Would you like Live Celtic music in your home? Think you can get 15 people to pay a few bucks to see us perform live? Then, Host a House Concert What is a House Concert? A house concert is quite simply a live music performance in someone’s home. You invite your friends over to […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Pub Songs #7: Scottish Murder Ballads, If Myspace Was Real
I got a post from myspace that I felt I needed to share. Songs: “Old Fenian Gun” by 4 Irish Whiskey from 4 Irish Whiskey Pub Songs “High Jeannie High” by Ed Miller from Live from the Cactus Cafe Notes: If Myspace Was Real Old Fenian Gun words and music by P. O’Neill, as sung […]
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Breastfed
Breastfed was an Avant, Quark Rock band characterized by well-arranged songs using odd timings, grooving rhythms, hard-edged attacks and fiersome melodic vocals. Ichabod sang Tavis sang backup and played guitar Neal paraded on drums, and Peg pedaled the bass support. Breastfed started out to be promising band. I conceived an idea of hard-rocking music that […]
Pub Songs #6: Ritalin and Crappy Pirates
This week is just about the music. Here’s some fun songs. Songs: “Wild Colonial Boy” by StoneRing from Samhain “The Worst Pirate Song” by Ceann from Almost Irish “General Taylor” by Pandora Celtica from a Pandora Celtica Demo “Rhapsody in Ritalin” by Breastfed from Breasted EP Wild Colonial Boy traditional, as sung by StoneRing There […]
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Pub Songs #5: Offensive Murder Ballads and Songs with Emotion
I wrote my first ever murder ballad inspired by an album Andrew and I came up with called Happy Songs of Death. Songs: “Won’t You Come With Me” by Marc Gunn “My Own Hero” by Joni Minstrel from Joni Minstrel Kicks the King Notes: Writing Murder Ballads Songs that Inspire Emotion IRA Songs Won’t You […]
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Won’t You Come With Me? (Lyrics)
by Marc Gunn, June 1, 2006 Last night, I was watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. I finished and after spending hours in front of the computer, I needed a break. So I decided to improvise a song on my autoharp. Once I had a nice melody, I wrote these lyrics. Then I recorded the song […]
Pub Songs #4: Why Traditionalists Suck in Irish Music
Someone posted a hate message for my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. It struck a sensitive chord with me. Notes: “Old Dun Cow” by Brobdingnagian Bards from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Why Trad Nazis suck! Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Upcoming Show “When You’re Evil” by Voltaire from The Devil’s Bris Upcoming Shows: June 18, 2006, […]
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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #20
Insert this RSS Feed into your podcatcher to have the shows downloaded automatically: http://www.celticmp3s.com/podcast.xml Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Notes: Climbed to #23 Most-Popular […]
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THINGS CELTIC
If you are looking for anything Celtic in Austin, then there is one place to go first. That place is Things Celtic. Things Celtic is an awesome Celtic store that has served Central Texas since 1999. They feature some of the finest Celtic gifts from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Celtic artists in America. The […]
Pub Songs #3: All For Me Grog and a New Show Format
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Pub Songs Podcast is undergoing a major change. The show started off with the plan to educate and teach pub songs from the around world. Alas, with all my podcasts, I was unable to keep up with my original plan. So rather than let this podcast fade entirely, I decided to turn […]
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