“A Celtic Christmas” Compilation Launched on Kickstarter

  Every time I hold a Kickstarter, I gonna freak out. I get scared that I won’t meet my goals. Or I feel nervous about starting another Kickstarter, while I’m still trying to fulfill the first! With Christmas music, I have no choice. I actually meant to hold the Kickstarter in August, but time got […]

Scottish Songs of Awesome

I took a break from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion for the past few days. I’m still waiting on parts for two songs. While I was waiting, I finally jumped back onto my Kickstarter for Keep the Celtic in Christmas, a compilation CD I started last year for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast (BTW, new show […]

Music Is Visual

Every morning, I drive my daughter to daycare with a playlist of music that I think she will like. She’s picked her favorites. One such song is Sesame Street filk of “1-2-3-4” by Feist. We used to watch that video when she was a wee bairn, along with other Sesame Street songs. Occasionally, she asks […]

#145: Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day

Irish Celtic music from Banna de Dhá, Athas, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, The Tea Merchants, The Secret Commonwealth, The Gothard Sisters, Des Wade, Banshee in the Kitchen, Don Grieve, Out of Alba, Enter the Haggis, Bodh’aktan, Skellig, Gael Warning, Seamus Kennedy. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you enjoy this show, then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. […]

A Celtic Music Festival of Thanks for Gunn Runners

I love Celtic music. However, I have no delusions. My music is not for the typical Celtic music fan. I won’t have a PBS special any time soon, wearing formal Scottish attire and having a puffed out chest while an orchestra backs my autoharp. At the end of this year, I will have two albums […]

14 Thoughts That Came to Me While Mixing My Scottish CD

Today’s post will consist of thoughts that occur to me as I mixdown tracks from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion. I spent yesterday finishing up most of the songs. It’s sounding pretty durn awesome if I do say so myself. This is still my least favorite part of recording, the mixing and mastering. There just seem […]

Who’s In Your Community?

I wonder why it is that we find it so important to be a part of a community. It’s probably something instinctual… being part of the herd. Whatever the reason, I find myself daily looking at new ways to promote my own tribe, which is one part Celtic culture and the other part Geek. And […]

CelticCon: Where Would You Go to Attend the Con?

I’m still brainstorming the idea of CelticCon, a sci fi convention celebrating Celtic culture in the sci fi/fantasy world. Right now, I’m seriously thinking and planning on this, but I could use some help. Here’s what I have so far. The first event would either be next year in January (Burns Day? Hmm…) or early February […]

Brobdingnagian Bards Are the Steve Martins of Celtic Music

For years, I’ve been trying to figure out the success of the Brobdingnagian Bards. What I found was when we were on, we were ON. We blew people away. This usually happened at big venues like DragonCon where we had an audience to work with. Then something incredible happened. It was like magic. Yet, I’ve […]

Do You Believe in Yourself?

One of the fun things about driving to conventions is I get a lot of time to listen to audio books. Seth Godin is one of my favorites. Seth is a idea entrepreneur and one of the premiere marketers on the web. He is read by millions and has a ton of great advice about […]