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Irish folk music group

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Altan

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Harmonized vocal music; 2-3 voices; Latvian

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sutartine

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used for military, gathering, lamenting, marching

later incorporated into dance tunes

has a drone. Mixolydian and pentatonic modality

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highland bagpipe

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Rumba Gitana

Catalan guitar group mixed with flamenco, North African, and Cuba

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The Gypsy Kings

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another Scottish folk group with a massive following both in their homeland and abroad. Modern production, no drone

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Wolfstone

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rembétika

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urban popular song for poor Greeks form the late 19th Century to the 1950’s. Music of the urban dispossessed.
Turkish roots

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Django Reinhardt

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plays Manouche. Gypsy swing guitarist from France (born in Belgium)

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Scottish clarsach player

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Alison Kinnaird

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Uilleiann Pipes

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most technically sophisticated bagpipe. 3 sets of drones (Irish)

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Altan

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Irish folk music group

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Ojos de Brujo

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reworked flamenco styles with modern production tendencies. Mixed flamenco with reggae, Latin, and hiphop styles. Hiphop flamencino

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a frame drum made from goatskin.. tambourine like (Irish)

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Bodhrán

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unaccompanied traditional Irish singing. Sounds like real life autotune

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Sean Nós

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clarsach

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a scottish harp

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bhangra

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type of music began life in the Punjab (folk dance) fused with western pop. Mimics agriculture movements.

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highland bagpipe

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used for military, gathering, lamenting, marching

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has a drone. Mixolydian and pentatonic modality

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Selim Selser

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Turkish (Gypsy) clarinetist

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female flamenco pianist and vocalist

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India Martinez

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is a lively dance tune in 4/4 or 2/4, with relentless eighth notes (Scottish)

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reel

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Chieftains

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group that revived Irish traditions.

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plays bouzouki and signs (greek)

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Marcos Vamvakaris

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“Habibi” (song) sings Chalga, a pop blend of Roma; born in prison (Bulgarian)

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Azis

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songs and a style of dance that express pain with fierceness. Some performed palo seco (acapelle). Or with jaleo (percussion, shouts)

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flamenco

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playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local Irish pub

