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b. 11 November 1919, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 8 March 2002, Scotland. Noted Scottish poet, folklorist and ‘dad from the Scottish folk revival’. Henderson’s mom sang in Scots, French, and Gaelic, which laid the building blocks of his later on fascination with folk tracks. During his services in the Cleverness …

b. 1964, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 14 Dec 2005, Edradour, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Probably one of the most talented from the youthful era of Scottish pipers to emerge by the end from the twentieth hundred years, in his brief existence Duncan helped inhale new life right into a traditional musical …

Four Guys & a puppy produced a name for themselves making use of their eclectic and vivacious mixture of traditional Irish music with a broad spectral range of other styles, including rap, Southern rock and roll, jazz, blues, bluegrass, polka, nation swing, and also salsa. Barking Mad, their debut record …

Skylark recorded only a self-titled debut recording in 1972 another album 2 yrs later. Three from the band’s people later began single professions: vocalist Donny Gerard documented several singles within the middle-’70s and percussionist Carl Graves got two strikes in 1975, however the most popular from the band’s graduates can …

The musical traditions of Scotland are fused using the powerful drive and digital instrumentation of contemporary music by Capercaillie (pronounced: Kap-ir-kay-lee). While their preliminary repertoire centered on traditional music gathered from Christine Primrose, Flora MacNeill, and Na h’Oganaich, the group offers increasingly incorporated contemporary influences. In overview of their 1999 …

b. Clarence Patrick O’Connor, 1 July 1899, Eire, d. 11 January 1997, London, Britain. An immensely well-known singer in the united kingdom from your 30s to the 60s, with an excellent, lilting tenor tone of voice. O’Connor’s family relocated to Nottingham, Britain soon after he was created and his Irish …

A master from the cittern, Gerald Trimble has released Initial Trip, Heartland Messenger and Crosscurrents for the Green Linnet label.

Caliban is really as very much Lief Sorbye while Tempest is. Both are his brainchild and wouldn’t normally function without him. Where Tempest showcases Sorbye’s hard rock and roll leanings with Celtic textures, Caliban enables him release a his acoustically powered musical passions. The group is definitely a duo. Caliban …

Although the most Celtic musicians are from Ireland or Scotland, one does not have to become from either of these countries to try out traditional Celtic music. There’s also a lot of Celtic-oriented music artists living in america, especially throughout the Northeastern Corridor (which includes historically attracted a whole lot …

A versatile singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and seasoned program participant, Irish flutist Nuala Kennedy spent her formative years within the musically full boundary town of Dundalk Co. Louth, where she created her airy and imaginative playing design, which attracts from both Irish and Scottish traditional music, in the neighborhood ceilidh music …