Rapalje
Encyclopedia
Rapalje is a Dutch
Celtic folk band which performs Irish, Scottish and Dutch folk music
and sings in Dutch as well as in English.
's, of which 3 were later compiled into 1 album, and 1 DVD
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Celtic folk band which performs Irish, Scottish and Dutch folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and sings in Dutch as well as in English.
Recordings
The band recorded 8 CDCompact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
's, of which 3 were later compiled into 1 album, and 1 DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
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- 1998: Into Folk
- 2000: Rakish Paddies (the compiled album)
- 2001: Alesia
- 2004: Spades / Schoppen
- 2004: Diamonds / Ruiten
- 2007: Celtic Fire (live recordings in theatres)
- 2008: Live DVD
External links
- Website of Rapalje (WebCite archive)
- Rapalje at Discogs
- Rapalje at Last.fm
- Rapalje - Further up, Further in on YouTube
- (Dutch) Mention in the Muziekencyclopedie of the Muziek Centrum Nederland
- (German) Rapalje stehen viereinhalb Stunden auf der Bühne, Nordwest-Zeitung, November 6, 2007
- (German) "Rapalje" hüllte sich in dichte Nebelschwaden, Ostfriesen-Zeitung, Karin Eden, January 17, 2011