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GUEST,Fred McCormick	Performances: Why do they all sound the same? (77* d)	RE: Why do they all sound the same?	28 Nov 13
I'm not sure what Alba is but I'm presuming it's a radio station which features Scots folk music, either in English or Gaelic or both. Either way I would say go back and listen to the field recordings of the great masters of tradition; Willie Scott, Lizzie Higgins, Belle Stewart, Jane Turriff, John Strachan, or any of the droves of Scots singers who were recorded by the School of Scottish Studies etc in the 1950s'/1960s'. You won't find any of them revving the ballocks out of their songs, or all sounding the same. And you certainly won't hear them drowned out by superfluous accompaniments. God save me from insipidity.

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