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Renaissance Festivals offer a huge assortment of Irish Celtic music as we’ll explore in show #186 with music from Clandestine, Empty Hats, Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Stone, Craig of Farrington, Albannach, Rambling Sailors, NeidFyre, Merry Mischief, Nancy Daily-Green, New Minstrel Revue, Abby Green, Leah Jorgensen, Thyme Awaye, Haggis Rampant, Merry Wives of Windsor. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you […]
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Yesterday, I found this great article about history of The Pogues’ song “Fairytale of New York”. For me, this is one of those quintessential Celtic Christmas songs. It captures a piece of Irish culture and history and flips it on its end during Christmas. It’s a powerful song that deserves international recognition. Two things struck […]
A Celtic Christmas by West of Eden Looking for a Christmas album that truly touches your soul? This is it! From ancient Celtic Christmas hymns to modern folk classics, this is West of Eden at their best! “Innovative, imaginative, lyrical, melodic, and inspirational” (Folk & Roots) Genre: Folk: Celtic Folk Release Date: 2010 A Celtic […]
Saturday evening, I sat down with my autoharp, a Christmas tree, and my videographer Chuck Davis, and we recorded a Celtic Christmas Music Special. This show will be released for free on YouTube as soon as Chuck can get it mixed and ready to release. The Celtic Christmas music special was created in response to […]
It’s #CelticThursday. Who are the Best Celtic Bands in the world? You can see my pick of Top Celtic Folk Bands here. It’s a few years old but still fairly relevant. I should probably make a new pick for 2014. In the meantime, I’m listed as #9 on Ranker. I think I can rank higher… with […]
As I write this, I’m mixing down the very first, exclusive episode of the first Celtic Christmas Podcast of 2014. The show will go live on Black Friday, November 28th. But it will cost you NOTHING. So do me, you and all of the Celtic bands a favor. Head on over to the Celtic Christmas […]
Yes. I still hate Twitter. But over the last month, I finally found an awesome use for it… talking to people. I heard everyone mention chatting on Twitter, but it’s such a useless medium for any real communication. However, if you want to reach someone fast, they’re usually on Twitter. They frequently respond. Or if […]
I’m trying to figure out how to promote my Celtic music show at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. So I take a retrospective look at what is Celtic music and what is Celtic Geek?
I got to chat with Jared Billeaud, one of the drummers and singers with the Whiskey Bay Rovers. He also came up with the original idea for the song “Reavers, Malcolm, Reavers” that went on my CD, “Sci Fi Drinking Songs”. We talked a wee bit about how he got started with music and the […]
The Whiskey Bay Rovers came by to chat with me at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival after a show. We talked origin stories of these pirates from Lafayette.