Celtic Essentials

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The wistful songs and dulcet melodies of Celtic music emerged centuries ago in Ireland and the British Isles. Powerhouse bands like The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, and De Dannan introduced a new generation to the sound's danceable jigs and reels during the folk revival of the ‘60s and '70s. Vocal virtuosos like Dolores Keane and Mary Black likewise revived the often-tragic stories of love and war that lend the genre dramatic immediacy. No longer trapped in amber, Celtic music went international when bands like Solas and Clannad began importing rock, jazz, R&B, and other fusion flavors into the mix.
Boys of the Lough
The Kincora Jig / Behind the Haystack
Boys of the Lough
Live at Passim
Altan
Dónal Agus Mórag
Altan
Harvest Storm
Blazin' Fiddles
Swedish
Blazin' Fiddles
The Old Style
Dolores Keane
Galway Bay
Dolores Keane
A Treasury of Irish Song
Lúnasa
Cregg's Pipes
Lúnasa
Redwood
Clannad
Theme from Harry's Game
Clannad
Magical Ring
Billy Jackson & Billy Ross
Beinn A'Cheathaich
Billy Jackson & Billy Ross
The Misty Mountain
Solas
The Newry Highwayman
Solas
Solas
Bill Whelan, Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine, & Donal Lunny
The Ballymun Regatta
Bill Whelan , Liam O'Flynn , Andy Irvine , & Donal Lunny
The Seville Suite
Battlefield Band
The Presbyterian Hornpipe/The Watchmaker's Daughter/The Hurricane
Battlefield Band
Fiona Ritchie Presents the Best of Thistle & Shamrock, Vol. 1
The Chieftains
Boil the Breakfast Early
The Chieftains
The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early
The Irish Film Orchestra, Bill Whelan, Martin Murray, Matthew Manning, Máirtín O'Connor, Nollaig Casey, Prionnsías O'Duinn, & William Dowdall
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Irish Film Orchestra , Bill Whelan , Martin Murray , Matthew Manning , Máirtín O'Connor , Nollaig Casey , Prionnsías O'Duinn , & William Dowdall
Dancing at Lughnasa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Boys of the Lough
Once I Loved
Boys of the Lough
Sweet Rural Shade
The Bothy Band
The Kesh Jig / Give Us a Drink of Water / The Famous Ballymote
The Bothy Band
After Hours
Blazin' Fiddles
Shetland Night
Blazin' Fiddles
North
Cherish the Ladies
Song: Betsy Belle And Mary Gray
Cherish the Ladies
Woman Of The House
De Dannan
Cameronian Reel, Doon Reel
De Dannan
The Mist Covered Mountain
Clannad
Caidé Sin Do'n Té Sin
Clannad
Banba
Altan
Stor, A Stor, A Ghra
Altan
Blackwater
Planxty
Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Tabhair Dom Do Lamh
Planxty
Planxty
Billy Jackson & Billy Ross
The Countrygirl and the Hungarian Fiddler, Tar the House, Trusdar Bodaich Drochaid Luideach
Billy Jackson & Billy Ross
The Misty Mountain
Antoni O'Breskey
Raglan Road
Antoni O'Breskey
Irish Airs
Boys of the Lough
To Welcome Paddy Home
Boys of the Lough
To Welcome Paddy Home
Aidan Coffey
Reels: The West Wind/The Donegal Traveler (feat. Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn & Colin Murphy)
Aidan Coffey
The Corner House Set (feat. Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn & Colin Murphy)
Dick Gaughan
Erin Go Bragh
Dick Gaughan
Handful of Earth
The Bothy Band
Calum Sgaire
The Bothy Band
Old Hag You Have Killed Me
Archie Fisher
All That You Ask Me
Archie Fisher
Sunsets I've Galloped Into....
Battlefield Band
Shepherd Lad
Battlefield Band
Happy Daze
Bono & Clannad
In a Lifetime
Bono & Clannad
The Essential Clannad (Remastered)
Altan
An Grianan / Horse With a Heart
Altan
Horse With a Heart
Sweeney's Men
The Exile's Jig
Sweeney's Men
The Best of Irish Folk
Planxty
Merrily Kissed the Quaker
Planxty
Planxty
Arcady
The Boys of Bar Na Sraide
Arcady
Many Happy Returns
Capercaillie
Ailein Duinn
Capercaillie
To the Moon
Cara Dillon
Here's a Health
Cara Dillon
After the Morning
Carlos Nuñez
O Cabalo Azul
Carlos Nuñez
Os Amores Libres
Archie Fisher
Witch of the West-Mer-Lands (feat. Wendy Grossman, Kathy Westra, Lani Hermann, Ann Mayo Muir & Lorraine Lee)
Archie Fisher
The Man with a Rhyme (feat. Wendy Grossman, Kathy Westra, Lani Hermann, Ann Mayo Muir & Lorraine Lee)
Cathie Ryan
Ta Se Na La
Cathie Ryan
Somewhere Along the Road
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Nuar Bha Mi Óg
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Sings Mairi Mhor
Silly Wizard
A.A. Cameron's Strathspey / Mrs. Martha Knowels / The Pitnacree Ferryman / The New Shillin'
Silly Wizard
So Many Partings
Battlefield Band
The Devil's Courtship / An Dro
Battlefield Band
Happy Daze
The Tannahill Weavers
Turf Lodge / The Cape Breton / Fiddlers Welcome...
The Tannahill Weavers
Dancing Feet
Arcady
Hennessey's jigs/reels a) The Boys of Tandernagee, b) Up Ya Boya, c) Hennessey's (Phoenix Reel), d) McConnell's Reel
Arcady
After the Ball
Chantan
Slave's Lament
Chantan
Primary Colours
Capercaillie
Inexile
Capercaillie
Beautiful Wasteland
De Danann All-Stars
Maggie
De Danann All-Stars
The Star Spangled Molly
Cherish the Ladies
The Galway Rover
Cherish the Ladies
New Day Dawning
The Chieftains & Carlos Nuñez
Lundu
The Chieftains & Carlos Nuñez
Voice of Ages
The Imagined Village
Cold Hailey Rainy Night
The Imagined Village
Real World 25
Christy Moore
North and South of the River
Christy Moore
Graffiti Tongue
50 Songs, 3 Hours, 8 Minutes

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