the "lovely celtic lyrics and Irish accent" of Kate Rusby performing Sandy Denny's "Who Knows where The Time Goes"! OK, beat that! (Personally I'm very partial to the lovely celtic lyrics and Irish accent of Chas and Dave singing 'Gertcha'...) Back in the glorious days of the monthly Preston Eurojam, there were about ten of us sat around playing one Sunday lunchtime with a hurdy-gurdy and a set of Swayne bagpipes and, IIRC, a nyckelharpa, amongst the more usual flute, concertina, clarinet, violins etc. We played French bourrees and mazurkas, we played Swedish polskas and hambos, Italian munieras, and anything else that crossed our collective mind. And at the end of this particular session one of the pub regulars said to me (you guessed) "you know, that was great, I really love all that Irish music ... "
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