I was excited to hear my name at the end of a special feature on NPR this morning. It was a 2nd Window Production on Voice of the Troubles: 25 Years After the Irish Hunger Strike. Wow. They played quite a few songs. They played The Dubliner’s Tabby Cats recording of “Cats Chasing Butterflies”. That’s […]
Pub Songs #14: Seven Drunken Nights with Pussycats, Heart and Soul
I recorded a new song ala Jimmy Durante, who was an interesting chap. Songs: “Seven Drunken Nights” by Brobdingnagian Bards from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs “The Pussycat Song” by Helen Back from Under the Covers “Heart and Soul” by Marc Gunn Notes: Victims of Irish Music Autoharp Radio Take a Vacation Tour […]
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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #23
Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. Notes: – Vacation Tour of Ireland with the Brobdingnagian Bards – Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Frappr Map, – […]
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On the Dignity of Kilts
by Julian Jensen Since we are on the topic of removing pants: My first encounter with the kilt phenomenon this Pennsic. Anyone who has ever worn a real kilt knows instantly that there is no dignity to be salvaged from kilts. I am not talking about those wimpy little kilts that you simply buy and […]
The Irish Balladeers
I hate it when music goes the way of the Dodo Bird. I was watching The Legend of Zorro when the Pinkertons were mentioned. I couldn’t remember much about them, so I went over to Wikipedia and read up on them. I followed several links, including one that went to The Molly Maguires. One of […]
Fake Advertisement: PlagueAway, the Pestilence Potion
Words by Marc Gunn and Lorella Loftus. This fake advertisement was created for the Renaissance Festival Podcast. NARRATOR: Do you suffer from lumps in your groin? Are your armpits swelling up? You may be have the bubonic plague? MAN: Betty, I got something under my arm? WOMAN: Away and boil your hed! MAN: Boil! Aye […]
Ballroom Dancing, Salsa Dancing, and Swing Dancing in Austin
Tonight, I went salsa dancing. I haven’t been dancing in a long time. It was exhausting, but a heckuva lot of fun. I need to go dancing more regularly when I’m in Austin. Last week, I started looking up swing dancing. The big thing is I want to do social dancing. I want an opportunity […]
“Heart and Soul” MP3 with Jimmy Durante… Sorta
I started learning “Heart and Soul” on the autoharp. And since it wasn’t until college that I realized there were lyrics to the tune, I’ve always been enamoried with the idea of learning the vocal version so I am. But as I practiced and everytime I sang it, I could hear the voice of Jimmy […]
Help Celtic Cats Reach #10 on CDBaby
My Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD has been a hit since it was released. Now you can help it gain five thousand new fans. When I first released it, it number one CD sold on CDBaby for a couple weeks. Today, I was checking out the Top Selling CDs in various categories on […]
Italian Busking
After my recent blog entry on busking in Italy, I got a reply from a fellow Renaissance festival entertainer, Vince Conaway. He had this to say about Italian busking: I just ran across your July 16 post on Italian busking. I’m going to be busking in Italy next June and July based on trials I […]
