Past Celtic Music Features
The Celtic MP3s Music Magazine has undergone a lot of changes since it began in the Fall of 2000. Below are some of the bands that I featured. Some were band or CD reviews. Others had Celtic free music downloads. Some still offer them free music downloads. I hope you enjoy all that you find.
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Brobdingnagian Bards
The Original Celtic Renaissance music group from Austin, Texas offering free Celtic mp3 downloads. They perform a unique style of music combining Scottish and Irish folk songs with music inspired by the Lord of the Rings, performed on non-traditional instruments. In just five years, they've completed six studio albums and performed coast-to-coast. Ask their fans, and they'll tell you The Bards are just plain 'fun!' Which makes sense since, after all, they just love the music.
Clannad
Haunting songs, mesmerizing vocals, and captivating sound that blends elements of traditional Irish and contemporary music.
Enya
Irish Celtic New Age musician.
Scotch on the Rocks - Celtic Freedom
Traditional/Rebel Irish music and ballads.
The Chieftains
Ambassadors of traditional Irish pure drop music.
The Corrs
Celtic pop from Ireland.
The Dubliners
Traditional Irish songs, ballads, and pub fun.
The Rogues
High-energy bagpipe fusion band.
3 Pints Gone
Mid-West's Scottish power-house.
Amy Dopson
Amy invites you to enjoy a taste of fantasy, Texas folk, Celtic flair, humor and romance in this collection of original music. The songs on the Unicorn CD were recorded January Studios in Dallas, Goodnight Studios and Acorn Studios in Dallas. Songs of fantasy, humor, romance and spirituality.
Andy M. Stewart
Scottish singer-songwriter of Silly Wizard fame.
Bard Marc Gunn
Bard Marc Gunn is a folk music singer & songwriter performing traditional Irish and Scottish songs on autoharp. Performing with the Brobdingnagian Bards helped to renew his love of the traditional folk songs of Ireland and Scotland. He is a songwriter with a passion for writing romantic songs and ballads that make the listener become a part of the story, swept away in the fantasy images of the song.
Black 47
Black 47 came together in 1989 playing a benefit concert for a political activist. Since then Black 47 has been at the forefront of Celtic scene as one of the most controversial bands around and the biggest secret in great Celtic rock, recording eight albums combining an eclectic mix of rock, reggae, hip-hop and downtown noise fused with Irish traditional music.
Blue Knight
James Gilchrist performs with his band Blue Knight in NYC's village, incorporating gypsy/Celtic folk influences and lots of vocal harmonies into his music. Think David Gray meets the Corrs and they put on a midnight show with Loreena McKennitt.
Boys of the Lough
The first of the full-time professional Celtic bands to arise on the international scene - Boys of the Lough - now occupy a unique position of respect in the world of traditional music. They have completed fifty-one tours of the USA and recently celebrated their 30th anniversary as a band.
Brendan O'Loughlin
Celtic Irish Folk Rock Singer/songwriter
Brothers 3
Traditional Celtic songs and dance music in wide variety of musical settings from jazz and World Beat to country-western, pop, and rock.
Celtic Christmas Music
Christmas music for the holidays of Ireland, Scotland and all the Celtic nations.
Cynthia Jordan
Beautiful Celtic piano melodies with violin, flute, and cello accompaniment.
David Kilpatrick
Traditional ballads, original songwriting, and guitar instrumentals in a 'Scottish baroque' fingerstyle.
Dolores Keane & John Faulkner
Dolores Keane has been recording music since age five and was one of the founding members of De Dannan. Together, with John Faulkner, they have recorded several albums.
Dust Rhinos
Celtic rock. Winnepeg's favorite Celtic party band.
Ed Miller
Songs of Scotland Old and New.
Eileen Hadidian
Eileen Hadidian has appeared in concert throughout the Western United States. She is the founder as well as artistic director of Hausmusik, an early music concert series in Albany, CA. Her involvement with music for healing grew out of her own experience with breast cancer, in 1994 and again in 1997. She used music for her own healing, and began to play for other cancer patients. She has been exploring ways in which music can be used to help soothe critically and chronically ill people.
Emerald Rose
Celtic folk rock fusion.
Great Big Sea
Canadian Celtic pop rock.
Gypsy Soul
Celtic-inspired folk-pop duo.
