humm, after listening to tons and tons of classical instruments going at it, i think i'm just about bored of classical music. i dont know, it doesnt really cheer me up too much. where as if i hear the same instruments being played in irish or celtic folk music, it makes me wanna dance and stuff...not that i can dance.and plus, playing irish stuff on the guitar is a whole lot more fun than classical stuff. and i think i understand why bands like Mago De Oz always seem to be high and happy, like some crazy hippies from the 70's.

so, you got any recomendations? i'm mainly looking for songs with strong violin and/or flute lines. or somthing that can easily be translated onto a guitar. dont know what i'm talking about? here's an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFU_SbH5Gcw

thats just a slower example. ive seen/heard a few violinist going a whole lot faster, and still sound awsome.

you know, stuff you'd imagin being playd at some irish pub with women doing those crazy ballete kinda dances, and everyone enjoying them selves. so you got anything?

One word....Clannad....

The band of Enya and her sister and brothers and uncles....
And they do use guitars as well...so it shouldn't be impossible to find some music created by them translated to guitar only for example....

They're the best Irish band...they have been on top for years....what I like as well is that they have Irish as their first language which makes their Irish songs perfect...for example...sorry to say that but...Irish musicians who have English as their first language should better quit singing in Irish....because they distort this language with their English-speaking person's accent....

A video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnjP57cic70

I"m not sure it's what you need but you could listen to Cruachan. You will find info about it here on MS too.

Ooo, my fav genre.

Trad Irish Folk

The Chieftains
The Dubliners
Wolftones
Ryan's Fancy
Clannad (old Clannad, unless you want new age stuff as well)

Irish Folk Rock

Great Big Sea
Spirit Of The West
The Navigators
The Mahones
Irish Descendants


Modern Irish Folk
Flook
Sinéad O'Connor
Riverdance Stuff

Theres also Dropkick murphys and Flogging Molly but that turning away from the Folk and celtic side of things.

Canada has lots of good irish bands and groups, newfoundland been known for it Irish Folk music.




Alot of stuff crosses over and blends, so its hard to define them into diffrent groups, just check some out and see which ones you like.

oh, sorry coz i forgot to mention, but i got rid of the program i used to download music, so youtube is my source now.

but anyways, thanks for the help.

and i know of dropkick murphys. well, their one song when the video is taking place in a pub, and the song fits in fine with the bag pipes, but they tend to annoy me for some reason.

and yes, canada does have those bands, but i have no link to em. i know, and LOVE lorenna mckennitt, and out of the entire cd collection i have, she is prolly most well known world across, considering she does tons of music. and funny you should mention newfound land. everytime they have a commercial about noofies, they always have irish music in the background.

and this is more or less what i'm talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYjjdvuiXk

though i think the guy is playing the song much slower than what it normally should be...but ive never heard of the song, so correct me if i'm wrong

and this. the folkish part starts at about 00:40:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTj182rc9A

and i'll check out those bands and stuff in a day or two...wait, i'm off tomorrow, so tomorrow shall be good

and had a violin been slightly 'easy' i would have gotten myself into it coz of irish folk stuff...but that tiny lil thing is really awkward to me, so no violin for me...sad


keep em comming

Are you looking for stuff like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbEKzxu7MVU < Spirit Of The West, the intro is screwed up though.
Awesome Flute Solos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjSZuzA__c < the Dubliners, now thats real Trad Folk, but for some one getting into irish folk, i wouldnt recomend them to you, as they can come across as bland.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdvW9HB1oM < i think this is more what your looking for though, (wait untill 2:30)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ < Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFzkWsMrNfk&NR=1 < The Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6r_a1d_5aY < The Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EBG4fQR3o&mode=related&search= < Carlos Núñez and The Chieftains


I Highly Recomend the The Chieftains, as you can see from amount of links i gave for them.



The way i see it is that your looking for more new age celtic stuff, than Irish Folk.

Old Clannad is good...well...but we can't deny the fact that Enya is the best selling article of Ireland....
Cruachan's "Teir abhaile ru" is simply wondrous....well...I liked the Cruachan version as well but their Irish pronounciation sucks major balls...I didn't want to be harsh....but that's true....Clannad should actually co-work with Cruachan....twould be useful for both....I'd enjoy this symbiosis a lot....

