June 2009

celtic music: “flower of scotland”

Different versions of the same tune.
Diverse versioni della stessa melodia.
Diferentes versiones de la misma melodìa.
Differents versions de la même mélodie.
FLOWER OF SCOTLAND
(Roy Williamson of the Corries, 1936-1990)
Scottish national anthem.
excerpts from:
- Phil Coulter (album: “Scottish tranquillity”, 1991)
- Black mountain male chorus (album “Land of my fathers”, 1999)
- the Corries (album “Flower of Scotland”, 1996 )
- Steve [...]

Irish Pipe and Drum Band - Festival of Celtic Music

This film was shot at Lowender Peran Celtic Music Festival in Perranporth Cornwall October 2008.
Lowender Peran is the largest global clan gathering and Festival of the Celts, featuring Celtic Music, Dance, Poetry and Cultural events from Brittany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales, held annually in Perranporth Cornwall.
The film features Lord Edward’s Own Pipe [...]

Spanish Celtic Music

Some beautiful Celtic music.
Not many people know this but Celtic tribes/people originate from Central-Northwestern Spain. Rest of “original” inhabitants of Spain = Iberians.
Present-day Spaniards = celtiberians predominantly, with other indo-european influences. (mainly 2: different germanic tribes (ie visigoths) & ancient italic tribes (ie etruscans), from the times of the Visigoth kingdom and the [...]