In the beginning was the Irish Stout, and the stout was good. The Irish Stout was SO good, in fact, we started singing about it–Irish Pub Songs. The Irish songs flowed as prolifically as the stout. Irish Stout is no longer just a dark beer made from roasting malts and barley. Now it is also […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Stomach Rumble
by Marc Gunn, November 15, 2006 We’re under a tornado watch. The sky is rather bright compared to the dark ambience. The rain plummeting in globules on the porch outside. It’s a tornado sky. Spun and unfun. Decadent cascades on our tin roof. Lightening followed by the quick stomach rumble of thunder. Electrostatic activity. The […]
Christmas Gifts for Cat Lovers
The Cat Fancier’s Association put together a list of Christmas gifts for cat lovers in their recent ezine. Admittedly, I was bit disappointed with their Christmas gift list. Nothing struck is an absolutely brilliant, must-have item. So I decided to make my own short list of amazing cat presents. Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #26: Feature on Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Enjoy an interview with Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer on their album and past Celtic bands. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Brought to you by… The Brobdingnagian Bards’ TOUR OF IRELAND. Do you want to go to Ireland? Ever […]
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BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS
Austin Texas is known for its music scene, and it also happens to be the home of the Brobdingnagian Bards–a Celtic Renaissance musical duo. The Bards combine the folk songs of Ireland and Scotland with a little Lord of the Rings styling as well, making for a truly unique and interesting sound. The instrumentation is […]
PLOW MONDAY
In 1995, my band Skander broke up. I started looking for another band and found a band called Societal Jive that featured friends of mine from the an acting troupe I helped start called The Moore Hill Players. David English was one of the members. I really loved their heavy metal sound. So when David […]
Dreams of Regular Gigs in Austin
I was dreaming rather heavily when I woke up this morning. I don’t remember exactly what I was dreaming about, but I woke thinking about playing music on a weekly basis in Austin. Austin is a peculiar place. It bills itself as the Live Music Capitol of the World. So the city is flooded with […]
Pub Songs #18: Interview With a Pirate, Captain Black Jack Murphy and Pirate Songs
I had the pleasure of interviewing a pirate named Captain Black Jack Murphy as we started working on a CD together with Murphy on vocals and me on autoharp. Songs: “Bonnie Ship the Diamond” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview With A Pirate “The Mermaid” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview […]
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October Sessions
In the Spring of 1998, I quit my job to play music full-time. It was a lofty goal… especially since I had no real plan on how I would make money. I released Ichabod’s Geography and tried booking gigs. It was an epic failure. But I learned a lot. By October, I was almost out […]
A Rabbit for Halloween (Lyrics, Bugs Bunny & Witch Hazel – Broom-Stick Bunny)
by Marc Gunn With Halloween nearing, I started thinking about Bugs & Witch Hazel in “Broom-Stick Bunny”. I sat down with my autoharp and started retelling the story of an ugly witch who is threatend by Bugs Bunny dressed as an uglier witch for Halloween. But when Witch Hazel finds out that Bugs is actually […]
