Celtic Music

I've been wanting to get into this genre of music for awhile, but I don't know of any good artists. Recommendations?

No idea - I have a 3 CD set of various celtic music I picked up in Ireland back in 2003, never really listened to it

There is a band out of Dallas called Needfire that are great, they have at least 2 albums out that I know of, they put on a great live show. I'm sure you can Google them & find their stuff.

You interested in pure Celtic music or Celtic rock?

tohostudios wrote:

You interested in pure Celtic music or Celtic rock?

More of the Celtic/folk music.

I love Celtic Frost.

There's a group called the Chieftans who have made several albums of traditional Irish music. They have paired up with other artists for more popularized versions of Celtic music, too.

xyz wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

You interested in pure Celtic music or Celtic rock?

More of the Celtic/folk music.

For straight Celtic music, The Chieftains, Gaelic Storm, Solas or Wicked Tinkers (bagpipe music) are what I know.

For Celtic music with rock touches I'd recommend Great Big Sea, Oysterband, Seven Nations.

For Celtic punk: Dropkick Murphys, Real McKenzies, Black 47, Flogging Molly.

And if you're interested in Christian Celtic rock/punk: Ceili Rain and Flatfoot 56.



Celtic music is one of my favorite genres and if you like any of these bands, there are a lot more where they came from.

I have a Celtic flavored cd of Zeppelin tunes called Long Ago and Far Away

xyz wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

You interested in pure Celtic music or Celtic rock?

More of the Celtic/folk music.

You might want to check out the folk/rock bands that sprung up in the UK
in the late 60's, namely Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle,
Horslips etc. Who arranged traditional Celtic/Irish folk songs in a
more contemporary folk/rock setting, of course they also took
traditional English and Scottish folk songs as well.

This is Fairport Convention's take on a traditional Irish Folk song "She Moved Through The Fair"...........

Dropkick Murphys

rattpoison wrote:

xyz wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

You interested in pure Celtic music or Celtic rock?

More of the Celtic/folk music.

You might want to check out the folk/rock bands that sprung up in the UK
in the late 60's, namely Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle,
Horslips etc. Who arranged traditional Celtic/Irish folk songs in a
more contemporary folk/rock setting, of course they also took
traditional English and Scottish folk songs as well.

This is Fairport Convention's take on a traditional Irish Folk song "She Moved Through The Fair"...........

I love Horslips!

Their Book Of Invasions album is like taking a course in Celtic mythology.

Sinead O'connor tried to to some celtic type stuff i think.

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Celtic Rock

DeathCult wrote:

I love Celtic Frost.

As do I.