Hugh Morrison
Born in Wick, in the far north of Scotland, Hugh Morrison served his musical apprenticeship with the Tain Scottish Dance Band and quickly made his name as an exponent of the three-row button key accordion. Recorded in Houston, Texas, where he is now based, this album shows that Hugh still retains his taste for Scottish and Celtic music and hasn't lost his touch on the button box.
Irish Rovers
Traditional Irish Songs, Ballads, and Pub Fun.
Jean Redpath
Jean Redpath was born in Scotland. At the University of Edinburgh, she discovered the School of Scottish Studies which collects and preserves the oral traditions of Scotland. In 1961, she arrived in the United States and through series of "accidents" shared quarters with several legends of the '60s folk revival including Bob Dylan. An appearance in a hootenanny brought the offer of a booking and won her rave reviews in the New York Times.
Jiggernaut
Celtic rock.
Jimmy Young & James Wilkinson
Traditional Celtic songs and dance music in wide variety of musical settings from jazz and World Beat to country-western, pop, and rock.
John McDermott
Irish tenor.
Kindred Spirits
The Kindred Spirits is an ensemble comprised of three women playing recorders, penny whistle, viola, mandolin, guitar, Celtic harp and cello. They play spirited and heartfelt pieces primarily of Renaissance and Celtic origin.
Loreena McKennit
Eclectic Canadian Celtic Singer/Songwriter and Harpist.
Loscoe State Opera
A raggle-taggle Celtic folk-punk with attitude from Derbyshire UK, playing uniquely adapted folk and memorable original material.
Lothlorien
Ethereal songs and instrumentals drawing influences from the music of the Celtic countries of Britain and beyond.
Lunasa
The newest of Ireland's most-popular pure drop Irish traditional music.
Mongoogse
In County Kerry, Ireland, a group started a few musicians got together and came up with an aggressive idea for a band. The band was named Mongoose and from it came a contemporary Irish rock band who's big story begins in Sydney, Australia.
Natalie MacMaster
Traditional and Pop music Celtic Fiddler from Nova Scotia
Old Blind Dogs
For over ten years now, the Old Blind Dogs have stood at the leading edge of the roots revival that has both reawakened and revolutionised Scottish folk music.
Pubcrawler
What?! You don't own Pubcrawler's new CD 'Captured Live'?! Are you crazy? Go out and get it... right now... don't wait.
Siler & Clarc
Siler & Clarc is one of the most exciting musical teams to come along in quite a while. A very diversified duo that performs Folk, Celtic, Classic Rock, and other music styles, complimenting their vocal harmonies.
Sinead O'Connor
Traditional and original Celtic music to rattle your dishes and warm your heart.
Solas
Solas is already acclaimed by many as the most exciting Irish traditional group in the world. They interpret a wide range of material in surprising ways; songs by contemporary artists are given a Celtic tinge, making explicit their connections with the deep, ultimately Celtic roots of American music.
St. Patrick's Day Music - Grab a Guinness! Great Irish Drinking Songs
Irish music for a great Irish holiday.
Straight Furrow
A UK three piece with a powerful mix of traditional Irish and original tunes and songs. Haunting aires to raise the hair on your neck and rip-roaring dance music get your feet tapping.
The Corsairs
Six-man vocal pirate harmony.
The Irish Gypsy - McCall Farrell
McCall Farrell is a classical trained opera singer with Irish roots and a passion for many genres of music. She's a 26 year old soprano located in the DC Metro Area, currently recording her first compilation cd of original & traditional Irish tunes.
The Stationary Willberries
Blues, Folk, Country, Oldies done the Isle of Man way! Why are they stationary? Some say that they don't travel, and indeed they are at home in 'The Mitre', a welcoming hostelry in Kirk Michael on the west coast of the Isle of Man, just across the water from Ireland. However you will sometimes find them far away from their island home.
U2
Irish pop/rock from the Heart of Ireland.
Valentine's Day Celtic Music
Romantic Celtic love songs for you and your loved one.
Widening Gyre
Celtic music from everywhere.
Woodland
In the Fall of 1999, after 4 years of performing at West Coast festivals and touring with Celtic rock band Spirit Union, Kelly and Emilio Miller-Lopez started writing and production for a new and unusual project. Kelly's background in Celtic myth and Shakespearean theatre, and Emilio's skills as a songwriter and music producer converged to create the mythical music of Woodland.
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