old Fenian Gun” that just […]
House Concert Video – Irish Ballad
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Announcing Renaissance Austin Theatre Company
My friend Lorella Loftus just released her new website. Lorella is an actress who started Renaissance Austin Theatre Companyto produce quality theatre productions with a Celtic or classical connection and emphasis on acting excellence. Visit Renaissance Austin Theatre Company! Lorella Loftus is originally from Glasgow, Scotland and has been very active in the Austin theatre […]
SOUL OF A HARPER
An autoharper’s spiritual wandering through Celtic songs. Beautiful and fun Celtic folk songs to celebrate your Scotch-Irish heritage. Are you Scots-Irish, too? After six albums with the Celtic Folk MP3 Superstars, the Brobdingnagian Bards, Marc Gunn decided to create a solo album based on his most-popular solo recordings from 2000-2003 that he named “Soul of […]
Fairy Music
A couple years ago, I was chatting with a fellow autoharper, Alan Horvath, who made the comment that the autoharp was the most-Elven instrument he could find. I LOVED that comment. Maybe it’s my thing for elves, but it got me thinking. For the longest, I’ve wanted to create an album of elven music or […]
Having an Austin Wedding?
If you’re looking for great music for your Austin wedding, I have a great recommendation–the Brobdingnagian Bards. I know, I know. I play with the band, so I’m biased. But hey, don’t take my word for it. Check out these referrals: “We had planned on having a string quartet at our wedding. While looking on […]
Wedding Ceremony Music
I played the autoharp this weekend at a house concert. I really love my instrument. It has such a beautiful sound. Today I was thinking it is the perfect wedding ceremony music instrument for people who want something beautifully different. Imagine for a moment the sound of a classical guitar. Full and soulful. That’s the […]
Update on Campaign to Save the Hill of Tara
MINISTER’S DIRECTIONS FLOUTED IN THE GABHRA VALLEY National University of Ireland, at Maynooth, archaeologist and Celtic studies lecturer Dr Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin of the Save Tara campaign has written to the Minister and the Taoiseach regarding the works being undertaken on behalf of the National Roads Authority (NRA) / Meath County Council (MCC) along the […]
