Cat CD Donation to No-Kill Animal Shelter

Marc Gunn performed at Meow, Woof and Dine today, a benefit for Thundering Paws, a no-kill animal shelter in Dripping Springs to an enthusiastic crowd of cat and animal lovers. He performed songs from his Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. Afterward, he donated 30 CDs to Thundering Paws.

If you would like to help support a prominent Central Texas animal shelter, please purchase a copy of the album from Thundering Paws. If you're a non-profit organization interested in selling Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, check out our wholesale prices on Celtic Music.

Free MP3 Dowload - Black Velvet Band

Having recently finished recording his latest CD, "Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion", Marc Gunn released his first single--"Black Velvet Band". This popular Irish song is the second track on Gunn's new album and was voted one of the favorites by many of his fans. Listen and download the song through his website at SoundClick.

Reviews in for "Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion"

Reviews are pouring in for Marc Gunn's new CD, Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion. People are meowing their praises for Gunn's interpretation of Irish songs that he parodied on his 2005 release of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers.

The album will not officially be released until July 1st. It features Marc Gunn on autoharp and Ari Koinuma on guitar. In the meantime, keep an eye out for more reviews from fans and press alike. Here are some of the first reviews:

1. You gotta check this out!
2. Celtic CD Review
3. Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion
4. My Review of Marc Gunn's new Irish CD
5. Irish Drinking Songs Review
6. Marvin's CD Review 001&002 The Cat Lover's...
7. You Can Never Have too Much...
8. Marc Gunn's New CD
9. Yay Irish Music!
10. Arikla's Ramblings
11. Review of Cat Lover's Companion
12. CD Review
13. Dianna
14. From the First Note
15. Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion
16. the cat compaion cd review
17. Celtic CD Review
18. Companion CD Review!!
19. I received a free preview copy of Irish Drinking...
20. CD Review: Marc Gunn Irish Drinking Songs: The...
21. Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion...
22. The Cat's Meow ... music review for the Celtic...
23. May Reviews Happy Beltaine Everyone!
24. Celtic CD Review: Marc Gunn's Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion
25. Marc Gunn's Irish Drinking Songs: Cat Lover's...

1000 New Cat CDs Arrived

One thousand new copies of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers arrived via FedEx today. This makes my fourth printing of this popular CD. And just in time for the release of it's companion CD Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion. This CD features the original Irish songs parodied on my cat CD.

Announcing Victims of Irish Music on CD Baby

CD Baby just made my new compilation CD, Victims of Irish Music, live on CD Baby. This is a brilliant CD of instrumental Celtic music by some of the best independent Irish & Celtic music groups around. Seventeen tracks of music that will keep your toes tapping and your heart floating around the Emerald Isle.

Celtic Rock

For those interested in purchasing a copy of The Secret World of Celtic Rock, the premiere CD of Celtic rock music... you're temporarily out of luck. Due to the popularity of the album, it is currently on back-order. I'd order more, but the graphics need updating and I don't have my main computer to do that. Look for it to return to CD Baby in May.

Cats at Whole Earth

I went by Whole Earth Provision Company yesterday. That seems like another business that might be a good place to sell Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. One day, I'll create a wholesale brochure to submit to companies like that.

CELTIC WEDDINGS

Are you looking to have a Celtic wedding or needing Celtic wedding music? Celtic music is not just the coolest music to listen to these days. It also makes a brilliant addition to any wedding. But finding the right Celtic wedding music is no picnic. There's a decent amount out there, and not all of it is that good.

I put together a few websites that feature Celtic wedding music, songs and CDs, as well as links to some great Celtic wedding music groups that could perform at your Celtic wedding.

• CELTIC WEDDINGS - Celtic Wedding Music & Songs
• Classical Celtic Wedding Music
• A Celtic Renaissance Wedding CD
• Celtic Harp Wedding Music
• Things Celtic Music Directory: Weddings
• Celtic Wedding CD - Music for a Wedding

Congratulations! I wish you the best.

IRISH SONG LYRICS

Irish Songs & Lyrics. That's the official title of my Irish song lyrics website. The Irish Songs & Lyrics website began nearly six years ago. Originally, it was the Brobdingnagian Bards' Celtic Lyrics website. The goal was to feature Celtic songs, lyrics, chords, MP3s and sheet music (though sheet music never made it on the site) so people could learn songs the way I did, but ear. Our Celtic Lyrics website was focused on songs that we performed. So later, I decided to expanded the website to include Irish song lyrics that we did not necessarily perform. Thus was born the the Irish Songs & Lyrics website.

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When the site first began, there were very few Celtic lyric websites. Probably the best was Cantaria. They had a nice collection of Irish songs popular among the SCA, plus audio clips. But I preferred streaming audio, and there were no chords to the songs. Playing an autoharp, that was something I considered important. So I decided to create our own Celtic lyric directory.

The Brobdingnagian Bards site grew wonderfully and brought many new fans into our fold from people who were searching for Celtic lyrics. The service we provided was important. But as it grew, we got requests for a couple songs we didn't play. Then we started performing more filk that didn't really fit into the Irish song lyric idea.

