New Podcast - The Gosling Reborn

This was one of the first songs I wrote for my latest CD A Tribute to Love. I had met someone who really clicked with me and inspired me in an almost magical way. This was my tribute to that response.

"The Gosling Reborn"
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: A Tribute to Love
Read Lyrics: "The Gosling Reborn" Lyrics

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New Lyrics Posted - "Star of the County Down"

Seems for as long as I've been promoting the lyrics for "Star of the County Down", I haven't actually posted the lyrics. But I just remedied that situation. You can now read the lyrics and listen to the MP3 from my upcoming CD, A Tribute to Love.

New Podcast - Stardust Serenade

This instrumental tune was written after watching the new movie based on Neil Gaiman's popular book, Stardust. I like to write music that tells a story, and that movie inspired me to write something on that very topic. It is a song based about seeking love across a wall and finding it in an unexpected fallen star, romantic and elusive.

This is also the first of I hope many instrumental tunes that I hope to release in this new podcast. The song is due out on my fae album at the end of the year.

"Stardust Serenade"
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: Heart's Ease: Instrumental Autoharp Music
Read Lyrics: "Stardust Serenade" Lyrics

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New Podcast - Patriot Game

This song was written by Dominic Behan, brother of Brendan. It tells the story of Fergal O'Hanlon from Ballybay, Co Monaghan, who tried to abolish the border between the Six Counties and the Republic. He was killed during the Brookborough attack at the age of 17. The song has become world famous. Undoubtedly one of the best ballads ever to come out of the Irish struggles.

During our first year together, we were introduced to a wide variety of music. One of the first tapes someone lent me was a tape of I.R.B. tunes. Well the very first task we had to figure out was what I.R.B. stood for? Irish Republican Brotherhood. The Irish Republican Brotherhood was formed on Saint Patrick's Day in 1858. It was an underground organization designed to remove the English from Ireland.

The song was recorded by numerous artists including Bob Dylan and the Kingston Trio. Our version came from the aforementioned I.R.B. compilation. I think it may have been the Wolfe Tones who sang it, but I'm not sure. In any case, it was the first rebel song we learned, and still one of our most popular.

"Patriot Game"
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: Irish Drinking Songs: A Cat Lover's Companion
Read Lyrics: "Patriot Game" Lyrics

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New Podcast - She Said Her Name Was Saffron

I am a HUGE Firefly fan. Firefly is a Sci Fi Western by Joss Whedon, who gave us Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. I found the show in the summer of 2005 and fell in love. That Fall, I wrote an instrumental piece, but it wasn't until we were in Ireland that I heard about the Sing a Song of Saffron Contest. Write a song about the sexy villainess, Saffron (aka YoSaffBridge). I wrote the song using a recent melody I learned, "May Morning Dew". When I got home, I finished the lyrics, recorded it, sent it into the competition and won "Best Filk Song"!

"She Said Her Name Was Saffron"
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Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: Three Movie and TV Songs for Geeks Like Me
Read Lyrics: "She Said Her Name Was Saffron" Lyrics

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New Podcast - Gypsy Rover

One of the first songs I ever learned at faire was "Gypsy Rover". I heard another musician at Excalibur Fantasy Faire sing the song and vaguely remembered the chorus. "Ah di do ah di do dai day". That night, I went home and looked up the lyrics on the net. I printed them out and started memorizing. It wasn't until a year later though that I realized I pronounced the "Ah do DOH" different than others. But that's folk music for you.

The song is a popular Childe Ballad and when I started thinking of songs to parody for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. I thought this one would be great one to base on Johnny Cash's song, "A Boy Named Sue". So I wrote "A Cat Named Rover".

"Gypsy Rover"
Listen: LoFi
Recorded by Marc Gunn
From: Irish Drinking Songs: A Cat Lover's Companion
Read Lyrics: "Gypsy Rover" Lyrics

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