Dagda
Underworld
The Marriage of Princess Niamh
Paras Recordings
Underworld is the mystic home of the Celtic gods, poets, sages and druids.More an existence than a place it is the fountain of Celtic Mythology

Karelian Folk Music Ensemble
From the Land of the Kalevala
Kantelepolkka / Kantele Polka
Vainamoinen Ta Lohi-Neito (Vainamoinen & the Salmon Maiden)
Gadfly Records
Igor Arkhipoff with Toive
Arto Rinne & Alexander Bykadoroff with Myllarit
The members of the Karelian Folk Ensemble come from Karelia, the land of forests and lakes, in Northwest Russia. Karelia encompases both sides of the Finnish/Russian border and is the birthplace of the Finnish Epic, The Kalevala.

Vainamoinen & the Salmon Maiden is a Runo Song from the Kalevala. The epic songs were always sung, not spoken. In this song the hero of the Kalevala, a singer, wizard and kantele player named Vainamoinen, finds a magical boat on the shore of a lake. The boat complains that nobody need it so Vainamoinen washes, cleans it sails it out to go fishing. He catches a big salmon but doesn't notice that it is actually his bride. She is dissappointed and jumps back into the lake and dissappears. This Runo Song is sung in the Karelian language.

Hevia
The Other Side
Fandangu los Lobos
Higher Octave
Jose Angel Hevia.com
The crystal clear invigorating sounds of the Asturian Bagpipes

Autour De Lucie
Faux Mouvement
Je Reviens
Nettwerk America
Autour De Lucie
New music from France

Fiamma
Fumana® 1.0
Quattro Piemontesi
L.I.L.T.- Lingua Italiana Locale Trasparente
(Local Italian See-through Language)
Omnium Recordings
Fiamma.org
On Quattro Piemontesi Fiamma is joined by a choir of modine (women workers who pick rice in the fields of Northern Italy)

Lilting is a celtic form of music, though here LILT is used as an acronym to hint at the myriad Italian dialects; each representing a way of life slowly giving way to globalization.
This recording is dedicated to the women of Emilia Italy and the world.

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