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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I think Runrig might be what you're looking for if you want something similar to Horslips, but my personal preference would be Mostly Autumn. In fact, it is mostly autumn here in England with the cold wet weather and the leaves falling off the trees. Smile 

I'm a huge fan of both Runrig (I was at their last ever gig in 2018 at Stirling, singing Hearts of Olden Glory for 20 minutes after the band left the stage with thousands of fans in tears) and Mostly Autumn (I have every album and have seen them over 20 times).

But I don't think either are quite like Horslips as they don't quite have the same energy, though Runrig are closer.

I'd go for Wolfestone, an amazing band from Inverness: Unleashed is one of the best albums ever recorded and several others (The Chase, Year of the Dog, The Half Tail) are also excellent.

Spud was an Irish band who made a pretty good album called Smoking on the Bog.

But truthfully, Horslips were a one off and broke the mould of Irish traditional music and brought it into the 20th century. The Tain is one of my favourite albums and The Book of Invasions is also brilliant.

good to see you back here championing great music and insights.  I agree and I forgot about Wolfstone in my list

One of my greatest regrets was not seeing Wolfestone when they played outdoors at Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness as support for Runrig in 2007. Runrig picked a day for the gig in August when it has not rained in living memory. It made up for it that day: it started at 10.00 and rained solidly all day, dropping 10cm of rain and flooding the venue. 17000 mad souls stayed, but I'm too old and left at 5pm when I was up to my knees, so I missed Wolfestone.
The DVD of the event is called "Year of the Flood" after the first track Runrig's 2007 album Everything You See. It could not have been more apt, I can tell you.


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I would definitely go with Runrig.
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I first hear Wolfestone at the San Francisco Celtic music fest in march 1993.  Very impressive.  Other guests included Dolores Keane, who has an incredible voice
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