j0 77: Not sure what your point was . . My intense dislike of the work Celtic is that it's become meaningless; the outstanding performers (of whom I've heard a few) are burried in a morass of semi-competetent performers out to make a fast buck. Plus a lot of the "Celtic" baggage is closer to romantic fairy tale than to facts. So I reckon we're actually pretty well in agreement. And I can't recall any of the fine musicians I've heard whose music might be lumped under the "celtic" banner use the c-word to describe what they do.

As for Flook! - two of the current band are rooted in Irish session music (and as far as I can tell all of them can enjoy a good session). But they wouldn't claim to be playing the music as - say - Irish dance music. They are strongly rooted in traditional music, and have a great love of it, but they make something very much of their own from it. But their web site contains better descriptions of their performances than I can manage.

G.