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1. The Great Irish Famine - An Epic of Death and Immigration IN THE shadow of Ireland's "holy" mountain, Croagh Patrick, stands a most unusual ship. It looks like a small 19th-century sailing ship with its prow pointing west toward the Atlantic Ocean. But this ship will never set sail. It is firmly fixed in a...
2. Transatlantic Sessions Video Showcase A  folk music collaboration between top musical artists from North America, Ireland and the UK. For the latest series (three), a beautiful old farm steading converted into a small concert/studio space at Strathgarry House near Killiecrankie in th...
3. Cool Facts About Ireland & Irish Culture I visited Ireland way back in the 1970's, and have gone back several times. Wow, has it changed! Still, it's an amazing place. I stay in touch by collecting fun facts about Ireland - Irish cultural oddities, funny expressions used there, the meaning...
4. Celtic wedding music "Celtic music" is an umbrella term used for instrumentals rooted in country dance styles which can range from Irish step dancing to Scottish country dancing and strathspeys; many people even include the English Playford country dances in th...
5. Transatlantic sessions A  folk music collaboration between top musical artists from North America, Ireland and the UK. For the latest series (three), a beautiful old farm steading converted into a small concert/studio space at Strathgarry House near Killiecrankie in th...
6. The Very Best Music for Children A love of music is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.
7. Celtic Music: The Thistle & Shamrock The Thistle and Shamrock, one of National Public Radio's most popular shows, showcases traditional music from all of the Celtic lands: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Brittany in France, Galicia in Spain, Canada, the United States, and any...
8. Celtic Music: Lenses ☺ This lens points to other lenses I've made highlighting Celtic music performers as well as radio shows, both broadcast and Internet, that play the traditional music of the Celtic lands. Celtic music covers a lot of territory and many performers. Each...
9. Celtic Music: Golden Bough Paul Espinoza and Margie Butler, founding members of Golden Bough, started performing together in 1976 and formed Golden Bough in the San Francisco area in 1980. After some changes in lineup, Golden Bough is currently a trio with Butler (harp, bodhra...
10. I've been a Pratie Head for many's the long year... (Celtic Music) I'd been living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, singing Balkan music with the acappella women's ensemble Laduvane,and singing American folksongs in a band called "Rank Strangers." In 1981 I married and my husband moved us to Chapel Hill, NC. This lens i...
11. Celtic Music: Kim Robertson Kim Robertson is a pioneer of the American folk harp movement. She has combined a passionate sense of tradition with a love of innovation that brings a modern sound to the ancient Celtic harp. Her concerts and recordings include traditional tunes as...
12. Cruachan - Irish Celtic Heavy Metal Band Cruachan are an Irish Celtic Heavy Metal band. Cruachan formed in 1992. Celtic music, history, Paganism and mythology are prominent influences in Cruachan's music, as are the Viking Age and the works of J R R Tolkein. Cruachan's earlier w...
13. Celtic Music: Sean-Nós Nua In 2002, following an often controversial career, Dublin-based pop singer Sinead O'Connor released Sean Nos Nua, and album of traditional Irish songs. "Sean nos" (literally "old style") is an ornamented style of unaccompanied singing. O'Connor has ad...
14. Celtic Music: Danú Danu was formed in an Rinn, County Waterford, Ireland in 1996. They performed at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in France, then decided to stay together to perform and record. While not afraid to experiment and expand their repertoire, Danu re...
15. Irish Electro/Alternative Musician Skully Article for The Echo by Mark McAvoy. SKULLY STEPS OUT OF METISSE SHADOW AND GOES DIGITAL ON HIS NEW ALBUM. Stepping out of the shadow of his popular and extremely successful duo Metisse, acclaimed Irish musician and producer Skully is blazing a trail t...
16. Celtic Music: The Bothy Band The Bothy Band came together in late 1974 at a musical celebration of 25 years of the record label Gael Linn. When Donal Lunny left Planxty to start his own label, Mulligan Records, in 1975 he got the group together again. While their history only sp...
17. Celtic Music: De Dannan 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 De Danann. Along...
18. Celtic Christmas Music Holiday and seasonal songs and tunes performed on traditional instruments associated with Celtic music will take you far from the supermarkets and commercial radio and put new life in your seasonal celebrations. Performers from both sides of the Atla...
19. Laura Izibor Shame on me! I write this lens with my head (and ears) hanging shamefully. It is May 2009, I am Irish, I love music and I have just discovered the amazing talent that is Laura Izibor. This neo soul singer/songwriter from Dublin is about to take the w...
20. The Laily Worm and other evil stepmother stories This peculiar ballad was collected by Francis James Child and was published in his compendium called The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published in 1802. He wrote: There is only one version of this ballad, which was recorded in the north of...