Marc Gunn at Central Texas Rennie Gathering on Feb 24, 2007

If you love Renaissance festivals like I do, you’ll be happy to know you’re not alone. In central Texas, you can find Rennies gathered outside of faire too. They’re called “Rennie Gatherings”. There, Rennies socialize over pints while dressed in their finest garb. Austin has it’s own wee group. Organized by Moon Dawg, the monthly […]

Having an Austin Wedding?

If you’re looking for great music for your Austin wedding, I have a great recommendation–the Brobdingnagian Bards. I know, I know. I play with the band, so I’m biased. But hey, don’t take my word for it. Check out these referrals: “We had planned on having a string quartet at our wedding. While looking on […]

Winners in the 2nd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards

The Renaissance Festival Podcast, Song Henge, and the Brobdingnagian Bards are pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards for 2006. These performers were voted on by you, the Renaissance festival fan. Keep an eye on this website for more Ren Faire Awards, and enjoy the podcast. The Brobdingnagian Bards host […]

Bragging About Celtic Music Success

Tonight, I wrote some news that I sent off to the Ceili, a newsletter put out by Southwest Celtic Music Association. It got me thinking of my successes. I’m not really one to brag about about my accomplishments. Most of the time, I forget to tell people about them period. Part of the reason is […]

PLOW MONDAY

In 1995, my band Skander broke up. I started looking for another band and found a band called Societal Jive that featured friends of mine from the an acting troupe I helped start called The Moore Hill Players. David English was one of the members. I really loved their heavy metal sound. So when David […]

CELTIC MP3s MUSIC MAGAZINE

In the summer of 2001, the Brobdingnagian Bards were doing fairly well on the Celtic MP3 charts on the late great MP3.com. That summer, I started the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, a weekly electronic newsletter dedicated to promoting Celtic music. Visit the Celtic Music Magazine Actually, the magazine was a blatent attempt to promote the […]

CELTIC WEDDINGS

Are you looking to have a Celtic wedding or needing Celtic wedding music? Celtic music is not just the coolest music to listen to these days. It also makes a brilliant addition to any wedding. But finding the right Celtic wedding music is no picnic. There’s a decent amount out there, and not all of […]

#8: Irish & Celtic Music from Flook, The Barley Boys, Pol Mac Adaim

Irish & Celtic Music from Bow Triplets, Niamh Parsons, The Tea Merchants, Amadan, Flook, Willie McCulloch, Avalon Rising, Rimbo, Gan Fidil, The Barley Boys, Pol Mac Adaim, The Elders, Ed Miller. celticmusicpodcast.com/008 If you love Celtic music, then welcome to Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Each week, you’ll receive an hour-long award-winning Celtic radio show featuring […]