$1 Irish Drinking Songs Never Sounded So Good

by Marc Gunn

Back in the late 90s, my step-dad gave me a CD by an Italian musician named Angelo Branduardi. It was a fantastic album. It had one of the cutest sounding Italian folk songs I ever heard, called “La Pulce D’acqua”. I loved it so much I decided to translate this upbeat gem… It was about the Black Plague! Or so I thought…

Years later, I realized I mistranslated the song, but not before I came up with the idea to write a bright, upbeat song about death. In a conversation with my Brobdingnagian Bards‘ music partner, Andrew McKee, it developed into a whole CD concept. In 2009, I recorded the CD, Happy Songs of Death.

The album was a huge hit once people realized that many of the great Irish songs out there are also about death. So I guess you could say it’s really a CD of Irish drinking songs with a death theme. In fact, it’s a  joyful juxtaposition of the morbid and the comic that celebrates murder ballads, the Black Death and starving to death. It’s a fresh look at all things mortal.

I want you to own the album!

So from now until March 17, 2010, the album is  insanely on sale…

It is yours for ONE DOLLAR!

That’s right. I will send you a link to download the entire album when you make a $1 donation. Of course, if you want to make it $5, $10, $20, $100 donation, I won’t complain. If you would like to hear the album or buy a CD, you can head over to CDBaby and pick up your copy today.

Thanks for your interest. This special offer is over. Stay subscribed for more offers in the future. Slainte!

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Marc Gunn is an acoustic Celtic folk musician, called “The Godfather of Celtic music online” for his steadfast support of indie Celtic music, free Celtic music downloads, and his award-winning Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, one of the most-popular music podcasts on iTunes. He has helped 1000s of musicians save and make money with their musical groups through The Bards Crier Music Marketing Ezine. Now you can get FREE “how-to” music marketing and promotion advice, plus tips on how to sell more CDs when you subscribe today. Subscribe at www.bardscrier.com!

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