“Johnny Jump Up” seemed the perfect song to start the evening with when I was in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland last summer, because I was drinking a lot of Bulmers cider (known stateside as Magners). I learned the song from Christy Moore. So it’s one of the few versions I’ve heard in 3/4 time. “Johnny Jump Up […]
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Free MP3 – Hero of Canton
Firefly is was a brilliant TV Sci Fi Western by Joss Whedon. I turned into a Huge Browncoat right before the movie Serenity was released. “Hero of Canton” is from the episode Jaynestown and much like in the movie, this song was recorded live in an Irish pub in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland with twenty plus friends […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #44: Best Celtic Music of 2007
You voted. I gathered your favorite songs in 2007 into one awesome shows, featuring Celtic music from Navan, Heather Dale, Wicked Tinkers, MacTalla Mor, Emerald Rose, Allison Barber, Ed Miller, Thornhill Road, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder, Brobdingnagian Bards, Jed Marum, Athas, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Ceann, Damh the Bard, The Ceili […]
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Cat Christmas Music #14
Celebrate Christmas with your cat. How to keep your cat safe at Christmas on Cat Drinking Songs. Cat Music & News Get your copy of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers and Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover’s Companion. Meows from Marc Video: Silent Night, Meowy Night Video: Talking Cat Giving a Cat as a Christmas Gift Tips for Cat-proofing […]
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Ren Fest MP3 – The Faire Is Over
I wrote this poem in 2003 after another blissful year as the late, great Excalibur Fantasy Faire came to a close. I released in my poetry book, Bella Fillioct, and my friend Lorella Loftus liked it so much, she asked that we do a recording. When the Renaissance Festival Podcast began, I thought it would […]
“Soul of a Harper (Live)” MP3
A lot of people asked about recordings from my excursion to an Irish pub in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland last summer. I led twenty friends into a sing-a-long of Irish songs to a raucous evening. I grabbed a dozen of those tracks and put them together as an MP3 album on Soundclick. “Soul of a Harper (Live)”Listen: […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #43: Celtic Christmas Special
Beautiful Celtic Christmas music from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast! Gypsy Soul, Athas, Seamus Kennedy, The Ravens, Cady Finlayson, Celtic Stone, Merry Wives of Windsor, Celeste Howard, Drink Bar, Heather Dale, Coyote Run, The Black House Ceilidh, Arminta, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Gryphon Carolers, Steve and Ruth Smith, Nick Hennessey Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free […]
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“My Father Was a Werewolf” MP3
Not too long ago a band called Redhill Rats submitted music to my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I loved their style so I played “My Father Was a Werewolf” in the show. A listener, authoress and fan of Harry Potter, named Peg Kerr, loved the song too. So much so that she filked it. […]
New MP3 – Auld Lang Syne
It’s New Years Eve. I’ve wanted to record “Auld Lang Syne” for years now. It’s just a beautiful song. As I was napping today, I finally came up with a solo arrangement for this classic song by Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. “Auld Lang Syne”From: The Bridge: Celtic and Folk SongsDownload MP3: 192 kbps […]
“Of Twilight Shores and Heroes’ Death” MP3s
I’ve been on a writing binge this Fall, especially of instrumental autoharp music. I love the sound the autoharp creates. It’s very unique and I’ve heard no one experiment with effects. When I wrote this, my goal was to create a musical landscape to express my mood at the time. It was only late that […]
