Groups Similar to Planxty and Bothy Band

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:40 pm

I was listening to some Planxty and Bothy Band today and thinking.... wow... these guys were really good and I love their music.

Are there any other groups out there today with a similar or better style and of course there has to be one UP in the mix? Or was that just a special time in Popular Irish music that is gone now?

m muir · Post by **m muir** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:02 pm

Lunasa springs to mind Cillian Vallely being the piper and Dervish (no piper though).

bensdad · Post by **bensdad** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:06 pm

The Bonnymen.

No E · Post by **No E** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:46 pm

Danú plays some great stuff with Donnchadh Gough on pipes.

No E

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:08 pm

bensdad wrote:The Bonnymen.

Just listened to them, not bad. I had not heard of them before but I like them. thanks.

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:09 pm

m muir wrote:Lunasa springs to mind Cillian Vallely being the piper and Dervish (no piper though).

Thanks, I have some of their stuff. They are a little on the soft side for what I am looking for.

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:18 pm

No E wrote:Danú plays some great stuff with Donnchadh Gough on pipes.

No E

I like it... still not quite some of the energy of those earlier bands.... but good. thanks

stanton135 · Post by **stanton135** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:21 pm

My favorite new band is Réalta. They describe themselves as being "raised on a staple diet of Planxty and the Bothy Band". Their album's on Spotify.

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:06 pm

Moving Hearts, maybe too rock, but if you like them, another in that style is Horselips.

PhilD · Post by **PhilD** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:09 pm

Bua are a great band from Chicago worth checking out, if you haven't already heard them.

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:53 pm

stanton135 wrote:My favorite new band is Réalta. They describe themselves as being "raised on a staple diet of Planxty and the Bothy Band". Their album's on Spotify.

Hey these guys are good.

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:55 pm

PJ wrote:Moving Hearts, maybe too rock, but if you like them, another in that style is Horselips.

I like the sound of Moving Hearts but not quite the genre I am looking for. I dould not find Horeslips.

bobkeenan · Post by **bobkeenan** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:55 pm

PhilD wrote:Bua are a great band from Chicago worth checking out, if you haven't already heard them.

I think I knew about these guys but did not have them in my collection.... I do now. Thanks.

ausdag · Post by **ausdag** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:49 pm

With the exception of the Bonny Men which I've only just heard of and really like what I've heard, except they don't seem to do much in the way of songs, it seems these days eveyone is in to doing just tunes with little actual arrangement or composition or folk songs a-la Planxty. Kind of gets boring and time to put the vinyl Planxty records on again.

amckay · Post by **amckay** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:04 pm

The Full Set. They have a piper and do both tunes and songs.

And don't forget Solas. Great band.

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