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Sun, 2004-10-24 16:24 — bob
Modern Celtic Rock
| The Saw Doctors | For me, this is the band that started it all. A floor stomping, sing-a-long band, with high energy and great music. If you ever get a chance to see them in concert, be sure to check them out. Here's a band that really enjoys playing to a crowd. I first saw them at the Guinness Fleadh Festival '98 in San Jose, CA. |
| Great Big Sea | An incredible band out of Newfoundland, they are great foot stomping and sing-along fun. They played at Slim's in San Francisco on 4/13/99 and again in May 2000 -- what amazing shows! These guys have so much emotion, talent, and energy. See them in the U.S. where they tend to play to smaller crowds and clubs -- in Canada it's not unusual for them to play 50,000 seat stadiums! |
| Sinead O'Connor | An excellent Irish female vocalist. She sings a variety of music and you will find her Celtic-style songs scattered in a number of places. Her best single album with a couple of Celtic songs is Gospel Oak. She also has a beautiful track called "On Raglan Road" on the album Common Ground. |
| Seven Nations | Highland bagpipes lend a definite Scottish flair to this group formed in New York. Dan Stacey on violin is awesome as is the pure energy from the rest of the band members. First seen at the Caledonian Games in Pleasanton, CA |
| Raglan Road | With a band name like Raglan Road, one certainly expects some deep rooted Irish traditional music. And surely fans won't be disappointed, but they'll also discover that the band adds a twist of styles from other music genres including jazz, blues, folk, and more.
Lead band member Dominic Cromie hails from County Armagh and fiddle player Matt Mancuso is an All-Ireland fiddle competitor. On tracks like Slipper Reels and Psycho Reels the band plays these traditional Celtic styles with intensity and zeal. The twist in style comes out strong on other tracks like Better Days and Lazy Man, where blends of jazz and rock emerge in trumpet playing by Mancusco and vocals by Cromie reminiscent of Mick Jagger. Additional band members include Ed Kollar, on double bass, and Dave Barckow, on drums. The band currently has one CD titled Raglan Road Live, available online from CD Baby or directly from the band. Be sure to check out tracks Newfoundland, Pyscho Reels, and Wreckage from the samples. The songs It Will Come in the End and Wreckage are similar in style to another great Celtic rock band, Seven Nations. The band frequently tours towns in the eastern U.S. Although I have not yet seen the band live, if the intensity of the music on their CD is an indication, I'm sure their live performance is well worth experiencing. Visit their site, http://www.raglanroad.com/, for a current schedule. Bottom line: If you like other Celtic Rock bands listed on this site, you should definitely give Raglan Road a try. They are certainly on my play list now! |
Celtic/Irish Punk
Shane MacGowan, formerly of The Pogues, is perhaps the most popular example of Irish punk. Most typically the music has the driving sound and raw vocals of punk music mixed with some traditional celtic instruments and tunes.
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THE PIRATE QUEEN
On the subject of Irish music, I just saw a preview of the new B'way musical, THE PIRATE QUEEN, by the team that did LES MIS among other smash musicals.
Run to see the show...it’s fantastic, and the Irish dancing is superb. One unique feature is: the producers have brought over one of the leading Irish singers (she is headmistress of a private school, and took a sabbatical to do the show) and she is simply magnificent. The story is true, and the show is exceptional. I was very moved by it. Please email me if you have any questions.