Hey everyone. A couple of people have asked me if I'd do a Celtic Music recommendation list so here it is. I've gone with just a few sub genres as most I could have just called "celtic Fusion". But if people come up with more I'll certainly add them. The majority of the bands I've listed are from either North America, Ireland or the UK, however I made note of a few that were from other countries as I know GMC is very diverse. Now some of these bands were hard to classify as they all do a bit of traditional, but hopefully it's a fairly accurate job. Please point out any errors you may see and please feel free to add ones I've missed. Hope you all enjoy
Celtic Traditional
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen
Altan
Andy Stewart
Anuna
The Barra McNeils http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHl8s7lSr8&feature=related
Barley Bree
Battlefield Band
The Bothy Band
Boys of the Lough
Buddy McMaster (Fiddler)
Capercaillie
The Chieftans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ggr0yNd6Y
Christy Moorehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNVuBnB086Q
The Clancey's
The Clancey Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyX6jrxEdM
Clannad
The Corries
D'arcy Broderick
Dave Spillane
De Dannan
Dermot O'Reilly
Dervish
Dick Gaughan
Dolores Keene
The Dubliners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLZRWNdGCUc
Fergus O'Byrne
Five Hand Reel
Foster and Allen
Gerry O' Beirne (guitarist)
The Irish Decendents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbM9kJVX6iQ
The Irish Rovers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3MAaQLSSI
Ivor Cutler
Jimmy McCarthy
Jimmy Sweeney
John Allen Cameron
John Peel
John McDermott
Kevin Burke (fiddler)
Kevin Roach
Liam Clancy
Maire Brennen
Mary Black
Mary Coughlan
Mary Jane Lamond
The Masterless Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixi4Zi6hD0&feature=related
McGinty
Moving Hearts
Na Fianna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlfJcqUVI20
Buddy McMaster
Natalie McMaster (fiddler) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdc-oL6VjIc
Paddy Reilly
Patrick Street
Planxty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIog_EQYuJ8
Ryans Fancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkk9A3tEKYI
Stan Rogers
Tommy Flemming
Tommy Makem
Tony Cuffe (guitarist)
Wolfe Tones
Celtic Rock
The American Wake
Ashley McIsaac (fiddler)
The Barcrawlers (Sweden)
The Barley Boys
Barley Juice
The Biblecode Sundays
Birmingham Six
Black 47
Bloody Irish Boys
Bogside Rogues
Bottoms Up
Boys of St. James Gate
Brace Yourself Bridget
Ceili Family (Germany)
Ceili Moss (Netherlands)
Celtae
Celtic Connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8CmEdc-nTQ
The Corrs
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Derry Quay (Sweden)
Dublin 4
Dust Rhinos
The Elders
Enter the Haggis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CDA6f_zijQ&feature=PlayList&p=80A3CADFEC66840A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19
The Fables http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNfUDQXL98Q
Fathom
The Fenians
Fiddlers Green (Germany)
Figgy Duff
Gaelic Storm
Great Big Sea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SpwEdU5ak
The Government Rams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2BNRn20c8
Homeland
Horslips
In Search of Rose
The Indulgers
Irish Stew (Yugoslavia)
JD and the Longfellows
John McLean Allan
Keltic Fire
The Killdares
The Kissers
The Lads
The Lahinch Mob
The Larkin and Moran Brothers
Larkin
The Lash
Leahy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpt2FkXM7cA
Lenahan
Lordryk
The Mickey Fins
The Mickey's
Mother Grove
Muldow
Murder the Stout
Napper Tandy
The Navigators
Off Kilter
Orthodox Celts (Serbia)
The Paperboys
Peatbog Faeries
Pogey
The Prodigals
The Pub Uglies
The Punters
Quality Export (Netherlands)
The Rankin Family
Reilly
Runrig
The Rye
The Sand Carvers
The Saw Doctors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAxF3BQFRg&feature=PlayList&p=BB892262F6DD7C8C&index=0&playnext=1
The Sean Fleming Band
Seven Nation
Shamus O'Blivion and the Megadeath Morrismen
Shanneyganock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEU6WfhY1mk
Siochara
Slide Show Baby
Sons of Erin
Spirit of the West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJD3qcIL7s
Tempest
Tom Foolery and Shannanigans
The Town Pants
The Water Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM55egVKe8A
Wild Colonial Boys
Young Dubliners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakI-L4C3WI
Celtic Punk
Amadan
Black Irish Texas
Blaggards
Blood or Whiskey
The Bloody Irish Boys
Catgut Mary (Australia)
Dicey Riley
The Dirges
Dropkick Murphys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LsBe78Bvmc&feature=related
Filthy Thieving Bastards
Finnegans Lads (Netherlands)
Fins Fury
The Fisticuffs
Flatfoot 56
Flogging Molly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwaVvF7rdU&feature=related
Gobshites
The Go Set (Australia)
Greenland Whalefishers (Norway)
The hit the Bottle Boys
Jackdow
The Killigans
The Levellers
The Macc Lads
The Mahones
The McGillicuddys
Meisce
The Mickey Finns
The Mighty Regis
The Mudmen
Mutiny (Australia)
Neck
The Peelers
The Pogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk
The Porters
The Pubcrawlers
The Ruffians
The Rumjacks
Shane MacGowan
Swaggerin Growlers
Swingin Utters
Three Day Threshold
The Tossers
The Vandon Arms
The Wakes
Wages of Sin
Whiskey Rebels
Celtic Metal
Bluehorses
Cruachan
Eluveitie (Switzerland)
Gease
Mael Mordha
Primordial
Tersivel
Tuatha de Danann (Brazil)
Waylander
Celtic MISC
Afro-Celt Sound System
Alan Stivell
Bill Whelan (composer...he did Riverdance)
Dan Ar Braz (guitarist)
Enya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOeDWynY4o&feature=related
Loreena McKennitt
Sinad O'Connor
String Sistershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91bsvEXHG0
EDIT: Bands in green are ones I'd recommend to start with if you've never listened or are not too familiar with the genres.
