Did You Hear the First Track from Celtic Music Is Freedom? Listen Here

I don’t remember if I played this song in either the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast or the Pub Songs Podcast, but I love the way it turned out. I started playing “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” about three years ago. It’s big fun song where you can rewrite the lyrics on a whim. I […]

Introducing the Gunn Runners Club

The modern music business is even more beholden to the fan. It’s sort of like return to the 1700s when rich patrons took care of the food housing for folks like Mozart, Bach and even Turlough O’Carolan, the great Irish harper. The modern musician doesn’t necessarily seek out rich patrons. He relies on the generosity […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #124

Irish Celtic music from Tara Hill, Culbeag, Des Wade, Steve Hawson, IONA, Ceol Gan Achar, Doug Folkins, Baroque & Hungry, Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, Celtica Pipes Rock!, Skellig, Pog Mo Thon, Keltikon, Brian Thomas. www.celticmusicpodcast.com Subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download […]

What if? The Universal/EMI Merger

I just read an interesting article by Bob Lefsetz on the Universal/EMI merger. Bob is a music, let’s say, analyst who writes on all aspects of the music biz. In this article, he worries about the consequences of these two giant companies merging. Right now, Universal plans to buy EMI for $1.9 billion if…or rather […]