We seem to take tune sessions for granted as if they have been going on from 1677 or some such date to 2008. I suspect not.

The current pub / festival session is surely a product of the second revival? 50s/ 60s Folk Clubs were almost all songs with tunes coming in as folkies became more instrumentally competent.

Wher did the 60s/ 70s tune players get their tunes from? Ceilidh / Country dance bands, EFDSS publications, Irish musicians visiting England?

Was this revival of tunes in sessions drawing largely published sources?

L in C