10 CD Recommendations for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here. If you haven’t ordered your favorite St. Patrick’s Day CDs, what are you waiting for? If you need help picking CDs, here are my suggestions: Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers by Marc Gunn The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs by Brobdingnagian Bards The Tea Merchants by The […]

NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESTIVAL 2007

The North Texas Irish Festival is here once again. And sadly, I’m gonna miss it this year. I’ve only gone three times now, but I do enjoy the festival. Last year’s festival was my favorite. They had an amazing lineup including quite a few Austin Celtic groups. Not as many Austin groups this year which […]

THE IRISH ROVERS

The new millennium marks the 36th anniversary of the birth of the Irish Rovers. These incredible musicians have charmed and entertained people around the world, and continue to delight audiences with their exciting stage shows. The Irish Rovers have never lost their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer, that will […]

THE DUBLINERS

The Dubliners are one of the best known bands in the Celtic music world. They got together in 1962 and were soon recording album after album together. Their first hit single “Seven Drunken Nights” launched them into international popularity and frequent touring. A stint with The Pogues brought them a new audience and more top […]

Irish Drinking Songs Is What I Do

It’s that time of year again–St. Patrick’s Day. People are getting ready for and searching out the wazzoo for everything Irish. So Irish drinking songs are popular once again. That’s good news to me because Irish drinking songs is what I do. Whether it be Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, Irish Drinking Songs: The […]

REAL MEN WEAR KILTS

The latest CD from the Brobdingnagian Bards, Real Men Wear Kilts, is six years in the making. I forget. It’s been a LONG time. I remember how it started too. We were in Salado playing an evening party for Clan Gunn when our friend Royce implanted the idea that we should do a Scottish CD. […]

A Day of CD Living and Recording

Productive day. Ari finished all the guitar parts for Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover’s Companion. That means there’s just his backup vocals and mixing to do for that CD. Well, that and I need to come up with some graphics for the album. He did another great job. There’s some more tasty solos. Ari […]

The Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Hits #1 on the Most-Popular Podcasts at iTunes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEhttp://www.celticmusicpodcast.com February 12, 2007CONTACT: Marc Gunn(512) 470 – 4866 THE IRISH AND CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST HITS #1 ON THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC PODCASTS AT iTUNES AUSTIN, TX (February 12, 2007) – Let’s face it, everybody likes to be #1. For the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast (http://celticmusicpodcast.com/) that chance came this week when […]