Real Men Wear Kilts The Podcast

I thought that I would do something special and share some of my favorite Christmas music with everyone. Cynthia and I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Sláinte mhaith and KILT ON! 

In this episode I interview Gaitero Del Trueno from Chile who is the Wizard of Wizard and The Blacksmith a Celtic band from Chile. This was a lot of fun and it was really interesting to hear about Gaitero's Celtic point of view and what is taking place Celtic wise down in Chile. There music has a very Irish sound to it with the mix of Irish whistle, and banjo along with bagpipes too.  What was really amazing was here you are listening to Irish Celtic music, but you can hear a definite Latin influence in the music.  If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

in this episode we interview Kevin Michael Offord. He has played with Celtic Kitchen Party, in fact let's hear from Kevin's own words... I was born and raised in Kingston Ontario Canada, My fathers family came from England, but lived in Gananoque Ontario for many years. My mother was born in Glasgow Scotland, and her family came to Canada in the late 1950's. I grew up in a loving family with lots of music in the house. From classical, to Scottish Traditional (Bagpipes), The Irish Rovers, Alexander Brothers, Andy Stewart, Anne Murray and Roger Whittaker to name a few :) Being born in the 70's I really began to find my own music passions in the 80's listening to Canadian Bands like Glass Tiger, Colin James, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Luba, The Box, Blue Rodeo, Blvd and many more international bands of that era. And of course I could not go on without mentioning the Beatles, Elvis, Buddy Holly and the music of the 50's and 60's. In fact I love big band too. the list goes on forever.    Anyhow I never in a million years thought I Kevin Offord would record an album, mind you a small one compared to many, but I've done so, and even co wrote my first song. I am very proud of this work, I hope you will give it a listen. You can find the album titled The Street- Kevin Michael Offord, on itunes, Spotify, Amazon Music.  -- Slainte Kevin If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

I am calling this the "Grab Bag" show. Reason is that I pulled from all the other shows some of the songs that I really liked. AND YES... there is some Enter The Haggis in the mix as well.  OH... a special surprise is at the end, a blue grass version of Bohemian Rhapsody by The Petersons. I just had to share that with you because it was just to cool not to share.  If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

This show runs a bit long, but the interview was so much fun. I enjoyed talking to Jennifer and all the Celtic history and stories she shared. I compare this interview to sitting by the fire with a good dram and sharing stories with a friend. Jennifer's music is outstanding Celtic folk music. She threw a couple curve balls in there to mix things up as well. For more info about Jennifer Licko - https://www.jenniferlicko.com/ If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode of Real Men Wear Kilts The Podcast, we continue to give you what you want and feature more bands. This show we are featuring The Celtic Kitchen Party and we have Guitarist Andrew Van Horn sharing the history and insights as well as telling us more about his band.  For more info about The Celtic Kitchen Party, check out - http://celtickitchenparty.com/ If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

We had a lot of fun these past few weeks interviewing bands, but I thought that it would be fun to pick a theme for the show and see what we can find. This week's theme was the Bodhrán, the Irish drum. Reason I picked this is because I have taken up learning the Bodhrán and it is a lot of fun to play and easy even for a beginner.  I also reflect on how Irish Celtic music has a strong influence on blue grass music of Virginia and the Carolina's.  If you liked this show's format and your liked the music, please let me know. If you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode we are featuring the band Dublin Abbey with special guests Patrick and Emma. Patrick plays guitar and bass and Emma plays the flute and both are on vocals. We are very excited to have them come on the show to share some history, stories and tell us about the songs we have lined up for you.  Check out Dublin Abbey on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DublinAbbeyIrishMusic If you liked this show's format and you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode we are doing something a bit different and we are featuring the band Whiskey Galore. We were also honored to have guitarist Jeff Davis come on the show and share some history, stories and tell us about the songs we have lined up for you.  Whiskey Galore - https://www.whiskeygaloremusic.com If you liked this show's format and you know some bands or you are in a band yourself, contact me and let's see what we can do to get you on the show.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

You have been making some great comments and loving the Celtic Rock focus we have been presenting. I personally love it and like how it gets the blood pumping. This week I have a special guest that was born in Glasgow. He is an incredible guitar player and in fact one of his guitar solos is one of my most favorites. Who is he? Well, you are going to have to listen to the show and find out. I bet you can't guess who he is, that is until you listen to his music. If you like this show, please comment or contact me and let me know. If you have some bands out there that you would like to hear, again contact me and let me know and I will search them out for you. This week's band are... - Celkilt - Enter The Haggis - Flogging Molly - Great Big Sea - The Pogues - The Tossers - AND ... the special guest from Glasgow.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

Last episode got a lot of positive comments so we thought that we would do another music show and focus on Celtic Rock /Grunge/Punk and really get the blood pumping. This was a lot of fun and if there was a band that I would focus on, it would be Enter The Haggis. I really liked these guys and really connected to the music.  If you like this show, please comment or contact me and let me know. If you have some bands out there that you would like to hear, again contact me and let me know and I will search them out for you. This week's band are... - CELTICA - Dropkick Murphys - Enter The Haggis - Saor Patrol - The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats - Those Marching O'neills - Wicked Tinkers Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode we focus on Celtic Music. I have tried to pull together some great Celtic bands that makes you tap your toes or music that if you close your eyes, it takes you to another land. The bands we played in this show are... Barrule Catherine Ashcroft Clanadonia Enya Forth Moon FullSet Lincoln Hilton Lmar Julie Fowlis The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats If you liked this show and would want more shows like this in the future, please contact me. If you know of any bands you would like to listen to, let me know who they are and I can look them up.  Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode of Real Men Wear Kilts we kind of change things up a bit. We had our Greater Houston Kilted Get Together last night (Feb 12, 2021) and it was a blast. Shane Stark and his family came up to the party and stayed with me and my wonderful queen Cynthia. We had about 25 people show up. We interview Shane and have a quick update from the kilted gathering itself and then Shane surprised us with some great music once we got home and after a few whiskies.  We also have Andrew and Sara interviewing one of our kilted members, The Iron Kilt. He is a real live superhero and walks the streets of Philadelphia helping the homeless and others. This was a really in depth and interesting interview.  For music, we have Shane playing Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Clandoina playing their song Egyptian. If you want to order some NutDust go to - https://officialnutdust.com/ and make sure you use Coupon Code kilt10 and you can get 10% off. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

