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Ten years ago, Sherwood Forest Faire opened their borders to allow a medieval festival to happen. In this episode, you will learn how the festival came to be. You’ll meet some of the musicians who have performed there since the beginning. You’ll hear their music and some of the stories I recorded at the faire. […]
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Fact. St Patrick’s Day is the best holiday ever. Fact. Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day. Fact. You’re gonna LOVE this week’s episode of ACTUAL St Patrick’s Day facts! Welcome to the Pub Songs Podcast, the Virtual Public House for Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic Geek musician and […]
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Inspiration is a funny friend. It finds you and guides you. It takes you to strange and wonderful places. It introduces you to heroes. I started playing Celtic music in 1999… by accident. I had three “Celtic” songs in my song repertoire: “The Scotsman”, “Irish Ballad” by Tom Lehrer, and an original Enya-esque song with […]
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If it wasn’t for America, the traditional music of Ireland might no longer exist. America saved Irish music. That’s the premise behind my 2014 album I recorded with Jamie Haeuser, How America Saved Irish Music. I expected more of a backlash when I released the album title that was a parody of the book How the Irish […]
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In this show, you’ll hear the latest Coffee with The Celtfather show. We have comments from listeners like you. I’ll share a tip on how you can promote your favorite band with streaming music. And I’ll rant on impossible goals and why we need them. Pub Songs Podcast is music and community. If you like, […]
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Pubs are often dark places. I’m sure dark things have been discussed. Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t feel they are any darker than what we find on social media. I don’t like social media. It brings out the worst in people. It makes the world a more vile place than it actually is. And […]
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Sometimes the things that matter most to us don’t matter as much to those we serve. The Bridge is still one of my favorite albums. It features one of the best songs I feel like I ever recorded—“Peggy Gordon”. And yet no one talks about the album. There are many reasons why this may be. […]
I want to cut back on one of my podcasts. I had trouble deciding which. Then I chatted with a Gunn Runner, I figured it out. The two podcasts in question are the Pub Songs Podcast and Celtfather Music & Travel. The Pub Songs Podcast was the third podcast I ever created. It started in […]
If something is broken, fix it. That’s what my dad told me when I was a kid. The simple fact is things break all the time. We don’t fix always fix them. We get stuck in a rut. But it’s the way things have always been. The way things are. It’s a tradition. So we […]
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I’m picky about Christmas music. I prefer upbeat, fun Christmas songs. Good sing alongs. It’s a challenge to find those with the Irish and Celtic Christmas music albums. But I have a few favorites to share with you in the pub today. You’ll also hear some Blue Sun Holiday Spectacular Tour news, thoughts about kids […]
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