Celtic rock Scottish folk music

dick gaughan live @ rätsche in geislingen/steige (germany) in 2006

celtic rock developed variant of british folk rock, playing traditional english folk music rock instrumentation, developed fairport convention , members 1969. donovan used term celtic rock describe folk rock created open road album in 1970, featured song celtic rock title. adoption of british folk rock heavily influenced scottish traditional music produced groups including jsd band , spencer s feat. out of wreckage of latter in 1974, guitarist dick gaughan (born 1948) formed successful band in genre 5 hand reel, combed irish , scottish personnel, before embarked on influential solo career.

from late 1970s attendance at, , numbers of, folk clubs began decrease, new musical , social trends, including punk rock, new wave , electronic music began dominate. however, in scotland circuit of ceilidhs , festivals helped prop traditional music. 2 of successful groups of 1980s emerged dance band circuit. 1978, when began release original albums, runrig produced highly polished scottish folk rock, including first commercially successful album gaelic play gaelic in 1978. 1980s capercaillie combined scottish folk music, electric instruments , haunting vocals considerable success. while bagpipes had become essential element in scottish folk bands rarer in folk rock outfits, integrated sound wolfstone 1989, focused on combination of highland music , rock. more recently, bands such mànran , tide lines have focused on combination of celtic music , pop-rock. additionally, groups such shooglenifty , peatbog faeries mixed traditional highland music more modern sounds, such dubstep rhythms, creating genre referred acid croft . niteworks inspired 2 aforementioned bands , electronic sampling of martyn bennett have further developed celtic electronic music has been described both gaelictronica , celtictronica.

successful scottish stadium rock acts such simple minds glasgow , big country dunfermline incorporated traditional celtic sounds onto many of songs. former based hit belfast child around traditional irish song moved through fair , incorporated accordion line-up, while latter s guitar , drum sounds heavily influenced scottish pipe bands, particularly on songs such in big country , fields of fire. big country covered robert burns killiecrankie.

one by-product of celtic diaspora existence of large communities across world looked cultural roots , identity origins in celtic nations. while seems young musicians these communities chose between folk culture , mainstream forms of music such rock or pop, after advent of celtic punk relatively large numbers of bands began emerge styling celtic rock. particularly noticeable in usa , canada, there large communities descended irish , scottish immigrants. usa includes scottish bands 7 nations, prydein , flatfoot 56. canada bands such enter haggis, great big sea, real mckenzies , spirit of west. these groups naturally influenced american forms of music, containing members no celtic ancestry , commonly singing in english.