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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody
I think that's great that you live in Ireland, but save your coin. The peak would have been in the 60's and early 70's when bands like the Dubliners & Clancy Brothers were at their peak.
Still it would be great to know if there are still a lot of talented young celtic players around the small towns of Ireland. Last I heard all the youth were still listening to techno.
PS. what's the name of your prog rock journal?
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Well it's all down to age really. The Wolfe Tones, Dubliners and Chieftains are still really popular with the older generation, as well as of course tourists. But there were also crossover bands like Planxty and Moving Hearts, to say nothing of the eternal popularity of people like Christy Moore and Mary Black. I'd say certainly in the more rural areas trad music is as popular as it ever was, and we just had a huge fleadh (pron: "flah"), a big Irish music festival, and it still draws huge crowds.
This is my prog rock journal:
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ive-metal.html
hasn't been updated in a while, but it's up to 1969 and there's some good stuff there already.