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Thread #88522   Message #1684698
Posted By: Effsee
03-Mar-06 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: BBC 4 folk program
Subject: RE: BBC 4 folk program
What an opportunity lost! If this is the best they can do to present British(Folk Brittanica!) folk music to the wider public then all is lost. Over arranged boring sh**e mostly, and a hour and a half of what an old pal of mine used to call "dreepy" songs, and do Waterson:Carthy have to hog every thing? Vashti Bl**dy Bunyan, she was a nonentity in the 60s and still is! Ye Gods and little fishes, as someone who knows and loves the rich diversity of the music of Albion this was a poor show. The only saving grace in the whole shebang is that Kate Bl**dy Rusby wasn't involved!!

I actually posted this on another Forum, but I'm glad to see some of my sentiments echoed here.
What a bloody travesty!