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Celtic Music Information
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Enya: Contemporary Celtic Music Artist
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This page is intended as an introduction
to Celtic music. Use the search feature (above) to find
artists mentioned on this page.
Into: Referring to the regions of Great Britain specifically outside England, Celtic music encompasses the folk music of Ireland and Scotland (plus the outlying areas of Wales and Cornwall), distinguished by stringed instruments, fiddles and pipes. It is a term that covers both classic, traditional folk and contemporary Celtic music, which often combines the instrumentation of the genre with ambient New Age production and spirituality.
Celtic Folk is a blend of British folk and Celtic music. It has the structure of traditional British and Celtic music, but the attitude and aesthetics of modern-day folk and contemporary singer/songwriters.
Important Albums:
The Bothy Band: Old Hag You Have Killed Me [1976]
Davy Spillane: Atlantic Bridge [1987]
Dolores Keane: Dolores Keane [1988]
The Deighton Family: Acoustic Music to Suit Most Occasions [1988]
Arty McGlynn: Lead the Knave [1989]
Russell Family: Russell Family [1993]
The Chieftains: Chieftains 4 [1973]
Contemporary Celtic: During the '80s and '90s, there were several artists that expanded the boundaries of Celtic music by adding elements of pop, rock, folk, jazz, and new age music. These artists, such as Clannad, hailed the beginning of Contemporary Celtic.
Important Albums:
Enya: Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya [1997]
Leahy: Leahy [1997]
Enya: Watermark [1988]
The House Band: Stonetown [1991]
Susan McKeown & the Chanting House: Bones [1996]
Arty McGlynn: Lead the Knave [1989]
Arty McGlynn: Lead the Knave [1989]
Traditional Celtic: The term Traditional Celtic applies not to the Celtic music that was popularized in the '90s. Rather, it is both the earliest recordings of this folk style, plus recordings that keep the music pure, without any of the new age or pop influences that distinguish contemporary Celtic music.
Important Albums:
Brass Monkey: Complete Brass Monkey [1993]
Russell Family: Russell Family [1993]
The Deighton Family: Acoustic Music to Suit Most Occasions [1988]
The Tannahill Weavers: Best of 1979-1989 [1989]
Dolores Keane: Dolores Keane [1988]
Michael Coleman: Michael Coleman 1891-1945 [1992]
Dolores Keane: Dolores Keane [1988]
Other Celtic Music Sites: Celtic
Music Archive
Celtic Music
Online
Celtic
Peak
School of Celtic
Music
Encyclopedia
of Celtic Music
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