>>>It must be something in the water in the south west of England!<<< Yup! It's called....PASSION! ;0) And....it's enough to make your kilt stand on end MacKenzie..for all sorts of reasons! :0) However, unlike your part of the world, we don't need to have it added to our water, as we've got The Greatest Ever Devonians, Seth Lakeman and Jim Causley in our airspace and we can breathe them all in whenever we want. :0) "If there is a Folk Police, they're doing a lousy job. Now, on the other hand, the Pop Police have succeeded beyond all expectations in eliminating traditional music from the radio, television and even from many folk festivals." No Dear Shimmy, I didn't miss that comment. I just didn't agree with it. I used to write er quite a bit about folk music, but the folk police have done away with all of that...mainly because I apparently used to write about the 'wrong' type of folk music, slam the BBC for not playing it, and rant and rage that so much talent gets overlooked. whilst the BBC seem to be intent on playing Lionel Ritchie and Cliff Richard for eternity! Ho hum...sometimes, a girl just can't win can she? ;0) Now if I'd been one of Dick Gaughan's Girlies, I'd have been safe...or written about The English Acoustic Collective or Waterson Carthy, but I chose to write about others...and well...it just ain't done I'm afraid...so..'Off With Her Head' an' all. ;0) It's called suppression and the folk police are experts at it, in my humble opinion of course. :0)
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