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Lyrics by Shannon Creamer, music Francis McPeake Shannon did it again. Last year, she filked the filk, “Do Virgins Taste Better” and turned it into a pirate song for my upcoming album Dragons vs. Pirates. Now she’s turned “Wild Mountain Thyme” into a song about undead. Will the madness ever stop!? Oh, the twilight is upon […]
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 […]
One of the songs I cover on Sci Fi Drinking Songs is “A Boy and His Frog“. It was written by the World’s Fastest Filker, the amazing Tom Smith. It’s a Wonderful song about Kermit and Jim Henson. Tom also recorded on my song “My Puddy Tat, Sylvester“. Well, now he’s here with his best Kermit-y […]
It’s just a few hours away from the CD Release of How America Saved Irish Music at The Irish House. I’m hard at work, paying bills and trying to implement some of the Drive Ideas. More about that in a moment. If you’re in the New Orleans area, don’t miss the show tonight at 7pm. Here’s […]
Pandora Celtica (one of the bands on A Celtic Christmas) put together an incredible album of music by 41 awesome indie bands ranging from Celtic to folk to filk to fairy to who knows what. I haven’t had a chance to listen yet but wow–82 tracks of music. I can’t wait to hear it Best […]
Every morning, I drive my daughter to daycare with a playlist of music that I think she will like. She’s picked her favorites. One such song is Sesame Street filk of “1-2-3-4” by Feist. We used to watch that video when she was a wee bairn, along with other Sesame Street songs. Occasionally, she asks […]
Today’s post will consist of thoughts that occur to me as I mixdown tracks from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion. I spent yesterday finishing up most of the songs. It’s sounding pretty durn awesome if I do say so myself. This is still my least favorite part of recording, the mixing and mastering. There just seem […]
57,000 people showed up in Atlanta to attend to attend DragonCon, one of the largest sci fi conventions in the world. It’s just huge. The whole convention is overwhelming. In fact, the last six or seven DragonCons I’ve done left me wiped, sick, or stressed. That all changed this weekend. This year, Andrew McKee, my […]
My music partner with the Brobdingnagian Bards, Andrew McKee, is hosting the Everything Is Filk podcast for the Filk Track at DragonCon. In the 3rd episode, Andrew and I chatted with each other about a wide variety of topics including our music, things we love and more. Check out the interview here.
I got a phone call last night from Voltaire. He heard about Filk Track panel I’m at–How To Make A Living In The Music Business In The Digital Age. He loved the idea and asked to join the panel. Seeing as how it was a panel of one, I thought he’d make a brilliant addition. […]
