Celtic Music Video Showcases
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I've searched YouTube for some of the best videos available for the artists listed below. In some cases, there are more videos available. When that's the case, I've attempted to select the best ones.
Some of the videos are professionally produced for TV shows, music videos and DVDs. Others are videos shot by amateurs in the audience. Of that latter group, I've only included videos that have good sound quality and at least passable video without too much camera motion.
All performers with a showcase listed here have a Celtic music lens as well. Check out Celtic Music: Lenses for other Irish, Scottish, Canadian and American performers. Videos are featured in many of the lenses listed there.
Some of the videos are professionally produced for TV shows, music videos and DVDs. Others are videos shot by amateurs in the audience. Of that latter group, I've only included videos that have good sound quality and at least passable video without too much camera motion.
All performers with a showcase listed here have a Celtic music lens as well. Check out Celtic Music: Lenses for other Irish, Scottish, Canadian and American performers. Videos are featured in many of the lenses listed there.
Dervish Video Showcase
Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Martin Mc Ginley, Brian Mc Donagh and Michael Holmes got together in 1989 to record The Boys of Sligo which inspired them to form the band called Dervish. They were joined in 1991 by singer Cathy Jordan and champion fiddler Shane McAleer and recorded the first album under the Dervish name, Harmony Hill. This album quickly became acclaimed as a landmark Irish traditional album.Dervish Video Showcase
Dervish lens
Clannad Video Showcase
Clannad, like many other Celtic artists and groups, began with traditional material. They later expanded into rock, jazz, ambient, and world music. They come from Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), a part of County Donegal in the northwest of the Irish Republic between Northern Ireland to the East and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Enya is a member of the family, and recorded and performed with the group for a few years before leaving to pursue her own highly successful solo career in the early 1980s. Shortly after that, the group had a breakthrough with their album Magical Ring, which features "Theme from Harry's Game," the first (and so far only) recording in Irish to make it to the top five on charts in the UK.Clannad Video Showcase
Clannad lens
Capercaillie Video Showcase
"Their seductively contemporary sound and production, their mastery of traditional instruments (along with a willingness to look beyond them) and the voice of Karen Matheson have helped Capercaillie re-model the Celtic landscape..."Q MAGAZINE - Quote from Capercaillie's website
Capercaillie Video Showcase
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De Dannan Video Showcase
De Danann was formed in 1974 in Spiddal, County Galway by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott (banjo).They took their name from the mythical Irish tribe Tuatha Dé Danann. Along the way, for reasons not made clear, the group decided to change the spelling of the name to De Dannan, without the accent mark, which is how it appears on Ballroom and following recordings.
De Dannan Video Showcase
De Dannan lens
The Chieftains Video Showcase
The Chieftains are credited with bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention. Paddy Molony got some musicians together in 1962 and they recorded an album that was at the time regarded as a one-time thing. But five years later, they got together again, and a second album followed in 1968. Harpist Derek Bell joined in 1973, but they weren't playing full time until 1975.The Chieftains Video Showcase
The Chieftains lens
The Tannahill Weavers Video Showcase
"Scotland's Tannahill Weavers play acoustic instruments, but the atmosphere at their shows is electric. The quintet is as tight and as versatile as any band in the Celtic music revival. They can summon rock 'n' roll intensity or haunting introspection." - The Boston GlobeBe sure to visit my page for the Tannahill Weavers in the Celtic Music section of my website Have Pun Will Travel and my Squidoo lens for the group for more information with listings of CDs and MP3s available from Amazon. Links can be found below the videos.
The Tannahill Weavers Video Showcase
The Tannahill Weavers lens
Enya Video Showcase
Enya first gained notice as a solo artist with her work on the BBC Scotland series The Celts. The music was released as Enya and later remastered and released as The Celts. Her four latest albums of new material have each won a Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album."Enya was born Eithne Patricia Ni Bhraonain, part of the very musical Brennan family of Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), County Donegal, Ireland. Several of her relatives formed the well-known Irish band Clannad, and Enya performed on the albums Cran Ull and Fuaim. She left the group when producer and manager Nicky Ryan left in 1982, shortly before Clannad became known for "Theme from Harry's Game." She started her own recording studio.
Enya Video Showcase
Enya lens
Altan Video Showcase
Altan began with the duo of flute player Frankie Kennedy from Belfast, and fiddler and singer Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh from Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) in Donegal. Their first album got a little help on one track from Eithne Ni Bhraonain, better known as Enya. While their second album was called Altan, it wasn't until the third album that the band took the name. Frankie died of cancer in 1993, but he insisted that the rest of the band continue after his passing. After a few years Altan was back with new music.Altan Video Showcase
Altan lens
Additional Links for Celtic Music Video Showcases
- Celtic music lenses by MobyD
- A lens to help you find other Celtic music lenses and video showcases I've made.
- The Thistle & Shamrock lens
- My lens for Fiona Ritchie's NPR program.
- LiveIreland.com lens
- My lens for the Internet radio station LiveIreland.com, which broadcasts 24 hours a day from Temple Bar, Dublin.
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AndyPo wrote...
This is a useful lens. Should save people a lot of time searching.
Thanks,
Andy
Posted September 10, 2008
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I'm very interested in Celtic music and have created a series of lenses about performers. See Celtic Music: Lenses (named Lens of the Day on March 16,... (more)
