I've always thought of "Celtic Music" as a marketing ploy to get gigs for Scottish pipers on St Patrick's day or to sell Irish CDs on Robert Burns Birthday, or to book Breton bands at Irish festivals. I think it does a disservice to all these different ethnic backgrounds to lump them together as one singular entity. Granted there has been some inter-mingliing and borrowing between cultures (especiallt Ireland and Scotland) and they various Goldelic and Brytholic languages originated as one, but they are still separate. Try making your way around Connemara speaking Breton! Sorry to offend but that's my opinion on the matter. By the way, I'm given to understand that the piping on the Braveheart soundtrack was done on Uilleann Pipes!

Rich