On Preparing Autoharps and Hobbit Drinking Songs for a Hobbit Gathering

Since Kenzie is doing better, last night, I finally did some prep for ALEP2: There & Back Again.  That means, I finally fixed the chord bars on my autoharp,  I packed my costuming, and I practiced some of the new hobbit songs.  I think I finally learned “Everybody Needs a Drinking Song”.  A wee bit […]

Cool Talks by Jef Murray at ALEP 2

I was chatting with Jef Murray about how his talks at ALEP 2: There & Back Again.  They sound awesome! “A Journey through Middle-earth: Paintings and Sketches of Tolkien’s World” “Fanning the Secret Fire: Sub-Creation as a Spiritual Journey” Jef designed the limited-edition t-shirt that was sent out to some of the Sponsors of Don’t […]

Another New Lord of the Rings CD

First, my apologies to all the Gunn Runners who are NOT on Lord of the Rings Online.  I totally spaced and forgot to tell everyone that I was doing a live interview on a new program on Middle-earth Network Radio.  I spent some time talking about my new CD Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits.  With […]

Kenzie’s Big Surgery Is Here

The day is nearly here.  Tomorrow, we are taking Kenzie to the hospital for her big open-heart surgery repair.  We are nervous as all hell! For those who aren’t aware, our daughter Kenzie was born with a heart defect.  You can read about it here.  I’m not sure how much online I’ll be until ALEP […]

Free Pirate Music for Talk Like a Pirate Day

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Arrrrgggh! This be Captain Black Jack Murphy.  I pirated this blog for the day to celebrate this fine holiday.  Aside from just talking like a pirate, ye be wanting to listen to good piratey music.  So I wants to give ye a free pirate CD to pirate.  It be […]

Two New Celtic Music Podcasts

I’m happy to announce the sighting of two new Celtic music podcasts in the podosphere. First up is the Grinning Beggar’s Celtic Podcast.  This one was introduced to me my Stephen who compiles several Celtic music podcast playlists.  If you ever want to know what song you heard when and who performed it, his website […]

How Was Your Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day ?

There must be some subconscious thought dancing in my brain this morning.  I turned on Gael Day by The Elders for Kenzie and me to listen to.  Lo and behold, it’s also the latest album review posted on the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine website.  I quite enjoyed the CD myself, especially their rendition of “Galway […]