A little Irish music to set the mood
Days are quickly slipping as we approach St. Patrick’s day. To set the mood I am providing some suggestions for a little Irish / Celtic music using one of my favorite applications on the web, Last.FM.
Just point your browser to http://www.last.fm to enjoy free music when ever you are sitting at your computer. There are basically two ways to listen to music using Last.fm. The first is to type in a musician that you like and it will start playing music from that musician and any other musicians that are comparable. The second way to find music is to use tags. Tags are simple search terms that describe the music. A note of warning, tags are not infallible. I noticed that Drop Kick Murphys are listed on Celtic Folk. By their name you can guess their style of music. You probably wont be sipping your tea while listening to their little ditties.
Tags
- http://www.last.fm/tag/irish
- http://www.last.fm/tag/irish folk
- http://www.last.fm/tag/celtic
- http://www.last.fm/tag/celtic folk
Some artists to give you a head start
- Christy Moore
- Mary Black
- Clannad
- The Chieftans
- The Irish Rovers
- The Dubliners
- Cherish the Ladies
- Tommy Makem
- The Clancy Brothers
- Van Morrison
- Lorenna McKennitt
Some artists with a little more bump
- Great Big Sea (Not necessarily Irish)
- U2
- Drop Kick Murphys
- The Cranberries
- The Corrs
- Sinead O’Connor
- The Pogues
- Gaelic Storm
- Black 47
- Seven Nations
- The Prodigals
That should get you started. Once you start to use Last.fm, you will find more musicians you like by looking at the similar artists.