I had a busy week. So alas, I wasn’t again able to publish a new Pub Songs Podcast. My apologies. I do want to keep it weekly, but there’s a lot to do. Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion Arrived from the Printers Yesterday, Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion arrived from the printers. I […]
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Pub Songs #125: Changing the Way You Hear Celtic Music News
I’m very pleased to bring you an extra interesting show today. I have some big news for the week, but to some degree it feels like repetition of news I’ve already shared. Yes, it is a progress report, and I made a lot of progress, but I need something different. So this week, I decided […]
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Celtic Geek Manifesto
Do you love Celtic music and culture? Do you love science fiction and fantasy? You are a Celtic Geek. Welcome to the family! For those new or uncertain about this small, but growing group of individuals, let me lay down some details about Celtic music and culture. Celtic is defined as anything from the seven […]
“A Celtic Christmas” Is Coming Early This Year
Have you been naughty or nice? Either way, I’m expecting lots of Christmas Celtic knotwork snowflakes falling from the sky thanks to your generous donation on Kickstarter. My next compilation CD A Celtic Christmas is already at 150% of its funding with six days to go. I’m getting kinda hopeful that we will meet our […]
A Celtic Music Festival of Thanks for Gunn Runners
I love Celtic music. However, I have no delusions. My music is not for the typical Celtic music fan. I won’t have a PBS special any time soon, wearing formal Scottish attire and having a puffed out chest while an orchestra backs my autoharp. At the end of this year, I will have two albums […]
Who’s In Your Community?
I wonder why it is that we find it so important to be a part of a community. It’s probably something instinctual… being part of the herd. Whatever the reason, I find myself daily looking at new ways to promote my own tribe, which is one part Celtic culture and the other part Geek. And […]
Another Reason Not to Play the Game
I recently published why my blog is better than Facebook. Yesterday, I got this email: I work for the company: LOV*****.CO.UK Our site has been penalized by Google because of duplicated content and specifically from domains within your control, as result of this we have lost 80% of our traffic. I have opened a line […]
Why My Own Blog Is Better Than Facebook Or Twitter
I must be getting old. Now I’m either a lot wiser or more fearful of change. Maybe both. When I first started promoting the Brobdingnagian Bards online in 1999, I was overzealous. I signed up to every newsgroup or mailing list that was related to our music. I spammed them constantly. I didn’t know spamming […]
“Are you an indie musician?”
It’s a work day in Gunn Studios. The life of an indie musician, seems work is never done. It’s a wonderful challenge. It’s also great seeing up and coming musicians. At The Summit Farmers Market yesterday, this maybe 13-year old girl approached me. “Are you an indie musician?”, she asked? I set my autoharp down. She […]
A Brief History of St. Patrick’s Day
I’m sure everybody knows the story of St. Patrick, and how he allegedly drove all the snakes out of Ireland. There’s an Irish toast that goes something like: Here’s to St. Patrick, Who drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Let’s drink to his health. But let us not drink too much, Lest we forget […]
