 Return to the IRISH-GAELIC Archive | Forward to the Current IRISH-GAELIC Forum |
| chinita96 | Tuesday 05th of October 2004 08:58:44 AM |
| Who's your favorite Irish band? - I'm not too familiar with a lot of Irish music, so I'm asking everyone: "Who's you're favorite Irish band?" I would love to get some good music to listen to, so that I can practice my pronunciation when speaking Irish. It'll also be good to hear and learn more about the culture. Those Irish radio stations also help a lot! Thanks for that Asarlai. Christine | |
| Maryam | Tuesday 05th of October 2004 09:29:19 AM |
| Gaelic music - My fav is Enya. And I used to love hearing Clannad songs. | |
| Hayley | Tuesday 05th of October 2004 10:25:39 AM |
| - Is U2 Irish?...I think they are...I may be wrong and I'm sorry if they aren't! Well anyway I love U2, they're awesome. :) | |
| Marja | Tuesday 05th of October 2004 09:50:15 PM |
| Clannad! - Hiya, I love Clannad too! My Dad has the soundtrack to the Robin Hood movie on vinyl which I used to love as a kid. I listen to Past Present a lot these days, especially Sirius and the theme from Harry's game. The Corrs are pretty cool too. Their earlier stuff is better. Check out the 'Forgiven not forgotten' album, it has some great gaelic instrumental stuff on it. Enjoy! :) | |
| Maryam | Wednesday 06th of October 2004 01:20:45 AM |
| - U2 are irish, as far as I know... maybe I´m wrong... but I always heared them as being Irish. I love their songs too. Clannad was awesome and Bono used to sing there with Enya. I love the song called "macalla". It´s wonderful. | |
| Pepperland | Wednesday 06th of October 2004 03:00:45 AM |
| irish faves... - Hi guys!my favourite irish band is of course U2 and yes,they´re from Dublin,The Corrs are corny but they´re nice for the ears,they´re from Dundalk.Bewitched,from Dublin,for the teenagers,one of the girl singers in that band is related to one of the Boyzone fellas...Westlife,Ronan Keating,his solo career is not too bad at all.As to celtic music...there are so many musicians!Liam O´Flynn is my all time favourite,Moya Brennan,Mary Black (whom I was once introduced to by a pal of mine who knew her!!unfortunatedly I had never heard of her!)Sínead O´Oconnor,Sínead Lohan,Gliordar (irish for "happiness"),The Chieftains,the Dubliners...that should be enough to get you started in any kind of irish celtic/pop/disco/ music... | |
| chinita96 | Saturday 09th of October 2004 10:14:37 AM |
| Thanks - Thanks everyone for all your advice. I think I'll definately check out some of those you mentioned. I'm interested in the Dubliners especially, I've heard they're a really good band. Christine | |
| battakappu | Tuesday 12th of October 2004 10:48:01 AM |
| - How about some traditional Irish music.. I recommend [b][url=http://www.altan.ie]Altan[/url][/b]. | |
| chinita96 | Sunday 14th of November 2004 01:08:42 AM |
| Here's what I've found... - Ok, for Irish bands... I decided to look around on the web and I found a few good stuff that I liked. Of course my style of music might differ from yours, but these are what I found and liked. Band I like: Solas Young Dubliners Altan Lunasa Danu The Frames Damien Rice Ones I heard were good: Chieftains Kila Dervish I'm still looking for more good bands... Enya is a good one too, I have to admit. | |
| soxmonkies | Saturday 18th of December 2004 02:48:01 PM |
| - the chieftains and the dubliners are my favorite. if your into irish metal cruachan and geasa u2 is irish. Into Irish Rap check out House of Pain House of Pain just raps about Irish things in their first two albums not that great but its irish :P | |
| Green-man | Monday 07th of February 2005 06:44:11 AM |
| - The Chieftains, these people are like the classical Irish music the way they have put the music togeather {God rest Derek Bell}They were the first band from the west to play in China.I think that Christy Moore is not to bad,though I know he is quite big here in Ireland. But I think that Planxty are great and Christy played with them, they help to bring Irish music to a new level I've got to go I'll post some other bands later. PS these are trad band slan agat mo cara. | |
| Josey 10 | Monday 04th of April 2005 02:20:26 PM |
