Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #434: Going Home

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #434: Going Home

We’re all going home to great Celtic music and culture. Andy Law, Dustin Cooper, Seaumas Gagne, Poisoned Dwarf, Molly’s Revenge With Moira Smiley, Songs for Ceilidhm Fir Arda, Nicole White, Marcas Mac, Ballinloch, Westwood Bluegrass Band, Rebels and Sinners, Hard Green, Marc Gunn I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please share […]

Costs of Two Different Types of House Concerts

Costs of Two Different Types of House Concerts

There are two different types of house concerts. The first is a private concert, where you hire me to perform in your home. The second is where you invite people to your home and accept donations as a ticket. Private house concerts are for people who either have a big event or don’t want to […]

Meeting Mazz O’Flaherty in the Dingle Record Shop

Meeting Mazz O’Flaherty in the Dingle Record Shop

You never know what’s gonna happen on my Celtic Invasion Vacations. What will you see? Who will you meet? The answer to those questions is what makes these trips so powerful and fun. I first met Mazz O’Flaherty ten years on my first Celtic Invasion of Dingle. She owns the smallest record store in Ireland. […]

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #431: Pour Another for Your Brother

Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #431: Pour Another for Your Brother

Relax. Pour a pint for yourself. Pour another for a friend. Enjoy the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Kennedy’s Kitchen, Poisoned Dwarf, Eamon Friel, Ciunas, Catherine Koehler, Alexander James Adams, A Campo Traviesa, Brother Sea, Kellswater Bridge, Seumas Gagne, Celtic Woman, The Peglegs, Songs for Ceilidh, Hot Griselda I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. […]

Diversity in Irish & Celtic Music

Diversity in Irish & Celtic Music

In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I mention “celebrating Celtic culture through music.” It’s easy to miss the nuance of this mission statement. This podcast is not just about the traditional music of Ireland or Scotland. It is about all of those under-served aspects of Celtic music, and its many forms, […]

Atlanta Celtic Music and Musicians

In 2019, I moved to Atlanta and immediately decided to search for Celtic music and musicians like myself in the area. I could not find much. So I made my own list of Atlanta Celtic music thanks to Stephen B and others who sent me these lists. Atlanta’s Newest Celtic Folk Performer I am Marc Gunn. […]

Kind and Generous Musicians

Kind and Generous Musicians

I had a good weekend. Sunday was our first relaxing day at home in months. The weather was cool. We sat out on the lawn. The girls built houses and played in the water. We talked and inhaled deeply the calm that had finally set in. Not to say this will be a usual thing. […]

The Stories Behind Rie Sheridan Rose’s Latest Firefly Songs

The Stories Behind Rie Sheridan Rose’s Latest Firefly Songs

I asked author Rie Sheridan Rose to share her inspiration for some of the first songs she wrote lyrics for from the latest album, As Long As I’m Flyin’. Here’s what she wrote: As Long as I’m Flyin’ is inspired by the spirit of hope that seemed to reside in the center of all the […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #427: Raggle Taggle Gypsy

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #427: Raggle Taggle Gypsy

The raggle taggle gypsies take over the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Hot Griselda, A Campo Traviesa, Mitchell and Vincent, Lilt, Brother Sea, Crepuscule, Seldom Sober, Claire Roche, Steve and Ruth Smith, Kellswater Bridge, Dylan Walshe, BassPipes, Captain John Stout I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please share the show with […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #422: Celtic Soul

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #422: Celtic Soul

Take in a little Celtic soul with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The Fretless, Circled by Hounds, Ed Miller, Thomas “Doc” Grauzer, Runa, Poor Man’s Fortune, Jenna Greene, Albannach, The Changing Room, Stout Pounders, Bill Grogan’s Goat, Sliotar, Bad Haggis, Poitin I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please share the […]