What an interesting thread.

Some years ago I remember hearing Martin carthy doing a radio programme about folk music. I am sure that he said that the Watersons, in the early days, had been fed lots of source music from bert lloyd and that in particularly field recordings of trad singers from eastern europe, bulgaria, hungary etc had been listened to and the type of harmony involved had been taken and that this had been the starting point of the arrangements they had used. I must admit when you hear Trio Bulgarka and similar singing you can hear similarities. i think thats what i remember from the radio programme. I remember being a little dissapointed as I ssumed it was a traditional british thing rather than a new twist. Mind you I love it.

stevethesqueeze