The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61244 Message #1010659
Posted By: GUEST,Les in Chorlton, Manchester
30-Aug-03 - 04:28 AM
Thread Name: New Folk Programme in Manchester 2
Subject: RE: New Folk Programme in Manchester 2
Alio,
sounds good to me. If the programme is to have a sense of individuality and local interest, as local radio generally does, then local music and local clubs are essential. But it won't be long before the programme begins to sound, well with no disrespect, a bit dull.
Most local clubs feature musicians from all over the country and from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, North America, Australia, Canada.......... see a pattern here? It is a consequense of having a programme about Traditional music of largely English origin that this will be the case.
But we do love that Irish music don't we. So, I re-state my case for those old Mancunian Ukranians and Sikhs who have been playing music here longer than the current generation of Irish musicians.
I am more moved by the Four Loom Weaver and the Rocky Road to Dublin but the little bits of Sikh music hits the same spot and it is alive here Manchester. So, lets have a little bit now and again?