Here’s some of the guidelines Ande Rasmussen follows when he is writing lyrics: 1) there are no rules, there’s only tools, you’ll find exceptions to everything below, but it’s generally good to stick with them, unless you have a really good reason not to 2) Genuine Idea Is the idea worthy of becoming a song? […]
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I Believe in Love
I’ve been having a theological discussion recently with a friend recently. She sounds disenchanted with church and consequently no longer believes in God. What I find frustrating is not that she doesn’t believe, because everyone must make their own decision about their faith. What is frustrating is the “Christians” who kill our faith. Yes, I […]
Free Music Downloads Cleaning
I was checking links today and realized I had a LOT of dead links on my Celtic Songs & Folk Music Downloads. It’s a popular page on the search engines for “Celtic songs”, and well, “folk music downloads”. So I just finished cleaning that page up. I think it’ll be easier to access in the […]
T’was a Grand CD Release Party!
Todays show at Things Celtic went well. There was a nice-sized turnout. There seem to be more and more people showing up at these shows. One day, I’d like to do a nice evening show somewhere, maybe even longer than the typical hour-long show that I do at Things Celtic, too. Maybe for my next […]
New Kilt Wearers’ Tips
From the Celtic History Newsletter: Last month I said I was going to continue my discussion of Celtic crosses, but with summer here and the Highland games / Renaissance fair / reenactment season here I thought it would be a good time write something lighter and to share a few tips for people who are […]
The Live Show That Should Never Be Heard!
Do you ever do something that you kinda wish you hadn’t done? Worse. Have you ever had a recording of that thing you wish you hadn’t done? Worse still. Have you ever shared that recording of that thing you wish you hadn’t done? Personally, I somehow think that’s the most foolish to do. I mean, […]
Help Bring More Love Into the World
Yesterday, I was listening to an audio book by Seth Godin. He talked about living the marketing message you want to share. I realized that’s probably the reason Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers has done so well. I love cats! Last night, I was watching a movie and Torre climbed up on little fold […]
Celtic/Market Crosses
Vicrtorian writers often assumed that stone market crosses in many villages in the British Isles were replacements for the original wooden crosses erected by saints and priests in the early days of Christianity. But in the early 20th century a man named John Irwin pointed out that as early amateur archaeologists began exploring the remoter […]
NEW SONG – Soul of a Harper (Live in Ireland)
“Soul of a Harper” was a song written by my friend, and fantasy author, Rie Sheridan. She wrote it for me several years ago. I liked the lyrics so much I named my first CD after the song–Soul of a Harper. And then a couple years later, Andrew and I recorded the song for Brobdingnagian […]
Pub Songs Podcast: Folk Music with Delusions of Grandeur
My live performances on the Pub Songs Podcast have gone over very well. I’ve only released two from my home studio, but I get a lot of emails from people who enjoyed them and want to hear more. So I listened to the shows again and picked the recordings that were made in those shows. […]