I heard a Welsh folk band called the Bucket Band on the streets of Cardiff a few months ago and bought their CD - very good. This is the one that most fits into the Folk category - a mixture of Irish and Hungarian tunes.

Talaitha MacKenzie does some interesting Gaelic language stuff - modern but not New Age.

Neil Young (Harvest, After the Goldrush) Joni Mitchell (Blue, Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon) Edie Brickell - Ghost of a Dog. The Levellers - Levelling the Land. Bjork - the ablbum she did in Icelandic and didn't release in the UK. Sally Oldfield - Waterbearer, Easy Pentangle - Sister, Live.

Sean MacRuaraidh