Artist
Traditional
Traditional appears 2 times in our Celtic Traditional list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Celtic Traditional
- Year
- 1750
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Celtic Traditional
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
The Blackbird
1750
Ranked No. 1 in Celtic Traditional
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.
Róisín Dubh
1750
Ranked No. 3 in Celtic Traditional
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.