Women Singers in Celtic Folklore and Rock-Metal

[Gold Dust Woman]

Deanta- Ready For The Storm (Mary Dillon is the wonderful vocalist)

 

[Gold Dust Woman]

Back To Sandy Denny and with one of her other bands Fotheringay singing a Gordon Lightfoot song "The Way I Feel"

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Patty Gurdy teaming up with a legend on this track.

 

[dr wu]

So.... 6 months ago 'Craqdi' asked for Celtic female singers and we posted some names and songs and she never returned to comment ....

A list I saw on another forum.....
Anne Briggs
Sandy Denny
Jacqui McShee
Mary O'Hara
Anúna
The Unthanks
Radie Peat
Moya Brennan
Shirley Collins
Lisa Knapp
Nancy Kerr
Eliza Carthy
Lal Waterson
Norma Waterson
June Tabor
Maddy Prior
Kate Rusby
Sinéad O'Connor
Jean Ritchie
Loreena McKennitt
Joan Baez
Peggy Seeger

 

[Catfish]

Might shock a bit, but Enya is one of my guilty pleasures.

Esp. around the Shepherd Moons, Memory of Trees timeframe.

 

[dr wu]

Might shock a bit, but Enya is one of my guilty pleasures.

Esp. around the Shepherd Moons, Memory of Trees timeframe.

She did some nice things and was in Clannad for 2 years which her family founded and her sister was in from the beginning.

 

[TeleCat]

Candice Night? IDK. Blackmore adds a rock element.

 

[dr wu]

Candice Night? IDK. Blackmore adds a rock element.

Their lps are pretty good.....Fires At Midnight is the only one I have heard but they get decent reviews
Prog archives web site for them

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT discography and reviews

 

[dr wu]

From Fires at Midnight- Blackmores NIght
has a nice electric guitar part by Blackmore towards the end,,,but most of the guitar on the band's lps is various acoustic stringed instruments