What IS Celtic Rock?

Answer 1

Check out Great Big Sea.
Great Canadian Celt-Rockers

Answer 2

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes. Prototypical Celtic rock groups include Fairport Convention, a British band who began to combine Celtic music with the American folk and blues influenced music that dominated the folk rock scene of the 1960s, and the Irish group Horslips, who in the early 1970s were possibly the first group to have the term 'Celtic Rock' applied to them. Horslips in particular displayed many elements of Celtic rock: traditional Irish/Celtic music and instrumentation, Celtic themes and imagery, concept albums based on Irish mythology all powered by driving hard rock. Other early bands who fall under the Celtic rock banner include Clannad, Five Hand Reel, Pentangle and Steeleye Span. 1990 to 2000's bands such as Seven Nations and Needfire formed American adaptations of Celtic Rock. Bands such as Lordryk and Moondragon adapted Celtic rock for the English and Welsh markets as The Dreaming and Shooglenifty have drawn on Scottish influences.

Celtic rock is a subgenre of Celtic fusion, an umbrella term for any modern music which incorporates traditional Celtic influences. In the wake following punk music of the 1980's, the London based The Pogues created the subgenre Celtic punk. The Pogues' style of punked up Irish music spawned and influenced a number of Celtic punk bands, particularly in America. Examples of such groups include Flogging Molly , The Vandon Arms, and Dropkick Murphys.

In more recent years bands like Waylander and Cruachan have combined Celtic music and imagery with heavy metal to create a new sub-genre of Celtic rock - Celtic metal.

More regionally famed bands such as the Cornwall, UK-based Lordryk and Moondragon plus Orlando, Florida-based Keltic Fire and Off Kilter blend Celtic music with many different forms of music into their own unique styles of Celtic rock, spanning multiple genre.

Answer 3

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes. Prototypical Celtic rock groups include Fairport Convention, a British band who began to combine Celtic music with the American folk and blues influenced music that dominated the folk rock scene of the 1960s, and the Irish group Horslips, who in the early 1970s were possibly the first group to have the term 'Celtic Rock' applied to them. Horslips in particular displayed many elements of Celtic rock: traditional Irish/Celtic music and instrumentation, Celtic themes and imagery, concept albums based on Irish mythology all powered by driving hard rock. Other early bands who fall under the Celtic rock banner include Clannad, Five Hand Reel, Pentangle and Steeleye Span. 1990 to 2000's bands such as Seven Nations and Needfire formed American adaptations of Celtic Rock. Bands such as Lordryk and Moondragon adapted Celtic rock for the English and Welsh markets as The Dreaming and Shooglenifty have drawn on Scottish influences.

Celtic rock is a subgenre of Celtic fusion, an umbrella term for any modern music which incorporates traditional Celtic influences. In the wake following punk music of the 1980's, the London based The Pogues created the subgenre Celtic punk. The Pogues' style of punked up Irish music spawned and influenced a number of Celtic punk bands, particularly in America. Examples of such groups include Flogging Molly , The Vandon Arms, and Dropkick Murphys.

In more recent years bands like Waylander and Cruachan have combined Celtic music and imagery with heavy metal to create a new sub-genre of Celtic rock - Celtic metal.

More regionally famed bands such as the Cornwall, UK-based Lordryk and Moondragon plus Orlando, Florida-based Keltic Fire and Off Kilter blend Celtic music with many different forms of music into their own unique styles of Celtic rock, spanning multiple genres.

Answer 4

For good Celtic Rock try one of my favorite groups, Oysterband. A couple other bands that fall into this catagory too are Clannad, Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span with Maddy Prior who is easily one of my favorite female singers.

Answer 5

well some celtic punk bands are; the dropkick murpheys, and Flogging Molly. Those are the only celtic rock bands I know of.

Answer 6

Anything Irish or Scottish that touches rock, punk, ska, etc.
Try Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly.
the Pogues are huge, but they're less rock than folk.

Answer 7

just listen to the pogues. shane macgowan was a genius. he wanted music for all the irish folks to enjoy who were living in london like him and the rest of the band.
check out the albums "if i should fall from grace" and "red roses for me"

dropkick murphy's and flogging molly are poor american ripoffs. but the tosser's from chicago do a great job with the sound. their album "valley of the shadow of death " is my fave.

Answer 8

i think its rock with heavy influences in celtic music. you know the irish bagpipes and jigs. you could listen to dropkick murphy's 'im shipping up to boston' for example. it has the bag pipes in there