Irish Folk Music

Okay, I just picked up Santiago by the Chieftains. No celebrity vocalists (in fact, most of the tracks are instrumental so far). Awesome stuff. Seems to be a mix of Irish Celtic and Spanish music.

Full Gael

What it's totally not because it's my godfather's band...

Also Christy Moore, granted most of what he does is covers but he does them well.

And because they're local Dropkick Murpheys, though I kinda dislike them.

I think the instrumentals are the Chieftain's best stuff.

Taste some Suidakra.

enya>flogging molly>DKM

• head explodes* I love you man

edited 27th Jan '11 11:59:05 AM by vanthebaron

as a member of the irish/german american population i just want to say "translation please"

edited 27th Jan '11 1:07:08 PM by vanthebaron

Oh, bless you all for this thread.

It made my day, just knowing it exists.

I'm a newbie to sung Irish folk music since I normally play instrumentals, but so far I like Clannad, the Chieftains, and Celtic Woman. I'm surprised they weren't mentioned earlier.

Also, I have a passing knowledge of Flogging Molly from one of my high school friends.

Celtic electronica.

This is...wow. Fuck. Why didn't I look into this earlier? I love electronica. I love Celtic folk. WHY NOT COMBINE THE TWO?!

: If only he was intimidated by the size of his burrito.

This thread is making me !

So, is traditional Asturian folk a subgenre of Celtic music? Apparently it's a subject of some debate. How you answer that question would determine whether or not you think Xera counts.

Not Irish but definitely Celtic:

It took a surprisingly long time to find a version that ends the way I first heard it, but here you go. "Seven Drunken Nights"

Also, a filk version, Seven Drunken Nights IN SPACE.

Doublepost for more video goodness. The singers of Celtic Woman will see you "At the Ceili":

A ceili, by the way, is a town dance for young men and women, generally hosted by the local church.

edited 12th Feb '11 2:12:03 AM by BlackWolfe

I know I'm late for the party mates but Flatfoot 56: "Brotherhood"

And this classic Irish hymn

edited 31st Jan '14 5:33:12 PM by Paktra

I love Scottish and Irish folk music.

Thread Hop for anyone interested.

No; that's a heavily accented English. Scots would be this:

And this would be Gàidhlig.

edited 28th Apr '14 4:02:05 PM by TheBatPencil

No love so far for the Dubliners or the Corries? This must be rectified. I've always loved this one, because it's a pub song par excellence:

Also see the first link in my siggie for moar folk goodness.

...and I think about you all the time.
Caledonia you're calling me
And now I'm going home.

Every Scottish person really ought to know the lyrics to that one.

edited 5th May '14 9:33:19 AM by InverurieJones

Well, they should if they watched the Tennent's ad:

Exactly. Nasty lager, but good adverts.

Maybe it's just me, but Tennents will do the job. Compared to shite like Fosters or Carling, I reckon it's pretty good overall.

Still, the best beers on the market in Scotland are McEwan's Export and Deuchars IPA. Accept no substitutes.

I don't know if you can see
The pints of lager filling me
In these last few days I've been afraid
Of the cash I might piss away
I've been telling old stories, singing songs
Drinking so much I forgot where I've come from
That's the reason why I seem
So far away today ...

;)

edited 7th May '14 10:40:37 AM by TheBatPencil