Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #413: Celtic Harp with Anne Roos

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #413: Celtic Harp with Anne Roos

Harpist Anne Roos will introduce  you to some of the beautiful Celtic harp music that inspired her in this Celtic Harp special of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. William Jackson, Sylvia Woods, Anne Roos, Susan Toman, The Duplets, Leah Jorgensen, Mark Davies, Catriona McKay, Ricky Kej I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If […]

Skellig Michael, Puffins, Star Wars

Skellig Michael, Puffins, Star Wars

Puffins! I know. I know. There are many reasons to go to Skellig Michael. I labeled the Celtic Invasion Vacations this year, the Invasion of Star Wars because The Last Jedi was filmed there. And it was brilliant. To climb those steps. To see the spectacular views both up the mountains and off to sea. […]

Being Part of the Music

Being Part of the Music

I feel I missed something important about my music these past ten years or so. Listeners don’t just want to listen. They want to be a part of the music. After eating dinner tonight, a large group of Invaders visited an Irish session at O’Connor’s Courthouse Pub in Dingle. I was a bit late. I […]

Ireland Air Travel Tip: Sleep

Ireland Air Travel Tip: Sleep

Are you flying to Europe? I have a very important air travel tip to share with you…sleep! International travel is brutal. Seven or more hours on an airplane or two or three. There you are cramped into smaller and smaller seats. There’s no easy way rest your head. You’re tired. Then there’s the distractions. There […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #412: The Galway Shawl

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #412: The Galway Shawl

Wrap the Galway Shawl around your shoulders and listen to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.  http://bestcelticmusic.net/ Matthew Dickerson, Tartanic, Dervish, Susana Seivane, Celtic Woman, Tullamore, Keith Hinchliffe, Heather Dale, The Kilt Lifters, Clan Celtica, Templars of Doom, Haggis Rampant, Rattle the Knee, New Time Ensemble I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, […]

Pub Songs Podcast #181: Tidying Up Social, Celtic Punk, A Mother’s Confession

Pub Songs Podcast #181: Tidying Up Social, Celtic Punk, A Mother’s Confession

We’re gonna tidy up your social media friend’s list. I’ll teach you a little bit about Celtic Punk. I’ll leave you laughing and bawling through a mother’s confession. Plus, I’ll share some travel insights. Welcome to the Pub Songs Podcast, the Virtual Public House for Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #411: Humors of Whiskey

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #411: Humors of Whiskey

Whiskey is so funny… wait, that’s not what you mean by humours. Hmm. Find out what in the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. http://bestcelticmusic.net/ Cady Finlayson, Culann’s Hounds, Tullamore, NUA, Dervish, Bardic Rose, Jennifer Licko, Prydein, Three Weird Sisters, Peat in the Creel, Jesse Linder, Duncan Cameron, Garry O’Meara, Maggie Sansone, Derek Warfield & The Young […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #410: Celtic Music Journal 2019

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #410: Celtic Music Journal 2019

Steve Behrens of 67 Music hosts this week’s Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Poitin, Outbound Traveler, St. James’s Gate, West of Mabou, We Banjo 3, Farsan, Katie Jane Band, Bernadette Morris, Hanneke Cassel, Molly’s Revenge, Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus, Anton Emery, Sliotar, The Kilt Lifters, The High Kings, Jiggy I hope you enjoyed this […]

Playing the Autoharp

Playing the Autoharp

I started playing the Autoharp at the end of 1997. I was in an Avant Quark Rock band called Breastfed. We had a fiery year booking gigs and recording music. Then the lead guitarist quit. The band fell apart. I was bummed but I learned one great thing from the break up. My songwriting sucked. […]