About Celtic Folk Music
An independent guide for people discovering traditional Celtic music and thinking about learning to play it.
What we do
CelticFolkMusic.com explains the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man in plain language. We point listeners to artists, recordings and festivals. We also help beginners choose and learn a first instrument, starting with the tin whistle and the bodhrán.
We are not a record label, shop or teaching organisation, and we aren't affiliated with any of the makers, artists or festivals we mention.
How the site is funded
The site is supported by the Amazon Associates programme. When you buy through an Amazon link here, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links appear only where a product answers a reader's question, and most of our pages have none. Read our affiliate disclosure and editorial policy.
What we don't claim
Unless a page says otherwise, our product recommendations come from research: makers' specifications, published guidance from teachers and players, and product listings. They are not based on hands-on testing, and we don't publish invented reviews, ratings or expert quotes.
Image credits
All photographs are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their stated licences. Credits also appear beside each image.
- Irish folk session, The Old Dubliner, Hamburg: Hinnerk Rümenapf, source, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
- High D tin whistles: Daniel Fernandez, source, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Bodhrán played with a tipper: Hinnerk Rümenapf, source, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
- Bodhrán tippers: Hinnerk Rümenapf, source, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
- Welsh triple harp by John Richards, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: source, CC0.
Cropped and resized versions of CC BY-SA images are shared under the same licence.
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