Friday, May 7, 2010
Lawson House Concert
5 Winding Way
Savannah, Ga 31419
Please RSVP to 912-224-1587 or hawaiianshirtshow@gmail.com
$12 donation
Marc Gunn is an acoustic folk musician based in New Orleans and rooted in the American Celtic song tradition. He has been called "The Godfather of Celtic music online" for his steadfast support of indie Celtic music, free Celtic music downloads, and his award-winning Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, one of the most-popular music podcasts on iTunes.
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posted by Marc Gunn @ Monday, February 08, 2010
The past couple o'weeks were extremely productive. I was in the studio recording "Kilted For Her Pleasure" for most of it. Yesterday, I recorded, what I hope is, the last song for the album. Now it's time to do some mixing.
"Kilted For Her Pleasure" is probably my first entirely comedy album. It features a mix of comedic songs I've written and found over the years. While I'd say the album seems most like "What Color Is Your Dragon?" in it's production, even that album had a few serious songs on it. This one really doesn't. Some of the songs were originally released on
The FuMP (The Funny Music Project). Others are brand-spanking new!
Here is a list of some of the songs: "A Drop of Vulcan Blood", "The Sailboat Armada", "St. Patrick Never Drank", "Jock Stuart (A Man Who Wears a Kilt Every Day" and "Call of the Bodice". There are a couple traditional songs like "The Mower" and "Maid Went to the Mill", and also, a couple cat parodies of "Old Fenian Gun", "To the Begging I Will Go" and "Mary Mac". It's awesome mix that will go over great at the many Sci Fi Conventions I'm scheduled to attend this year. With any luck, I'll have it out in time for MidSouthCon in March.
Speaking of gigs, I added an extra date to my calendar at the Sherwood Forest Faire, outside of Austin. I'll be there the first two weekends. The first weekend I am playing solo. The second is an extra special treat as Jamie Haesuer joins me on stage playing bodhran and singing backup. I LOVE her harmonies. So seriously, don't miss that second weekend.
Oh! And it seems the Louisiana Renaissance Festival's Midwinter Music Party went so well last week that Jamie is planning on hosting more every few months. That's brilliant news! Friday's show was amazing fun! So many great artists and stories. And it will happen again.
Alrighty, that's all I have for now. I'll be back again next week as we gear up for Mardi Gras, and I hopefully finish mixing the new CD.
Slainte!
Marc Gunn
Listen to the Song of the Month: "Gypsy Rover" from The Bridge
This Week:
Quote of the Week: "Don't drive angry. Don't drive angry!" Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day
CD of the Week:
The Bird in the Bush by various artists. A compilation of traditional bawdy songs performed by A.L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs, Louis Killen, and Frankie Armstrong. You won't find some of these songs Anywhere else.
New Videos:
Bam Said the Lady!. Video project designed for Toys for Tots. I show up in the video somewhere near the end.
Vote for Marc Gunn in the Celtic Top 100. I'm not entirely sure how often they update this. But to vote, click the link and then enter the website. Scroll down. Last I saw, I was at #48. Click my link and you'll even be able to download my free CD "Confessions of a Celtic Music Junkie".
Promotion of the Month:
American Celtic Music iMix on iTunes. It features a bunch of Celtic American groups like yours truly. Your review will help me to climb the charts on iTunes. So please help out.
Celtic Invasion Vacations. Oban, Iona, Mull. Relax and enjoy the majesty of Scotland with me. I still have a couple spaces available for the trip. Don't miss out!
Join the
Celtic Folk Club. Introduce yourself and chat with other fans about Marc Gunn, his podcasts, Celtic Invasion Vacations and more.
The
2009 Renaissance Festival Hall of Fame inductees are now listed on the Ren Fest Podcast websites along with two new shows.
A Few of my Random Links:
St Patrick's Day Party Music,
Irish Song Lyrics,
Tribute to Excalibur Fantasy Faire,
Celtic Music CD Store.
