I was raised on Celtic folk music -- my mother is 1/4 Welsh, and though her Scottish (and Scotch-Irish) ancestry is a bit further back, she raised us on the music, sang to us, found records, and introduced us to the Clancy Brothers, the Irish Rovers, and the Child Ballads. Later, I discovered the living tradition of Celtic folk, and fell in love with Silly Wizard, the Tannahill Weavers, and many others. When I was in Wales in 2001, I discovered contemporary Welsh folk music, which often doesn...