Marc Gunn, Celtic & Folk musician

PUB SONGS & STORIES (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Every song has a story, every episode is a toast to Celtic and folk songwriters. Discover the stories behind the songs from the heart of the Celtic pub scene. This is Pub Songs & Stories by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. All songs are used with permission of the artists and copyright holders.

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Marc Gunn, Celtic & Folk musician

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Jun 9, 2026

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Episodes

Why Cats and Celtic Music? #41 26.01.2009

Ask a question, and I will try to answer it like I did when Donna asked how I got into Irish music and cats. Notes: "Streams of Whiskey" by Patrick's Head from Arse Biscuits! How I Fell in Love with Cats and Celtic Music "Jasper Tabby Kitty Cat-y" by Marc Gunn from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Cat Drinking Songs Irish Drinking Songs Upcoming Gigs : Texas, MarsCon, AggieCon, I-Con, StarFest,...

A New Year of Songs and Commentary #40 12.01.2009

Welcome to the Fourth Season of the Pub Songs Podcast, now with new regularity... I hope. Get pub songs every other Monday at PubSong.com. Notes: " Gypsy Rover " by Marc Gunn from Irish Drinking Songs Sunset Connoisseurs Society Sunrise and Sunset Calculator Celtic Invasion Vacations - Italy "It Was Good for You Too." by Marian Call from Got to Fly Podcasts featuring my music: Knitter with Critter...

Pub Songs #39: Celtic News Flash 21.12.2008

The show is a wee bit behind. Took me a week to post it. But I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. I'm still hoping to have a couple more shows before the year ends. We'll see what I can pull together. Notes: Snow in Louisiana Hurt hand update "Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile" by MacTalla Mor from The New Colossus Celtic Christmas Music Special for Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Feedback for Pub Songs Podcast?...

Pub Songs #38: Browncoat Ball 08.10.2008

Notes: Taking a Computer break to let my hands heal. They're feeling better. Moving to New Orleans at the end of October Running the Podcast Track for the Browncoat Ball The Signal Podcast One box a day Need to re-record the Renaissance Festival Podcast #101 Make a demand Elysium Show on Friday the 27th Buy Me a Pint! Find out more about Marc Gunn on his website , Myspace, SoundClick , Demand a Sh...

Wild Mountain Thyme, Beer, and Firefly Mudder's Milk #37 20.09.2008

Notes: " Beer, Beer, Beer " Get Marc Gunn's EP CD for Free " Wild Mountain Thyme " Brobdingnagian Bards Breakup and Plans for the Future Moving to New Orleans "A Lil Bit O'Love" What Color Is Your Podcast? Backup vocals for Monahan's " Monahan's Mudders Milk " Buy Me a Pint! Check me out on Myspace, SoundClick , Demand a Show on Eventful, Wikipedia , Twitter , Facebook , Livejournal, Sonicbids, an...

What Color Is Your Dragon on MarcSongs Podcast #36 20.08.2008

Notes: " Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits " from What Color Is Your Dragon? " The Lusty Young Sith " from What Color Is Your Dragon? " Monahan's Mudders Milk " MarcSongs's Podcast Nikki O'Shea of Dragon Press Graphics Real Men Wear Kilts Podcasts: Irish & Celtic Music Podcast , Renaissance Festival Podcast , Marc Gunn's Pub Songs Podcast , A Brobdingnagian Minute , Cat Lovers Podcast Buy Me a Pint!...

Death and Rebirth #35 13.07.2008

Notes: " Isn't It Grand, Boys? " by Marc Gunn from Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent Happy Songs of Death "Molly Malone" by Leza Mesiah from The Moor Of Dundee - Best of the British Ballads " Molly Malone... The Cat's Perspective /Planxty Hewlett" from Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers Dead Like Me 100 Things to Do Before You Die "Open" by Serious Kitc...

Bliss in Gougane Barra, Ireland #34 16.06.2008

Notes: Live commentary from Gougane Barra, Ireland "Barrett's Privateers" "Skye Boat Song" "Fiddler's Green" from Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion "Parting Glass" from Soul of a Harper Crazy lambs The fine taste of Murphy's Draught and comparing Guinness John Wilmott of Celtic Ways "Rose, Rose, Rose Red" Buy Me a Pint! Check me out on Myspace, SoundClick , Demand a Show on Eventful,...

