Castle Building Dreams Come True with Sherwood Forest Faire’s George Appling

Castle Building Dreams Come True with Sherwood Forest Faire’s George Appling

Ever since I started performing at Renaissance festivals in 1999, I’ve dreamed about starting my own faire. I think most Rennies have. How exciting that would be! George Appling, or King George as he’s known at the Sherwood Forest Faire, not only dreamed of it, he made his dream a reality. How did it happen? […]

12 Irish Songs for Kids for St. Patrick’s Day

When my first daughter was born, I had a flood of comments from Gunn Runners asking me when I would release a kids CD. It was bound to happen. I theme most of my albums from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers to Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion, Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits to […]

Bedlam Bards Fiddler Hypnotizes with Music

Bedlam Bards Fiddler Hypnotizes with Music

Cedric is the fiddler and one of the singers of Bedlam Bards, a comedic Celtic group from Austin, Texas that was one of my biggest influences when learning how to put on a show. This weekend, I sat down with Cedric to get a in depth interview about how he escaped Lubbock to join the […]

Giant’s Causeway Legend & Fact on a Celtic Invasion Vacation

Giant’s Causeway Legend & Fact on a Celtic Invasion Vacation

In county Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland is the giants causeway. What one Radio Times poll named the fourth greatest wonder of the United Kingdom. 40,000 interlocking basalt columns line the coast, the result of a volcanic eruption millions of years ago. Now it’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in […]

First Concert Window of 2016 Review

First Concert Window of 2016 Review

I had a good show last night on Concert Window. It was great to be back. It was awesome to see all of the names who popped up in the chat room. Here’s the stats: 17 People bought tickets at an average of $6.87 per ticket. Your total share is $81.72 6 Subscribers watched, your […]

Celtic Geek, Concert Window, St Patrick’s Day, Happy Valentine’s Day

Celtic Geek, Concert Window, St Patrick’s Day, Happy Valentine’s Day

Some weeks I want to podcast some new and exciting episodes. Other weeks, I just want to share some news. That’s the case for this week’s podcast as I talk about a new compilation CD, my first Concert Window performance of the year, Celtic Love Songs and of course the third annual St. Patrick’s Day […]

An Taisdeal – Celtic Music Spotlight

An Taisdeal – Celtic Music Spotlight

An Taisdeal (pron.: An Tahshdel, Scots Gaelic for “The Journey”) is a Celtic Folk project from Germany. Originally founded by Rüdiger Reinhardt in 2002 with Anna Molitor on the fiddle, the project was put on ice, as he moved away in 2005, and playing together was no longer possible. “The Journey” can be seen as […]

What Should I Call a Best of Marc Gunn Compilation?

What Should I Call a Best of Marc Gunn Compilation?

I’m working on a new compilation CD. You could call it a Best of Marc Gunn, but it’s not really. And I don’t think. Rather, the album features one track from each of the 20 solo albums I’ve released since I released Soul of a Harper in 2005. I tried to pick some of my most-popular recordings […]

Top 20 Celtic Bands of 2015

Top 20 Celtic Bands of 2015

Last week, I released the Celtic Top 20 featuring the best Celtic Music Bands of 2015 as voted by fans of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I want to share with you more about those bands. You can listen to the full Celtic music show here. You can also check out the episode where I […]

Marc Pick’s Most-Popular Celtic Bands of 2015

Marc Pick’s Most-Popular Celtic Bands of 2015

I didn’t actually pick these amazing bands this week. It was a lot more organic than that. This list features the Celtic bands I played most-often on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I love all of these bands, but there were a few surprises that I didn’t anticipate. Ranked in Order: The Bow Triplets […]