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The Fables
Tear the House Down (1998)
A Time (2000)

Fairport Convention
Liege & Lief (1969/2002)
In Real Time: Live '87 (1987)
Old New Borrowed Blue (1996)
Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 (1999)
performance review (2001)
Fairport unConventional (2002)
XXXV (2002)
Over the Next Hill (2004)

Arlene Faith
Spirit of the Celtic Violin (2000)
River of Dreams (2003)

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (1992)

Fathom
Available Light (2001)
Pollution Blues (2004)

Patrick Feeney
This is Me (2009)

The Fenians
Band of Rogues (1999)
Have Fun or Get Out! (2001)
Every Day's a Hooley (2003)
Take Me Home (2013)

Fergus
Green St. (2010)

Fernhill
Whilia (2000)

Aoife Ferry
Aoife (as Aoife Ni Fhearraigh) (1996)
The Turning of the Tide (2002)

Ffynnon
Celtic Music from Wales (2002)

Fiddlers Bid
Naked & Bare (2005)

Fiddlers 3
Fiddlers 3 (2001)
Encore (2003)
The Rhythm Chapter (2007)

Fiddlestickers
Pass It On (2007)

Fieldstone
One More Mile... (2008)

Fraser Fifield
Honest Water (2004)

Fraser Fifield Trio
Slow Stream (2005)

Figgy Duff
Weather Out the Storm (1997)

Filska
Time & Tide (1998)

Filthy Thieving Bastards
A Melody of Retreads & Broken Quills (2001)

Fine Crowd
Poverty's Arse (1995)

Fine Friday
Gone Dancing (2002)
Mowing the Machair (2004)

Fingal
Fingal (2008)

Cady Finlayson
Shines Like Silver (2002)
Harp & Shamrock (2004)
Irish Coffee (2007)

Aengus Finnan
Fool's Gold (2000)
North Wind (2002)

Finn MacCool
Sherdhana's Hand (2000)

Fire in the Glen
On the Road to Lisdoonvarna (2000)
performance review (2000)
Pirates, Wakes & Whiskey (2002)
Let the Wind Blow High (2005)
Shout 'til the Break of Day (2010)
Rattling o'er the Bogs (2017)
Nollaig Shona Dhaoibh (2020)
Cutting Bracken (2023)

Archie Fisher
The Man with a Rhyme (1976)
Off the Map, with Garnet Rogers (1985)
performance review (2001)
Windward Away (2008)
A Silent Song (2015)

5 Mile Chase
5 Mile Chase (2003)
Your Town (2005)

Flapjack
Old Time Bush Swing (2001)

The Flash Girls
Maurice & I (1995)
Play Each Morning Wild Queen (2001)

Tommy Fleming
The Contender (2000)
A Life Like Mine (2006)

Flogging Molly
Swagger (2000)

Flook
Flatfish (1999)
Rubai (2002)
Haven (2006)

Robin Flower & Libby McLaren
Steelhead in the Riffles (2004)

John Francis Flynn
 Look Over the Wall, See the Sky (2023)

Mick Flynn
The Love of the Land (1993)

Folklaw
The Tales That They Tell (2013)

Folk Underground
Buried Things (2003)
Get Y'er Hands Off 'Me Booty (2004)

Fonnmhor
Fonnmhor (2001)

Footloose
Everdance (2004)
Trip to the Moon (2005)

Fortune's Hand
Rhythm of the Wind (2000)
Live at Dolan's Pub (2002)

Chris Foster
Traces (1999)

Four Men & a Dog
Maybe Tonight (2002)

Four Shillings Short
Kelptic OddYaSee (1996)
The Boggy Spew (1998)
Dodging Lodging (2000)

Julie Fowlis
Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe (As My Heart Is) (2005)

Bob Fox
Borrowed Moments (2003)
The Blast (2006)

Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty
Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty (2006)

Simon Fox
Night Fishing (2003)
A Winter's Tale (2006)

Gillian Frame & Back of the Moon
Gillian Frame & Back of the Moon (2001)

Aryeh Frankfurter
Celtic Harp: The Morning Dew (2003)

