It being Saint Paddy's Day, who are your favourite contributors to progressive music or to music in general?
I expect all the usual suspects, so I'll mention Clannad before someone else does:
It being Saint Paddy's Day, who are your favourite contributors to progressive music or to music in general?
I expect all the usual suspects, so I'll mention Clannad before someone else does:
One of my favourite U2 tracks:
Van Morrison (no vocals on this one)
Not an Irish artist, but ...
Hired on to work for Mr. Bill Cox, a-fixin' lawn mowers and what-not, since 1964.
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As perhaps the only Irish citizen with first generation Irish blood on this forum I feel obliged to provide an extensive list:
Count John McCormack
Christy Moore
Planxty
The Chieftains
Thin Lizzy
Sinead O'Connor
Morrissey
Elvis Costello
The Pogues
Moving Hearts
Nomos
Déanta
Altan
Clannad
Solas
The Cranberries
Enya
Sean Ó Riada
Ceoltóirí Chualann
Luke Kelly
Sharon Shannon
Na Connerys
Maire Brennan
Anúna
Reeltime
Oisin
The Saw Doctors
Goats Don't Shave
U2
Mary Coughlan
Mary Black
Jimmy McCarthy
Luka Bloom
Damien Dempsey
Mark "Mad Jack" Kelly, of Marillion
My fave U2 album. IMO they began a downhill slide after this. They might have recovered, but I never paid much attention to them after this one.Originally Posted by bob_32_116
[QUOTE=PeterG;387256]As perhaps the only Irish citizen with first generation Irish blood on this forum I feel obliged to provide an extensive list:
Count John McCormack
Christy Moore
Planxty
The Chieftains
Thin Lizzy
Sinead O'Connor
Morrissey
Elvis Costello
The Pogues
Moving Hearts
Nomos
Déanta
Altan
Clannad
Solas
The Cranberries
Enya
Sean Ó Riada
Ceoltóirí Chualann
Luke Kelly
Sharon Shannon
Na Connerys
Maire Brennan
Anúna
Reeltime
Oisin
The Saw Doctors
Goats Don't Shave
U2
Mary Coughlan
Mary Black
Jimmy McCarthy
Luka Bloom
Damien Dempsey [QUOTE]
What, no Rory Gallagher?
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
AAAGGGHHHH...I was always going to forget someone!!!
Sure I couldn't remember all those I like in one go!
Rory Gallagher
Gary Moore
The Popes
Christy O'Leary
Paddy Keenan
Patrick Ball
Colm Murphy
Dervish
Boys of the Lough
Patrick Street
De Dannan
Seamus Ennis
The Bothy Band
Donal Lunny
Davy Spillane
Van Morrison
Josef Locke
Boomtown Rats
The Undertones
Feargal Sharkey
Eleanor McEvoy
Turlough O'Carolan - 17th C Irish composer
Thomas Moore - 18th C Irish composer
Hamilton Harty - 19th C Irish composer
Stiff Little Fingers
Bill Whelan
Ireland contributed little to prog.
(Also Ireland is a wasted effort if your into good used record stores - always was.)
I agree on the prog.
But not on the record stores. Have you not been to the Northside of Dublin - Henry St, Moore St, Abbey St Middle,Liffey St. Lwr, Earl St, or over in the Quays on the Southside there was always loads of music shops around.
Last edited by PeterG; 03-17-2015 at 09:37 AM.
In 100% agreement on all points. My fav LP too. The Joshua Tree which came next, I thought, was awful. And then I lost interest.
The Corrs
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OklyoRBYL5Y
i'm not Irish, but i'm green with envy... Happy St. Pats!
What, no mention of Fruupp? (Or are we not counting them because they came from Northern Ireland?)
My favourite Irish contribution to Prog
Ahem...As perhaps the only Irish citizen with first generation Irish blood on this forum I feel obliged to provide an extensive list:
What if the Hokey Cokey really IS what it's all about?
I have all 4 Fruupp on orig vinyl.
Ever heard of Supply & Demand?
Winter?
Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle) aka Fovea Hex
Didnt she sing on "Ommadawn" too?
and she did backups on Steven Wilson's Insurgentes album.
She did, and she was on Hergest Ridge too.
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