So I'm listening to some of my old CDs - mainly Celtic stuff

[HEyHEY]

And realized, all this time I thought I Was becoming increasingly boring because of maturity.

Hell no! I'm just not listening to enough celctic music

The Whirlwind shall rise again.

[LynzM]

1. Ooh, what do you have?

I love the Chieftans and Leahy, and have recently discovered Gaelic Storm and Battlefield Band :)

[HEyHEY]

2. The fables, Cheiftans, Great Big sea, Spirit of the west, Dubliners

All that stuff

[LynzM]

4. Ooh, Great Big Sea, too

I love the song "John Barbour"... dunno why that one so specifically, but I do. That and Gaelic Storm's "Drink the Night Away" :) Leahy just gets me hyped up! :bounce:

[auntAgonist]

5. You'd like

the Barra MacNeils

Bruce Guthro is another very good Canadian / Celtic singer who has toured with Leahy.

[LynzM]

7. Awesome, I will look them up

I've had some Celtic stuff around for years, but am just recently realizing how much I really like it, especially ocean-related stuff (sea shanties, etc.) Thanks for the suggestions!

[auntAgonist]

3. give a listen to "The Duhks"

http://www.duhks.com/index.php


"The five practiced, risk-taking twenty-something musicians and singers who make up this singular new band out of Winnipeg, Manitoba will, if asked, good-naturedly toss out some of the attempts at labels astonished listeners have turned to…In the two years that they've been a unit, many have tried to describe The Duhks' music-- "contemporary acoustic," "progressive soul-grass," and “kick-ass rock/folk fusion” being just a few of the attempts to classify the group."



You just might like them.

on edit: the description doesn't say celtic but you can 'hear' it a bit in their sound.

[Blue Gardener]

6. Two of my favorites

Ceredwen - Legends of the Celts
John Doan - Eire: Isle of the Saints, a Celtic Odyssey

[Squeech]

8. My favorites

Planxty, the unknown supergroup-- the people who made up the band all continue to do important work in the Celtic realm: Andy Irvine, who introduced the bouzouki to Ireland; Christy Moore, a strong politically aware singer; Donal Lunny, who's now a producer much in demand; and Liam O'Flynn, who's probably my favorite Uilleann piper in all of Ireland. They made a bunch of terrific records in the '70s.

Robin Williamson-- if you ever wanted to know what a Celtic muezzin would sound like, he's it.

Derek Bell, harpist for the Chieftains, also did a couple records on his own of the works of Turlough O'Carolan, the itinerant 17th century harpist who was Ireland's foremost composer, and of course they're lovely.

I was a big fan of Steeleye Span too, back in the day, although they got their repertoire from all over the British Isles, not just the Celtic strains.

[khashka]

9. Any Pogues or Christy Moore?

Christy Moore is better than sex, or food, or breathing.


Khash.

[Padraig18]

10. The Cheiftans are awesome!

:thumbsup:

[JVS]

11. Cranking the River-dance, eh?

;-)

[HEyHEY]

12. River dance? That's for people who celebrate Paddy's on two weeks ahead!

[JVS]

13. I don't observe St. Patrick's day

It's all about St.Erik, St.Olaf and St. Boniface!

June 5th baby, time to get my drink on in the Teutonic manner!