When you mention “Celtic music”, the response is usually “oh, Irish and Scottish”. Some people add Wales and Bretagne. Even less would name Asturia and Galicia. Almost nobody comes up with an island that, historically seen, is clearly part of the Celtic regions: The isle of Man, Manx or, in their own language, Ellan Vannin.
In the Irish sea on nearly equal distance to Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the languages of the Isle of Man are interconnected and the Manx is a variant of Celtic. It was almost a dead language, but since the 70’s there’s been a revival.
Want to know more about the – living and gone – Manx folk tradition then these two websites are an excellent start:
https://www.manxmusic.com and https://culturevannin.im
Playlist:
Various –
01. Arrane Ashoonagh dy Vannin (The Manx National Anthem ) 1:12
Charles Guard – Avenging and bright – Claddagh Records CC26
02. Tra va ruggit creest (When Christ Was Born) 1:59
03. Ny kirree fo niaghtey (The Sheep Under The Snow) 3:26
04. Arrane ghelbee (The Song Of The Water Kilpie) 2:10
Mera Royle –
05. Arrane Ghelby (trad) 2:15
06. Half a Manx Second too Late (trad) 0:51
07. Mylecharaines March -Moirrey ny Cainle 2:30
Lucy Gilmore – Peel Centenary centre 08-07-2021
08. Scollag Aeg 2:54
David Kilgallon & Adam Rhodes –
09. Car y Phoosee (trad)-To the East Indies we were bound (trad)- Treisht Slip Jig (Kilgallon) 3:17
Barrule – (Jamie Smith, Tom Callister, Adam Rhodes) – Barrule – Wardfell Records – EOTRCD02
10. Mylecharaine’s March (Smith, Callister, Rhodes) 3:44
King Chiaullee – Reel:ode – Mister Major Records
11. Reel:ode 9:33
King Chiaullee – Nish – Mister Major Records
12. Ginantonic 6:10
King Chiaullee – Reel:ode – Mister Major Records
13. Take a B Out (Reel-ode) 4.34
Si canto duo (Marianne Lihannah & Catharina Rickett) –
14. Tra va mish (trad) 1:14
Mactullagh Vannin –
15. Trevor (Tra va ruggit Creest) (trad) 3:03
16. Cinz’s tunes: Lhiam Lhiat (For me, for you)/ Blaaghyn my Henn Voir (My Grandmother’s Flowers)/Cas Cam (Crooked Foot) (Cinzie Yates) 4:25
The Reeling Stones –
17. The big blue tent set (Silver spear, Concertina reels) 3:08
