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 […]
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Pub Songs #98: Funny Irish Drinking Songs
Exciting news for the Pub Songs Podcast Irish & Celtic Music Podcast – Best Celtic Music of 2011 Best Funny Irish Drinking Songs Why drinking songs? see Irish Drinking Songs Newly Updated Celtic Music CD Store Marc Gunn YouTube Videos and Irish Song Lyrics Shows booked for the Spring New monthly schedule This Week’s […]
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20 Hobbit Songs Done!
Good day in the studio. I finished mixing all but the last tracks–“Cat and Rat” and an alternate version of “Scouring the Shire” with percussion. All of the other songs are awaiting mastering. Nathan Deese of the band Barrowburn is adding additional instrumentation to those two songs. “Cat and Rat” was written like it was […]
People You Should Know: Rie Sheridan Rose, The Bardabee Poet
I met Rie Sheridan Rose before she was married back in 2001 or 2002 where she heard the Brobdingnagian Bards out at the late, great Excalibur Fantasy Faire. “I was instantly transported by the music, and became one of the Brobdingnagian Bards’ biggest fans,” she tells me. She continues: “The Bards were magical, everything worked […]
SOUL OF A HARPER
An autoharper’s spiritual wandering through Celtic songs. Beautiful and fun Celtic folk songs to celebrate your Scotch-Irish heritage. Are you Scots-Irish, too? After six albums with the Celtic Folk MP3 Superstars, the Brobdingnagian Bards, Marc Gunn decided to create a solo album based on his most-popular solo recordings from 2000-2003 that he named “Soul of […]
Bardic Irish Music on NPR
I was excited to hear my name at the end of a special feature on NPR this morning. It was a 2nd Window Production on Voice of the Troubles: 25 Years After the Irish Hunger Strike. Wow. They played quite a few songs. They played The Dubliner’s Tabby Cats recording of “Cats Chasing Butterflies”. That’s […]
Discover Your Scots-Irish Musical Heritage
“Imagine getting closer to your Celtic heritage with MUSIC when you listen to a CD of beautiful, inspiring, and fun Celtic folk songs that celebrate Your Scottish & Irish heritage.” Let’s face it, you can’t escape your Celtic heritage. Everyone of Celtic blood will one day rediscover the power of their heritage. The real question […]
The Bridge (Lyrics)
“The Bridge” Lyrics and music Marc Gunn, 2000 Performed by Marc Gunn From: The Bridge Was it something I said that made you angry with me, Made you dig a deep river to keep you from me? Oh, the water is rushing, come to sweep me away ‘Less I die of sorrow, I will cross it today. […]
