[QUOTE 3196388, member: 1314"]I say Rammsteins are folk though. We need to define 'Planxty etc' (which is a prog-folk music type I know very) as a specific type of folk music. We can have a really interesting discussion about what is folk music in 2014.
Having said all that I've already outed Dick Gaughan as the 'ardest' hard-rock singer of them all. :-)[/QUOTE]
"Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, :99–100 consisting initially of Christy Moore".
"Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars), and Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle). They quickly revolutionized and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording to great acclaim.
Subsequently, Johnny Moynihan, Paul Brady, Matt Molloy (flute), Bill Whelan (keyboards), Nollaig Casey (fiddle) and, briefly, Noel Hill (concertina) and Tony Linnane (fiddle) were also temporary members.
Planxty broke up twice, first in December 1975 and again in April 1983.The original quartet reunited in October 2003 and their final performance (to date) was on 31 January 2005."
Christy Moore has already been mentioned.
And at one time lived not far from me. House "visited" by the police, seven Irish at the same address, leaving at odd hours. Building work did that, when you had to travel to the site. When reassured that there was nothing amiss/wrong at the address, the officers were invited to have a drink before leaving. He did at one point work on the M62, where it crosses the Pennines.
Edited to include the full list of artists