Band Name Marketing #33 18.04.2008

Notes: "The King Of Ballyhooley" by Chuckawalla Rhythm Kings from No Bedrolls Or Backpacks Thoughts on naming bands and marketing them Renaissance Festival Podcast and Awards The Dubliners' Tabby Cats 4 Irish Whiskey "Captain Black Jack" Murphy's Irish Stout Poitin Irish Music " Whiskers in the Jar " by Marc Gunn from Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers Buy Me a Pint! Check me out on M...

Live Music with Michelle Hedden on Bodhran #32 24.02.2008

Michelle Hedden recorded on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers with me and used to play with Brobdingnagian Bards. I thought it'd be nice to jam a little before a CD release party of cat songs. Songs: " Come Out Ye Black and Tans " " Paddy McCullough " " Ye Jacobites By Name " " Old Dun Cow " "A Lil Bit o'Love" "Fields of Athenrye" "Harvest Home/The Butterfly" " What Shall We Do With a Catnipped...

What I Love About Valentine's Day #31 14.02.2008

What is it I love about Valentine's Day? It's all about love. I'll tell you more in this week's show. Notes: "The Secret" by The Pierces from Thirteen Tales Of Love And Revenge Pump Up the Volume Podsafe Music Network What I Love About Valentine's Day A Tribute to Love "Bobby Casey's/Boy in the Gap" by Cady Finlayson from Irish Coffee Buy Me a Pint! Check me out on Myspace, SoundClick , Demand a S...

New Comedy Cat Songs #30 08.02.2008

I'm working on the next album of Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. Here's a small taste of the album. Songs: "What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty" by Marc Gunn from More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Notes: Adopt a copy of More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Rich Brotherton, producer for the CD Ed Miller The latest news about the CD Buy Me a Pint! Find out more about Marc Gunn on his webs...

Celtic Music Goals for 2008 #29 28.01.2008

Time to start planning for my world-conquering goals of 2008. Songs: "I Saved the Planet Earth" by Marc Gunn from What Color Is Your Dragon? "A Drop of Nelson's Blood" by Captain Black Jack Murphy from Pogue Mahone Means Kiss My Arse Notes: Goals for 2008 MarcSongs Podcast Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Renaissance Festival Podcast The Fump Dr. Demento Thing-A-Week Podcast Productivity working fro...

Rambling at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival #28 20.11.2007

Let's take a moment to unwind with some interesting recent happenings at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. Notes: Louisiana Renaissance Festival Marrus Car accident in Louisiana "Lrrring in Nevermind" Experimentation with the autoharp Upcoming CD: fairy-inspired CD, Renaissance Festival Compilation CD Buy Me a Pint! Find out more about Marc Gunn on his website , Myspace, SoundClick , Demand a Sh...

Live Space Madness! #27 31.10.2007

Who would've thought I'd ever get booked at a Goth Club. But Elysium in Austin, Texas wanted me there for an evening of Space Madness! Set List: " The Mining Ship the Red Dwarf " from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers " Jedi Drinking Song Prequel " from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus " A Rabbit for Halloween " from Three Movie and TV Films for Geeks Like Me " Middle Earth Bragging Song " from...

Irish Sessions, Shopping in Venice and other Adventures in Italy #26 07.07.2007

I traveled through Italy and wrote some tunes, busked in the Veneto, shopped in Venice and then joined an Irish session outside of Rome. Songs: " Jug of Punch " " The Gosling Reborn " Name That Tune 1 Name That Tune 2 " Loch Tay " Name That Tune 3 Notes: Camisano: Speaking Italian, Busking in Italy Venezia: Shopping on the Rialto, Cat masks, Italian women, Piazza di San Marco, Don't feed the pigeo...

