Putumayo Presents - Celtic Tides

A musical journey from the Old World to the New. Features Clannad, Altan, The Rankins with The Chieftains, and more


$14.98 USD
1 The Chieftains ΓΓé¼ó An Innis Aigh ΓΓé¼ó (Canada)
2 Clannad ΓΓé¼ó An Gabhar Ban ΓΓé¼ó (Ireland)
3 Dougie MacLean ΓΓé¼ó Feel So Near ΓΓé¼ó (Scotland)
4 Solas ΓΓé¼ó Maid on the Shore ΓΓé¼ó (USA)
5 Mary Black ΓΓé¼ó Both Sides the Tweed ΓΓé¼ó (Ireland)
6 Altan ΓΓé¼ó Horse with a Heart ΓΓé¼ó (Ireland)
7 Old Blind Dogs ΓΓé¼ó The Birkin Tree ΓΓé¼ó (Scotland)
8 Dougie MacLean ΓΓé¼ó Caledonia ΓΓé¼ó (Scotland)
9 Mary Jane Lamond ΓΓé¼ó E Horo ΓΓé¼ó (Canada)
10 Ashley MacIsaac ΓΓé¼ó Sleepy Maggie ΓΓé¼ó (Canada)
11 Natalie MacMaster ΓΓé¼ó Catharsis ΓΓé¼ó (Canada)
12 Banu Gibson ΓΓé¼ó Fear-Allabain ΓΓé¼ó (Scotland)
13 Seamus Egan ΓΓé¼ó Weep Not the Memories ΓΓé¼ó (Ireland)


Over the years, the traditional music of the worldΓΓé¼Γäós Celtic regions has been woven into the fabric of contemporary music and culture around the world. Songs and melodies of Celtic antiquity from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton (on the east coast of Canada) have become an integral part of the soundtrack for the 21st Century.

Talented multi-instrumentalist Seamus Egan (band leader of the popular US-based Celtic group Solas) who was born in Philadelphia but moved to Ireland with his family in infancy, reckons that if you had to name one thing thatΓΓé¼Γäós most identifiable with Irish music, and by extension Celtic music, itΓΓé¼Γäós the melody. "If the melody isnΓΓé¼Γäót strong, it wonΓΓé¼Γäót last. ThereΓΓé¼Γäós a reason these tunes have lasted so long. They have a quality, whether you can write it out on paper or itΓΓé¼Γäós just something that you feel, thereΓΓé¼Γäós something inherent in these melodies. ThatΓΓé¼Γäós the reason theyΓΓé¼Γäóve endured and why people want to play them and listen to them."

Bringing it full circle, internationally renowned, Dublin-born singer Mary Black notes: "When Irish people left Ireland in the last century and emigrated to America, they brought with them their tunes and their songs and their music. That, in turn, has influenced much of American folk music, particularly country music, which can be very closely connected with traditional Irish music as well as Appalachian and Cajun music, all of which have strong Irish influences. Then it kind of came back around full circle and Ireland is listening to whatΓΓé¼Γäós happening in America and listening to female singers like Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt, among others. It somehow becomes an exchange of ideas rather than anything else."

The music of the Celtic world has entranced listeners for countless generations, and its haunting melodies, unique instrumentation and engaging beat is popular from Dublin to Dakar. PutumayoΓΓé¼Γäós collections of Celtic music have earned wide praise and popularity, and feature both the biggest stars and undiscovered secrets of the genre.