Pub Songs #134: Best Irish Pub Songs

St Patrick’s Day is just 10 days away. I just announced that I will be doing daily episodes of the Pub Songs Podcast from March 10-15, Monday through Friday, at 9am. The shows will be broadcast live through Google Hangouts. If you want to be notified about them, make sure you add me to your […]

Pub Songs #133: St Patrick’s Day Irish Drinking Songs

Imagine you’ve been out all night partying for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s the wee hours of the morning. The fun may be over, but it doesn’t have to be. You can enjoy a few more fun Irish drinking songs for St. Patrick’s Day with The Celtfather. I will continue my series of St Patrick’s Day […]

3 Simple Steps You Can Take to Help Me Win a Celtic Radio Music Award

I just received word that my recording of “Rising of the Moon” from Not Every Day Is St. Patrick’s Day was nominated for Best Roots Traditional in the 2013 Celtic Radio Music Awards. You can vote for me right here. I am honored and extremely excited and hopeful about this nomination. While the Irish & Celtic […]

Do Drinking Songs Perpetuate the Alcoholic?

If there’s one thing I hate about the cultural stereotype of the Celts, it’s alcoholism. I know this is ironic or even hypocritical considering half my album titles are about “drinking songs”. I’ve written more than my fair share of drinking songs to fit that theme too. Yet, as much as I use that term, it’s […]

Scottish Songs of Awesome

I took a break from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion for the past few days. I’m still waiting on parts for two songs. While I was waiting, I finally jumped back onto my Kickstarter for Keep the Celtic in Christmas, a compilation CD I started last year for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast (BTW, new show […]

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 […]

Rocky Road to Dublin Video

I brought out my video camera this weekend and recorded some of my shows at the Georgia Renaissance Festival. I got a great recording of “Rocky Road to Dublin” (lyrics) that is captured below. If you are one of my Patron of the Arts, you can download and watch a full HD show (available this […]

St. Patrick’s Week Happenings!

It is mid-March, and whether you are enjoying the pleasures of Spring Break or getting through the work week and moving toward St. Patrick’s Day, there is much entertainment to be had this week! What’s up with Marc? Marc has already been busy providing the St. Paddy’s entertainment!  There are two new episodes of the […]

Marching On…

Like February itself, or winter in Texas, the shiny side of Valentine’s Day doesn’t quite last long enough. Other holidays have a full month to show their decorations, but as February winds to a close, we have only a hint of the memory of pink and red hearts—though February is American Heart Month.  The decorations […]

From Faire to Con and Back Again!

What’s up with Marc Gunn this week? Well, Marc has just recently returned home from the Texas Hill Country!  For the past two weekends, he has been  at the Sherwood Forest Fair, where he jammed with Cedric of the Bedlam Bards playing Firefly Drinking Songs, music inspired by Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity (you can find the CD of […]