re: Jesse DuRona: “Friends: can anyone recommend some great Celtic music?“

I’m no expert, but here’s some Irish music I like a lot:

• Noel Hill — In Knocknagree (all accordion/concertina and clogging, sounds like recorded live in a pub)
• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and their families — Irish Folk Songs and Airs (more down-home sounding than some of their other work, probably because of the “and their families”)
• The Chieftains — The Best of The Chieftains
• Solas — Reunion (a live concert that I prefer to the studio album I have)

Scottish but sounds similar:

• Capercaillie — Sidewaulk