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Thread #165660   Message #3984237
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
24-Mar-19 - 04:14 AM
Thread Name: UK 60s Folk Club Boom?
Subject: RE: UK 60s Folk Club Boom?
Maybe the clue is in the name as to why they don't do British or Irish. The English Folk Dance and Song Society. This does pose an interesting question though. Have the traditions of other nations, brought by immigration, now been assimilated into English Folk Culture? I would like to think so. Maybe if folk clubs were to showcase more West Indian or Pakistani or, more recently, East European folk music, alongside English music of course, they may begin to attract a wider audience. Just a thought.