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Thread #88522   Message #1671734
Posted By: Richard Bridge
18-Feb-06 - 03:27 AM
Thread Name: BBC 4 folk program
Subject: RE: BBC 4 folk program
I wouldn't have minded finding out more about what they dubbed "acid folk" or "twisted", particularly that young guitarist playing (shock, horror) traditional songs (was the name "Robertson"?), and the idea of musicians returning to the tradition (with an unspoken subtext of "no matter how hard they try to get away") was interesting.

What is this "Homefires" festivaland how typical of it were the clips? (I ask partly because they presented Cambridge as a folk festival, whereas it has been a world music and blues festival for decades)