10 Celtic Music Reviews and Features: Review: "The Music Plays Me" by Beyond the Pale, MP3: "Highland Farewell" by Spriggan, MP3: "Greenland Whale Fisheries" by Nine-8ths Irish, Review: "Ships Are Sailing" by The Langer's Ball, Review: "Wild And Wicked Youth" by Tullamore, Review: "Party In A Box" by Trinity River Whalers, MP3: "Lily of the West" by Locklin Road, Review: "Seize the Moment" by Derek Byrne, MP3: "Waves of the Wind" by Maidens IV, Review: "Invite The Light" by Banshee In The Kitchen
Marc Gunn in the News:
"Foggy Dew" was played in the
Wandering Geek Podcast.
"The Bonnie Ship the Diamond" was played in the
North Country Ramblings Podcast.
Upcoming Gigs:
Feb 27-28, 2010, Sherwood Forest Faire, McDade, TX
Mar 6-7, 2010, Sherwood Forest Faire, McDade, TX
Mar 12-14, 2010, MidSouthCon, Memphis, TN
Mar 19, 2010, House Concert with Claire Roche, Robert, LA
Mar 26-28, 2010, I-Con 29, Stonybrook, NY
Apr 16-18, 2010, StarFest, Denver, CO
April 23, 2010, Nebraska Outback Concerts @ 7:30p, Sutherland, NE
May 17-24, 2010, Celtic Invasion of Scotland, Oban, Scotland
Jun 4-6, 2010, Texas Scottish Festival, Arlington, TX
Jul 2-4, 2010, InConJunction, Indianpolis, IN
See details at
Marc Gunn Shows. As always, don't forget to
make a demand to see me perform and email booking@marcgunn.com if you'd like to host a house concert next year.
-- Check me out on
Celtic Folk Club,
Twitter,
Facebook,
Myspace,
SoundClick,
YouTube,
Flickr Photos,
Livejournal, and
DeviantArt. And if
you'd like a CD...
-- Do you have a quote, movie, album, tip or suggestion that you'd like to share in my Weeklies? If so, post a comment with your suggestion here.
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posted by Marc Gunn @ Wednesday, February 03, 2010
From the Celtic History Newsletter:
While we normally think of the Celts in the British Isles, or northern Europe, an archeological site known as Monte Bibele in the province of Bologna, Italy revealed a picture of rural life in Celtic-ruled Italy. Unlike their northern relatives the "Italo-Celtic" people seem to have assimilated into a more "urban" life-style rather than the rural environments that they came prior to the Gallic invasion of north Italy.
The Monte Bibele site consisted of a village terraced into the hillside and made up of 40, or 50 buildings laid out in small groups, suggesting the settlement may have been planned, as opposed to simply growing with its population. Housing 200 to 300 people, the village was first settled between 400 and 200 B.C. Excavations of a cemetery show the early population (between 350 and 330 B.C.) was primarily Etruscan, with a gradual increase in Celtic influences over the course of time.
The houses were built of stone and timbers, some even appear to have had second floors, and were most likely roofed with thatch. Inside were earth floors with clay hearths. Water was supplied to the village by a well-constructed cistern which was fed by a nearby stream.
The village was destroyed by a fire about 200 B.C. which actually aided in preserving some of the wood and foodstuffs through carbonization. Excavations of a storehouse suggest a fairly varied diet when they revealed several hundred pounds of wheat, oats, broad beans, lentils, peas, flax, acorns, olives, nuts, apples and grapeseed. Other finds included pottery for storing or preparing food, loom weights and animal bones.
Although these Italo-Celts seem to have adopted many of the Roman/Italian ways of life, one of the things helped identify them was the weapons found in some of the male graves including the La Tene-style Celtic swords they continued to favor. In Googling around for more information about Monte Bibele I stumbled on to an artisan who was commissioned to make a replica of one of the swords, and a javelin found at Monte Bibele. Here is a Google translation of the Italian webpage describing the making of the replica sword:
http://tinyurl.com/ykb7hp9 , and here:
http://tinyurl.com/yb4xdvu for the javelin.
