Podcasts Playing Our Celtic Artists This Month

Below is a list of podcasts who have played our Celtic artists.

Brobdingnagian Bards

• DUI: Discourse Under the Influence
• Whiskers in a Twisted Stitch
• Aircooled Volkswagen Podcast
• Opinionated Ramblings
• Podsafe Comedy Countdown
• The Big Break
• Spine Radio
• I Wish I Had This Show In Real Life
• Buster charity show
• BuckeyeDriveTime
• The Everyday Show with PB
• The Second Floor Lounge
• PubCastItalia
• Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
• Renaissance Festival Podcast
  

Marc Gunn

• Marc Gunn's Pub Songs Podcast
  
• DUI: Discourse Under the Influence
• Average Joe Radio
• The Everyday Show with PB
• I Wish I Had This Show In Real Life
• Podsafe Comedy Countdown
• Guy In A Tie
• The Second Floor Lounge
• PubCastItalia
• Podshow Radio
• Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Celtic Stone

• The Multiple Sclerosis Blog Podcast
• The Everyday Show with PB
• Opinionated Ramblings
• BuckeyeDriveTime
• PubCastItalia
• Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Irish Stout

• LoveHouse Radio
• Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
  

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Autoharp Gets Second Chance

The autoharp received an extra note of praise last weekend when Marc Gunn came in second for Best Strings in the 25th Annual Austin Music Awards for his musical ability on the autoharp. Check out Autoharp Radio to hear more great autoharp music.

St Patrick's Day in Austin

The Brobdingnagian Bards enjoyed several brilliant performances at Things Celtic in Austin. Hundreds of people turned up for the only family-friendly St. Patrick's Day celebration in Austin thanks to the Anne Marshall who ran the event sponsored by Things Celtic and the Austin Celtic Association. Hope you had a Happy St Patrick's Day in Austin or wherever you were in the world.

The Brobdingnagian Bards once again managed to sell out of CDs at Things Celtic where their CDs are in high demand.

THINGS CELTIC

If you are looking for anything Celtic in Austin, then there is one place to go first. That place is Things Celtic.

Things Celtic is an awesome Celtic store that has served Central Texas since 1999. They feature some of the finest Celtic gifts from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Celtic artists in America. The show is open and the owner, Lanora, and the staff are just Amazing!

I shop there regularly. I have bought books, CDs, Celtic jewelry, a sporran, my Clan Gunn kilt, gifts for family and friends, and lots more from Things Celtic. I play a solo show there about every three months or so, plus the occasional Brobdingnagian Bards performance is there. I also studied Gaelic there, went to Irish song sessions, and sometimes, I just go to hang out. There's always something fun happening at Things Celtic.

The store is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 5pm on Sunday. You can find them at 1806 West 35th Street in the heart of Austin, Texas.

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Things Celtic
1806 W. 35th Street
Austin, TX 78703

Bards Voted Best in Austin

The Brobdingnagian Bards were voted the Best None of the Above in the Austin Chronicle's 25th Annual Austin Music Awards, giving them two such honors after their 2005's Best Novelty Band win.

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Climbs the iTunes Charts

After spending the week as the #5 most-popular Music Podcasts on iTunes, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast has climbed to #4 on the charts. This is the start of a HUGE week for the podcast. I'm hoping it will hit #1 on iTunes.

IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast began as an extension of the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. I was listening to the Celtic Music News Podcast and thought that it might be cool to play some of the free MP3s that I feature each week in the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. But within a few weeks, everything had changed.

I'm not sure if people are just more used to the idea of a radio show, or what. But listeners grasped the idea behind the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast music quicker and easier than they did with my Celtic magazine.

There are enough Celtic radio shows like the Fiona Ritchie's Thistle & Shamrock on NPR (National Public Radio), perhaps, that makes them think of some downloadable radio shows as completely different from free MP3s.

Nevertheless, within a few shows, I found the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast not only easier to compile, but a lot more fun. I played music I loved. I introduced new Celtic music groups. And people seemed much more passionate than they did with the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. If you haven't listened to my Celtic music podcast, check it out:

Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
Twenty episodes and a year after its inception, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast has risen into the ranks of one of the most-popular music podcasts on iTunes. Over 15,000 episodes of each show are downloaded, and I get more comments from listeners about how much they love the podcast than I do from any other podcast I do. Heck, I almost wonder if I should ditch some of the others and just do this one.

For now, I continue on with my many podcasts and hope that one day podcasting will climb to all new heights of success online.

St. Patrick's Day Music CDs

St. Patrick's Day is just days away. In the past, our most popular St. Patrick's Day CD was Songs of Ireland. The year after Songs of Ireland came out, The Secret World of Celtic Rock was the hit CD for St Paddy's Day. Last year, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers was the more popular St. Patrick's Day CD. But this year, Mage Records has four new CDs that all fans of St. Patrick's Day will be dying to own:

• The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs by Brobdingnagian Bards
• A Collection of Irish Pub Songs by Irish Stout
• Digital Tradtions by Celtic Stone, and
• Victims of Irish Music by Various Artists of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Order your CDs today and you should still have them in time for St. Patrick's Day. Call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD.

