 | Think Before You Think by Danu
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $4.50 For pure Irish traditional, NOBODY beats Danu.....brilliant ensemble playing, and Ciaran O Gealbhain's voice is just gorgeous. If you like Lunasa, the Chieftains, or Teada, you will LOVE Danu.
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 | Fit? by Old Blind Dogs
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.91 Scottish neo-traditional: fiddle, border pipes, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, and incredible vocals.
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 | Best of Horslips by The Horslips
Buy used from: $54.95 The band who invented Irish folk-rock...good survey for the uninitiated.
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 | XXXV by Fairport Convention
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $1.80 35 years and still brilliant! Fabulous lineup includes TWO fiddlers.
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 | Original Masters by Steeleye Span
Another survey album...for those just learning about Steeleye, this includes all the classics
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 | The Road Less Traveled by Danú
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $5.95 New vocalist Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh is brilliant! A lovely alto, nice change from all the dreamy-ethereal heavenly-choir sopranos who seem to dominate Irish music . BTW Danu is AMAZING in concert!
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 | If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back by The Saw Doctors
Buy used from: $13.49 Not really folky, more like bouncy upbeat Irish flavored alt-pop. Great stuff!!
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 | Shapeshifter by Tempest
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.22 Absolute best of all their recordings! Celtic-Norwegian-folk-rock-fusion....if all the Celt-rockers are starting to sound the same to you, you need a dose of Tempest!
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 | Whirled by Väsen
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.45 One of the best known folk bands out of Sweden...a real treat for fiddle enthusiasts. "30 Year Jig" is the best track.
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 | Welsh Traditional Music by Crasdant
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.00 Just a bit different from the Irish and Scottish music...fiddle, flute & pipes are prominent but there's also the wonderful triple harp. Irresistably CHEERFUL music! Check out the samples listed here.
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 | Hero and Heroine by The Strawbs
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $8.35 Best work, definitive lineup, and "Autumn" is a masterpiece. Gorgeous, complex, cerebral folk-prog-rock. And they're still touring, still incredible in concert! Buy the CD. See the show.
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 | Bought the Farm by Captain Tractor
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $4.75 Canadian Celt-folk-pop.... a bit like Great Big Sea, but better! (note: samples on Amazon are not best representative tracks)
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 | Live by Phønix
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $11.07 Danish folk instrumental...a bit like Celtic (fiddle, flute, accordion) but a different flavor. Wish Amazon would stock their recent "Pigen & Dregen", which has WONDERFUL vocals as well!
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 | From Little Rock to Leipzig by Oysterband
Buy used from: $0.68 English folk-rock....wait'll you hear their version of "I Fought The Law" :)
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 | Blue Angel by The Strawbs
Great mix of old & new material.... guest vocals by Mary Hopkin & Maddy Prior. Something new to appreciate every time you listen to it!
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 | Promenade by Lindisfarne
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $12.56 Legendary English folk-rockers, still making wonderful music. This one's a shining example.
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