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posted by Marc Gunn @ Thursday, January 21, 2010
I'm sitting in Virginia overlooking a frozen lake catching up on work. Yesterday, I updated my calendar with a bunch of festivals and conventions I currently have booked. It's nice to see my calendar filling up already. Today, I finally sat down and wrote up my
Mission for 2010.
The big news is that I will not be driving around the country near as much as I did in 2009. I want to build my local market. That's one of the first rules of business is to focus, focus, focus. Last year, I hopped around all over. Some of the tours I wanted to do, back to Chicago and the Northeast, sadly won't happen. Instead, I hope to have more local gigs in New Orleans and in the surrounding states.
That doesn't mean I won't fly up to Boston or Seattle for a show. I would love to. But it does mean, I'm gonna need a strong, active fan base in those areas to make it happen. So that's my challenge to you.
Course, I'm still trying to make it as easy as possible. That's why I offer
free celtic music downloads and allow you to share my music under a
Creative Commons license. I hope you will get excited enough to do just that.
In the meantime, I'm revved up for my
Reston Virginia House Concert. I think there are still spots available, so please email me if you want details.
PS. I know many of us are
concerned about Haiti. Jamie (who works in health care) recommends sending donations to Doctors Without Borders. It's a great organization with low overhead, already on the ground in Haiti, running 3 hospitals. So send money to
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/. If you can't send money, please repost. Thanks!
Listen to the Song of the Week: "Black Velvet Band" from The Bridge
This Week:
Quote of the Week: "You are here to enable the purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are." ~ Eckhart Tolle
What Color Is Your Podcast? I came up with this special promotion to raise money for DragonCon a couple years ago. The response was so great that I decided to revitalize it. This month, you can have your very own live show of me performing songs for you! There are only a SIX slots available. So you can support my music AND you get a unique performance when you tell me What Color Your Podcast is? Visit my homepage for details.
CD of the Week:
Jiggery Pokery by Poitin. Rollicking, lollicking jigs and reels, haunting songs and melodies from Ireland, Scotland, England and Brittany. Fantastic music!
New Podcast:
Twin Cities Irish Music Podcast and
Celtic Dreamtime Podscape
Promotion of the Week: American Celtic Music iMix on iTunes. It features a bunch of Celtic American groups like yours truly. Your review will help me to climb the charts on iTunes. So please help out.
Celtic Invasion Vacations. Oban, Iona, Mull. Relax and enjoy the majesty of Scotland with me. I still have a couple spaces available for the trip. Don't miss out!
Join the
Celtic Folk Club. Introduce yourself and chat with other fans about Marc Gunn, his podcasts, Celtic Invasion Vacations and more.
A Few of my Random Links:
St Patrick's Day Party Music,
Irish Songs from Capt Black Jack Murphy,
Renaissance Festival Podcast,
Internet Archive Free Downloads of Marc Gunn,
Autoharp Radio
10 Celtic Music Reviews and Features: MP3: "The Warlock" by Atlantic Wave, MP3: "Barley Bree" by Roscoe Vacant, MP3: "The Cobble Road" by The Scottish Rebel: Haro..., MP3: "Farewell to Carlingford" by Hank Cramer, MP3: "The Princess Royal" by Daphne Quigley-Freund..., MP3: "Always For Me" by Char Butler, MP3: "Raglan Road" by Luke Daniels, MP3: "Fairy of the Moor" by MaterDea, MP3: "Galway Shawl" by Collen Raney, MP3: "Ancient Song" by John McGaha
Ever wonder what it's like to host a House Concert? This
new PDF from Concerts In Your Home breaks down the experience of how to get started.
