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Marc Gunn
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Since 1972
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Marc Andrew Gunn (born March 17, 1972) is an American musician and podcaster.
Gunn rose to prominence as the autoharp-playing half of the Brobdingnagian Bards. He and partner Andrew McKee developed a following with weekly performances on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. This led to gigs at renaissance fairs, science fiction conventions, and Celtic music festivals as well as parties and weddings for the pair. The group headlined at the Oscar party for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
After the group split up in 2008, Gunn became a prolific recording musician in the Celtic music community, releasing eleven new albums between 2008 and 2011. His recording of "Rising of the Moon" earned an award in 2013 in the Celtic Radio Music Awards for "Best Roots Traditional".
Gunn was an early adopter of podcasting and one of the few professional podcasters. He started podcasting in May 2005, but it was July when he released his most-successful podcast, Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. This show began as a spinoff of his Celtic Music Magazine email newsletter. It quickly eclipsed the newsletter's success.
The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is an hour-long show focusing primarily on independent Celtic musicians and bands. The music styles range from traditional Irish songs and tunes to modern Celtic rock from around the world. It won in the "Best Podsafe Music" category three times in the Podcast Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2017.
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Discography
Albums
- 2004 Soul of a Harper
- 2005 Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
- 2007 Irish Drinking Songs
- 2008 Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties With an Accent
- 2008 Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers
- 2008 What Color Is Your Dragon?
- 2009 Happy Songs of Death
- 2009 Heart's Ease: Instrumental Autoharp Music
- 2010 The Bridge
- 2010 Irish Songs for New Orleans
- 2010 Kilted for Her Pleasure
- 2011 Firefly Drinking Songs
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- 2011 Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits
- 2012 Celtic Music Is Freedom
- 2013 Not Every Day Is St. Patrick's Day
- 2013 Best Irish Drinking Songs
- 2013 Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion
- 2014 How America Saved Irish Music
- 2014 Sci Fi Drinking Songs
- 2014 Celtic Christmas Greetings
- 2015 St. Patrick's Day Songs for Kids
- 2016 Pirates vs. Dragons
- 2018 As Long as I'm Flyin'
- 2020 St Patricks Day
- 2022 Selcouth
- 2024 Dancing with Hobbits
- 2024 Come Adventure with Me
EPs
- 2007 Three Movie and TV Songs for Geeks Like Me
- 2008 Marc Gunn - 2008
- 2013 Celtic Christmas Songs
- 2017 Celtic Halloween
Singles
- 2006 When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling and Other Celtic Cat Songs
- 2009 Star of the County Down
- 2010 Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song
- 2011 Christmas in Scotland
- 2012 The Smial or the Tree
- 2012 Silent Night
- 2015 Nollaig Shona Daoibh
- 2017 Wherever I May Roam
- 2017 The Long Arm
- 2018 She's Shiny!
- 2019 When She Held Me in Her Arms