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pub sessions

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India Martinez
female flamenco pianist and vocalist
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female Bhangra artist
Sangeeta
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Rom - lower caste group in India Roma - plural from Rom Romani - Gypsy language
Rom, Roma, Romani
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Scottish folk singer sings Caledonia
Dougie McLean
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Irish folk dance where the upper moody is motionless.
step dancing
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shrill runo-song singer (estonian) | modernized traditional music
Kirile Loo
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Sangeeta
female Bhangra artist
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Liam O'Flynn
well-known uilleiann pipe player (Irish)
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fiddle
Scottish for violin
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type of music began life in the Punjab (folk dance) fused with western pop. Mimics agriculture movements.
bhangra
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Wolfstone
another Scottish folk group with a massive following both in their homeland and abroad. Modern production, no drone
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famous Bulgarian Clarinetist | Important to the weeding Band Movement
Ivo Papasov
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urban popular song for poor Greeks form the late 19th Century to the 1950’s. Music of the urban dispossessed. Turkish roots
rembétika
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tumbi
one stringed Punjabi plucked instrument
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Marcos Vamvakaris
plays bouzouki and signs (greek)
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plays Manouche. Gypsy swing guitarist from France (born in Belgium)
Django Reinhardt
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group that revived Irish traditions.
Chieftains
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famous highland bagpipe player
John Burgess
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The Gypsy Kings
Rumba Gitana | Catalan guitar group mixed with flamenco, North African, and Cuba
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Scottish for violin
fiddle
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sutartine
Harmonized vocal music; 2-3 voices; Latvian
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dhol
double-headed barrel drum. (Bhangra)
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Esma Redzepova
female Macedonian singer (rom)
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Bodhrán
a frame drum made from goatskin.. tambourine like (Irish)
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pub sessions
playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local Irish pub
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runo-song
an Estonian genre type
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Bombay Talkie
emerged from Scotland’s Asian community
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Kila
Irish traditional, rap, and punk
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the hero of the fiddle A medley of reels
Aly Bain
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John Burgess
famous highland bagpipe player
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air/classical composer. We had a live performance of Colisfield House Around 1800.
Nathaniel Gow
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Róza Eskenázi
queen of rembétika | Why I Smoke Cocaine (song)
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Concha Buika
Spanish female singer with a husky voice that brings in blues style into flamenco
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Atalyja
Lithuanian folk rock band
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Scottish Gaelic band that played air (sad)
Mac-Talla
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Nathaniel Gow
air/classical composer. We had a live performance of Colisfield House Around 1800.
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Ivo Papasov
famous Bulgarian Clarinetist | Important to the weeding Band Movement
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EDM and traditional Irish music fusion
Afro-Celt Sound System
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Turkish (Gypsy) clarinetist
Selim Selser
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Koprivshtitsa
the name of the village where Bulgarian National Folk Art Festival is held To preserve folklore Founded by communist state
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step dancing
Irish folk dance where the upper moody is motionless.
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Rom, Roma, Romani
Rom - lower caste group in India Roma - plural from Rom Romani - Gypsy language
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Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
female vocal choir in 1952 Government supported at first. Is now self funded. (Bulgarian)
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Scottish folky rocky band that blended modern production values with traditional instrumentation
Capercaillie
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Dougie McLean
Scottish folk singer sings Caledonia
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Sean Nós
unaccompanied traditional Irish singing. Sounds like real life autotune
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a scottish harp
clarsach
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El Camaron de la Isla
flamenco singer that help start the nuevo flamenco revolution.
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Latvian "post-folklore" band, modernized traditional music
Ilgi
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double-headed barrel drum. (Bhangra)
dhol
75
duende
Total communication with the audience. A quality that stops listeners in their tracks, and can have a profound emotional effect. (Spanish)
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Paco de Lucía
blended jazz salsa Latin and Afro Peruvian music to flamenco
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Alison Kinnaird
Scottish clarsach player
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bouzouki
pear shaped mandolin like instrument (greek)
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female vocal choir in 1952 Government supported at first. Is now self funded. (Bulgarian)
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
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an Asian dance band. Known for the Southall sound (Bhangra)
Alaap
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gaida
bagpipe single single drone (Bulgarian)
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DJ Shantel
Romani rap artist from Germany
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reworked flamenco styles with modern production tendencies. Mixed flamenco with reggae, Latin, and hiphop styles. Hiphop flamencino
Ojos de Brujo
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a blind Irish harper
Turlough Ó Carolan
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a Spanish group played fusion erotic melodies
Radio Tarifa
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Ilgi
Latvian "post-folklore" band, modernized traditional music
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Turlough Ó Carolan
a blind Irish harper
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flamenco singer that help start the nuevo flamenco revolution.
El Camaron de la Isla
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Alaap
an Asian dance band. Known for the Southall sound (Bhangra)
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symbolic of the country and Guinness
Irish harp
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Irish traditional, rap, and punk
Kila
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emerged from Scotland’s Asian community
Bombay Talkie
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most technically sophisticated bagpipe. 3 sets of drones (Irish)
Uilleiann Pipes
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a bowed string instrument, held vertically, with sympathetic strings has no frets or fingerboard (Bulgarian)
gadulka
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Aly Bain
the hero of the fiddle A medley of reels
96
Afro-Celt Sound System
EDM and traditional Irish music fusion
97
Kirile Loo
shrill runo-song singer (estonian) | modernized traditional music
98
Capercaillie
Scottish folky rocky band that blended modern production values with traditional instrumentation
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rembétika musician | Constantinople, My Dream and My Torment (song)
Andónis Dalgás
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a slow traditional Scottish song-like melody
air
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Andónis Dalgás
rembétika musician | Constantinople, My Dream and My Torment (song)
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air
a slow traditional Scottish song-like melody
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Lithuanian folk rock band
Atalyja
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an Estonian genre type
runo-song
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Radio Tarifa
a Spanish group played fusion erotic melodies
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the name of the village where Bulgarian National Folk Art Festival is held To preserve folklore Founded by communist state
Koprivshtitsa
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Irish harp
symbolic of the country and Guinness
108
Spanish female singer with a husky voice that brings in blues style into flamenco
Concha Buika
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Mac-Talla
Scottish Gaelic band that played air (sad)
110
queen of rembétika | Why I Smoke Cocaine (song)
Róza Eskenázi
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blended jazz salsa Latin and Afro Peruvian music to flamenco
Paco de Lucía
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Latvian poems set to music
daina
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(bulgarian)bagpipe single single drone
gaida
114
pear shaped mandolin like instrument (greek)
bouzouki
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Romani rap artist from Germany
DJ Shantel
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daina
Latvian poems set to music
117
gadulka
a bowed string instrument, held vertically, with sympathetic strings has no frets or fingerboard (Bulgarian)
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one stringed Punjabi plucked instrument
tumbi
119
female Macedonian singer (rom)
Esma Redzepova
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Total communication with the audience. A quality that stops listeners in their tracks, and can have a profound emotional effect. (spanish)
duende
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Azis
“Habibi” (song) sings Chalga, a pop blend of Roma; born in prison (Bulgarian)
122
well-known uilleiann pipe player (Irish)
Liam O'Flynn
123
flamenco
songs and a style of dance that express pain with fierceness. Some performed palo seco (acapelle). Or with jaleo (percussion, shouts)
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reel
is a lively dance tune in 4/4 or 2/4, with relentless eighth notes (Scottish)

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