Written by [user id=16511] on 07.05.2007 at 14:15

Are you looking for stuff like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbEKzxu7MVU < Spirit Of The West, the intro is screwed up though.
Awesome Flute Solos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjSZuzA__c < the Dubliners, now thats real Trad Folk, but for some one getting into irish folk, i wouldnt recomend them to you, as they can come across as bland.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdvW9HB1oM < i think this is more what your looking for though, (wait untill 2:30)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ < Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFzkWsMrNfk&NR=1 < The Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6r_a1d_5aY < The Chieftains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EBG4fQR3o&mode=related&search= < Carlos Núñez and The Chieftains


I Highly Recomend the The Chieftains, as you can see from amount of links i gave for them.



The way i see it is that your looking for more new age celtic stuff, than Irish Folk.

hey man. thanks for the links. and going through all of them, i would say that i'm definetly not looking for stuff like the first 2 videos. i think they are more or less closer to american folk music(not country though) with some north western european influences.

the third video you sent was fairly close(yeah, i can be a lil picky)


Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains thing wasnt exactly i was looking for(fairly close though), but the lyrics forced me to drop my mouth and just stare in awe. and then the music just inhanced that, so i really liked that one. and is it me, or that vocalist sort of looks like taht pop singer from the 80s/mid 90's named Sade or soemthing like that?

The Chieftains sort of remind me of Loreena Mckennitt, which is amazing coz i love her. havnt read the lyrics yet.


gave Clannad and its good to see that enya is still around. havnt heard from her since that 'only time' song of hers. but clannad sounds pretty good. granted enya may be the star of the group, but i would have liked to hear more instrumental than her hymns. but then i came across some of their videos where they sound more folk than have hymns, so i'm kinda confused.... but either way, i would prefer it without any vocals

W-lash: you seem to help me plenty. first with ERA, and now Cruachan. i've only heard 3 or 4 songs by em at random, and seem to be liking em...but then songs like 'some say the devil's dead' seem odd and kinda annoying






the stuff that i'm looking for in irish folk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsl_jXXl3Yw ----- just remove the vocalists, the drum, and the guitar. you're left with a violin, a flute and some other stuff i dont know the names of

stuff i'm looking for in celtic folk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hgv6w8FEbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCiDm8H1ggU ----i can do without the drums. they sort of make it sound like Enigma's music

stuff i'm looking for in european folk(no idea what country/region it originates from...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t04li3WX1T4 ---- starts at 00:40


stuff i'm looking for in a violin riff/solo/thing that sounds cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os2uTYD2Mfw ----- starts at 00:40 its the courus i guess

obviously in extremo and mago de oz are metal, and i like em that way. but somtimes i just feel like listening to lighter stuff, and wouldnt really wanna hear em..you know?


so i guess i'm looking for folk instrumentals. Dead Can Dance does tons of instrumentals...but they hardly touched upon celtic or irish folk for some reason

Written by W-Lash on 06.05.2007 at 23:56

I"m not sure it's what you need but you could listen to Cruachan. You will find info about it here on MS too.

I think this tread are for Irish folk music

@all there wa si-net radio Riveland or something I use to lsiten it before years, I cant find it but when iu will I post link

scottish folk music...does that count as 'celtic folk'? i think celtic means music comming out of the british isle.

but in any case, i was listneing to some scottish folk, and a lot of them are talking about some 'fiddel' or somthing. i'm guessing its either a form of a violin, or the way the play is called a fiddel. either way, i liked that too

Fiddle is a violin....perhaps it's a special version of a violin, perhaps it's just another name for the instrument....I amn't sure....

Scottish music counts as Celtic very well....especially if sung in Scottish....

I suggest you all to look up Karen Matheson from a band called Capercaillie....

here are some videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7k29BvFOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-SKuWIjA0

Eileen Ivers, nobody mentioned this great artist. She's very skilled, try to listen something of hers.

I searched for her videos...well....what do I have to say....I was stunned actually....her playing is skillful indeed...admirable...for I know how difficult it actually is to handle fiddle and play it well....

Written by [user id=23762] on 17.05.2007 at 12:01

Eileen Ivers, nobody mentioned this great artist. She's very skilled, try to listen something of hers.

i'm really liking this person. though, some of her songs with vocals are kind of annoying me. but i like her none the less

any more like her?

She really is something at playing the fiddle ^^

Check out Skanda too, it's celtic mixed to nice guitaring.

Written by Soliloquy on 15.05.2007 at 16:43

scottish folk music...does that count as 'celtic folk'? i think celtic means music comming out of the british isle.

Scottish counts as Celtic...all nations and languages who speak Celtic languages and have Celtic ancestr can make Celtic music....

I don't agree with you...It's wrong to associate Celts only with British Isles...for also French and Spain have Celtic background...I'm referring to the pre-Roman history of these countries....and indeed....there are Celtic metal bands both in France and in Spain....

Great thread!!

