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Sometime last year, I was interviewed by Jamie Lyn Weigt for her blog Writing Dragons. I finally got to reading the interview. I loved it. It hit on a whole bunch of different things I don’t talk about much, including those related to my upcoming album, Dragons vs. Pirates. It’s called “From Swift to Star […]
I was an interesting interesting mood this week while picking songs for the podcast. So I bring you an extra fun episode that leans towards a little more contemporary Celtic music from Finvarra, John Byrne Band, Jamie Smith’s MABON, Cluan, MacTalla Mor, Patrick Penta, Bill Grogan’s Goat, John McLean Allan, Poitin, Ockham’s Razor, Greenwich Meantime, Sprag […]
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I love watching the Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR Music. It’s inspiring to see all the musicians perform, young and old, popular and unknown. This year, I finally pulled it together to submit my song “Name On My Soul” for theTiny Desk Contest 2016. After the rave review I had for this song last year […]
I have two mailing lists I use: Reverbnation and Aweber. Reverbnation is designed specifically for musicians. In fact, one of the reasons I was the #1 Celtic musician in the world on that site last year was because of how I grew and used my mailing list. I also like it because it easily allows […]
Last week, we featured the best Celtic music of 2015. This week, we’re gonna catch up with the newest Celtic music that has come into my inbox. You’ll hear great indie Celtic music from Avourneen, Black Market Haggis, Aul’ Grey Whistle, Bonnie Rideout, Pandora Celtica , Dublin Harpers, Beltaine, SaltyPaws, Smithfield Fair, Good Foot, Steel […]
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An Taisdeal (pron.: An Tahshdel, Scots Gaelic for “The Journey”) is a Celtic Folk project from Germany. Originally founded by Rüdiger Reinhardt in 2002 with Anna Molitor on the fiddle, the project was put on ice, as he moved away in 2005, and playing together was no longer possible. “The Journey” can be seen as […]
Greetings Gunn Runner I’m sure everyone north of Alabama dug their heals into the ground to prepare for Snowzilla. However, my family loves snow. And we love a good adventure. So on Saturday, we drove up I-65 to Columbia, Tennessee. We stopped at a hardware store and bought some trash can lids. Then we drove […]
I’m working on a new compilation CD. You could call it a Best of Marc Gunn, but it’s not really. And I don’t think. Rather, the album features one track from each of the 20 solo albums I’ve released since I released Soul of a Harper in 2005. I tried to pick some of my most-popular recordings […]
Last week, I released the Celtic Top 20 featuring the best Celtic Music Bands of 2015 as voted by fans of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I want to share with you more about those bands. You can listen to the full Celtic music show here. You can also check out the episode where I […]
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I didn’t actually pick these amazing bands this week. It was a lot more organic than that. This list features the Celtic bands I played most-often on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I love all of these bands, but there were a few surprises that I didn’t anticipate. Ranked in Order: The Bow Triplets […]
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