Pub Songs #31: What I Love About Valentine’s Day

What is it I love about Valentine’s Day? It’s all about love. I’ll tell you more in this week’s show. Notes: “The Secret” by The Pierces from Thirteen Tales Of Love And Revenge Pump Up the Volume Podsafe Music Network What I Love About Valentine’s Day A Tribute to Love “Bobby Casey’s/Boy in the Gap” […]

New MP3 – Finnegan’s Wake (Live)

“Tim Finnegan lived on Walklin’ Street…” Yeah. It’s one of the first Irish songs I learned nine years ago. And it’s still a favorite of mine and many others too. Here it is live and in it’s raucous glory. “Finnegan’s Wake (Live)”Listen: LoFiRecorded by Marc GunnFrom: 4 Drunk’s Sake: Live from an Irish PubRead Lyrics: […]

Pub Songs #30: New Cat Music CD

I’m working on the next album of Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. Here’s a small taste of the album. Songs: “What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty” by Marc Gunn from More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Notes: Adopt a copy of More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Rich Brotherton, producer for […]

New MP3 – Gollum Blues (Live)

What happens when you read Lord of the Rings and drink too much in a pub in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland? A live recording of “The Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues”. Complete with butchered lyrics. But toned with lots of live sing-a-long fun. “Gollum Blues (Live)”Listen: LoFiRecorded by Marc GunnFrom: 4 Drunk’s Sake: Live from an Irish […]

Pub Songs #29: Celtic Music Goals for 2008

Time to start planning for my world-conquering goals of 2008. Songs: “I Saved the Planet Earth” by Marc Gunn from What Color Is Your Dragon? “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from Pogue Mahone Means Kiss My Arse Notes: Goals for 2008 MarcSongs Podcast Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Renaissance Festival […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #45: More Fantastic Celtic Music for 2008

Irish & Celtic Music from MacTalla Mor, Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder, Navan, Heather Dale, Wicked Tinkers, Emerald Rose, Allison Barber, Ed Miller, FIMM, Thornhill Road, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Jed Marum, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Ceann, The Ceili Family, Damh the Bard, Fiddler’s Green, The Killdares Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more […]

New MP3 – Harry Potter and The Rising of the Moon

I was re-reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone when a story crept into my mind. Professor McGonagall was there in tabby cat form while London wizards celebrated the defeat of Voldemort. But what were the London cats doing? As I sang “Rising of the Moon”, the answer came to me. I recorded this in […]

New MP3 – Johnny Jump Up (Live)

“Johnny Jump Up” seemed the perfect song to start the evening with when I was in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland last summer, because I was drinking a lot of Bulmers cider (known stateside as Magners). I learned the song from Christy Moore. So it’s one of the few versions I’ve heard in 3/4 time. “Johnny Jump Up […]

Free MP3 – Hero of Canton

Firefly is was a brilliant TV Sci Fi Western by Joss Whedon. I turned into a Huge Browncoat right before the movie Serenity was released. “Hero of Canton” is from the episode Jaynestown and much like in the movie, this song was recorded live in an Irish pub in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland with twenty plus friends […]