A musical journey through Scottish Highlands, Irish valleys, taverns and inns. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s dance!

Friday Emmeloord (NL) and Saturday Houten (NL), we are going to Folk ‘n’ Roll! Check out our Celtic Folk Nights below!
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Video: How to tune Maceál’s Harmonica – Rapalje show episode 5

Welcome back to the Rapalje Show! We will show you how Maceál has his harmonica tuned as a preparation for recording our new album!

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Video: Jig of Slurs – The Athol Highlanders with Irish soft shoe dancing @ Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel, Zwolle

Rapalje performs for 30.000 visitors for almost an hour at one of the “Bevrijdingsfestivals” to celebrate the liberation of The Netherlands..

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Lots of shows this week, will we see you?

This week you can see us in Strücklingen (D) Haarlem (NL) and Osnabrück (D) starting april 21st we are back in the theaters!
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Video: Raggle Taggle Gypsy @ Bevrijdingsfestival Overijssel, Zwolle NL

“The Raggle Taggle Gypsy” is a traditional celtic folk music song that originated as a Scottish border ballad,

and has been popular throughout Britain,Ireland and North America. It concerns a rich lady who runs off to join the gypsies (or one gypsy). Common alternative names are “The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O”,”The Gypsy Laddie(s)”,”Black Jack David” (or “Davy”) and “Seven Yellow Gypsies”. (Wikipedia) We first heard the song from Mike Scott from The Waterboys with Sharon Shannon

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This cabinet is for you! Rapalje Show #2

Thank you for all the nice comments and ideas after the first episode of the show Rapalje; here is part 2! Continue reading “This cabinet is for you! Rapalje Show #2”

Especially for you: The Rapalje Show!


Welcome to the first episode of the Rapalje show. In this series you are the director; let us know what you want to hear and see! Continue reading “Especially for you: The Rapalje Show!”

Loch Lomond @ MPS Hamburg

Loch Lomond / Farewell to the Creeks – featuring the cute Scottish boy Joshua

Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum MPS Hamburg. Germany #celticmusic. Also well known from Runrig. live concert at the biggest traveling medieval and fantasy festival in Europe
Live concert at MPS Hamburg. With very special star: Joshua

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Video: You can dance on your table at home with this 2 hour video of Rapalje with traditional Celtic music

This classic Celtic music on bagpipes, violin, flute etc. will make sure you can’t keep your legs still.

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Stick our Rapalje patch on (almost) everything!

Rapalje Logo Patch

You can put our patch on your favorite shirt, your bag or even baby clothes!

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