What are some popular bands there, and styles of music?
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folk and jig orented
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it depends on the individual person, Ireland is like any other country-everybody has different taste...I know people in my class who are in to dance music, others prefer rock and some are even in to these heavy metal European bands...my personal favourites are blink182, mcfly and snow patrol but I listen to most types of music either way. at the moment, fall out boy, gwen stefani and justin timberlake are in the top ten Irish charts. most Irish radio stations play a mix of pop and punk rock...despite what a lot of people think, not a lot of Irish people are in to traditional music-I wouldn't voluntarily listen to it lol :D
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Scottish jigs
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Well, since I'm Irish but I don't live there, I prefer folk dancing and polka. It feels good to be able to just get out in the open air anywhere, and listen to some music. It is so relaxing! ♫♪
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if you can go to see asland they are a good band we got all kinds of music
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Same as anywhere else, different people have different tastes. I think you will find that Ireland is pretty diverse.
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LISTEN YOU SILLY AMERICANS Stereotyping Irish people by automatiaclly presuming they like "diddly ie" and "jigs and reels" is quite derogatory. How would you like if I said all americans listen to country and western hick music? I'm sorry, but do the Thrills, U2, the Cranberries sound anything like jigs and reels to you? The Irish are an extremely creative and artistic race, and as such, our muscial taste covers the entire musical spectrum. Traditional music, while although an important part of Irish culture, is just that, one small part of an incredibly large culture. To answer your question, the popular bands in Ireland are the same as any other country that has MTV.
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While I agree with some of the comments so far (ie., we like all types of music), you're asking about Irish-born and based bands. I would have to add to bands mentioned so far (and perhaps listing bands not so well known internationally): The Saw Doctors (rock band) Samantha Mumba (rock solo) The Clancys (trad.) The Celtic Tenors (classical mix) The Irish Tenors (classical mix) Daniel O'Donnell (middle-of-the-road housewive's heartthrob) Van Morrison (trad/rock mix) Elvis Costello (rock) Donal Lunny (trad) Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer (folk) You can find more info on my website below.
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the most popular bands here are the ones which are popular everywhere else.... because of our close proximity to the U.K we have similar tastes to them but the Irish music scene has invigorated the world wide music industry for years..bands like U2, the Cranberries, Clannad etc, and singers like Enya, Van morrison, Sinead O'connor, have all found popularity all over the world nowadays there are bands like Snow Patrol, the Chalets, Deadbots,Gemma Hayes, Republic of Loose, Director,which are building up a huge fanbase all over the world the most pipular types of music here are indie, alternative, rock, dance/electronic, metal, pop, everything really...but the same crap that infects your top 40 infects ours,
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well the artists, and their style of music who are in the Top 40 singles chart at the moment are: Mika -Pop Take That - Pop Fray - Rock Akon feat Snoop Dogg - Hip-hop Kaiser Chiefs - rock Gwen Stefani feat Akon - pop Just Jack - DJ/Garage Jojo -Pop Kelis feat Cee-Lo - R&B Cascada - Eurodance Fall Out Boy - emo rock Beyonce - R&B Take That Nelly Furtado - pop Duke Special - alt rock 2Pac feat Ashanti & T.I. - hip hop Justin Timberlake - pop Leona - pop Blizzards Mason Vs Princess Superstar - DJ/Rap Akon Feat. Eminem - hip/hop Snow Patrol - rock Hannah Montana - pop Jessica Simpson -pop Damien Leith - singer/sogwriter Cascada The Killers - rock Lil' Chris - pop Snow Patrol Sophie Ellis-Bextor - pop P Diddy Feat. Christina Aguilera - pop Survivor - rock Amy Winehouse - soul,jazz Nelly Furtado Fergie - pop Cascada View - indie Tiesto - trance P Diddy feat Keyshia Cole - hip hop Ludacris feat Mary J Blige - hip hop So you can see it's a mixture of Irish, English, American,Canadian and European artists, with a few genres, mainly pop. Just remember this is not everyone's taste and I don't like most of the above artists!!
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We like a variety of music. Whatever you're into you will find it here. Dance, rock, folk, country, jazz, opera, pop. Hip hop is popular with the younger generation with artists like 50 Cent and M&M. There's a large U2 fan base here but equally as many who hate their music. Almost any artist you can name will have a following here!
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Ireland is like everywhere else, everybody likes everything, and you will find all types of music everywhere. I come from a long line of pipers and other insane traditional types, I am utterly helpless if anyone asks me where they can find rock or dance music in Dublin. Trad on the north side I'm your girl. Dance club? Not so much.... Yes the above posters are correct, it seems as much as we would like to pretend otherwise those of us whose heart beats to the jigs,reels,slides and polkas are in the minority. It is probably about the same percentage of Americans who could tell you who the Carter Family are or what shape notes are in the US. So if you are visiting Ireland and looking for music you will find it-everywhere and everything to suit your taste.
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