The Celts Strike Again is the second studio album by the Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n Irish folk/Celtic rock

Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context...

 band Orthodox Celts

Orthodox Celts

Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their unusual sound the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has influenced several younger bands, most notably Tir na n'Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.The band started their...

 released in 1997. Besides covers of traditional Irish songs, the album features two songs written by the members of the band, "Drinking Song" and "Blue".

The album featured numerous guest musicians: actress Ana Sofrenović on vocals (on the song "Loch Lomond

The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond

"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", or simply "Loch Lomond" for short, is a well-known traditional Scottish song . It was first published in 1841 in Vocal Melodies of Scotland....

"), Vampiri

Vampiri

Vampiri were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1988, and performed music influenced by the 1950s doo-wop and rockabilly. After releasing two studio albums, they disbanded in 1993...

 member Aleksandar Eraković on backing vocals, Stočari member Branko Vitas on banjo

Banjo

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, Pachamama (the band Orthodox Celts recorded the live album Muzičke paralele

Muzičke paralele

Muzičke paralele is the live album released by Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts and Serbian Latin American music band Pachamama. The album was recorded on the bands' concert in Novi Sad Sinagoga held on September 15, 1995, and self-released by the bands in 1996...

with) member Milan Mihaljčić on several instruments and Renesansa member Žorž Grujić on zurla

Zurla

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 and gajde.

In the cover of the traditional Irish song "I'll Tell Me Ma

I'll Tell Me Ma

"I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...

" the band replaced the line 'She's the belle of Belfast

Belfast

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 City' with 'She's the belle of Belgrade

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Tracklist

1. "Drinking Song" - 02:50
2. "Star of the County Down
   Star of the County Down
   "Star of the County Down" is an old Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, in Ireland. The words are by Cathal McGarvey, 1866-1927, from Ramelton, County Donegal...
   
   " - 02:25
3. "The Wearing of the Green
   The Wearing of the Green
   "The Wearing of the Green" is an anonymously-penned Irish street ballad dating to 1798. The context of the song is the repression around the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Wearing a shamrock in the "caubeen" was a sign of rebellion and green was the colour of the Society of the United...
   
   " - 02:44
4. "Blue" - 05:02
5. "I'll Tell Me Ma
   I'll Tell Me Ma
   "I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...
   
   " - 2:41
6. "Maidrin Rua" - 02:29
7. "Foggy Dew" - 04:23
8. "The Celts Strike Again" - 02:51
9. "Peggy Lettermore
   Peigín Leitir Móir
   "Peigín Leitir Móir" is a popular Irish folk song.The original verses of the song were written in Irish by Máirtín Ó Clochartaigh and Pádraic Ó Maille of Leitir Caladh around the turn of the 20th century. It was published in the review An Claidheamh Soluis in 1911...
   
    / Jar Of Porter" - 02:24
10. "Spanish Lady
    Spanish Lady
    "Spanish Lady" is a traditional Irish folk song, also found in England. The Bodleian Library has several broadsides of an English ballad with this name, one dating from the 17th century. Fragmentary or related versions from the US date from 1883. It is #543 in the Roud Folk Song Index...
    
     (Bodhran Version)" - 03:39
11. "Finnegan's Wake
    Finnegan's Wake
    "Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs. The song is a staple of the Irish folk-music group, The Dubliners, who have played it on many occasions and included it on several albums, and is especially well known to fans of The Clancy...
    
    " - 03:32
12. "Loch Lomond
    The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
    "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", or simply "Loch Lomond" for short, is a well-known traditional Scottish song . It was first published in 1841 in Vocal Melodies of Scotland....
    
    " - 03:30
13. "Mick Maguire
    Mick Maguire
    "Mick McGuire" is a traditional Irish folk song about courtship. It tells the story of a young man who courts a woman named Kate or Katie.He is initially well received by her mother because he owns a farm, and he is given a seat of honor in the house...
    
    " - 02:21
14. "Salonika" - 03:35
15. "Spanish Lady" - 03:39
16. "Medley" - 07:50