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Posted: March 31 2015 at 09:15
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The true Irish folk proggers would be Horslips, Iona and Clannad. The rest in this thread are British folk rock bands with Celtic influences and musical motifs added to their music such as jigs and reels.
Hey Steve
Add the Morrigan and Moving Hearts to your list too.
We have also been talking a lot in this thread about Italian bands with celtic influence here, as well as Breton bands. Let's not forget Scottish bands like Runrig who had more than a little prog influence, especially in the early 1980s when prog was hard to come by. And then there is the wonder ful Welsh group PERERIN also from the early 1980s. Oh so many, yet paradoxically not enough.
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 09:09
The true Irish folk proggers would be Horslips, Iona and Clannad. The rest in this thread are British folk rock bands with Celtic influences and musical motifs added to their music such as jigs and reels.
Pentangle (rather English than Irish, but sometimes they have a Celtic touch)
Horslips
Clannad
Sweeney's Men (imho Proto-Prog Folk; they were the first to create a fusion with other genres)
kenethlevine wrote:
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oh and of course, with Raff here, let's not forget Angelo Branduardi whose folk is sometimes celtic influenced
. and to whom Raff introduced me
Indeed! There are also some very interesting folk-influenced Italian bands and artists, such as the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare (unfortunately not on PA), though of course the influences are Mediterranean rather than Celtic.
omg thank you again. I will be looking for these. And have you heard OLOFERNE Raff? One of my favorite Celtic sounding Italian groups. How about CORDE OBLIQUE? I forgot to mention them in this thread. They are not really a rock group but play gorgeous ballads that are almost entirely acoustic
Talking about RPI, the latest gem in this subgenre, La Coscienza di Zeno's La Notte Anche do Giorno,shows some signs of Celtic influence. Every Iona fan should hear Giovane Figlia f. Lenta Discesa all'Averno at least once; any lover of Celtic Folk in general should hear the last minute of Madre Antica b. Cavanella at least twice.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 18:05
Alan Stivell, Corde Oblique, Iona, Faun, Mediæval Bæbes, and Fotheringay are probably my favorites--though only two of those really focus on the Celtic sound.
Don't know Horslips well enough yet to have formed an opinion on them.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 17:06
Raff wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
oh and of course, with Raff here, let's not forget Angelo Branduardi whose folk is sometimes celtic influenced
. and to whom Raff introduced me
Indeed! There are also some very interesting folk-influenced Italian bands and artists, such as the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare (unfortunately not on PA), though of course the influences are Mediterranean rather than Celtic.
omg thank you again. I will be looking for these. And have you heard OLOFERNE Raff? One of my favorite Celtic sounding Italian groups. How about CORDE OBLIQUE? I forgot to mention them in this thread. They are not really a rock group but play gorgeous ballads that are almost entirely acoustic
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 16:25
Of course Tull, Fairport, Pentangle and to a lesser extent Steeleye Span for folk or folk rock in general, but The Pogues (particularly their first 3: Red Roses For Me, Sodomy, Rum and the Lash and If I Should Fall From Grace With God) and The Waterboys (Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam) if I want a more Celtic experience.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 15:55
As to the OP...none of those bands listed are Irish per se , but they are some of my favorite prog folk bands also....especially Fairport Convention being a big fan of Thompson and Denny..
I'm a fan of the old band called Trees when it comes to prog folk in general. I also like a new band called Wolf People.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 15:50
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Pentangle, hands down. Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span are great, but Pentangle are a cut above. Do yourselves a favour and listen to Basket of Light, in loving memory of John Renbourn (who passed away a few days ago) and Bert Jansch.
I remember when I started college in 1969...there was a guy on my dormitory floor who was a Pentagle fan .
We would smoke, drink a beer , and listen to Pentangle; Basket of Light.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 15:06
kenethlevine wrote:
oh and of course, with Raff here, let's not forget Angelo Branduardi whose folk is sometimes celtic influenced
. and to whom Raff introduced me
Indeed! There are also some very interesting folk-influenced Italian bands and artists, such as the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare (unfortunately not on PA), though of course the influences are Mediterranean rather than Celtic.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 14:43
Progosopher wrote:
Tull
Steeleye Span
Fairport Convention
Horslips
Strawbs
Dan Ar Braz
Alan Stivell
Tempest (USA)
Avalon Rising (Not on this site but they should be)
thanks for posting Alan Stivell, he was on the tip ofg my pen when I mentioned Dan Ar BRaz, and is actually probably a slightly better choice.
Also, not on these pages but worth looking for is Merzhin, which means Merlin in Breton. Rather popular hard folk rock band. Lots of youtubes clips. My personal fave, although not necessarily the most prog, is "Messieurs Dames" from their first album.
Another fine group is L'ANGE VERY". They and Canadian group OREALIS both came close to getting in here but we ultimately decided against it. How about MOTIS, GLAZ, AMAZING BLONDEL, BERNARD BENOIT, GAROLOU, GIAN CASTELLO, SAD MINSTREL, SILVER LINING, DECAMERON, THE MORRIGAN, OLOFERNE, RED JASPER (only "A Midsummer Night's Dream and "A Winter;s Tale"), SPIROGYRA, TORNAOD, TRI YANN. Note the Morrigan is a must for you
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 14:22
Pentangle, hands down. Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span are great, but Pentangle are a cut above. Do yourselves a favour and listen to Basket of Light, in loving memory of John Renbourn (who passed away a few days ago) and Bert Jansch.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 07:14
Awww I like The Strawbs most of their moozik, aww I do. xxxx Later on after 1973 they sounded more like Disney music tho; might as well be the Lion king tune with ok guitaring tunes but not great either.
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 05:44
H O R S L I P S
My favourite Irish band/Irish sounding band ever.
These guys not only are Irish sounding but are Irish....well their violin/concertina/mandolin player Charles O'Connor is English but with a name like "O'Connor" you would guess his ancestors would have been Irish. No?
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