So in 2004, I started the Irish Songs & Lyrics directory. This site would continue with what the Brobdingnagian Bards' website had started, but I would add more Irish lyrics. Instead of fully produced music from the Brobdingnagian Bards, I decided I'd just record some solo songs, live, raw recordings so that people could hear what the songs sounded like. Thus was born the current incarnation.

The downside to the Irish Songs & Lyrics website is that I haven't had much time to really record all the songs I wanted to do. Consequently, the site hasn't grown nearly as fast as I wish it would. I'm almost tempted to add music from others, but I think having songs sound mostly the same is probably better overall.

One of the latest features of the Irish Songs & Lyrics website is that you can now download some MP3s from various websites and listen to them at your leisure thanks to services like iTunes.

CELTIC MP3s MUSIC MAGAZINE

In the summer of 2001, the Brobdingnagian Bards were doing fairly well on the Celtic MP3 charts on the late great MP3.com. That summer, I started the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, a weekly electronic newsletter dedicated to promoting Celtic music.

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Actually, the magazine was a blatent attempt to promote the Brobdingnagian Bards. But as I started publishing the magazine, I recognized more and more great Celtic music groups. I made some friends. Eventually, I changed the format from a newsletter to shamelessly plug my band into a valuable service for the Celtic community, the ONLY ezine for Celtic music.

In fact, it is still the only ezine dedicated to Celtic music. There are occasional ones who try to sell you music, but I realized that Free Celtic MP3s were a brilliant way to sell CDs. So instead of teasing people with clips, give them music they can listen to over and over again. Bands will build fans and sell CDs. And you know what? It works!

The Celtic MP3s Music Magazine has evolved over the years due to time constraints with the Brobdingnagian Bards. The magazine is now released once a month, however, it features more than the two downloads that were in the earlier version of the magazine.

Thanks the magazine, I've also developed Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads from past MP3 features. The project continues to grow with amazing success.

If you enjoy Celtic music, drop by the website and subscribe.

Slainte!

PUB SONGS PODCAST

The Pub Songs Podcast is a personal podcast of Marc Gunn. It opens with some pub songs from Ireland, Scotland and around the world, song that you may hear in pubs, plus, folk song lyrics and news. It also features poetry, rants, and raves and some of the favorite non-Celtic bands of Marc Gunn.

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The original idea behind the podcast was to teach people about a variety of pub songs. The first two songs were from that media. But I quickly ran out of time for research. So when I reworked the Pub Songs Podcast a few months later, I decided to make it a personal podcast, one where I could not only rant and rave about my favorite things are talk about things I love, but also where I could highlight music.

In every show, there's at least one pub song from around the world, though mostly from Ireland and Scotland. Then, since I love many different styles of music, I branch out from there. Some times, I'll have a song by yours truly, Marc Gunn. Other times, I'll feature bands I find through my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast or my Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. Most recently, I started recording hour-long shows, highlighting songs that I perform, though not always pub songs. In fact, my musical interests lean more towards ballady music, but I like to think they're all still fun.

The podcast comes out in seasons with fifteen shows in each season. Listeners can download the show by hand for free, or they can make a donation and download the season that is nicely zipped up for your listening pleasure.

Incidentally, the original format of the Pub Songs Podcast was recently replaced with another podcast I started called Marc Gunn's Irish Song & Lyrics Podcast.

Irish Cat Lovers Get a Fourth Printing

Marc Gunn's hit CD, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, continues to astound as it goes into its fourth printing. The album was released in 2005. It is currently the #4 most-popular comedy CD on CDBaby and the #1 title released by Mage Records.

The fourth printing precedes the release of its companion CD, Irish Drinking Songs, The Cat Lover's Companion, a CD by Marc Gunn that features the original Irish songs that were parodied on the Cat Lover's CD.

Top Celtic CDs Sold in March 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. Bedlam Bards: On the Drift
3. Brobdingnagian Bards: A Faire To Remember
4. Brobdingnagian Bards: The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs
5. Brobdingnagian Bards: Songs of Ireland
6. Brobdingnagian Bards: Memories of Middle Earth
7. Brobdingnagian Bards: Songs of the Muse
8. Brobdingnagian Bards: A Celtic Renaissance Wedding
   
9. Irish Stout: A Collection of Irish Pub Songs
   
10. Brobdingnagian Bards: Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
11. Celtic Stone: Digital Flashbacks
12. Celtic MP3s Music Magazine: The Secret World of Celtic Rock
13. Bedlam Bards: Take Out the Trash
14. Rob Barrick/Elizabeth Nicholson: Celtic Wedding Music Volume One
15. Kevin Burke & Ged Foley: In Tandem
16. Dust Rhinos: Second Set
17. Cantiga: The Otter's Pool
18. Ed Miller: Generations of Change
19. Claymore: Tribute
20. Kieran O'Hare: Kieran O'Hare
    

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