Celtic Travel as a Priority in Your Life / CF#45

Celtic Travel as a Priority in Your Life / CF#45

Traveling will fill your life with joy and satisfaction. You experience life more fully when you hit the road and leave your comfort zone. I’ve felt its rewards more fully through my years on the road. I’ve grown and learned a lot, much like Mark Twain. Twain wrote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many […]

Focus on your Dream for Success / CF#44

Focus on your Dream for Success / CF#44

Recently, my friend Laramie Williams approached me for advice on how to follow his dreams. While I wouldn’t consider myself the highest authority in the land, this got me thinking and I wanted to tell my story about how I went about pursuing and eventually achieving my dreams. I have always wanted to be a musician, […]

#224: Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day

Today, we are Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate, I started with a lot of fun, traditional Irish tunes… then I got carried away and just had a blast sharing Celtic music from Eilis Crean, Flook, Hank Cramer, Beyond the Pale, Merry Wives of Windsor, Darcy Nair, Brobdingnagian Bards, Appalachian Celtic Consort, Aisling, Three Mile […]

Dragon Con 2015 Review, Emerald Rose, Drinking Songs / CF#43

Dragon Con 2015 Review, Emerald Rose, Drinking Songs / CF#43

I had an amazing time at DragonCon 2015! The Firefly Drinking Songs and Hobbit Drinking Songs concerts were huge and a ton of fun! The Brobdingnagian Bards concerts were fantastic (though a blur), followed by an excellent set with Tom Smith. And thanks to the tremendous help of my Atlanta Street Team, we’ve hit a […]

Dragon Con 2015, Chaz Kemp Interview, Art Nouveau, Pandora Celtica / CF#42

Dragon Con 2015, Chaz Kemp Interview, Art Nouveau, Pandora Celtica / CF#42

Live (Ish) from DragonCon 2015! This has been a phenomenal DragonCon with amazing gigs and audiences! As we’ve reached Monday morning, the Con is winding down, but there’s still plenty to do. There’s a lot to do in the upcoming weeks, but for now, I’d like to highlight the work of a friend of mine, […]

#223: Traditional Music with Celtic Roots

I’m back with another fantastic episode where I dig into some of the great Celtic music in my archives from the traditional to Celtic rock. It’s gonna be a wild, fun show with music from Full Gael, William Coulter & Friends, Kailyarders, Bonnie Rideout, Linda Connell Studley, Jerry McLean and Blackthorne Aire, Celia Ramsay, Emerald Rose, […]

The Heart of Fangorn (Lyrics)

The Heart of Fangorn (Lyrics)

The Heart of Fangorn Lyrics and music by Marc Gunn, Nov 21, 2002 Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: Memories of Middle Earth Long before men tread Middle-Earth, Before the dwarves and elves gave birth, There sprouted a race for the trees’ defense In the heart of Fangorn, there live the Ents. Ha-room… Ha-da-ra-room. Ha-room… Ha-da-ra-room. Patient […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #222: Burly Bagpipe Music, 2-Hours!

You asked for more bagpipe music. Thanks to the generosity of the Patrons of the Podcast, we hit another amazing Milestone. That means you get to enjoy another 2-hour bagpipe music special (see show #181 for more bagpipe music). You’ll enjoy some BagRock and other bagpipe music from Becky Taylor, Breabach, Prydein, Albannach, The Ne’er Duwels, […]