| Celtic Music
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| | trees, stars, the wind, the sun, the moon
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| The word ´Celtic´ (read ´keltick´) has
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| | and other things. This is often reflected
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| found its way into the vocabulary of the
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| | in their music. However, this nation also
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| modern man. Even though it used to be
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| | accepted Christianity (some sources claim
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| mentioned mostly in contexts dealing with
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| | this to be in the 6th century with St.
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| history, nowadays you can find the
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| | Patrick, some claim it was much earlier)
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| ´Celtic´ label on many products and
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| | and many of them stopped believing and
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| projects. Some sources say that it is now
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| | worshipping the creation and started
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| officially ´cool to be Celtic´. Hundreds
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| | singing about the Creator, the One who
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| of people have recently come up with some
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| | had made the wind, the stones and the
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| ´Celtic stuff´, everything from doing
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| | trees, the One who had kindled the stars.
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| music and dancing to, for instance,
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| | Because of rising popularity of this
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| cooking.
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| | style (sometimes not only a style of
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| The popularity of Celtic music is
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| | music, but even a style of living), you
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| constantly soaring and it deserves to be
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| | can buy a lot of trash if you just go
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| mentioned when discussing modern music,
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| | around buying things labelled ´Celtic´.
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| not only music of the British Isles. Most
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| | Therefore, be careful when buying
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| of the world is surely familiar with the
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| | yourself presents.
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| music of the famous Enya and some of you
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| | Maíre Brennan
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| may have heard Mike Oldfield´s utterly
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| | Maíre Brennan is definitely not a novice
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| Celtic CD Voyager. Another rather well
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| | in the field of Celtic music. If you
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| known Celtic project is Riverdance. These
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| | haven´t heard of her, you must have heard
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| are only a few examples out of many. The
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| | about her sister, Enya. Maíre plays the
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| music has the sound of the highlands, the
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| | Celtic harp and the keyboards. She sings
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| sound of the past as well as the present
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| | either in English or her native Gaelic.
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| of the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.
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| | She is the founding member of the band
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| Celtic blood flows through the veins of
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| | Clannad and since 1992 has been making
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| many Europeans and Americans and, it
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| | solo albums, too.
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| seems, we are somehow returning to this
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| | Clannad has been around since 1973. They
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| ancient heritage.
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| | were pioneers in using Celtic motives in
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| Traditionally, Celtic musicians use
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| | popular music and seventeen bestselling
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| acoustic instruments or unaccompanied
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| | records brought them world-wide
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| vocals. However, you will find many
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| | popularity. The band was formed by
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| modern bands who are using
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| | Maíre´s two uncles and two younger
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| less-traditional instruments, such as
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| | brothers. Her sister, Enya, left Clannad
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| electric and bass guitars, keyboards,
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| | after singing with them for three years.
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| drums, mandolins, etc. to create their
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| | Their first performances took place in a
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| distinctive Celtic features. You can buy
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| | pub owned by Maíre´s father. Many people
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| CD´s with Celtic lullabies, Celtic hymns,
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| | criticized their singing in Gaelic, but
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| Celtic Christmas carols, Celtic rock,
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| | this feature helped them form their own
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| Celtic dance music and even Celtic
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| | identity and start a new music style.
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| techno. Despite this variety, in most
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| | Many years have passed since their first
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| cases the music manages to bring the
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| | shows. Their music has continued to
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| beauty, the richness, the joy and mirth,
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| | improve and their fame has risen.
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| and the ideals of the old Celts to our
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| | Clannad´s music was even used in many
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| present-day world.
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| | popular movies, such as Robin Hood and
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| The traditional instruments include, for
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| | The Last of the Mohicans. The world can
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| example, the tin whistle (you can hear it
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| | also hear Maíre´s voice in the duet ´In a
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| in Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On),
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| | Lifetime´ with Bono, the lead singer of
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| Uillean pipes, highland pipes, bodhran (a
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| | U2. She has also had a share in the film
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| special drum played by hand), Celtic harp
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| | Titanic, where her song ´Come Josephine,
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| and others. The lyrics to the music are,
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| | in My Flying Machine´ was used. In 1999,
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| if not in English, in Gaelic (the old
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| | Clannad´s album Landmarks was awarded a
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| language of the Celts, which is still
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| | Grammy.
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| used in some rural parts of northern
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| | Maíre´s solo projects were not enjoying
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| Scotland and some islands to the north of
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| | as much success as Clannad´s. The first
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| Britain) or other Celtic languages, such
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| | solo album that was recognised by critics
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| as Welsh or Irish Gaelic.
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| | was Perfect Time, which came out in 1998.
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| The themes of Celtic music are many.
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| | Whisper to the Wild Waters arrived a year
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| Beside tunes telling of everyday simple
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| | later and satisfied both fans and
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| things, there are songs celebrating
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| | critics. Both albums have a Christian
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| nature and its beauty. It is known that
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| | message in them, one of hope, love and
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| the Celts worshipped nature, stones,
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| | peace.
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