Pub Songs #144: Geek Music vs. Nerd Music

Pub Songs #144: Geek Music vs. Nerd Music

Which phrase is more appealing to you? At Dragon Con, Mikey Mason and I were talking about this branding topic. He calls his music Geek Comedy Rock. I call mine Celtic Geek. We obviously prefer the term Geek music over Nerd music. But the NerdCore genre has Nerd Music taking off around the country. Would […]

#273: Indie Celtic Musicians

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 […]

#258: Chilling By the Celtic Campfire

The weather is getting nicer. I’m feeling in the mood to chill with some Celtic music by the campfire. Here’s some awesome indie Celtic music from Slipjig, Jil Chambless & Scooter Muse, Tania Opland, Pitch the Peat, Ken O’Malley, Rambling Sailors, Darragh McGann, Atlantic Wave, Vintage Wildflowers, Tim Malloys, Celtic Cross, Ockham’s Razor, Castlebay. Kick back […]

#217: 10 Years of Great Irish & Celtic Music, a Retrospective

On July 28, 2005, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was born from my love of Celtic music. I had been cultivating that love through my Celtic Music Magazine which featured album reviews and free Celtic MP3 downloads from many of the bands on this podcast. The podcast quickly overtook the magazine in popularity. I […]

#216: Sleepy Maggie

There’s nothing sleepy about this week’s show. There’s just a ton of great indie Celtic music from The Brayzen Heads, The Tea Merchants, Rambling Sailors, The Gothard Sisters, Slan, Gerry O’Beirne & Rosie Shipley, Mason Brown, Cady Finlayson, Jasper Coal, Arthur Hinds, Connemara Stone Company, The Demon Barbers, Marc Gunn. Find out more at celticmusicpodcast.com/216 If […]

#202: Funny Irish Songs, Scottish Songs, and Parodies

Get ready to laugh along to a great collection of Funny Irish songs. You’ll some Celtic comedy songs by Seamus Kennedy, StoneRing, Lintie, The Irish Balladeers, Brobdingnagian Bards, Jonathan Ramsey, Rambling Sailors, Marc Gunn & The Dubliners Tabby Cats, Tullamore Celtic Band, Ceann, Cairde na Gael, The Stubby Shillelaghs, Tom Smith, The Merry Wives of Windsor, […]

#186: Celtic Music from Renaissance Festivals

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 […]

#160: Mist Covered Mountains of Donegal

Irish Celtic music from Jamie Smith’s MABON, Black Market Haggis, Sybil and Sorley, Colin Farrell, Rambling Sailors, Hugh Morrison, Trinity River Whalers, Candace Corrigan, The Willis Clan, Kila, Black 47, Caliorne, Clandestine. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you enjoy this show, then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the […]

Pub Songs #115: St Patrick’s Day Pub Songs Playlist

Pub Songs #115: St Patrick’s Day Pub Songs Playlist

Enjoy St Patrick’s Day Pub Songs! I spent the last couple weeks recording a ton of great St. Patrick’s Day music for my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and of course this podcast as well. This is the final show for the St. Patrick’s Day season. Once again, I decided to highlight music from some […]

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 […]