Marc Gunn in the News:
The High Fiber Diet Podcast played my "Christmas Elf Conscription Song" as did
EduGeek and the
Autumn Lakes Podcast.
Sci Fi Picks marked my appearance as Guest of Honor at I-Con Science Fiction Convention in Stonybrook, NY in March.
"Peggy Gordon" won in the Celtic Top 5 of Show #76 of the
Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Thanks to everyone who voted for it! :)
Sacred Shaman Drums played "The Hobbit Journey Home" from the soon to be late CD,
A Tribute to Love.
Upcoming Gigs:
Jan 16, 2010, Fogel House Concert, Reston, VA
Jan 29, 2010, Louisiana Renaissance Festival Midwinter Music Party, New Orleans, TX
Feb 27-28, 2010, Sherwood Forest Faire, McDade, TX
Mar 12-14, 2010, MidSouthCon, Memphis, TN
Mar 19, 2010, House Concert with Claire Roche, Robert, LA
Mar 26-28, 2010, I-Con 29, Stonybrook, NY
Apr 16-18, 2010, StarFest, Denver, CO
April 23, 2010, Nebraska Outback Concerts @ 7:30p, Sutherland, NE
Jun 4-6, 2010, Texas Scottish Festival, Arlington, TX
See details at
Marc Gunn Shows. As always, don't forget to
make a demand to see me perform and email booking@marcgunn.com if you'd like to host a house concert next year.
-- Check me out on
Celtic Folk Club,
Twitter,
Facebook,
Myspace,
SoundClick,
YouTube,
Flickr Photos,
Livejournal, and
DeviantArt. And if
you'd like a CD...
-- Do you have a quote, movie, album, tip or suggestion that you'd like to share in my Weeklies? If so, post a comment with your suggestion here.
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posted by Marc Gunn @ Friday, January 15, 2010
MidSouthCon has grown over the years to become the Mid-South's premier multi-genre convention. It covers a diverse section of fanish culture that includes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science, Comics, Horror, Education, Costuming, Anime, and Gaming. We have over 100 authors, editors, publishers, scientists, artists and other guests, with an annual attendance of approximately 1200 people.
We have an average of over 140 hours of programing in multiple tracks during the Con (and that's not counting the Video Room, Anime Room or gaming tracks). Masquerade, Writers' Conference, Readings, Autographs, Dealers' Room, SCA demonstrations and events, Board Games, Role-playing and LARP games, CCG tournaments, and lots of other fun stuff.
This event is not just a gathering of old and new-found friends hanging out for a fun filled weekend. While we like to enjoy ourselves, we also want to do our little bit to make the world a better place to live in. We are organized primarily as a non-profit educational group but we also support more traditional charities. For more information check out our Good Causes and our Educational Projects Pages.
Look for me as the Multimedia Guest of Honor!
March 12-14, 2009
MidSouthCon
Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center
11200 East Goodman Road
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Showtimes:
Friday 7:00 PM Opening Ceremony
Friday 9:00 PM Marc Gunn Concert
Saturday 11:00 AM Podcasting as a Marketing Tool
Anyone can set up their own podcast with virtually no expense - so how can you use one to effectively market your products?
Saturday 1:00 PM Autograph Signings
Saturday 3:00 PM Marc Gunn Filk Concert
Saturday 5:00 PM Banquet
Saturday 10:00 PM Masquerade
Sunday 11:00 AM KaffeKlatsch III
Sunday 12:00 PM Sunday Social with Guests
Sunday 1:00 PM Marc Gunn Filk Concert
Marc Gunn is an acoustic folk musician based in New Orleans and rooted in the American Celtic song tradition and Sci Fi Geek Comedy. He has been called "The Godfather of Celtic music online" for his steadfast support of indie Celtic music, free Celtic music downloads, and his award-winning Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, one of the most-popular music podcasts on iTunes.
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posted by Marc Gunn @ Friday, January 15, 2010
