There's something quite quaint about tea time. Today, I was invited to tea time in Covington, Louisiana. There's a little tea house there, very cute. A group of us sat and drink our choice of teas, then walked among the shops. While this is probably an oddity in my new life, it was a neat treat.

Yes. I arrived safe in Louisiana, my new home. The move was a bit tough on the kitties, but they are doing much better now. Right now, we live not too far away from the Louisiana Renaissance Festival where I am performing for five more weekends. Then I will find my new home, hopefully in the Garden District of New Orleans, and look for a weekly gig in the area. Exciting times!

This Week:

— Quote of the Week: “Wisdom is knowing when to try harder, and when to walk away.” Kristie Davis.

— GO PRESIDENT OBAMA!

— CD of the Week: Take Root by The AM String Band. Nice mix of Celtic and bluegrass.

— Hear My Music on: Bartycast, Lurking Girl's Station

— Real Men Wear Kilts is now available on CD Baby AND iTunes too! Get your copies in time for Christmas.

— Free CDs Have Arrived. My limited-edition EP arrived last week. I packed up all the CDs and hope to get the free ones in the mail tomorrow. I really appreciate everyone who provided reviews. Sadly, no more free EPs are going out. Only 100 were printed, and you missed out… for now. Keep an eye open for other chances to win.

— Vote DAILY for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The ICMP was nominated for the Podcast Awards. Now you can go every day to podcastawards.com and vote for my podcast from now until November 6th. The winner will be announced a couple weeks after that. Please help me to win. While you're there, vote for Irish Fireside, The Signal, and Buffy Between the Lines. Those are all podcasts that I listen to regularly. They deserve to win. So please vote every day.

— Taking a Virtual Tour of Ireland? Here's a website that features several great ways to do just that. It also features the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.

— Show #58 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is up! Music from Steve Holloway, Rattle the Boards, Silver Spire, Maidens IV, Merry Wives of Windsor, NightinGael, Sligo Rags, Round the House, The Irish Balladeers, StoneRing, Widening Gyre, Pog Mo Thon, The Larkin Brigade, The Mighty Regis, The McDades, Mark Saul.

— Celtic Invasion of Italy. More news coming soon…

— SLAINTE!. In Irish Gaelic that means “Cheers” or “To Your Health”. What friendlier way to say that all the time when you pick up one of my new t-shirts. While you're checking out the swag, imagine your very own CD of music. What color is YOUR podcast?

— UPCOMING GIGS.
Louisiana Renaissance Festival. I finally scored a show each day during the faire. The shows will be at 10:45am. It's a Celtic Sing-Along. There's just one show a day. The rest of the time, I am performing at the wine and whiskey tastings. I also plan to play at the front gate on Sundays. So look for me!

— Check me out on Myspace, SoundClick, Demand a Show on Eventful, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, Sonicbids, and DeviantArt. And if you'd like a CD…

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