Don't Quit Your Day Job, Bards Ireland Trip Wrap Up #25 30.06.2007

Brobdingnagian Bards finally toured Ireland. We had an amazing experience. Hopefully, this episode will give you a chance to better experience our adventure. Notes: The difference between Coca Cola in the U.S. and Europe: High Fructose Corn Syrup Podcasting in Shannon Airport Building a sense of community in a vacation tour Drinking mead in Bunratty Castle Liam Murray, tour guide extraordinaire of...

Seeing the Cliffs of Moher for the First Time #24 14.06.2007

We arrived at the Cliffs of Moher. I shared the audio experience and other fascinating moments on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland Notes: Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast Taking LOTS of pictures at the Cliffs of Moher Jamming in Blarney and being recognized! Life of a folk musician Our Next Tour of Ireland: History, Legends, and Lore Tour of Scotland, too? Buy Me a Pint! Find out more about Ma...

Wandering Dublin with Blarney in Ireland #23 08.06.2007

I arrived in Dublin and missed the tour bus for the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. So I had a few minutes to share my own early arrival experiences. Notes: Wandering through Dublin John Wilmott with Celtic Ways Visiting Tara, Home of the Irish Kings of Old High King's Chair Fairie Trees Drinking Guinness Staying in a Dublin hostel Lughnasadh Jamming with Claire Roche Buy Me a Pint! Find out...

A REAL Live Show with Marc Gunn in Eugene, Oregon #22 09.02.2007

I have some solo shows in Oregon. That brought me to a house concert in Eugene. Here's the entire show. Songs: "The Naughty Kitty" " Wild Rover / Wild Kitty " " Star of the County Down " " A Fairy Story " " Old Dun Cow " "Donald Where's Your Drunken Scotsman?" " Old Fenian Gun " " Johnny Jump Up " " Irish Ballad " " Harry Potter and The Rising of the Moon " " Jedi Drinking Song " " The Mining Ship...

Pump Up the Volume with American Beer, Beer, Beer #21 10.01.2007

Today, I share some thoughts about the movie Pump Up the Volume, Leonard Cohen and my involvement with the Austin Celtic Association. Songs: " Beer, Beer, Beer " by Brobdingnagian Bards from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs " The Gosling Reborn " by Marc Gunn on the autoharp "American Beer" by Seamus Kennedy from A Smile and A Tear "Open" by Serious Kitchen from "Tig" Notes: Pump Up the Volu...

Pub Songs Live Evening with Marc Gunn #20 03.12.2006

If you don't have any gigs, make your own. Post it freely for everyone to enjoy. That's the idea behind this special episode where I perform a live show on a podcast from the comfort of my own home. Set List: " The Braes of Killiecrankie " from Soul of a Harper " Black Velvet Band " from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs " The Ring of Hope " from Memories of Middle Earth "What Shall We Do Wit...

Live Evening with Marc Gunn #19 25.11.2006

I decided to try something different today. I want to perform for you live from the comfort of my living room and share the show in podcast form. Let me know what you think. Set List: "Star of the County Down" " Lish Young Buy-A-Broom " " Lord of the Pounce " "La Fiera del'Este" "Loch Tay" " The Pleasant Peasant Pheasant Plucking Song " " Another Lonely Night " "Eleanor Plunkett" "I Saved The Plan...

Interview With a Pirate, Captain Black Jack Murphy and Pirate Songs #18 31.10.2006

I had the pleasure of interviewing a pirate named Captain Black Jack Murphy as we started working on a CD together with Murphy on vocals and me on autoharp. Songs: " Bonnie Ship the Diamond " by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview With A Pirate " The Mermaid " by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview With A Pirate " Isn't It Grand, Boys? " by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Intervi...

Mongolian Monkey Devil of Tam Lin's Ballad #17 15.10.2006

Back with lots of new gigs with Brobdingnagian Bards. Plus I ponder how to start my own Renaissance Festival. Songs: " Whiskey, You're the Devil " by Bruno's Boys from Last Call " Monkeys Over Mongolia " by Marc Gunn from unavailable " Tam Lin " by Nick Hennessey from Of Fire, Wind and Silver Stream Notes: Brobdingnagian Bards - Irish, Folk & Celtic Music in Texas MiddleFaire, Hillsboro, Texas Bed...

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