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If you love acoustic Celtic music, you will find no better place to find great Celtic music than at Renaissance Festivals. Yes, I know the Celts had nothing to do with the “Renaissance”, but Celtic music is one of the most-popular musical styles found at Ren faires. It’s one of the last places where you can […]
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This one is for the indie Celtic musicians who share their music with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Big thanks to Poitin, The Selkie Girls, Ed Miller, TJ Hull and Jeff Ksiazek, Abby Green, Two O’Clock Courage, Derek Byrne and Paddygrass, Reel Treble, Rambling Sailors, Shillelagh!, The Bog Hoppers, Highland Reign, Skeleton McKee, Emish, Pipedance […]
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Every St Patrick’s Day for the past eleven years, I’ve published an awesome article called “17 Free Celtic MP3 Downloads for St. Patrick’s Day” (see past issues here). I’m happy to say, “It’s back!” This article is dedicated to the indie Irish and Celtic bands. There is a LOT of great Celtic […]
We’re less than a week away from Irish Music Month. I thought I’d share a bunch of new indie Celtic music from Heidi-Jane Schwabe, Athas, Abby Green, Jonathan Milton, Myddle Earth, Dearest Home, Avourneen, Nessa, Saby O’, La Unica, Stephen Kern, The Tomfooligans, Niteworks, and Lady Moon that was recently submitted before we jump full […]
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Traveling will fill your life with joy and satisfaction. You experience life more fully when you hit the road and leave your comfort zone. I’ve felt its rewards more fully through my years on the road. I’ve grown and learned a lot, much like Mark Twain. Twain wrote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many […]
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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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Before the Texas Gunn Runners jump up and say, “Are you gonna be there?” The answer is “no”. I won’t. I was one of the first people the festival asked to attend and for Celtic band advice. They picked many of my favorite Celtic music artists. It also turns out I’m glad I declined since […]
Music from Whalebone, Colin Farrell, Abby Green, Beer Belly, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Sligo Rags, Poitin, Vintage Wildflowers, Jameson’s Revenge, Cu Dubh, Lexington Field, Bill Grogan’s Goat, Ellis Island . www.celticmusicpodcast.com/108 Sponsor: Celtic Invasion Vacations Travel the world with Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and host of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. See the […]
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Join Marc Gunn and the Bedlam Bards as we record a live album of Firefly Drinking Songs this Friday, April 1, 2011 as a part of the Sherwood Faire Fool’s Crawl (see details at the bottom). The show will be in the Taylor Education Center (TEC) behind the church building. Suggested Donation is $10 per […]
I’m just finishing up the first St. Patrick’s Day episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Or rather refinishing it. I recorded it yesterday and then my computer crashed and all my audio files were corrupted. Grrr. But it’ll be done soon and out next Thursday. That reminds me. One of the websites I […]
