Planxty

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Irish folk band musical group

Planxty is an influential Irish folk band formed in the early 1970s, renowned for revitalizing traditional Irish music with innovative arrangements and virtuosic performances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Planxty (1973 album)	1
Planxty (band)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish folk band ⓘ musical group ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct	Andy Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ Christy Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Dónal Lunny NERFINISHED ⓘ Liam O’Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Moving Hearts NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
genre	Celtic music ⓘ Irish folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ
hasInstrument	bodhrán ⓘ bouzouki ⓘ guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ mandolin ⓘ uilleann pipes NERFINISHED ⓘ vocals ⓘ
hasReunion	early 2000s ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.planxty.ie/ ⓘ
inception	1972 ⓘ
influenced	Irish folk revival NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary Irish traditional musicians ⓘ
languageOfLyrics	English ⓘ Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ
member	Andy Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ Christy Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Dónal Lunny NERFINISHED ⓘ Liam O’Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	innovative arrangements of traditional tunes ⓘ revitalizing traditional Irish music ⓘ virtuosic performances ⓘ
notableSong	Only Our Rivers Run Free NERFINISHED ⓘ Raggle Taggle Gypsy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blacksmith NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jolly Beggar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Well Below the Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	After the Break NERFINISHED ⓘ Cold Blow and the Rainy Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Planxty (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Well Below the Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Words & Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Polydor Records ⓘ Tara Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	blend of songs and instrumental sets ⓘ complex arrangements of traditional tunes ⓘ use of bouzouki in Irish traditional music ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celtic music → hasNotableArtist → Planxty ⓘ

Dónal Lunny → notableWork → Planxty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Planxty (band)

Dónal Lunny → memberOf → Planxty ⓘ

Dónal Lunny → founded → Planxty ⓘ

Dónal Lunny → notableAlbum → Planxty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Planxty (1973 album)

The Chieftains → associatedWith → Planxty ⓘ