How do you balance Infants and Work From Home? / #CF55

How do you balance Infants and Work From Home? / #CF55

Recently, I was sent a question that I thought should be shared with my listeners, as it could be pertinent advice for a lot of folks out there. Question: My husband and I still trying to start a family. We’re not there yet, so maybe this question is premature, but I’m starting to seriously look […]

Success is Made Crawling Backwards / #CF53

Success is Made Crawling Backwards / #CF53

Inara is learning to crawl! When trying to crawl, she pushes herself with her arms (as that’s where  her strength lies) which is preventing her from crawling forwards. Isn’t that a good life lesson? How often have you found yourself getting upset by failures as you try to go forward and only fall further back? […]

Count 4dB – Celtic Music Spotlight / #CF52

Count 4dB – Celtic Music Spotlight / #CF52

Count 4dB is a hip Hop artist who spent two years living in Glasgow performing and recording with the local artists. His Song Fisherman’s song received praise from listeners aged 6 to 60 during shows in pubs, venues, and gatherings. The group behind the instrumental is Reely Jiggered from Greenock, and the instrumental, Mhairi’s Tune […]

Emerald Accent – Celtic Music Spotlight / #51

Emerald Accent – Celtic Music Spotlight / #51

Emerald Accent Irish Music was founded in the spring of 2010 for the enhancement of the Celtic cultures through music in South Mississippi. Emerald Accent includes members Clark Lowery (vocals, guitar, banjo), Gail Fox (fiddle), Tom McCandlish (bodhran, vocals). With backgrounds in Irish, Bluegrass, Blues and Classical, the band brings freshness to the genre while […]

The Rathmines – Celtic Music Spotlight / CF#50

The Rathmines – Celtic Music Spotlight / CF#50

The bass-player, Marcus, and the singer/guitar-player Martin had a band called STAINLESS BONES, which kind of broke apart in 2011. The two attended a POGUES-concert in August 2012, wanting to see Shane for at least one time before he kicked the bucket. Afterwards the sang (or maybe: growled) Irish Folk in the underground on their […]

The Boston Harbor Bhoys  – Celtic Music Spotlight / CF#49

The Boston Harbor Bhoys – Celtic Music Spotlight / CF#49

Welcome to this week’s Celtic Music Spotlight! The Boston Harbor Bhoys are a Celtic and Irish-American band consisting of the father-son team of Eddie and Ryan Biggins along with family friend Michael Maloney. All three are versatile singers and musicians, each capable of holding a stage on his own. But when they come together in […]

Pet Shop Math Game for Pre-K Children / CF#48

Pet Shop Math Game for Pre-K Children / CF#48

Big changes are coming to The Celtfather podcast. I can no longer publish the show on Monday mornings like I’ve been doing, more or less, for a year and a half. The demands of fatherhood and desire to keep a regular schedule to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast means that this show will once […]

Celtfather or Celt Father, Changes Coming / CF#47

Celtfather or Celt Father, Changes Coming / CF#47

Big changes are coming to The Celtfather podcast. I can no longer publish the show on Monday mornings like I’ve been doing, more or less, for a year and a half. The demands of fatherhood and desire to keep a regular schedule to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast means that this show will once […]

ContraFlow, Sick Kids, Beach Insights / CF#46

ContraFlow, Sick Kids, Beach Insights / CF#46

I had big plans for another Celtic Travel episode of The Celtfather. But alas, sick kids left me a little tired. So instead, I decided to ramble on about some upcoming news about ContraFlow this weekend and share some cool insights about our weekend at the Beach. To subscribe, go to iTunes, or go to […]

Celtic Travel as a Priority in Your Life / CF#45

Celtic Travel as a Priority in Your Life / CF#45

Traveling will fill your life with joy and satisfaction. You experience life more fully when you hit the road and leave your comfort zone. I’ve felt its rewards more fully through my years on the road. I’ve grown and learned a lot, much like Mark Twain. Twain wrote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many […]