Alasdair Fraser
Dawn Dance (1995)
Return to Kintail, with Tony McManus (1999)
Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 1, with Paul Machlis (2000)
Fire & Grace, with Natalie Haas (2004)
Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 2, with Muriel Johnstone & Natalie Haas (2004)
In the Moment, with Natalie Haas (2007)
Highlander's Farewell (2011)

Kimberley Fraser
Heart Behind the Bow (1999)
performance review (2001)

Leela Barbara Fraser
Celtic Hits (2014)

Carleen Frazier-Adlam
On the Scottish Side (2000)

Mara Freeman
Celtic Tales of Birds & Beasts (1996)
Celtic Spirit Meditations (2001)

Eamon Friel
Word of Spring (2000)
The Waltz of the Years EP (2002)
The Waltz of the Years (2003)
Here is the River (2006)
Smarter (2009)

Deborah Friou & Julia Lane
Yuletide Treasure: A British Isles Winter Celebration (2002)

Fromseier Rose
Contradiction (2003)

Full Circle (Neil Anderson & Friends)
Full Circle (1999)

Aine Furey
Sweetest Summer Rain (2001)

Fynesound
Almost Home (2005)

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Lennie Gallant
Dick Gaughan
Joe Giltrap
Glengarry Bhoys
Great Big Sea
Greenland Whalefishers
Charlotte Greig



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Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm (1998)
Herding Cats (1999)
performance review (2002)

Gaia Consort
Gaia Circles (1999)
Secret Voices (2001)
Evolve (2004)

Ian Gallagher
My Ireland (2002)

Lennie Gallant
Breakwater (1988)
Believing in Better (1991)
The Open Window (1994)
Live (2000)
Le vent boheme (2002)

James Galway
The Celtic Minstrel (1996)

Gan Bua
Live at Martyrs (2006)

Dick Gaughan
Redwood Cathedral (1998)
Outlaws & Dreamers (2001)
Prentice Piece (2002)
Lucky for Some (2006)
Live at the Trades Club (2008)

Ellen Gibling
The Bend in the Light (2021)

Maeve Gilchrist Trio
Reaching Me (2006)

Joe Giltrap
The Soldiers Tree (1998)
The Mountains of Mourne (2001)
Irish Charmer (2002)
Distant Memories (2003)
The Bravest, with Tom Paxton (2005)

Give Way
Full Steam Ahead (2003)
Inspired (2005)
Lost in This Song (2009)

Glasnots
Brave Spirits (1993)
Re-Elect the Moon, with Terry Hinely (1997)

Glencraig Scottish Dance Band
The Ceilidh: Are Ye Dancin? (2006)
Scottish Country Dances (Ah'm Askin') (2010)

Glengarry Bhoys
The Gathering (1999)
Juice (2002)
Rhoots (2003)

Glen Road
Round the Bend (2003)

Golden Bough
Christmas in a Celtic Land (1996)
Songs of the Celts (1998)
Pirate Gold (2007)

Michael Gorman
The Sligo Champion (2001)

Tim Gorman
Celtic Loop (2004)

The Gothard Sisters
Mountain Rose (2015)

Nathan Gourley & Laura Feddersen
Life is All Checkered (2014)
Brightly or Darkly (2022)

Phamie Gow
Lammermuir (2001)
Dancing Hands (2005)

Ellie Gowers
Dwelling by the Weir (2022)

Ailbe Grace
Irish Grace Notes (2000)

Annie Grace
Take Me Out Drinking Tonight (2004)

Glenn Graham
Step Outside (2000)

Grand Derangement
Tournons la Page (1998)
Danse dans les Flammes (2000)

Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea (1993)
Up (1995)
Play (1997)
Rant & Roar (1997)
Turn (1999)
performance review (1999)
Road Rage (2000)
Sea of No Cares (2002)
Something Beautiful (2004)
The Hard & the Easy (2005)
Fortune's Favour (2008)

Marianne Green, with Andy Irvine
Dear Irish Boy (2010)

Green Crown
Washed in Her Blood (1998)

The Green Fields of America
The Green Fields of America (2013)

Greenfire
A Roof for the Rain (2001)
performance review (2001)

Greenhouse
One Last Cold Kiss (2003)

