Today's Guardian: Seth Lakeman & Eliza Carthy
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:56:12 +0100
Seth Lakeman CD review:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2287384,00.html
Eliza Carthy interview:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2287389,00.html ...
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Original tune of Auld Lang Syne
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:49:00 +0100
Wondering if the success of Sex and the City will lead many people to
start singing the original version of the tune to Auld Lang Syne?
See
http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/9_3_2.html
http://www.the-cast.org.uk/
--
Craig Cockburn ("coburn"). Director, Siliconglen.com Ltd
Web project manager and I ...
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RIP Chris Rockliffe 26.6.08
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:32:19 -0400
I know that most of you knew Chris through his postings here and
that he was part and parcel of many spirited discussions. Chris
was diagnosed with advanced stage prostate cancer last March and
we were all hoping that he'd make it through so that he and his
longtime partner, Fiona would be married on July 2.
...
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Sneak preview from new CD
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:53:20 GMT
Greetings:
As many of you know, I have been working on a new CD for the past year. It's now
more than half done, and if all goes according to plan, the official North
American release concert will be at the Peoples' Voice Cafe in New York City on
Saturday, January 31, 2009. Mark you calendars now. There will als ...
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Ann: JRB at the Fox, Oswestry, tomorrow night
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:18:38 +0100
The John Richards Band are appearing at the Fox, Oswestry, tomorrow
night Friday 27th June.
More info:-
www.thejrbs.co.uk
Regards
-- Jim. ...
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Re: Endorsement for Morris Dancing shock
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:22 +0100 (BST)
In article <0ja5641dpuddl7hvlebgf0k5kolmf2rf0k@4ax.com>,
dav_and_frances_vandenbroucke@compuserve.com (Dav Vandenbroucke) wrote:
> and square dancing.
circle dancing, shirley...
Bob Walton
(eMail to my first name is more likely to reach me) ...
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ANN:Two Black Sheep and a Stallion
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:17:42 +0100
Two Black Sheep and a Stallion will be our guests at South Shields Folk Club
this Sunday, the 29th of June. There may be some Directors as well.
http://www.southshieldsfolkclub.co.uk/#Our_Diary
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The People vs. Folk Music
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23:25 -0700 (PDT)
Funny how today's horny-handed sons of toil/welfare iayabouts are far
less likely to be into folk music than computer programmers.
Who's to blame? ...
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Endorsement for Morris Dancing shock
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:37:24 +0100
In an interview in today's Guardian actress Jane Horrocks admitted to "much
preferring morris dancing" to ballet (see
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2287169,00.html)
May not seem a lot to go on I know, and she may have been being ironic, but
given the rarity of anyone outside the folk world ...
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Re: New folk instrument required for 21st century
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:15 +0100 (ope)
In article <4860be1f.3085359@news.enta.net>, FedUpWithSpam@NoEmailAddre.ss (KGB)
wrote:
> Surely what is needed is a definition of what is meant by a "folk
> instrument"
There's the Leslie Fish definition: A folk instrument is one you can pick up and
run out the back door with when the cops or the company go ...
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