Pub Songs & Stories #246: Yuletide

Pub Songs & Stories #246: Yuletide

What’s Yuletide? What’s the difference between Yuletide and Christmas? What is Celtic Christmas music? Plus, hobbits show up in my latest Christmas single. It’s all on Pub Songs & Stories #246. WHO’S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY Welcome to Pub Songs & Stories. This is the Virtual Public House to share stories and inspiration behind […]

Pub Songs & Stories #245: Loreena McKennitt & Lady of Shalott

Pub Songs & Stories #245: Loreena McKennitt & Lady of Shalott

Loreena McKennitt shares the story about how Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Lady of Shalott” became a song on her 1991 album The Visit. Classic poetry and books are often used as inspiration for modern songs. Marc Gunn shares why he wrote a song inspired by Anne of Green Gables. It’s all on Pub Songs & […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #535: Prayer for the Fallen

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #535: Prayer for the Fallen

Bow your heads and raise a glass to those who’ve fallen on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Matt & Shannon Heaton, House of Hamill, Gaelynn Lea, Jon Pilatzke, Eireann’s Call, Gerry O’Connor, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Christine Collister & Kevin Burke, Jesse Ferguson, Jen Midkiff, Achill Crossing, The Darkeyed Musician & Grimwater, Thom […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #534: This is Home

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #534: This is Home

Home is where the Irish & Celtic music is. It’s the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Jon Pilatzke, W Ed Harris, Amelia Hogan, Susana Seivane, Marc Gunn, We Banjo 3, Gerry O’Connor, Duncan McLauchlan, Glaucia Carvalho, Eireann’s Call, Steel City Rovers, Bang On The Ear, Coast, The McDades, Brad Tuck I hope you enjoyed this […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #533: Love at Dawn

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #533: Love at Dawn

The sun rises warm on a cold day. Love rises with and warms the dawn with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. House of Hamil, Jon Pilatzke, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Brad Reid, We Banjo 3, Songs For Ceilidh, Steve Gibb, Matthew Young, Ed Miller, Gaelynn Lea, Plunk Murray, Bang On The Ear, Eireann’s Call Steel […]

Pub Songs & Stories #244: Wild Mountain Thyme in Scotland

Pub Songs & Stories #244: Wild Mountain Thyme in Scotland

How a musician saved the lives of hundreds of people on a sinking cruise ship. A story of bravery, leadership, and extreme cowardice. Is Wild Mountain Thyme an Scottish song or an Irish song? And guess which recorder player can be heard in a jewelry shop in the Highlands of Scotland? It’s Pub Songs & […]

Celtic Christmas Podcast #60: Celtic Christmas Women

Celtic Christmas Podcast #60: Celtic Christmas Women

Spread Christmas Cheer. Listen and Share Christmas music from Celtic musicians featured on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Subscribe at CelticChristmasPodcast.com. Celtic Christmas music from Stephanie Claussen, The Gothard Sisters, Laura MacKenzie, Eira, Celtic Woman, Screaming Orphans, Steel Clover, Sarah Marie Mullen, Heather Alexander, Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, Aizle, Rioghnach Connolly, Peat in the […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Green Man #532

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Green Man #532

You, me and the Green Man, kicking back listening to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Sounds like a great time, right?! The Munster Men, Robin Huw Bowen, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, John McGaha, Emma Langford, Bill Mullen, Willowgreen, Andreas Transø, Bay Allen, Tallymoore, The Badpiper, Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro, Blue Alatar, Jennifer […]

Pub Songs & Stories #243: Mingulay Boat Song

Pub Songs & Stories #243: Mingulay Boat Song

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer play music for Contra Dances. Find out why there aren’t more songs sung at such dances. What is the D song? Marc Gunn shares how a New Orleans jam session found a little gospel in an old Scottish song. It’s on Pub Songs & Stories #243. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music. WHO’S […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #531: Nightfall

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #531: Nightfall

Even when night falls the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast keeps cranking out great music. The Tea Merchants, Brad Reid, TEYR, Tartanic, ÚLLA, Duncan McLauchlan, We Banjo 3, Loveridge, Jim McKenna, The Gothard Sisters, Tallymoore, Screaming Orphans, Band O’Brothers, The Rumjacks, Amelia Hogan I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please share […]