Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #27

Brought to you by… The Brobdingnagian Bards’ TOUR OF IRELAND. Do you want to visit Ireland? Ever wanted to see the Cliffs of Moher or drink Guinness straight from the source? Next June, you can do just that with the Brobdingnagian Bards. Visit http://www.thebards.net/ireland/ for details. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive […]

La Musica Celtica in Italia

I gatti. La musica irlandese. Le “drinking songs“, ovvero le canzoni da pub. Questi tre elementi non si sarebbero potuti integrare in modo migliore, se non grazie alla fervida immaginazione di Marc Gunn. Quello stesso Gunn spesso soprannominato “il più gran lavoratore nell’ambito della musica celtica” nella sua città di Austin, esperto musicista e impresario, […]

IRISH STOUT

In the beginning was the Irish Stout, and the stout was good. The Irish Stout was SO good, in fact, we started singing about it–Irish Pub Songs. The Irish songs flowed as prolifically as the stout. Irish Stout is no longer just a dark beer made from roasting malts and barley. Now it is also […]

Is There Shame in Failure?

I was listening to NPR this morning with their program, “This I Believe“. They had an essay on the power of failure as a building block to success. That made me think of knowing my limits. When is it when I need to ask for help to do what I need doing. Like office helpers. […]