Capercaillie

Years Active: 80, 90

Genres: International, Folk

Styles: Celtic Pop, Celtic/British Isles, Celtic/British Isles, Celtic New Age, Contemporary Celtic, Celtic Fusion

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The musical traditions of Scotland are fused with the dynamic drive and electronic instrumentation of contemporary music by Capercaillie (pronounced: Kap-ir-kay-lee). While their initial repertoire focused on traditional tunes collected from Christine Primrose, Flora MacNeill, and Na h'Oganaich, the group has increasingly incorporated modern influences. In a review of their 1999 album, To the Moon, Victor Arenas wrote, "It has been more than a decade of a constant evolution, of modeling their traditional past with those modern ingredients that ...

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