Inspiration is a funny friend. It finds you and guides you. It takes you to strange and wonderful places. It introduces you to heroes. I started playing Celtic music in 1999… by accident. I had three “Celtic” songs in my song repertoire: “The Scotsman”, “Irish Ballad” by Tom Lehrer, and an original Enya-esque song with […]
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Sporting your reel Celtic music on #397 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. http://bestcelticmusic.net/ ChildsPlay, Cady Finlayson, Tami Curtis, Wicked Tinkers, Tullamore, Paddy Glackin, Rambling Sailors, The Tea Merchants, Beth Patterson, Patrick O’Flaherty, Claire Roche, Redhill Rats, Skelpin, Rise, Event Horizon, An Triur I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please […]
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I was asked tagged on Facebook today. A musician was asking about the cost/benefit to signing up to Spotify. It’s a common question among musicians. “Do give it all away for free?” The answer is a personal philosophical one. But I feel like I can help. Answer these two questions first. Are you interested in […]
Pubs are often dark places. I’m sure dark things have been discussed. Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t feel they are any darker than what we find on social media. I don’t like social media. It brings out the worst in people. It makes the world a more vile place than it actually is. And […]
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The Irish fire will burn bright in show #395 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. http://bestcelticmusic.net/ Dram & Go, Poitin, Jil Chambless, Ed Miller, Scooter Muse, Athena Tergis, The John Byrne Band, Marc Gunn, Jamie Laval, Ashley Broder, Tami Curtis music, Syncopaths, Syr, Ockham’s Razor, Rathkeltair, Jiggernaut, Melanie Gruben I hope you enjoyed this week’s […]
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The Celtfather Live show last night was a lot of fun. I had a lot of great song requests Some were new. Some were older songs that I haven’t played in forever. There were some fun stories. I even butchered a song I never would’ve expected to get requested. Ever… It was terrible performance of […]
Sometimes the things that matter most to us don’t matter as much to those we serve. The Bridge is still one of my favorite albums. It features one of the best songs I feel like I ever recorded—“Peggy Gordon”. And yet no one talks about the album. There are many reasons why this may be. […]
I want to cut back on one of my podcasts. I had trouble deciding which. Then I chatted with a Gunn Runner, I figured it out. The two podcasts in question are the Pub Songs Podcast and Celtfather Music & Travel. The Pub Songs Podcast was the third podcast I ever created. It started in […]
Celebrate the Year of the Irish & Celtic Women. http://bestcelticmusic.net ChildsPlay, Solasta, Catherine Koehler, Warbelow Range, Tami Curtis, The Ennis Sisters, Hibernia, The Gothard Sisters, Jodee James, Gwendolyn Snowdown, Anne Roos, Sharon Shannon, Janette Geri, Gone Molly. I hope you enjoyed this week’s show. If you did, please share the show with ONE friend. The […]
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2018 was a great year for my music career. I had three big goals last year: build up Spotify, Coffee with the Celtfather, and More Collaborations. First was to build up my understanding and integration with Spotify. I still haven’t figured out how to make a huge splash there. But I learned a lot this […]