Artist Pages (below)
Links to the homepages of the world's top Celtic folk music artists.

Celtic Connections Festival
A three-week festival in a variety of venues in and around Glasgow, Scotland during January.

Celticfiddle.biz
An indie label promoting celtic music including Scottish and Irish folk and folk rock style music, both instrumental and vocal, on the web.

Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar
This site is a fine, info-rich resource for Celtic guitar playing including its origins, tunings, techniques and practitioners.

Celtic Music: Regional Cultures and Modern Success
Seems to be the only on-line, non-credit open-enrollment course on Celtic music. Offered by the University of Wisconsin, it's billed as "down-to-earth enlightenment about 'Celtic' music."

Celtic Music Interpretive Center
Dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Cape Breton music.

Celtic World
Site includes information on public radio program by the same name as well as a listing of Celtic musician biographies.

Celtic Voyage
Julie Cyr, host of this weekly radio program on WHUS, Storrs CT, has created an excellent resource for all things Celtic, from artist pages, lyrics & MP3s to travel, political organizations, and e-mailing lists.

Ceolas: Artist Index
Over 200 Celtic artist websites listed here, from traditional to new fusion groups that blend into the World Music category.

Ceolas: Celtic Internet Resources
A useful list of internet resources, some of which are listed on this page.

Ceolas: Music Archive
Ceolas is Celtic headquarters on-line. Lists and hosts many resources including artist pages, song and tune databases, session listings and more.

Chakra Music
Small Celtic/New Age label whose artists include former Irish Rover, Will Millar.

Dublin Pub Tour
A virtual pub tour of Dublin's most notable pubs with pics and tales. A good diversion and cheaper than flying.

G8ina
A great Irish site, well designed pages link to artists, tunes & songs, venues and sessions.

Harp.net
A site for traditional Irish harp.

Irish Sessions
Upside: lists Irish jam sessions world-wide, city by city. Downside: last update is 1996 and e-mail link is gone. I'd call first, especially before getting on a plane.

The Journal of Music in Ireland
Publishes articles and reviews on traditional, classical and contemporary music in Ireland. Edenvale, Esplanade, Bray Co. Wicklow, Ireland mailto: editor@thejmi.com tel: +353-1-2867292 - fax: +353-1-2867292

Music for Robin
Not-for-profit org. produces fine Celtic music & dance series drawing many artists from the Isles at respectable performance spaces in and around Boston.

Northern Ireland Celtic Fusion Festival
August, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. A mix of traditional and contemporary. World class singers and musicians present international strands of celtic connections music.

Piper's Cove
Kearny, NJ. Online retailer of bagpipes and imported supplies for the serious lover of Scots and Irish music.

RTE Radio, Ireland

Ceili House
runs Sat. 9:15 -11pm (local);

Late Session
runs Fri. 11pm-12am. Previous week's show is archived (

schedule
). Great resource.

Songs: Gaelic Lyrics
Supplies lyrics to 30 Gaelic tunes - in Gaelic, of course.

Songs: Lyrics
This Scandanavian afficionado of all things Irish has collected lyrics to over 300 tunes.

Songs: Lyrics
Rampantscotland.com has 150 lyrics to favorite traditional Scottish songs.

Songs: Tune Book
Indexes tunes by name and supplies .GIF files of the melody. Contains nearly 1000 tunes (no lyrics).

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Altan
A popular traditional Irish band. Now with their own site.

Anam
Contemporary Irish band with a traditional feel.

Battlefield Band
U.S. connection for this neo-traditional Scottish band. Also check out their official site at www.battlefieldband.co.uk and this site's review of their newest disk.

Benachally Ceilidh Band
Out of Perthshire, Scotland, this Scottish Ceilidh Band features former members of Silly Wizard, Capercaillie and The Dougie MacLean Band. Site includes schedule, bios, sounds, MP3s, and sales.

Beer Mats, The
Irish ballad folk group hailing from Ballyfermot.

Black, Frances
Hugely popular contemporary singer and a songwriter steeped in the Celtic tradition. Two songs recorded on 'A Woman's Heart.'

Black 47
Danny Boy's worst nightmare. This Irish band rocks and raps and reels and is generally in your face.

Bogle, Eric
In folk and songwriter circles, Australian Bogle is respected as a strong political writer.

Boys of the Lough
Popular traditional Irish group.

Brady, Paul
Brady hails from southern Ireland. The Best Of Paul Brady 1970's-1990's (Rykodisc RCD 10491) was released in the UK & USA/Canda in September 99.

Cherish the Ladies
The girl group goes Celtic.

Chieftains, The
One of the most famous of the Irish folk revival bands. This fansite has good information. This CDNow page has MPEG samples from the albums.

Clancy Brothers
Now retired, the Clancy Brothers helped spearhead the Irish folksong revival. This site is cool, listing all the group's albums with track listings and sound clips.