Greenland Whalefishers
The Mainstreet Sword (1996)
Loboville (2001)
Streets of Salvation (2003)

Greenman
LoveDeathBeauty (2004)

Charlotte Greig
Night Visiting Songs (1998)
Down in the Valley (1999)
At Llangennith (2001)
Winter Woods (2003)

Gregory Grene
Flipsides (2008)

Grace Griffith
Sands of Time (2003)
Passing Through (2014)

Hayley Griffiths
Celtic Rose (2011)

Rufus Guinchard
Humouring the Tunes (1990)

Gordon Gunn
Wick to Wickham (2015)

Marc Gunn
Soul of a Harper (2004)
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, with the Dubliners' Tabby Cats (2005)
Happy Songs of Death (2009)

Dave Gunning
Caught Between Shadows (2000)

Bruce Guthro
Of Your Son (1998)
Guthro (2001)

Gwerinos
Di-didl-lan (1994)

Gypsy Soul
Beneath the Covers: A Rediscovery (2007)

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Hadrian's Wall
Christina Harrison
Martin Hayes
Hesperus
Corrine Hewat
Jerry Holland
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Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall (1996)
Glengarry (1997)
performance review (1999)
Elbow Grease & Whiskey (2000)
Live ... we're not done yet! (2001)
Tonight's Lineup (2009)

Kaitlin Hahn
Nice to Meet You (2004)

Hair of the Dog
Release the Hounds (1997)
At the Parting Glass (2001)

Rachel Hair
Hubcaps & Potholes (2006)
The Lucky Smile (2009)

Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy
Sparks (2019)

Halali
Halali (2003)

Hammy Hamilton
The Moneymusk (2001)

Allison Hampton & Linn Barnes
The Dark Island (1989)

Jim Hancock & Friends with the Gypsy Guerrilla Band
Good Companions (1992)

Mick Hanly
Free to Run (2004)
Wish Me Well (2005)

Robert Harbron & Emma Reid
New Dogs, Old Tricks (2006)

Ian Hardie
A Breath of Fresh Airs (2012)

Ange Hardy
Bare Foot Folk (2013)
Bring Back Home (2017)

Jack Hardy
Omens (2000)

Harem Scarem
Let Them Eat Fishcake (2002)

Harpers Hall
Celtic Harp Magic (2000)

Harp 46
Harp 46, with April Stace (2003)
Passage (2005)

Christina Harrison
Bonnie Scotland I Adore Thee (1996)
Wee Folk Songs (1996)
Someday I'm Going Home (1998)
Exiles (1999)
Lassie wi' the Lint-white Locks (2000)
Mrs. Paterson's Daughter: Memoirs of a Glasgow Bairn (2007)

Michael William Harrison
First Time 'Round (2001)
For Kids of All Ages, with Linda King (2006)

Hart Rouge
Une Histoire de Famille (1998)

Frank Harte
Dublin Street Songs Through Dublin City (2004)

Shawn Prescott Haussler
Taking the Air (2005)

Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars
Toils Obscure (2004)

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
The Lonesome Touch (1997)
Live In Seattle (1999)
The West, featuring the short fiction of Eddie Stack (2002)
Welcome Here Again (2008)

Joe Heaney
The Road from Connemara (2000)

Seamus Heaney & Liam O'Flynn
The Poet & The Piper (2003)

Ray Hearne
Broad Street Ballads (2001)

HeartSounds
Behind the Green Bushes (1996)
Shule Aroon (2002)

Matt & Shannon Heaton
Blue Skies Above (2006)

Hecate's Wheel
Hecate's Wheel (2007)

Helicon
The Titan: Traditional Music from Around the World (1993)
A Winter Solstice with Helicon (1999)

Allan Henderson
Estd. 1976 (2004)

Hamish Henderson
A' the Bairns o' Adam (2003)

Christie Hennessy
Stories for Sale (2005)

The Henry Girls
Between Us (2003)
December Moon (2013)

Henry Marten's Ghost
Ireland: A Troubled Romance (2002)
High on Spirits (2005)

Ivonne Hernandez
Playing with Fire (2002)

Paddy Hernon
By Request (1994)

