Celtic Music Magazine

Smokin’ bagpipes and driving percussion make for a unique sound. Arrangements incorporate traditional, rock, bluegrass, and a little jazz and new age. There’s nothing else like it. Amazing Grace as it was meant to be performed…on the bagpipes followed by a blazing reel. Now you can also order the CD from which this song...
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KING LAOGHAIRE is a group of six people who share a mutual interest in Irish/Celtic traditional and ballad music. Based in Sweden, the band first started in 1991 as an acoustic experiment in a rockbands (the Ex-Junkies) regular repertoire. In early 1992 the acoustic side of the band had taken over. I first found...
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Kenny Jamieson & Angus Battison are the main members that form this band that’s performed on the U.K. folk music circuit for the past ten years. Last week, I found a new favorite band and a new favorite song to boot. Schiehallion is the real deal. Straight from Dumbarton, UK, they perform a variety...
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A Neo-Celtic folk group from Moscow, Russia. This fascinated me. Here’s a band from Russia performing a lyrics by Robert Burns. I started to listen and found some great music. Okay, the lyrics are in a language I can’t understand (I think Russian), but the song is amazing. Great rhythm and use of instrumentation....
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Lead singer for Shenanigan. Clare de Lune performs a wideassortment of wonderful Irish and Scottish songs. I started learning this song last week and wanted to hear how others were performing it. This is my pick of the best version on mp3.com. Clare sings a stirring version of this gorgeous Scottish lullaby about Bonnie...
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