Clancy, Liam
On his own, this Clancy Brother has a brand new site.

Clandestine
Houston, Texas-based Celtic group - excellent live with a solid CD. MP3s here.

Clannad
A perennially popular contemporary Irish band.

De Dannan
Over the last 30 years fiddler Frankie Gavin and bouzouki player Alec Finn's De Dannan has probably produced more great Irish singers than any other: Dolores Keane, Mary Black, Maura O' Connell.

Dervish
Widely acclaimed traditional Irish band from Sligo.

Donohue, Pat
Master guitarist.

Dubliners, The
From a ragtag group performing in a Dublin pub in the early 60s, they became one of the original modern popularizers of Irish folk music. A major influence for bands like The Pogues.

Flook!
A four-piece band led by flautist Sarah Allen, a founding member of popular British band The Barely Works. "...the most magical of experiences." - Irish Post, London

Full Gael
Storrs, CT. Traditional Music from Celtic Roots (T,B,P,S,X)

Dick Gaughan
This Scottish singer-songwriter and founder of The Boys of the Lough, draws deeply on the Celtic tradition. His arch political songs include "Judas."

Great Big Sea
This popular Newfoundland group's blend of Celtic rock and traditional folk roots has been described as "sea chanteys on acid." A serious good-time band. Site is complete, but slow.

Irish Rovers
Early popularizers of Irish folk music.

Johnson, Robb
Described by UK magazine Rock 'n' Reel as "the finest songwriter to emerge from these isles in the last decade" and by US magazine Sing Out! as "a modern day Dostoyevsky."

La Bottine Souriante
High energy fusion of Celtic sound, Cajun rhythms and brass band jazz from Quebec. "The most exciting band of any nature anywhere." Folk Roots

Lunasa
Described by The Irish Voice as "The hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet", and by Folk Roots as an "Irish music dream team", the band features musicians from some of the top Irish folk acts.

Makem, Tommy/Makem Brothers
Popular Irish songs. They did for Irish music what the Kingston trio did for American folk.

McKennitt, Loreena
Canadian classically trained harpist & chanteuse, songwriter and scholar of traditional music from around the world. That she has gained an international reputation is miraculously just. Her official site.

MacLean, Dougie
At the forefront of the Celtic music revival since the early '70s, he has established a reputation both as a contemporary songwriter and sensitive interpreter of old Scottish songs.

MacLeod, Angus
The Scots/Canadian connection.

MacMaster, Natalie
Virtuoso Celtic fiddler, stepdancer, and dynamic performer combines classical and more modern influences. Flawless.

Matthews, Iain
Fansite for this strong singer-songwriter.

Moonrakers
3-piece Celtic instrumental group from Oxford England.

Moore, Christy
Legendary Irish folk singer's fansite at Ceolas.

O'Connor, Gerry
A traditional fiddle player from Co.. Louth in Ireland. He played with bands like Skylark and L‡ Lugh. Also check out brother Dónal's site.

The Poozies
Four women, including two harpists, play traditional Irish music. Kate Rusby recently left the group. No sound clips or biographical/band info on site.

Ritch, Lindsay - Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Celtic Fiddle Music (S$)

Rise
Scottish alt.folk band from the Isle of Bute - a west coast Island, just South West of Glasgow, and next to Arran. Their debut album is 'Uncertain Wonders.'

Rowan, Peter
Celtic influences....

Rusby, Kate
"...a wonderful traditional singer. Really, really fantastic. I think she'll be here to stay." Richard Thompson

Salmon's Leap.
Chicago, IL. Irish duo.

Sands, Colum
Has been called the "Tom Paxton" of Ireland.

Sands, Tommy
Irish troubadour and peacemaker has a gentle touch.

Sands, Tommy - The Music of Healing
Guide Hugh Blumenfeld spends a few hours talking to Sands at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. His work with prisoners here and with the Irish peace talks at home is inspiring to anyone who believes music is a healing art.

Shannon, Sharon
An accordion Phenomenon. One of today's most popular Celtic performing artists.

Sileas
Scotland's best (and only) harp duo, Patsy Seddon and Mary Macmaster also form half of The Poozies.

Spirit of the West
Canadian band combines Celtic and rock, revitalizing both traditions.

Spillane, Davy
An original member of 'Moving Hearts, Davy is probably Ireland's best known Uilleann piper.

Tabor, June
Tabor has moved from traditional Celtic songs to contemporary folk-rock with a voice that is unforgettable.

Tannahill Weavers
Popular Celtic band started by Roy Gullane and Phil Smillie back in 1976.

Tarras
Very young English group from the Borderlands, their debut release on Rounder mixes English, Celtic and modern influences with elan and intelligence. Excellent musicianship and songwriting.