| - You have excellent taste in Irish music Christine! You could also try the band that most Irish musicians and even Riverdance have been influenced by...Planxty and the members of this band. They are the Beatles of Traditional Irish music and they reformed last year to sell out performances in Dublin, London and Belfast. The members of the band are... Donal Lunney - You will see his name associated this any of Irelands best bands and has usually had a hand in discovering them or playing with them. Andy Irvine - The Woody Guthrie of Irish music. When these two play together it is electrifying. They both play the Irish Bouzouki. Liam O'Flynn - One of the worlds best Uillieann pipers. Christy Moore - A solo performer of great renoun and a fantastic artist. Christy has a brother - Luka Bloom - who blows me away with his positive lyrics and fantastic talent. Continuing in the traditional vain then you could also try... Grada - Young Dublin/ NZ band making it big Davy Splillane - Uillieann Piper Calico - Band Lúnasa - brilliant Laoise Kelly - one of the best harpists i have ever heard in a band called The Bumble Bees Paul Brady - singer soloist has a fantastic CD with Andy Irvine ( hard to get but worth it) "First Light" There is so much out there and it depends on how traditional you want to go. If you want to go into Sean Nós, etc. There is a woman from the Aran Islands who has the voice of an angel. Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola. Her CD An Raicín Álainn is one of the most beautiful I have heard in a long time. I picked it up from An Cultúrlann in the Falls Road in Belfast. Fantastic place if you can get there but I don't know if you can get it over the net. I'm sure you could. Ebay is a good place to pick CD's up from. I have a wealth of trad music here but it is never enough. Got to have more! Got to learn more!! I play the clárseach, bodhran harp and sing Irish music. I am just embarking on the challenge of learning Gaelic songs. "'S Stór a Stór a Ghra" has been my first. Almost forgot check out Niamh Parsons too. Slán | |
| chinita96 | Tuesday 05th of April 2005 06:08:59 AM |
| - Is breá liom an leagan "´Stor A ´Stor A Ghrá" le Altan! Tá an amhráin iontach maith sin! That´s a great song. I also like the song "Beidh Aonach Amárach". Good luck with "´Stor A ´Stor A Ghrá". Ádh mór! | |
| Josey 10 | Tuesday 05th of April 2005 06:24:59 PM |
| - Go raibh maith agat. Tå "'s Stór a stór a ghrá" agam anois. Iontach ar fad! If you are looking to practice your Irish then try to get a hold of Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin's "A Stór is a Stóirín" 36 songs for all ages. It has the lyrics in a great booklet. She has come out with a book called "The Hidden Ulster" too which is excellent and talks about the musical traditions of Ulster including histories of songs, the collectors of songs and their life stories, lyrics, different variations on songs, etc. well worth a look. She has other works too. A book called "Cas Amhrán 1" is excellent too for language. 156 pages of songs you would have heard from Altan and the likes plus more. My edition in from 1979 and I don't know if it has been re printed but if you can get a hold of it it worth it. Best bet is to contact An Cultúrlann. They have heaps of brilliant CD's, computer software and books in their bookshop. Have you heard of Dedanann, Ossian, Bothy Band, Dervish, Déanta (Deirdre the flute player is brilliant), Skara Brea, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin (modern Irish language songs of his own composition), Crann, Siné or Mozaik? Mozaik are mostly instrumental with Andy singing in English but the rest sing in Irish. Ádh Mór, Josey | |
| chinita96 | Thursday 07th of April 2005 10:08:15 AM |
| - haha, ní thig liom amhrán a rá! i can´t sing :P cibé ar bith, i have heard of dervish and déanta but not of the other ones... oh wait, ossian sounds familiar. i will have to check those other ones out. is maith liom ceol traidisiúnta. i heard of the book hidden ulster too, my irish teacher was telling me about it. i just haven´t gotten around to getting it. i should, since i am very much into the ulster dialect. go raibh maith agat as an t-eolas! chífidh mé anonn thú, christine | |
| Squire | Thursday 21st of April 2005 11:06:09 PM |
| - Pop/Rock: U2, The Corrs, Sinead O'Connor Celtic: Clannad, Enya, Lorena Mckennitt, Celtic Spirit, The Chieftains I like Andy M.Stewart but he's a scottish singer, | |
| MrClean | Wednesday 18th of May 2005 07:32:07 PM |
| - For rock music: Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher and cruachan would be my favourite and U2 aswell although Im not a huge fan of some of their stuff. For traditional irish The Dubliners are by far my favourite but I also like the Clancy brothers and Christy Moore | |
| mari88 | Monday 23rd of May 2005 04:07:55 AM |
| Favorite Band - THe Chieftans and Eden's Bridge. | |
