response 4 of 157:

Jul 24 20:50 UTC 2001

"Celtic" and "English" (or even "from the U.K.") aren't quite synonymous. 
At one point, there were Celts all over Europe -- the Gauls that Caesar fought
were a Celtic tribe -- and there are still pockets of Celtic culture in
northern Spain and France.  On the other hand, there's plenty of straight-up
English music with very little Celtic influence.  (You were talking about "To
Anacreon in Heaven" a few items back -- there's an example.  Also sea
shanties, ballads, English country dance tunes, and so on.)  

So the "British" and "Celtic" pigeonholes aren't quite the same, and one has
replaced the other; a few artists have been left out who used to be included,
and a few have been included who used to be left out.