Enjoy some Scottish and Celtic music as we highlight musicians performing at the Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games of 2017 with Celtic music from Battlefield Band, Tullamore, Scotland Rising, Ed Miller, Willow and Her Giant, Jed Marum, Jil Chambless & Scooter Muse, The Selkie Girls, Reel Treble Band , Seamus Stout, Madi Davis, Skeleton […]
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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #292: Scottish Music
Awesome Scottish music is pretty easy to find. There’s a lot of brilliant traditional songs as well as modern songs and songwriters coming out of Scotland. This show touches on a teeny, tiny portion of the Scottish music I have in my catalog. You can expect a lot more when we hit our $500 milestone on […]
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Where Did I Go Wrong with Procrastination?
There’s a lot on my mind right now. So I thought I’d blog. That, and I’m procrastinating recording this week’s Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. That’s okay. I’ll get it done today. The shownotes are almost done. I just need a good title for the show. Hmmm…. Where to begin? Upcoming Sci Fi Conventions Let’s see. […]
CG032: What Is Celtic Music?
The definition of Celtic music has changed over the last fifty years. It could easily be defined as the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland. That definition no longer works. “Traditional Irish music” is a subset of Celtic music, just like “traditional Scottish music”. And “Irish music” does not automatically equal Celtic music. So what is Celtic music […]
Why Irish Songs and Scottish Songs?
Larry on Facebook responded to yesterday’s post about my Scottish music album. He liked the idea and thought I should play more Scottish music. After all, I am from the Scottish Clan Gunn. Why not more Scottish music? When I was a kid, my dad took me to some Scottish Highland Games. I fell in […]
Next Up: Scottish Music
The votes are in for my poll of which CD should I record next. The winning CD was Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion. I’ve talked about that album for a few years now. I’m glad that you are interested in hearing it too. So I started planning my Kickstarter campaign. It will go live next month. […]
Thank God for “Celtic Music”!
“Celtic music” is a marketing term used to define the sound and music of the Celts. I’ve used it to promote my Celtic Music Magazine and my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and a LOT of my websites. A decade ago, it was lamented as a useless term because every band who thought they were […]
Wrapping Up January!
It’s hard to believe that we’re in the last week of January already, but here we are, looking forward into February! This month has seen the release of Marc’s new CD Not Every Day is St. Patrick’s Day, and the launch of the CD and the single “Nancy Whiskey” to the top of the Charts […]
