CF: True Story Behind Drinking With Hobbits for Hobbit Day

CF: True Story Behind Drinking With Hobbits for Hobbit Day

Hobbit Day is on September 22nd. We’re gonna celebrate it with the true story behind my popular song and album “Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits”. I’ll share the origins of Hobbit Day and how I fell in love with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as well all of the exciting things that have […]

Selecting Songs for the Celtic Podcast

Selecting Songs for the Celtic Podcast

It used to be very difficult making new episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The best thing about turning the show weekly is that I streamlined the process. I found new ways to pick tracks other than through the iPod shuffle or just new tracks. I’m pleased to say I found an actual […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #325: Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Music

We are just 6 months away from St. Patrick’s Day. So we’re gonna celebrate with an extended show of Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Celtic music from Black Market Haggis, Sharon Shannon, Lochlainn, Coast, Forkroot, Screeched Inn, Peat in the Creel, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Mark Davies, Seamus Kennedy, Crepuscule, Screaming Orphans, Ed Miller, […]

PSP: Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Pub Songs #160

September 17th is the halfway point to St. Patrick’s Day. So this month, we’re gonna celebrate with some traditional Celtic pub songs from my huge catalog. I’ll share a little about the history of Halfway to St Patrick’s Day, reveal the new Brobdingnagian Bards album, explain why you can get 5 classic CDs of mine […]

Celtfather Mailing Lists Divided and Conquered

I finally did it. I finally figured out how to separate mailing lists so I don’t have to copy and paste to a different list server every time I want to send a mailing list to fans. How you ask? My Reverbnation mailing list is now changing. Here are the main mailing lists that I […]

The New Music Business Has No Use for CDs

DragonCon was a pretty incredible, for many reasons. One of which was to see the changing landscape of the music business. For a long time now, folks in the music business have warned about the demise of the CDs. I think my market has mostly been safe from this impending doom, because I’m playing folk […]

Marc Gunn’s Story… How It All Began

In 1999, Brobdingnagian Bards released our first album. It was called Marked By Great Size. Like all new musicians, we thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I started sending the album out to magazines and radio. I heard back only crickets. After months of emails, a review finally came in from Dirty Linen. That was one the […]

How the Autoharp Changed My Life

How the Autoharp Changed My Life

It was the end of 1997. The guitarist for my Alt-Rock band Breastfed decided to quit. Our drummer didn’t want to start another search for a lead guitarist. The band was over. I was surprisingly okay with that. I decided to be a musician because I wanted to be a songwriter. But I recognized that my […]