Celtic Grooves (or "How I learned to stop a bheith buartha and love the remix")

Music's always been important in my life.  I grew up in a house that had "classic oldies" like Buddy Holly, Elvis (Presley and Costello), The Beach Boys, and Diana Ross playing in the house, and on the road I'd get to listen to the newer hits of the 80s.  In the 90s, I stuck with some pop music, but started to explore more classic rock and classical music, finding myself drifting from rock opera to classic opera.  I got my feet wet in the world of R&B and rap, but didn't really dig deep until the start of the 2000s, where I also spent some time looking for the gems in disco and discovering the fascinating world of electronic music and dance beats.  I started to explore international music, from the rhythms in Africa to lighter wind music from Ireland to the pop music and classic music from Japan to Latin soul.  I dove into new age music, listening to David Arkenstone non-stop.

In other words, my car radio presets will show you that I have some very varied tastes in music, and pretty much the only music I haven't spent much time listening to is deep redneck country and bluegrass, though I'm starting to discover the link that bluegrass has to many other music types.

So when I come upon something interesting in music that excites me, it's usually something special.  Such as a remix of classic Irish tunes involving fiddles and pan flutes.