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Celtic rock |
| Celtic rock (music) | |
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| Stylistic origins: | Electric folk, Celtic music, Folk rock |
| Cultural origins: | 1970s: Ireland and other Celtic nations |
| Typical instruments: | |
| Mainstream popularity: | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Celtic punk, Celtic metal | |
| Other topics | |
| Celtic fusion | |
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes.
History
Celtic rock developed out of the (originally English) electric folk scene. Prototypical Celtic rock groups include the Irish group Horslips, who in the early 1970s were possibly the first group to have the term 'Celtic Rock' applied to them. Horslips 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, Runrig and Wolfstone. Thin Lizzy, although generally considered mainstream rock, can also be placed in this genre, with songs like Whiskey in the Jar and Emerald. 1990 to 2000s 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.
Subgenres
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 1980s, 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 Jackdaw, 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-based Lordryk and Moondragon plus Orlando, Florida-based Keltic Fire, Homeland (Central Ohio) and Off Kilter blend Celtic music with many different forms of music into their own unique styles of Celtic rock, spanning multiple genres. Clare-based Bushplant, a long-time exponent of celtic rock, have even produced a form of celtic techno, or techno-folk, combining the fiddling of Mary Custy with pounding dance rhythms.
Books
"Irish Folk, Trad and Blues: A Secret History" by Colin Harper (2005) covers Horslips, The Pogues, Planxty and others.
See also
| Rock music | |
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| Alternative rock · Arena rock · Art rock · Beat music · Blues-rock · Boogaloo · British Invasion · Canterbury sound · Christian rock · Country rock · Folk rock · Frat rock · Garage rock · Glam rock · Hard rock · Heavy metal · Instrumental rock · Jam band · Jangle pop · Krautrock · Pop rock · Power pop · Progressive rock · Psychedelic rock · Pub rock (UK) · Pub rock (Australia) · Punk rock · Rap rock · Rock and roll · Soft rock · Southern rock · Surf rock | |
| Other topics | List of rock genres - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Rock band - Social effects of rock and roll |
| Folk music |
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| Anti-folk - Celtic music - Counterfolk - Electric folk - Filk music - Folk metal - Folk punk - Folk rock - Folktronica - Neofolk - Nu-folk - Pop folk - Psych folk - Roots revival - Traditional music - Urban Folk |
| Festivals - Folk dance - Folk clubs - Instruments - Protest song - Record labels - Singer-songwriter - Lists of traditions - World music |
| American folk - English folk - Filipino folk - French folk - Greek folk - Hungarian folk - Icelandic folk - Indian folk - Italian folk - Iranian folk - Turkish folk - Ukrainian folk - Middle Eastern music |
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