Show #191 features Irish Celtic music from Black Market Haggis, Smitty’s Kitchen, Cormorant’s Fancy, Slan, Celtic Rebels, Across the Pond, McGinty, Bonnie Rideout, SeaStar, Rant Maggie Rant, The Led Farmers, The Elders, Corktown Popes, Rathkeltair. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you enjoy this show, then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your […]
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One of my most-favorite venues ever is the Maggie McGuinness Pub in Huntsville, Alabama. The Bolliners turned their basement into an “Irish pub” and host events for the Irish Society of North Alabama. It’s a small venue with limited space and packed full of people who love Celtic music, geek songs, and great craic. Tickets are […]
Today, I want to share with you my pick of the Best Celtic Bands of 2014. All were featured in the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, THE show for the Best indie Celtic music online. The show is sponsored by my patrons at marcgunn.net I had a brilliant time at GaFilk this weekend. It’s been […]
We had a record year in 2014. I released 39 episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast as the show turned into a weekly podcast. A big thanks goes to all of the Patrons of the Podcast as well as my Song Hengers. You are awesome! Now it’s time to see what the most-popular […]
We kick off 2015 with show #190 featuring Irish Celtic music from Arlene Faith, Patsy O’Brien, Jesse Ferguson, Jonathan Kershaw, The Selkie Girls, Dubliner Harpers, Jed Marum, Fiddlin’ in Th’Parlor, Fae Wiedenhoeft, Celia Ramsay, Ockham’s Razor, The Canny Brothers Band, Celtic Cross, The ShamRogues, Colleen Raney. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you enjoy this show, then subscribe to […]
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I remember when I first started playing the autoharp. my first real gig was at a Renaissance festival. Andrew and I were picking songs that we would play. then we worked up arrangements. “frog kissin’” was one of those early songs. i learned it from a Christian musician named Ed Kilbourne. it was poppy and […]
Renaissance Festivals offer a huge assortment of Irish Celtic music as we’ll explore in show #186 with music from Clandestine, Empty Hats, Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Stone, Craig of Farrington, Albannach, Rambling Sailors, NeidFyre, Merry Mischief, Nancy Daily-Green, New Minstrel Revue, Abby Green, Leah Jorgensen, Thyme Awaye, Haggis Rampant, Merry Wives of Windsor. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you […]
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Yesterday, I found this great article about history of The Pogues’ song “Fairytale of New York”. For me, this is one of those quintessential Celtic Christmas songs. It captures a piece of Irish culture and history and flips it on its end during Christmas. It’s a powerful song that deserves international recognition. Two things struck […]
Saturday evening, I sat down with my autoharp, a Christmas tree, and my videographer Chuck Davis, and we recorded a Celtic Christmas Music Special. This show will be released for free on YouTube as soon as Chuck can get it mixed and ready to release. The Celtic Christmas music special was created in response to […]
Celtic Rock gets a special feature on this week’s Irish & Celtic Music Podcast thanks to our Patrons of the Podcast. You’ll hear music from Greenwich Meantime, The Brazen Heads, Dust Rhinos, Cele De, Sons of Malarkey, Mickey Coleman, The Elders, Redhill Rats, The Barley Boys, Ockham’s Razor, Celtic Cross, The Kreellers, Johnsons Motorcar, Mairi […]
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