Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.

Mar 15, 2025 · This list ranks the greatest Celtic rock bands and solo artists of all time, with the order decided by actual fans of the best Celtic rock music. From the names Thin Lizzy and Dire Straits, to Mark Knopfler and Gary Moore, all of your favorite male and female Irish rockers are featured below (especially the 80s and 90s bands).

Feb 8, 2023 · From Thin Lizzy to The Saw Doctors, this Celtic rock playlist will have you rockin' out. The IrishCentral team has its pick of the top Celtic rock songs.

Aug 5, 2022 · Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context. It has been extremely prolific since the early 1970’s and can be seen as a key foundation of the development of highly successful mainstream Celtic bands and popular musical performers ...

Jan 1, 2025 · From the names Van Morrison and Ritchie Blackmore, to The Dubliners and The Chieftans, this list features all of your favorite classic and newer Celtic singers/groups. This list answers the questions "what are the best Celtic music bands of all time?" and "who is the greatest Celtic musician ever?"

Oct 23, 2024 · Pour yourself a pint and raise a glass to the complete history of Celtic-influenced alt-rock.

Celtic rock is a music genre that combines traditional Celtic music with rock and roll, punk, and other styles. Though the Celtic rock genre mostly sprung up from Scottish and Irish soil, Celtic rock artists have appeared all around the globe.

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context. It has been extremely prolific since the early 1970s and can be seen as a key foundation of the development of highly successful mainstream Ce…

Tom Lenahan is a Celtic Rock pioneer. When he started his first band, THE CLAN, in 1985, there were perhaps two or three bands in America playing this style of music. (The term “Celtic Rock” didn’t exist yet- Lenahan in the beginning called it “Irish folk-rock”.)

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock. It is also a type of Celtic fusion which uses Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into rock music. It has been popular since the early 1970s. It was an important foundation for developing of very successful mainstream Celtic bands and popular musical performers.