We are continuing our series with our RMWK Series interviewing the show hosts.  Today we have Sara Keys Lyon, the wife of Andrew Lyons and co-host of Holy Smokes. They are a great couple and a lot of fun to have around. They have come and stayed with us several times and it has been a great time of fellowship, talking whiskey and cigars. We have some great music from Archy J… aka The Snake charmer and then we have Catherine Ashcroft on the Ulian Pipes. I posted this video in the group and I though it was so good that I wanted to share it here on the podcast.  We also have Jen Horn from Cuisines & Corsets giving us some quick food bites.  If you want to order some NutDust go to - https://officialnutdust.com/ and make sure you use Coupon Code kilt10 and you can get 10% off. Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/   Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com   FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

In this episode we have Chris Brown from NUTDUST... YES nut dust for the nether regions for all us kilties. Chris was a LOT of fun and we had a great conversation about... well sweaty things.   If you want to order some NutDust go to - https://officialnutdust.com/ and make sure you use Coupon Code kilt10 and you can get 10% off. GUYS... YOU HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS! Stop smelling like baby powder or your grandpa's menthol products.  This is the real deal!  We also have Christian Toll with a surprise announcement for his new show on Real Men Wear Kilts - Twisted Anchor The Kilted Mixologist. Christian is going to teach us some really cool drinks as well as some of the old classics. He will also talk about why things taste the way they do and how he will bring those tastes and flavors out in some of your favorite adult beverages. We also have Maggie Jeschofnig from PIPE N BEAT sharing her music with us. You can check her band  out on You Tube at... https://youtu.be/pa6MS9GISK8 OR find them on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/Pipe-n-Beat-2643394995700800 Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/   Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com   FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

WE HAVE A CONTEST!! -- In this episode we are conducting a contest. First we have  Lincoln Hilton performing Altera Terra  and we have Gordon Duncan's tune using the tin whistle and folk guitar. What is the contest? Can you guess the theme that both of these songs have in common? We also have Andrew Lyon of RMWK's Holy Smokes. Andrew is our cigar aficionado and with his wife and co-host Sara Lyon share some great stories and great cigars. I am super pleased to have Vince and Morgan on from Macski's Highland Foods and Gear join us. They were so good to send us some Haggis to try and OMG was this ever good!! This was a really fun interview and they were such a pleasure to have on the show. HEY... You need to get their haggis, it is the best I have tried! Go buy your haggis now at -- http://macskis.com    Check out our Facebook group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Check out our website at - https://realmenwearkilts.com FINALLY - check out our T-Spring store and get some cool t-shirts, hoodies and other things - https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co

We have a fun show for you this week. Raymond Mhor is starting a series of interviews with all our RMWK show hosts and the first interview is with Damian Broussard, our Fashion Aficionado. We are also continuing Andrew Lyon’s interview with John Miles. As you remember John is a military historian with a great knowledge about Scotland and Scottish history. You will enjoy this a lot.   KILT ON! 

Real Men Wear Kilt asked many of its members to come together and give a special Christmas message. Cynthia and I want to thank Andrew & Sara Lyon for taking on this project and doing such a great job.  We also want to give a special thanks to Matt Willis Bagpiper at http://www.YouTube.com/c/MattWillisBagpiper and Dallas Highland Dancers taught by Fiona Alpaugh at http://www.Dancingkilts.com. PLEASE JOIN OUR FB Group -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/ Please help support our group efforts in all that we are doing by purchasing great Real Men Wear Kilts gear at -   https://real-men-wear-kilts.myteespring.co If you like the Holy Smokes Shirts - please get their gear at - https://teespring.com/holy-smokes-apparel OH YES.... WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL RMWK TARTAN!!! - Brown Watch is now our official Real Men Wear Kilts Tartan and you can order it from UT Kilts. Using the coupon code KILTON and you can get 10% off. ORDER HERE YOUR RMWK OFFICIAL TARTAN KILT HERE -  https://www.utkilts.com/special-order-utility-kilts-all-styles/ https://www.utkilts.com/special-order-acrylic-tartan-kilts/# https://www.utkilts.com/special-order-casual-100-wool-tartan-kilts-16-oz/ https://www.utkilts.com/special-order-wool-tartan-kilts-16-oz/ Please share this video with all your Celtic / kilted friends and if you have an interesting story that is Celtic, kilt, Scotland, Ireland, Outlander related, please contact me and let's talk. I am always looking for great stories to share with the kilted Celtic community.

In this show we are making a HUGE announcement.  But to start things off we have Andrew and Sara with an incredible interview with historian John Miles. The big news is that we have George Smith joining us in an exclusive interview and some news for all the pirates and kilties alike that I know that you will love. So sit back and enjoy Real Men Wear Kilts The Podcast... KILT ON!! 

This is the first show and kind of an experement to see how a podcast would go over and how many people enjoy learning about and hearing about the Celtic culture and all us folks who wear kilts. If you want to learn more, join us on Facebook at great and growing kilt group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/realmenwearkilts/