Celtic Wedding CD Tops the Charts

Our Celtic wedding CD, A Celtic Renaissance Wedding, is topping the charts at the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. The album charted #2 as the most-popular Celtic CD sold in February.

Victims of Irish Music is now On Sale at Things Celtic.

I took copies of Victims of Irish Music over to Things Celtic today. You can now purchase the album directly from the store where the Brobdingnagian Bards will be performing this Saturday.

Celtic CD Store Updates

I made a lot of updates to the website today. I finally added a page for the new Irish music compilation CD, Victims of Irish Music. I also added a buy link The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs including links to the MP3 Downloads. Then I updated the New Releases and Compilation CDs pages.

Victims of Irish Music Coming Soon

Finally getting close to finishing this compilation CD. I've been planning this compilation for a while. It's an album of mostly all-instrumental Irish music that I am compiling. I finally finished the track listing. The album sounds great. Here's what I have on it:

1. "Cooley's Set (Reels: Cooley's Reel,/Sporting Paddy/Toss The Feathers)" by Wild Clover Band from Behind the Blarney
   
2. "Sleeping Under The Tables Set" by Kennedy's Kitchen from A Pocketful of Lint
   
3. "Lannigan's Ball/Rambling Pitchfork/Tar Road Sligo" by Cady Finlayson from Harp and Shamrock
   
4. "Staten Island Hornpipe/Morpeth Rant" by The Jolly Rogues from Captain Billy's Privateers
   
5. "The Gneeveguilla Reel/Drag her Round the Road/The Golden Keyboard" by Arabesque from Glen Road to Cordoba
   
6. "The Boys from Blue Hill/Cherish the Ladies" by Bow Triplets from One Spot On Earth
   
7. "Princess Royale" by Thomas "Doc" Grauzer from Infernal Harp Racket
   
8. "Chicago Trippin up the Stairs by Boston Blackthorne from Better Late Than Ever
   
9. "Rocky Road to Brenham" by Celtic Stone from Digital Traditions
10. "Geordie Lad" by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer from Thumb Twiddling
    
11. "Old Grey Cat" by Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
    
12. "Congress Reel" by Poitin from Live!
    
13. "The Road to Lisdonvarna/Morrison's Jig" by Vince Conaway from Distractions from the Muse
    
14. "Polkas and Slides" by The Tea Merchants from The Tea Merchants
    
15. "Banks of Spey/High Road to Linton" by Highland Fling from Highland Fling
16. "Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap/Newcastle" by Bedlam Bards from Furious Fancies
    
17. "The Skylark/Humours of Tulla/Lucy Campbell's" by Culann's Hounds from Year of the Dog
    

It sounds fantastic!

Incidentally, the title of the album came from a phrase I saw on a book I borrowed from Doc Grauzer about Irish music. As I recall, it mentioned how the British attempted to stomp out traditional music in Ireland, but nothing could stop it. The name sounded too cool to not use for something.

Announcing The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs

A compilation of our most-popular Irish drinking songs about drinking. Marc drinks. Andrew drives. This partnership has led to one of the most-productive Celtic music groups in Texas. Though one half of the Brobdingnagian Bards does not drink, this doesn’t stop the duo from having a lot of fun singing their favorite Irish Drinking Songs. You don't have to drink alcohol to enjoy this fun compilation of the Brobdingnagian Bards most-popular songs about drinking.

The album is finished and includes the following songs: Beer, Beer, Beer, Black Velvet Band, Seven Drunken Nights, The Holy Ground, Lily the Pink, Old Dun Cow (MacIntyre!), The Orange and The Green, Come Out Ye Black and Tans, Rattlin' Bog, Johnny at the Door, Finnegan's Wake, Johnny Jump Up, Whiskey in the Jar, Wild Rover, A Begging I Will Go, Health to the Company.

Find out more about The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs.

Top Celtic CDs Sold in February 2007

The following Celtic Music Chart is a list of the Top 20 Celtic CDs sold at CD Baby through the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, Celtic Music CD Store, Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, and our affiliates.

1. Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats: Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers
2. Brobdingnagian Bards: A Celtic Renaissance Wedding
   
3. Brobdingnagian Bards: Songs of Ireland
4. Bedlam Bards: On the Drift
5. Brobdingnagian Bards: A Faire To Remember
6. Brobdingnagian Bards: Memories of Middle Earth
7. Brobdingnagian Bards: The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs
8. Irish Stout: A Collection of Irish Pub Songs
   
9. Brobdingnagian Bards: Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
10. Celtic MP3s Music Magazine: The Secret World of Celtic Rock
11. Celtic Stone: Digital Flashbacks
12. Sarah Dinan: From the Ashes
13. Kennedy's Kitchen: A Pocketful of Lint
14. 4 Irish Whiskey: 4 Irish Whiskey Pub Songs
15. Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats: Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers
16. Rob Barrick/Elizabeth Nicholson: Celtic Wedding Music Volume One
17. Various: Hidden Treasures: Irish Music in Chicago
18. Ceann: Almost Irish
19. Jed Marum: Cross Over The River: A Confederate Collection
    
20. the Tea Merchants: the Tea Merchants

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