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Tag Archives: Celtic music
Clannad’s An Diolaim
Clannad is quickly becoming one of the most compiled bands in Celtic music. Already boasting two “best of” collections and a soundtrack collection, Clannad now adds An Diolaim to the list. Fortunately, An Diolaim isn’t just another opportunistic knock-off, for … Continue reading
Clannad’s Rogha: The Best of Clannad
Long one of the most popular of the Celtic-inspired Irish groups, Rogha: The Best of Clannad is actually the band’s third retrospective album, with all three–the first two being Past to Present and Themes–coming within the last ten years. Where Themes concerned itself mainly with Clannad’s soundtrack … Continue reading
Clannad’s Clannad
This CD reissue of Clannad’s first album is sure to be both a treat and quite a surprise for current fans of the popular Celtic-fusion group. Out of print for years, Clannad’s debut 1972 effort is packaged here with the … Continue reading
Clatterbone’s With A Twisted Grin
Once upon a time, there was a band called Rook, and they put out exactly one brilliantly enjoyable album before doing what so many bands do, splitting up and vanishing back into the ether. Little did we imagine that they weren’t dead … Continue reading
Hawp’s Storm + Calm
Described on their website as ‘a swirling reverie of Scots and Irish song; flute; whistles; fiddles; guitar; bouzouki; bodhran; and Irish dance, HAWP is a Celtic ensemble that combines ancient traditions with modern musical approaches to create a sound truly … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Irish music, Scottish music
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Ann Gray’s Shouting at Magpies
It is really refreshing to see top-caliber pipers taking the bagpipe to new horizons. In the past, many Great Highland bagpipers that have pursued the bagpipe beyond the strictly traditional have tended to be the pipers that didn’t have enough … Continue reading
Chulrua’s Barefoot on the Altar
Naomi de Bruyn penned this review. Chulrua (pronounced cool-ROO-ah) is not only the name of this amazing trio of celebrated musicians but the name of the favourite wolfhound of the ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhaill. It translates to English as … Continue reading
Various artists’ 25 Years Of Celtic Music
No’am Newman penned this review. Quoting violinist Kevin Burke’s urbane sleeve notes: “25 years ago, to most people in the United States, the phrase ‘Irish Music’ conjured up images of a jolly red-faced lounge singer wearing a sparkly green jacket … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Green Linnet
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A Loreena McKennitt Retrospective, The First Decade More or Less
JoSelle Vanderhooft penned this review. From her beginnings in the mid 1980s selling self-produced tapes from her car and by mail order, to international stardom — Loreena McKennitt has come a long way in her long career. For those just discovering … Continue reading
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