Traditional music...or not?

[Danner]

I'm curious (and procrastinating on an English assignment). How traditional is the music you generally listen to? It doesn't necessarily have to be ITrad, it could be Scottish or anything else "Celtic-y".

My vote is for the category with groups like Lunasa, Flook, Gaelic Storm, Old Blind Dogs, etc. They're still using the traditional music, but giving it a nice shake-up. I enjoy listening to everything except groups like Wolfstone that are just too untraditional for me.

[anniemcu]

As usual.... check me off for "All of the above"... which is not an available choice...

[Blackout_Entertainment]

Tick me off as "All of the Above."

[Unseen122]

I got to go with all of the above also.

[shadoe42]

I chose the Flook, Lunasa etc cause that is what I most often listen to but all of the above would fit as well heh

[Jack]

I listen to Enya.

You may shoot me now.

[Danner]

Okay, stupid of me to ask for a favorite. I also forgot that Gaelic Storm and Old Blind Dogs both use drumsets. But, at least they don't have a rock beat.

[colomon]

I chose the first category. But....

What interests me about this is that (I think) the person who put up the quiz was trying to list the selections from "most trad" to "least trad", but my second favorite category would be the fourth category, most notably the bands Crowd of Bold Sharemen, Old Blind Dogs, Lunasa, and the Mahers Bahers. Unlike, say, Flook, the bands I like from this category play mostly very traditional material. They have great respect for the tradition, while their more modern arrangements are a bit of a break from my usual CDs of one or two old guys playing tunes all the way through.

[CelloDog]

So where would teada fit in?
I know, no whistles, no pipes, but what I've been listening to most these days.
D.

[Danner]

Yeah, I roughly set it up in order of traditionality (is that a word?). I gave some examples of what I had intended, but even individual bands vary depending on what CD you listen to. I had in mind the sound of the group, not the actual tunes themselves. I personally don't care whether they write their own tunes that sound trad or use actual trad ones.

I almost agree with you. I like the 4th category the best, but then I'd say the 1st category would come in second.

[Jack]

(is that a word?)

Of course.

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/traditionality

[Bill T.]

Not an easy decision for me. I voted "pure trad" but amost voted "obvious trad influence" It's really about 50/50 with me. An interesting poll though.

[Alexander]

Give the same answer like in a railmodelling forum: I'm a jiggle bag and would even buy duplex printed toilet paper.

[Congratulations]

I voted pure trad, and that's what I listen to almost exclusively. I don't like Flook!, I can only handle select Lunasa, but Mary Bergin or Paddy Carty will keep me happy forever and ever, Amen.

[Bloomfield]

Potts/Moloney aren't "pure" trad.