Still, George, it hardly seems to me 'daft' to express a curiousity about some aspect of the 'other' cultural tradition, as there are obvious direct and indirect influences on North American music. Some of which I am trying to learn about, at least partly through Mudcat.

I'll be quiet now.

Bee, from Nova Scotia, which has its own various musical traditions, which have not stemmed from antique entertainments in drinking establishments.