{
  "slug": "traditional",
  "name": "Traditional",
  "description": "Traditional appears 2 times in our Celtic Traditional list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/traditional/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1750,
    "last": 1750
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 1,
    "list": "Celtic Traditional"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "celtic-traditional",
      "name": "Celtic Traditional",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/celtic-traditional/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "traditional--the-blackbird",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/traditional--the-blackbird/",
      "title": "The Blackbird",
      "year": 1750,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A set dance old enough that its authorship is unrecoverable, and a tune every piper and fiddler is measured against. Dated here to the century it surfaces in, because that is the honest limit of what is known.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Traditional%20The%20Blackbird",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVas2s-lcM",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 1,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "celtic-traditional",
        "name": "Celtic Traditional",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/celtic-traditional/"
      },
      "artist": "Traditional"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "traditional--roisin-dubh",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/traditional--roisin-dubh/",
      "title": "Róisín Dubh",
      "year": 1750,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A love song to a woman who is also Ireland, which is the oldest trick in the repertoire and still works. Sean-nós at its most demanding: one voice, no accompaniment, nowhere to hide.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Traditional%20R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn%20Dubh",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyeKA6JRI2Y",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "celtic-traditional",
        "name": "Celtic Traditional",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/celtic-traditional/"
      },
      "artist": "Traditional"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}