Irish and Celtic Music Podcast

About the Podcast

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is a free, bi-monthly, downloadable radio show of independent Irish & Celtic music.

Irish drinking songs, Scottish folk songs, bagpipes, music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Nova Scotia, Galacia, Australia, the United States, and around the world.

About Marc Gunn

Marc Gunn, Irish & Celtic Music Podcast Cats. Irish music. Drinking songs. Nowhere else but from the bright imagination of MARC GUNN would those three elements be so neatly integrated. Yet Gunn, sometimes called "the hardest working man in Celtic music" around his hometown in Austin, is an accomplished musician and entrepreneur who not long ago headlined at the Oscar party for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with the Brobdingnagian Bards, a musical comedy duo who perform at Renaissance festivals nationwide. Marc plays the autoharp and publishes the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine and music marketing ezine for musicians. In addition to the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, he hosts four other podcast including the Renaissance Festival Podcast.

Contact me: music [at] celticmusicpodcast.com

Syndication

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is played on several internet radio stations. If you'd like to add it to your webcast or broadcast, drop us a line. We offer free licenses to share the podcast.

Highlander Radio
10:30 PM on Tuesday Nites.
1:00 PM on Friday afternoon (prime time slot).
2:00 AM on Sunday morning (for international listeners).
CelticMelt on Live365
LandzEdge Radio
Blue Ox Youth and Community Radio - Eureka, CA
Galaxy Radio: On Air

Ad Rates for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

I don't typically offer advertising in my podcast. However, people have asked, so I decided to post some ad rates. Advertisers will receive a sponsorship ad at the beginning of the show and a mention again at the end of the each show they advertise for.

The show currently receives over 40,000 downloads per episode. In March, the shows sometimes receive over 60,000. When you write you will get a flat rate depending on the time of year. Payment must be made in advance. There is a 5% discount for two shows and a 20% discount for advertising in more than two shows.

For Celtic Products and Services:
$15 CPM per show

For Non-Celtic Products and Services
$20 CPM per show.

Ad rates are set for 40,000 downloads per episode in every month except March, which is 60,000. Any downloads above that is just gravy.

Comments About the Podcast

"Wow! The Loathsome Worm and the Mackerel of the Sea is a wonderful and weird song. You should put on more from that guy... (if you haven't already)" - Jesse Weinstein

"Just a quick note to say thanks for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Originally from Dublin but been living in Sydney Australia for 14 years, playing your podcast always reminds of home and lots of emotions but usually good. Also makes me proud of my Celtic Heritage! Can't believe I only found it last week. Sláinte chugat" - Tony McHugh

"I have listened to The Irish and Celtic Music podcast for a year and a half. I have bought a few CDs and plan to buy more. Your podcast helped me in my college speech class. Our impromptu speech was pass/fail. If you failed that speech, you failed the class. I was very nervous about such an important presentation. At the beginning of the semester we wrote down a list of our interests. Naturally The Irish and Celtic Podcast was high on my list. When the day came for my speech I was handed a slip of paper that read 'Marc Gunn's Irish and Celtic Music Podcast'. My jitters were lifted. I knew I could speak confidently and fluently about my favorite podcast! I gave the speech about the Celtic Music Diaspora, Celtic artists who live outside of Ireland like The Brobdingnagian Bards, Heather Dale, and Paisley Close, and about all the different instruments that are incorporated into Celtic rock, like the autoharp. I got an A for the speech and an A for the class. Thank you Marc! You made my big speech a breeze. Thank you for the gift of your podcast!" - Kate Scherer, Ohio

"Anyway, I have a song request, Could I hear a rendition of Robert Burns' classic, "Scots Wae Hae". I love Burns' Dialect of english. My being an Irish Studies major, I like to take in as much celtic-based language stuff as I can. Thanks a bunch, and keep up the good work!"
- Byron of New Scotland

"Dia duit! I was scrounging around on the 'net this past week, looking for some Celtic music (I'm Scots-Irish, you see, and need my music "fix" every once in a while) rather than listen to every song in my iTunes library for the umpteenth time... and guess what I found! What a great variety of music, from old traditional Gaelic songs to Celtic Revival to even a few unique styles of Irish rock. Gotta thank you for providing this service! Keep it going!!!" - Mike Sinclair

"Hey Marc, Thanks for the great music! I work at a bed and breakfast in Colorado and play your podcasts when I'm preparing and serving breakfast for the guests. Many of them have commented on the music and have said that the morning music helps get their day off to a great start. Thanks for providing a great podcast."
-David Jordan, Manitou Springs, CO

"Here is a big fan from Germany. I love your podcast. Wonderful so wonderful. My favourites are Traditional Music. I have all the podcast in my MP3 Stick,do my work on nightshift,and hear alltime,great.
Here in Opladen i hear Irish Folk at the Guinness Stand, Beerfestival, biggest in the World in August. The Band Celtic Confusion play here with Gerry Doyle, Shane Mc Dermot and others. Come to visit us and have a Guinness together :-) All the best" - Michael Dornbusch