![]() Their social power structure included warlords and priests known as druids. The Celts were a mixture of western Indo-European peoples who created vivid ornamental art and spoke a language described by the Romans as Celtic. The 1995 hit Sleepy Maggie by fiddler Ashley MacIsaac :Ĭastro de Baroña Celtic settlement in Galicia, Spain – Photo courtesy of Turismo de Galicia ![]() Significantly, Celtic Woman and the lighter, easy listening side of Celtic music recordings have sold well in the mainstream and new age market by way of numerous compilations, harp recordings and concept albums. Moreover, there is also the success of the Riverdance dance shows. The Celtic music artists recovered the hurdy gurdy in Brittany and Galicia the Celtic harp in Brittany and Scotland and a newfound respect for the bagpipe, including the uilleann pipe, Highland pipe, border pipe, Scottish smallpipe, gaita gallega, gaita asturiana, gaita de fole and binioù.Ĭeltic music today has crossed over into the pop mainstream, world music, rock and new age markets thanks to artists like AfroCelt Sound System (UK), Enya (Ireland), Altan (Ireland), Loreena McKennit (Canada), The Chieftains (Ireland), Capercaillie (Scotland), Ashley McIsaac (Canada), Solas (USA), Connie Dover (USA), Cherish the Ladies (USA), Shooglenifty (Scotland), the electronic bagpipe innovator Hevia (Asturias, Spain), and The Gloaming (Ireland). Outside Europe, the music from the Irish, Scottish and Galician diaspora has found a comfortable home in eastern Canada, the United States of America, and to a lesser extent Argentina and Australia.Ĭanadian Celtic and world music star, Loreena McKennitt Other smaller regions with a strong Celtic music heritage are: Cornwall (UK), Northumbria (UK), Tras-os-Montes (Portugal) and the Isle of Man (UK). ![]() The major European centers of Celtic music today are Ireland, Scotland, Brittany (France), Galicia (Spain), Asturias (Spain) and Wales (UK). Some of the top Celtic music festivals include Celtic Colours (Cape Breton, Canada), Celtic Connections (Scotland, UK), Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Brittany, France), Ortigueira Festival of Celtic World (Galicia, Spain), Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival (Ireland) and William Kennedy Piping Festival (Northern Ireland, UK).Ĭwlwm Celtaidd in Wales celebrates the music from Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany and Wales. IrelandĬeltic Connections, Old-Fruitmarket – Photo by Gaelle Beri The great Celtic music upsurge took place in the 1970s thanks to various influential artists from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany (France), Galicia (Spain) and Wales. In the 1970s, Irish musicians pioneered the use of additional instruments such as the Greek bouzouki, the Spanish guitar, the American banjo and the Italian mandolin, and adapted them to Irish traditional music. What we know as Celtic music today is in reality the traditional music developed relatively recently in several western European Atlantic regions that may have been inhabited by Celtic peoples about 2,000 years ago.Ĭurrent Celtic music is characterized by the use of various forms of bagpipes (likely introduced by the Romans), harps, fiddles, flutes and whistles, accordion and concertina, and frame drums. Historical and archaeological data indicates that the Celts used bronze horns, flutes and bells. It’s difficult to know what the music of the ancient Celts sounded like. Irish band The Chieftains, one of the most popular Celtic music acts Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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