You guys must try Duan, I think they're from Poland but clearly play Irish-folk music, ambient oriented. Very sweet female vocals and good/relaxing music.

Written by Bitch Boy on 28.05.2007 at 21:41

Great thread!!

You guys must try Duan, I think they're from Poland but clearly play Irish-folk music, ambient oriented. Very sweet female vocals and good/relaxing music.

dude, these guys are awsome! i cant figure out all the instruments they are using, but i'm loving them!!!

you cant miss with THE POGUES songs like streams of whiskey,sunnyside of the street,if i should fall from grace with god,hells ditch,irish rover......

hehehe also song Whisky in the Jar can count hwo Irish folk song but ist a fact

THE CHEIFTENS. Enough said.

Written by Ernis on 28.05.2007 at 13:19

Written by Soliloquy on 15.05.2007 at 16:43

scottish folk music...does that count as 'celtic folk'? i think celtic means music comming out of the british isle.

Scottish counts as Celtic...all nations and languages who speak Celtic languages and have Celtic ancestr can make Celtic music....

I don't agree with you...It's wrong to associate Celts only with British Isles...for also French and Spain have Celtic background...I'm referring to the pre-Roman history of these countries....and indeed....there are Celtic metal bands both in France and in Spain....

do you know some band who sings in bretaniq that area in France you know what I mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretagne

I mena yoiu knoiw some folk band who sing in Bretaniq language I cant find non

Written by Bad English on 14.07.2007 at 15:49

do you know some band who sings in bretaniq that area in France you know what I mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretagne

I mena yoiu knoiw some folk band who sing in Bretaniq language I cant find non

The language is called Breton....
I don't know any metal acts who sing in Breton but Dan Ar Braz was the author of the French Eurovision entry in 1996...the song was called "Diwanit Bugale" and it was performed by Karen Matheson and a Welsh singer whose name I can't remember...it was Elaine I think.....

Karen Matheson is the member of a Scottish band called Capercaille....but she usually sings in Scottish...however, when she represented France at the Eurovision, she sang in Breton....Irish singer(and winner of 1996 Eurosong) Eimear Quinn liked "Diwanit Bugale" and made a cover version of it with an Irish band Anuna....

Luckily, I found a video of it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAh4uRtGF_8 "Diwanit Bugale"

Some Karen Matheson videos....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-SKuWIjA0 "Coisich A Ruin(Нахуй, Похуй ЖD)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8vVXQQrz0 "Iain Chlinn Chuaich"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7k29BvFOo&mode=related&search= "Skyewalking Song"

humm....this is pretty much what i'm looking for:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnQFxfyD9gs

anything similar?

Written by [user id=16511] on 07.05.2007 at 00:51

Ooo, my fav genre.

Trad Irish Folk

The Chieftains
The Dubliners
Wolftones
Ryan's Fancy
Clannad (old Clannad, unless you want new age stuff as well)

Irish Folk Rock

Great Big Sea
Spirit Of The West
The Navigators
The Mahones
Irish Descendants


Modern Irish Folk
Flook
Sinéad O'Connor
Riverdance Stuff

Theres also Dropkick murphys and Flogging Molly but that turning away from the Folk and celtic side of things.

Canada has lots of good irish bands and groups, newfoundland been known for it Irish Folk music.




Alot of stuff crosses over and blends, so its hard to define them into diffrent groups, just check some out and see which ones you like.

The traditional stuff, especially The Chieftains, is really good.

Written by Soliloquy on 20.07.2007 at 03:11

humm....this is pretty much what i'm looking for:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gnQFxfyD9gs

anything similar?

Try this... http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/1/836957/07%20Luar%20na%20Lubre%20Canteixere.mp3 They're Luar Na Lubre, I think their best album is "Cabo Do Mundo", if you're interested.

Here you have some videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-xaCxwww5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKH-strS4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ0mmXsibaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0lJlrvQOpU

I love them, so I hope you like them

Orthodox Celts and Irish Stew from Serbia, check them out. They're very popular here.

Check out Christy Moore he's an absolute LEGEND. I lived in Ireland for a year and they get so riled up by his songs over there. Obviously i lived in the west country and it's a lot more patriotic and anti-english over there (Sligo's not too far from an on IRA stronghold) but it's good music and some of the lyrics are hilarious if you can translate them as he has a pretty strong accent in some songs. Worth a listen anyway, here's one to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koN9xH8XA8w&feature=related

Alan Stivell

I didn't see them mentioned but might have missed them but Flogging Molly is pretty nice and funny. A lot of energy and "Irish feeling" in their music. Saw them live once and that was a kick arse show