Celtic Music

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See also:   music,  Celtic dance,  Celticism,  St. Patrick's Day,  Ireland,  United Kingdom,  music festivals

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•  Dublin Irish Festival - in Dublin, OH
•  Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival - in Massachusetts; Highland pipe bands, an art show, athletic games, dancing
•  Pipes in the Valley - in Hartford, CT; October 1, 2005
•  Reno Celtic Celebration - in Reno, NV; dance and pipe band competitions, live entertainment, and a pub tour
•  San Francisco Celtic Music and Arts Festival - in San Francisco, CA
•  [no event in 2005] Celtic Music Festival By-The-Sea - in Long Beach, CA; August 2004; at Queen Mary Events Park; sheep-herding exhibitions, marketplace, children's activities, musical workshops, free Celtic dance lessons, Celtic re-enactments, foods, many musical performers

•  Belladrum Heart Festival
•  Hebridean Celtic Festival - on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland

•  Ceolas  - artist bios, instrument guides, reviews, sound samples
•  Ceili.ie  
•  Celtic Music and History - Canada's Digital Collections offers a Judique perspective on history, style, and Cape Breton musicians
•  Tony's Celtic Music Page
•  Tullochgorm  

•  College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada - established in 1990 to preserve and promote Celtic culture and heritage.
•  Celtic Music in Russia - provides information about groups and concerts. Includes photographs and audio files.
•  Celtic Music New Zealand
•  Music in Scotland - Celtic, Scottish, and Cape Breton music and musicians
•  Traditional Music Society, Dublin City Univ.  
• Traditional Irish Music Sessions - in Anchorage, Alaska; weekly Celtic dance with local musicians at Snow City Cafe
•  Black Hills Celtic Festival - in Black Hills, SD; August

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directories

•  Celtic Music on the Web - online directory of Celtic music sites, including artists, organizations, festivals, newsgroups, and schools.
•  Celtic Music on the Internet  
  •  Celtic Music Live
•  Celtic Christian Music Index
•  Where to Hear Celtic Music - Links to Celtic festivals around the world. Includes a concert guide for Canada and the US.
•  Ireland_Music_Organisations

audio, lyrics & notation

•  Cantaria - a library of bardic folk songs
•  CelticTV - live music webcasts; NY links
•  Celtic Songs and Music
•  IrishTunes.net  
• Yahoo! Radio Programs
• Yahoo! Lyrics and Notation

FAQ

•  rec.music.celtic

lessons

•  Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music - Cape Breton and Scottish style fiddle, harp, piano and guitar accompaniment, Gaelic seminars and Cape Breton step-dance
•  Celtic Air - tutorials for the tin whistle & uilleann pipes
•  Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar - introduction to Celtic, Irish, and Scottish music for solo guitar
•  Slowplayers.org - collective group of individual Slow Play Seisuins
•  Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School - in the Santa Cruz mountains

magazines & reviews

•  Cape Breton Arts & Entertainment Online Magazine  
•  CelticMusic.Com  
•  Kevin's Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews
•  Celtic Peak

organizations

•  Highland Music Trust - based in Inverness; a charitable trust established to encourage Scottish national and traditional music

performers

•  Celtic Musicians Index
•  Pete McDonald - ballads, traditional folk songs and raucous bar-room tunes
•  The Reilly Clan

shopping

•  Shop Musicians Friend, the World’s Largest Music Gear Company

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last edited Saturday, March 22, 2008