Matt & Shannon Heaton share how a beautiful tune blossomed from a pile of dirt. Elizabeth Sutherland was inspired by the selkie of Scotland. I share the story behind my own song about selkie and how it evolved from a love of the ocean and transformed to a mermaid then selkie. And learn the secret […]
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Here are several ways to celebrate Celtic culture through music. Talisk, Dram & Go, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Jeff Blaney, Band O’Brothers, Fir Arda, John Mcgaha, The Munster Men, Wicked Tinkers, The Guinness Brothers, Aerialists, Caliceltic, THE DIVINERS Listen to Over The Moor! CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 Every […]
In 2006, I started Song Henge as a way to pay the bills of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. That service comes to an official end in December. This is a brief history of Song Henge. You could join Song Henge for $12-60 per year. Every month, I sent an email newsletter. In it […]
One the popular things to do in Austin during college was tubing. We could head down to San Marcos, climb into a tube, and leisurely drift down the river. I remember doing it only once during the 18 years I lived there. Yesterday, my family went Kayaking in a similar fashion. We headed up I-85 […]
I am loving blogging of recent. There’s something freeing about just being able to shoot the shite about things. It probably would be better if I just journaled privately. But there’s also something about learning to do it better. For marketing purposes. And so I blog. For the past few years, I preferred podcasting. That’s […]
It’s with great excitement and nervousness that I announce the Celtic Invasion of Loch Lomond. We are heading back to Scotland on June 4-11, 2022. We are staying 20 minutes from the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond at the Castle Invergare in Helensburgh, Scotland. There’s a lot going on in the world right now. Covid […]
Here are several ways to celebrate Celtic culture through music. Tartanic, Bay Allen, ÚLLA, Sue Spencer, Jesse Ferguson, Duncan Mclauchlan, Glaucia Carvalho, The Gothard Sisters, Matthew Young, Brad Reid, The Munster Men, No Murder No Moustache, Ockham’s Razor, Banda Gaites Camín de Fierro, Blaggards, Caliceltic Listen to P Stands For Paddy! CAST YOUR VOTE IN […]
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Here are several ways to celebrate Celtic culture through music. ÚLLA, Steve Gibb, Willowgreen, Tartanic, Andreas Transø, Marc Gunn, Brobdingnagian Bards, Andrew McKee The Irish Bard, Kinnfolk, The Munster Men, Clann An Drumma, Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost, The Badpiper, Celtic Rebels Band,, Loveridge, The Longest Johns, Battlelegs, Screaming Orphans, Blaggards, Ockham’s Razor Listen to An […]
This has been sitting on my mind for a month. I’m having trouble making a decision on my own. So I’ll ask you. Season 9 of Coffee with The Celtfather returns next Thursday, August 5, 2021 at Noon Eastern. I’m getting all excited. I have themes planned and everything. The show will stream on YouTube […]
A new single is released tomorrow. It’s called “By Amazing Grace“. This is a Brobdingnagian Bards collaboration with my friend and long-time bandmate, Andrew McKee, The Irish Bard. “By Amazing Grace” was written for the In the ‘Verse podcast I made with Mikey Mason. We watched episodes of Firefly. Then we each wrote a brand […]