Hesperus
Early American Roots (1997)
Neo-Medieval: Medieval Improvisations for a Postmodern Age (1997)
Celtic Roots (1999)
The Food of Love (2001)

Hevia
Al Otro Lado (The Other Side) (2000)

Corrine Hewat
My Favourite Places (2003)
Silhouette, featuring the Dunedin Consort (2004)
The Sky Didn't Fall, with Kathryn Tickell (2006)

Jean Hewson & Christina Smith
Like Ducks! (1998)
August Gale (2006)

Ann Heymann
Cruit go nOr (Harp of Gold) (2006)

The Highland Rovers Band
Knights at the Castle (2001)

Highland Way
Caledonia to California (2008)

The High Road
Round the Bend: Music from the Gaelic Tradition (2000)

Christy Hodder
Celtic Energy (2004)

Susie Hodder-Williams & Chris Caldwell
Mariner's Way (2010)

Alex Hodgson
Jeelie Jars 'n' Coalie Backies (2010)
The Brig tae nae Where (2014)

Amelia Hogan
Taking Flight (2022)

The Hogs
Another Drop o' the Hard Stuff (2005)

Barby Holder
Haunt Me Forever (1999)

Hold Fast
Black Irish Sons (2018)

Jerry Holland
The Fiddlesticks Collection (1994)
A Trip to Cape Breton, with JCB (1997)
Fiddler's Choice (1999)
Crystal Clear (2000)
performance review (2001)

Jerry Holland & John Doyle
Helping Hands (2009)

Steve Holloway
Next Stop, Seelie Court (2002)

Hollow Log
Catch a Caber (2001)

Bruce Holmes
Life's an Intelligence Test (2006)

Hoolie
Getting Underway (1999)

Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington
Fortune Favours the Merry (2005)

Winifred Horan & Friends
Pleasures of Home (2002)

James Horner
Braveheart (1995)
More Music from Braveheart (1997)

Hotpoint Stringband
The Road to Burhania (2001)

Hot Toddy
Three Sheets to the Wind (1997)

The House Band
October Song (1998)

House of Hamill
March Through Storms (2018)

House Red
Uncorked (2006)

Rob Huffman
Tone Without Tension (2006)

Brenda Hunter, with Banshee in the Kitchen
Catching the Mooncoin (2003)

Ashley Hutchings
Street Cries (2001)

Dermot Hyde & Tom Hake
Pipeline (2003)

Jacquelyn Hynes
Silver & Wood (2013)


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The Indulgers
In Like Flynn (1999)
Tan & Black (2001)
Celtic Tiger (2002)

Inishowen
The Banks of Newfoundland (2005)

Into June
The Lost Lyric (2000)

Iona
The Sound of Iona (1998)
Branching Out (2003)
A Celebration of Twenty (2006)
Signature (2017)

The Irish Brigade
Live at the Half Time Rec (2002)

The Irish Descendants
Gypsies & Lovers (1994)
The Best ... So Far, So Good (1999)

The Irish Experience
Green Energy (2008)

Irishtown Road
Irishtown Road (2000)

The Iron Horse
The Wind Shall Blow for Ever More (2003)

Eileen Ivers
Eileen Ivers (1994)
Crossing the Bridge (1999)
performance review (2001)
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul (2003)
An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas (2007)
Beyond the Bog Road (2015)

Dafydd Iwan
Caneuon Gwerin (1993)


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William Jackson
Inchcolm (1995)
Notes from a Hebridean Island, with MacKenzie (2001)

Hilary James
Laughing with the Moon, with Simon Mayor (2004)

Sian James
Pur (2000)

JCB with Jerry Holland
A Trip to Cape Breton (1997)

Delyth Jenkins
Aros (2006)

Jiggernaut
Jiggernaut (2000)
In Search of More (2001)
Evolution (2004)

JimJim & the FatBoys
Bottle Up & Go (2001)

Jock Tamson's Bairns
May You Never Lack a Scone (2001)
Rare (2005)

"Peerie" Willie Johnson
Willie's World (2007)

Linda Rice Johnston
A Bird in the Wood (2005)

The Johnstons
The Transatlantic Years (1992)

