PUB SONGS & STORIES (Atlanta, Georgia)

Season 2 of the Pub Songs Podcast has now begun and I'm back with lots of new projects. Songs: "Middle Earth Bragging Song" by Marc Gunn from Soul of a Harper "Song for Her" by Melanie Gruben "The Old Copperplate/The Connachtman's Rambles/The Lark on the Strand" by Cormorant's Fancy from An Evening at the Fairfield Inn Notes: Irish & Celtic Music Magazine Finishing my Taxes Celtic Music Awards (Co...

I find I have a variety of different musical styles and songwriting interests that I share in this week's show. Plus, I brainstorm writing a song on the fly. Songs: "Rattlin' Bog" by Marc Gunn from 4 Irish Whiskey Pub Songs "Skullcrusher Mountain" by Jonathan Coulton from Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow Notes: My different musical performance interests: folk songs, original songs, and nonsensical s...

I recorded a new song ala Jimmy Durante, who was an interesting chap. Songs: "Seven Drunken Nights" by Brobdingnagian Bards from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs "The Pussycat Song" by Helen Back from Under the Covers "Heart and Soul" by Marc Gunn Notes: Victims of Irish Music Autoharp Radio Take a Vacation Tour of Ireland with the Brobdingnagian Bards Jimmy Durante   Seven Drunken Nights wo...

This week, I will share music from the Podsafe Music Network and some friends. Songs: "Fiddler's Green" by 4 Irish Whiskey from Irish Whiskey Pub Songs "Take 2" by Gentlemen Losers from Gentlemen Losers "The Entertainer" by Christene LeDoux from Little Lighthouse "Remember Me (I Will Be With You)" by Christie Hennessy from Stories for Sale Notes: Podsafe Music Network Irish Song Lyrics website Bar...

It's too early in the morning and I am podcasting after finishing an episode of the Renaissance Festival podcast dedicated to pirates. Songs: "Irish Rover" by Sligo Rags from The Night Before the Morning After "Patriot Game" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Songs of Ireland Notes: Pirate Music and Pirates of the Caribbean Coming back off the road What's with Cats who lie on top of you? Pirates of the...

I was in a car accident before our expected tour. I guess I'll podcast instead. Songs: "The Night That Paddy Murphy Died" by Marc Gunn from Irish Whiskey Pub Songs "The Vampire Club" by Voltaire from Boo Hoo Notes: Matt Hughe's Trivia Car accident and rental from Capps Rent-a-Car House Concert Tour & InConjunction Elysium with Voltaire, the Machine in the Garden, and Brobdingnagian Bards (music on...

Bedlam Bards have a new album and Brobdingnagian Bards were added to a Firefly documentary soundtrack. It's all in this week's show. Why I love Firefly? Songs: " The Ballad of Joss " by Bedlam Bards from On the Drift "The Fall of Serenity Valley" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Done the Impossible Soundtrack " Firefly Theme Song " by Marc Gunn Notes: How I found Firefly The Signal - A Firefly Podcast...

Talking about the Brobdingnagian Bards' upcoming one month tour. Songs: " Rocky Road to Dublin " by Brobdingnagian Bards from Songs of Ireland "Lounging in La La Land" by Ichabod from Geography Notes: House Concerts Tour of the East Coast Best of Austin Poll 2006   Rocky Road to Dublin traditional In the merry month of May, From my home I started, Left the girls of Tuam, Nearly broken hearted, Sal...

I got a post from myspace that I felt I needed to share. Songs: "Old Fenian Gun" by 4 Irish Whiskey from 4 Irish Whiskey Pub Songs "High Jeannie High" by Ed Miller from Live from the Cactus Cafe Notes: If Myspace Was Real Old Fenian Gun words and music by P. O'Neill, as sung by an old Irishman... not really It hung above the kitchen fire. It's barrel long and brown And one day with a boy's desire,...

I wrote my first ever murder ballad inspired by an album Andrew and I came up with called Happy Songs of Death. Songs: "Won't You Come With Me" by Marc Gunn "My Own Hero" by Joni Minstrel from Joni Minstrel Kicks the King Notes: Writing Murder Ballads Songs that Inspire Emotion IRA Songs Won't You Come With Me? words and music by Marc Gunn I left my ship with storms on my mind, High wind and tossi...

Which came first the chicken or the egg. I first learned about "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" from a popular American version written during the Civil War. That song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was first published in 1863 as "Words and Music by Louis Lambert," which was a pseudonym for Patrick Sarsfield, 1829-1892. Patrick was a native of Ireland who emigrated to Boston. "When Johnny Comes Marchi...

If you enjoy American folk music you might be familiar with this tune. The American version is called "The Girl I Left Behind", but this is the Irish version of the song. It's called "Waxies Dargle". What does that mean? "Waxies" were candlemakers. "Dargle" referred to an annual trip that the Waxies made to the seaside town of Bray in county Wicklow, Ireland just 12 miles from Dublin. The melody i...