Crossing borders

Lately, I have been really attracted to the fiddle music from Shetland and Brittany. Some Shetland tunes have a powerful, almost primieval character which is derived from their isolation and Nordic/Scottish maritime heritage. Tunes from Brittany often feature haunting melodies which feel very old, almost as old as humankind, but very familiar to me somehow. I may eventually choose one of these off-the-beaten-track idioms as my first love, but time will tell.