Bill Jones
Turn to Me (2002)
Faire Winds Live, with Aoife Clancy & Anne Hills (2003)
Two Year Winter (2003)

EJ Jones
The Willow (2002)

Nic Jones
Game Set Match (2006)

Juniper
Looking for a Rock (2006)


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Judy Kamminga
Visions of Freedom (1998)

Karen & Helene
Solen (2004)

Mike Katz
A Month of Sundays (2004)

Dolores Keane
Night Owl (2000)

Kathleen Keane
Kathleen Keane (1999)
Where the Wind Meets the Water (2011)

Sean Keane
Portrait (2001)
Gratitude (2018)

Kevin Keegan
The Music of Kevin Keegan (2004)

Pat Kelleher
Songs of the Sea (2005)

Alan & John Kelly
Fourmilehouse (2002)

Lisa Kelly
Lisa (2003)

Keltik Elektrik
Edinburgh Hogmanay Party Mix (1999)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Sit Down... (2000)
Hotel Kaledonia (2002)

Mary Ann Kennedy
An Dan: Gaelic Songs for a Modern World (2017)
Glaschu (2019)

Nuala Kennedy
The New Shoes (2007)
Tune In (2010)
Noble Stranger (2012)

Ross Kennedy
Scottish Voice & Acoustic Guitar (2007)

Seamus Kennedy
Seamus Kennedy Live! (1982)
Bar Rooms & Ballads (1984)
By Popular Demand, Vol. 1 (1993)
By Popular Demand, Vol. 2 (1993)
Favorite Selections (1994)
Seamus Kennedy in Concert (1995)
Goodwill to Men (1996)
Let the Music Take You Home (1998)
Gets on Everybody's Nerves: The Kid's Album (2000)
A Smile & a Tear (2001)
Sailing Ships & Sailing Men (2008)

Sharon Kennedy
More Irish Folk Tales for Children (2001)

Enoch Kent
I'm a Workin' Chap (2002)
Songs of Love, Lust & Loathing (2003)

Kerensa
Totally Hammered (2003)

Penny Kerr
Conscious Contact (1997)

Kila
Tóg É Go Bog É (1999)
Luna Park (2003)

Kilbrannan
Bedlam Boys (2001)

KilBride
KilBride: Traditional Fiddle Music from Cardiff (1997)

Pat Kilbride
Rock & More Roses (1989/1994)
Nightingale Lane (2002)

The Killdares
A Place to Stand (2000)
Live (2002)

Killultagh
Killultagh (2002)

Kilmaine Saints
Drunken Redemption (2012)
Whiskey Blues & Faded Tattoos (2017)

Kilmarnock Edition
Pay It Forward (2012)

Kilshannig
On Holy Ground (2007)

Kilt
Kilt (1997)
Four in the Crib (1999)

Kinin
Kinin (2001)

Shona Kipling & Damien O'Kane
Pure Chance (2003)

Kirkmount
The Robin (1997)
Mittens for Christmas (2001)

Benji Kirkpatrick
Half a Fruit Pie (2004)

Ann Kirrane
One Small Star (2012)

Larry Kirwan
Keltic Kids (1997)
Kilroy Was Here (2001)
Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion (2013)

The Kitchen Band
Simply (2000)

Lisa Knapp
Wild & Undaunted (2007)

Mary Knickle
Weave (2006)

Peter Knight
The Gemini Cadenza (1998)

Knodel & Valencia
Forest (1996)

Knot Fibb'n
Knot Loitering (2000)

John & Sharon Knowles
Ferry Cottage (2000)

Liz Knowles
The Celtic Fiddle (1998)

Richard Koechli
Blue Celtic Mystery (2004)

Gretchen & Rebecca Koehler
Parallel Lines (2000)

Gretchen Koehler & Daniel Kelly
The Waxwing (2015)

Ken Kolodner
Walking Stones: A Celtic Sojourn (1997)
Journey to the Heartland (2005)

Ron Korb
Celtic Heartland (2000)

Kornog
Ar Seizh Avel (1985)

Amy Krupski
Celtic Echoes (1996)

Kyndryd
Kyndryd (2001)

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