Excellent Rokchik, very well done!
Excellent!
WOW, I need too much time to listen all these bands
Great list, I love Celtic sounding stuff, but I don't know about any bands.. That's about to change
Thanks! This is really great ...
Wow, seems like you know your Celtic!
Great list Rokchik,
I'll try to dig out a few more for you later but my wife would kill me if I didn't ask you to add Christy Moore under trad . As an aside ,my our daughter counts her blessings, if she'd been a boy she'd have been called Christy - true story . Might also be a difference in spelling but also Wolfe Tones under Celtic Rock same as Wolftones?
Anyway I'll look through the albums/cds later.
Cheers,
Tony
I'm glad you all like the list
Tony thanks for pointing out my spelling error on Wolfe Tones and also for Christy Moore. I didn't realize he did January Man...I love that song...I added a link aswell.
EDIT: Also just an FYI...iTunes has celtic Podcasts for anyone who may be interested. I just found this out today so I may have a lot more groups to add later.
A few more possibles Rokchik - sorry if they're in there already.
Trad - Mary Black, Maire Brennan, Dolores Keene, Dick Gaughin, Dave Spillane, Mary Coughlan, Jimmy McCarthy.
If you want to let Scottish music in then - Boys of the Lough, Capercaille. And Irish/Scottish/English - Five Hand Reel.
Christy Moore - great singer and a good guitar player as well. Very funny to watch in concert -if you can't get to see him live the live cds are still funny . Nice touch putting the links in green .
Cheers,
Tony
Enter the haggus, thats a pretty funny band name, made me chuckle
Absolutely right about Dick G and Five Hand Reel Rokchik - he was also in Boys of the Lough with Aly Bain but as a soloist did the wonderful - at least in my opinion- album 'Handful of Earth' . (Lots of other great albums but that one stands out particularly.)
Cheers,
Tony
Thanks I'll look in to Leahy.
Wife has made a disgusted noise and pointed out that I've missed out the following:
Trad - De Dannan, Patrick Street, Moving Hearts (I'm embarrassed to have forgotten them as ol' Christy Moore was in them and Planxty) and Luka Bloom.
Might not be suitable for the list but maybe worth a mention - Ivor Cutler, the Scottish folk poet who recorded a number of albums including 'Life in a Scotch Living Room Vol 2' and was much loved by the late John Peel (UK Radio1 DJ).
Cheers,
Tony
She has excellent taste in music but not so good in men Rokchik.
This topic has really brought back some wonderful....and somewhat intoxicating (if you catch my drift ) ....memories. I have quite a few more bands to add but I left the list at work (it was a slow day) The podcasts on iTunes are pretty great actually. Some very good indie celtic bands out there that's for sure. I'll update the list very soon.
Check this band :
They are called Ortodox Celts and are one of most popular bands here in Serbia !
myspace fan page : http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=133606314
official band site: http://www.orthodoxcelts.co.yu/
I would really like to hear your opinion about them
Thank you for your "review" I was very interested to hear your opinion As I said they are major act here and play on every "big" gig in Serbia Always make the crowd go crazy
Well actually I do very much! But for some reason I never listened to it at my home...Always seems to be on gigs live..
Well thanks to my good buddy Robin I have a new favourite celtic group. The group is the String Sisters and they are amazing. I don't know much about them so maybe Robin can help out in that department but they are amazing fiddle players....I know not guitar but still I love the fiddle
My foot hasn't stopped tapping since I started listening to them this morning and I already have them burned on disc for my St. Paddy's Day party tonight Here is a youtube link to them. Just great stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdgrsirYB0s&feature=related
Hope you enjoy
rok
Yeah, They are amazing.....Like.....WOW amazing.
Lets see, Robin has got me on Bjorn Berge, and now it looks to be The String Sisters
You guys should get their CD, String Sisters Live it is called. I think its the only CD they have atm, but they are touring the home countries of each band member and are gonna release one live CD from each country, if i read it correct on their website.
Glad you liked them. I got super amazingly blowed away when i heard them.
Well St. Paddy's day is only a little over a month away I figured I'd update this list with a couple of bands I found recently.
http://www.myspace.com/therumjacks - Australian celtic punk band.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=109755979 - Haven't heard a lot from this band from California, but what I've heard I like.
http://www.myspace.com/meisce - great celtic punk band from Seattle.
http://www.myspace.com/insearchofarose - Great celtic Rock band from Germany
hope you enjoy
rok
One of my local bars has started selling Guinness and to celebrate I'm teaching a few locals 'Fields of Athenry' I must play them the Dropkick Murphys version of it . Be cool to have them all sing it when we play and beat England . That and Amhán Na bhFiann - though they can't understand my Irish for some reason
I really like a singer/songrwriter Heather Dale. Some great songs, for example Mordred's Lullaby.
***NOTE***
Hey GMC'ers in light of Lian's amazing Celtic guitar lesson series I thought I'd rehash this old thread. Been quite a few new members since I did this so it may be new to some. Hopefully you find it useful and please feel free to suggest bands I may have missed as I am sure there are A LOT!! I am still adding some myself but it has been a while since I've looked at this thread. I will add more "samples" and more bands as well as I get time.
Slainte!
rok
PS: Thank you Lian for introducing me to Na Fianna. Great band from Argentina!!
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