| Celtic Music: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion Contributor(s): Mathieson, Kenny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0879306238 ISBN-13: 9780879306236 Publisher: Backbeat Books OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2001 Annotation: This comprehensive guidebook features both traditional and genre-stretching Celtic music, and features information on the music's wide-ranging instrumentation, including drums, fiddles, harps, and more. Color photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional - Music | Ethnic - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.629 |
| LCCN: 2001279202 |
| Series: Third Ear |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.4" W x 9.28" (1.13 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Celtic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive guidebook covers all that is Celtic in music today, through essays exploring solo artists, bands, singers, and players of specialized instruments, such as harps, pipes, fiddles, drums, squeezeboxes, whistles, mandolins and more. Performers profiled range from the rock-influenced group Clannad, to Welsh band Ar Log, Brittany group Gwerz, singer Christie Moore, harpist/piper/singer Alan Stivell, and many more Reviews guide readers to the essential recordings, as well as unexpected, genre-expanding discoveries for any new or established Celtic collection. |