Celtic Roots of American Folk & Country Music

[@gomey70]

American country music is huge here in Ireland, especially in rural areas. Gareth Brooks just sold 400,000 tickets to see him over 5 nights in the country's biggest national stadium. To put that into perspective, that's nearly 10% of the population who bought a ticket.

[@richardswanson14]

This music is what I am the most passionate. Most people don’t think that old time goes as far north as the Appalachian Western PA but it’s very strong. At least in my mind. Every few years I find myself wanting to learn a new instrument to play all the heritage music. Since becoming a Glasgow Rangers fan and meeting many Scots and Ulster Scots they’ve shown that we really are family. Several Rangers supporters songs are set to American folk tunes from the civil war, taking our American tunes back to the motherland. Another great artist I love listening to is a man from Edinburgh, Sam Shackleton taking the American Scottish music back to the home country. Great video

[@samuelsidoarjo4977]

Hey, it's nice to have someone with the same passion in music genre. Since i was a kid country, folk, and celtic music are something that i like the most. Currently i try to breakdown this type of music.. do you know what scales they used or probably you know where do i have to start to learn this songs 🙏

[@Marco_Venieri]

American music mix african, native, celtic, european classic music and the result it's a miracle

[@BelindaTN]

Growing up in TN with old style country and bluegrass, this is so true. We also have our Irish and Scottish ancestries to thank for our style of dance. Clogging and square dancing. Once I got internet and could watch Irish and Scottish dancing, it was easy to see the connection.

[@brucecollins641]

irish dance only started in 1894 from scotland the hebrides). irish fiddle music also from scotland in the 1800s.(there are 100s of scottish fiddle reel tunes in ireland). a few in amerikay. cloggin tho came from england - fiddle reel music from scotland..

[@michaelbillypec]

Blues also has roots in English and Scottish folk ballads

[@krumple8560]

Great episode. Living in eastern West Virginia we are surrounded by Scot-Irish influences. Thank you!

[@Oaktreealley]

Awesome! I love bluegrass. It’s fun to look for the Celtic roots in country & American folk music. I loved learning about the call and response hymn singing- it sounded kind of haunting yet beautiful.

[@brucecollins4729]

there is a big scottish fiddle reel music culture in the appalacians . also a few sangs.

[@gallowglass2630]

It all comes back though apart from the huge popularity of country music in ireland,Traditional music itself has been influenced by america with the adoption of the banjo,

[@pipsheppard6747]

Eric, we don't have to look hard to find traditional mountain music around here. In my NC mountain county, nearly all of the townships have a community center where there are weekly jam sessions for traditional musicians. Some of this music is very specific to our area and usually not heard elsewhere.

[@moyase420]

Same here. I live between Bristol and Johnson City, TN and it’s played everywhere. At my alma mater (ETSU), there was almost always a bluegrass group playing in the quad.

[@pipsheppard6747]

@@moyase420 I shoulda gone to ETSU!

[@moyase420]

@@pipsheppard6747 ETSU and ASU are both fine options.

[@abbiemeseroll495]

Amazing

[@williamlenihan7536]

Thanks. This is great.

[@johnminer8672]

Very nice feature!

[@outpostraven]

Love your videos!

[@davidguymon1673]

Interesting to know. I grew up on country musing along with classic rock. I also have substantial Celtic heritage. I would also say I detest the country music that is after the 2000s. It tends to sound really pop music, not anything to do with country.

[@CullodenCowboy]

absolutely true, but be aware of the artists that are still putting out good music outside of Nashville! Turnpike Troubadours just got back together, and you should listen to Flatland Cavalry, Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, and Cody Jinks. Chris Stapleton and Eric Church also both put out music with integrity and good meaningful lyrics.

[@davidguymon1673]

@@CullodenCowboy, I could gove those a try. I've heard Eric Church hand he's MEH! I find his music to be that kind of pop bubble gum country music, which I don't care for. Give me Alabama, Restless Heart, Paul Overstreet, Eddie Rabbit, Crystal Gayle, Forester Sisters, The Judds, Reba, Little Texas, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, and so on. People like them and the country that came before that can be called "country", but this new age pop crap can't in my book. The tone is trying to be Britney Spears or Miley Cyrus with a touch of country. I think much of that is due to the massive push of auto tuned music of Gen Z who really doesn't have any talent anymore. I'm also not the only one to see this. Traditionalists like myself have seen this in many music genres, and it isn't even so much that music is changing, but rather that the music is changing into a blob of MEH that sounds the same. I blame the participation prize generation who was never challenged on their talent. It's the very same reason you see all these reboots in movies. They can't come up with their own thing, so they rip off and reuse things from the past just like all the cover songs of old music coming out. It's one of the biggest pet peeves of mine. This is why I refuse to watch reboots or listen to covers.

[@CullodenCowboy]

@@davidguymon1673 well if you don’t like Eric Church that because he’s southern rock not classic country. I’m a Skynyrd fan so that’s what I look for. Turnpike is definitely more traditionalist and you’ll probably enjoy them. My advise on Eric though is that his few radio hits are usually his worst music, because Nashville buys what is the most consumable, which means tracks with good lyrics and instrumentation aren’t given air time.

[@angryagain68]

"I heard there's a man down in Tishomingo, he pays folks money to sing into his can".

[@brucecollins641]

american clogdance will have it's roots in english or welsh clogdance. fiddle reel music from scotland.

[@michaelsmyth5877]

You just have to look at the sirnames of allot of country music stars and people in these areas to realise this. But it is vastly documented.

[@PaulTackett]

this was a nice piece...bluegrass music was strongly influenced by celtic music....

[@gallowglass2630]

Country music may have been influenced by irish music ,but country music itself is enormous in ireland .Garth brooks for example can sell out croke park which is 82000 capacity for 4 or 5 consecutive nights something U2 or ed sheerin probably would not be able to do.

[@matthewdavidlandberg91588]

I have a strong connection to country music. And I have an strong connection to one of thee most horrific forms of human enslavement, the transatlantic African slave trade which is I'm totally against.