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Thread #112597 Message #2392000
Posted By: Phil Edwards
18-Jul-08 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: Does it matter what music is called?
Subject: RE: Does it matter what music is called?
To record shelves which would range from Seth Lakeman to Cecilia Costello? To a club which could include anything from the occasional folk song mixed in with music hall, Victorian Parlour ballads, early 20th century pop songs... et al., to the evening of Beatles songs put on by a Yorkshire folk club not so long ago?
I had a very enjoyable evening at my local folk club last night - 17 acts, more than one of whom were good enough to play a much bigger venue. But I don't think I heard a note of British (or Irish) traditional music.
We actually had our own Beatles night in 2006. (I did "Here there and everywhere" and "For no one" - the latter in 3:4 and with an abbreviated version of the French horn solo played on a G whistle.) We've also had two Dylan nights ("Hard Rain" and "Visions of Johanna") and a 'Canadian' night ("Don't let it bring you down").
One of these days I'm hoping we have a 'traditional' night.