Irish folk music, I love it (I have one foot in the country).





The Bothy Band are great.

The Furies and Davey Arthur





I've seen them live twice.

A really dark one.





Christy Moore.

being a singer guitarist and an irish piper as well , these are great, and i mean GREAT!

The Pogues and Shane MacGowan -Dirty Old Town

Planxty are fantastic.

My Uncle was an Irish piper from Mullingar.

of course theres no show without donal !

Planxty genius.





What a voice!

THE voice of Irish folk? (Lots of competition though).





Luke Kelly - god bless him.

a song we do ourselves

keeping this thread at the top of the page,

tunes!

It's got to be done.

I struggle with a lot of Irish folk in it's raw form...but I really like to hear its influence come out in other country & rock genres .

These all get played a lot in my LP collection -

Dr. Strangely Strange
David Mc Williams
Sweeneys Men
Andy White

andy

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I struggle with a lot of Irish folk in it's raw form...but I really like to hear its influence come out in other country & rock genres .

an acquired taste , i know , which i acquired in the eighties . never looked to play rock music again till about ten years ago and put some rock styles (and songs) in the set .

now when i play i pod on shuffle its a mix of pure tunes on one end of the scale to the stones ofcourse at the other end , via some of the stuff you mention. same when we play on stage .
Its all good !

The Pogues-Thousands Are Sailing

Frosted Lucky Charms, they're magically delicious

OK - so this is not Irish, it's Scottish but it's an amazing folk song, written by Leon Rosselson. Some of you might remember a version by Billy Bragg. This in my mind is the best version. It's by Dick Gaughan. Please have a listen. It's about the Digger's uprising of 1649 in England. People have the power!

One of Planxty's finest moments - off their stunning first album.

Love it! Chieftains, Dubliners

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I struggle with a lot of Irish folk in it's raw form...but I really like to hear its influence come out in other country & rock genres .

And your name is Spud?

Great music.

The Chieftains are like a jazz-based improv band.

The Pogues - a combination of the Dubliners meeting The Clash, with Shane MacGowan's excellent lyrics.

A great, great, great, great pisskey song.

Sharon Corr



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She's defintely NOT on Mick's tree.

I've had a go myself in the past.