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Thread #101647   Message #2066948
Posted By: GUEST,Mike B.
03-Jun-07 - 01:04 AM
Thread Name: 2007 Washington Folk Festival
Subject: RE: 2007 Washington Folk Festival
The old expression that you learn something new every day is definitely accurate. I'd heard recordings of the song "Kilkelly, Ireland" by Laura Burns & Roger Rosen - and by Seamus Kennedy - and (if memory serves) Liam Clancy. But I had no idea that it was actually written by a Washington, DC area artist until today's Joe Glazer tribute session at the WFF.

Prior to performing the song, Peter Jones (who I'd never heard of prior to today) told the fascinating story of how he came to compose it.