2 New Celtic CDs You Should Own

Story Girl The Gothard Sisters Exuberant Celtic dance songs and soulful folk ballads – like Celtic chamber music with percussion Come awa wi Me Ed Miller There’s a bit of everything on this new production, including old traditional ballads; songs from the 20th century folk revival; and two or three very recent…..some just-learned and others […]

Songs of My Father’s People

When I want to rock out, I put on some Celtic rock or fun Irish drinking songs.  Usually, I like to listen to lyrics.  When there’s a lot of music going on, I don’t really hear the lyrics.  I hear the music.  That’s why I enjoy Ed Miller, Fabrizio de Andre, Nick Hennessey, and a […]

Makem & Spain Brothers Heading to Texas

I just got word from Mickey Spain that the Makem & Spain Brothers are heading to Texas in November.  On November 5th and 6th, they’ll be at the Austin Celtic Festival.  They are performing alongside Frankie Gavin, Ed Miller, Doc Grauzer, and The Tea Merchants. Then on Monday the 7th, they’re heading up to Poor […]

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #109

Music from Donal Clancy, Clandestine, Rambling Sailors, Castlebay, Joe Travers & Adam Alexander, Celtic Stone, Ed Miller, Mary Behan Miller, Dun Aengus, Homeland, The Killdares, Searson, Bad Haggis, Marc Gunn, Keith Hinchliffe. www.celticmusicpodcast.com/109 Sponsor: Sherwood Forest Celtic Festival and Highland Games Come celebrate Celtic Culture with over 14 bands – Beth Patterson, Potcheen, Blaggards, Clandestine and […]

St. Patrick’s Day Podcast #6 – One Month to St. Patrick’s Day

Music from  Marc Gunn, Ed Miller, The Rogues, Serious Kitchen, Stout Pounder, Redhill Rats, TJ Hull and Jeff Ksiazek, Trinity River Whalers, The Bringers, John McCormack & Frank Patterson, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Appalachian Celtic Consort, Aisling, Poitin, Don Grieve, Terry Griffith. www.stpatricksdayparty.net Sponsor: Celtic Invasion Vacations Travel the world with your podcast host, […]

St. Patrick’s Day Podcast #5 – Two Months to St. Patrick’s Day

Music from Haggis Rampant, Ceann, Claire Roche, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Langer’s Ball, The Gas Men, Gaelic Storm, The Rogues, Marc Gunn, Crepuscule, Ed Miller, Flook, The Elders, TJ Hull and Jeff Ksiazek, Tullamore, The Tea Merchants. www.stpatricksdayparty.net Sponsor:Celtic Invasion Vacations Travel the world with your podcast host, Marc Gunn, Celtic music, the Traditional and the […]

Top Celtic Folk Bands

I came across an article online called the Top Celtic Folk/Rock bands. To me the article was a wee bit blurred. It focuses on Celtic Rock bands, but then casually throws in The Dubliners and The Chieftains.  Kinda weird, but it works him. So that’s fine to me. I mention it because, I finished my […]

St. Patrick’s Day Podcast #4 – Three Months to St. Patrick’s Day

Music from  Cady Finlayson, Ed Miller, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Beth Patterson, Jasper Coal, Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, Maidens IV, SlipJig, The Dubliners’ Tabby Cats, Jed Marum with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown, Hugh Morrison, Round the House, Sarah Dinan, Rattle the Boards, Marc Gunn. www.stpatricksdayparty.net Sponsor: Kilted For Her Pleasure Marc Gunn’s newest of Kilted […]

#77: Celtic Music Tribute to Robert Burns

Music from Poitin, Con Durham and Maz O’Flaherty, The BeerMats, Aisling, Don Gabbert, The Gas Men, Ed Miller, Rise, Tullamore, StoneRing, The Muses, Icewagon Flu, In Search of a Rose,y Char Butler, MaterDea, Blarney Rebel Band. www.celticmusicpodcast.com/077 Today’s show is brought to you by Celtic Invasion Vacations. Travel the world with the Irish and Celtic […]

#12: Irish & Celtic Music from Trinity River Whalers, Barleyjuice, The Killdares

Irish & Celtic music from Mrs. Ferris’s Pighouse Collection, Barleyjuice, The Killdares, Piper’s Creek, Trinity River Whalers, Poor Man’s Fortune, The Makem and Spain Brothers, Sarah Dinan, Ed Miller, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Muses, Bedlam Bards, Michael Murphy and The River Shannon Band. Shownotes at celticmusicpodcast.com/012 If you enjoy this podcast, then please rate the show on […]