The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110424   Message #2447353
Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
22-Sep-08 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
IB - realistically, your lyrics and voice (which I quite like) are E. trad, but your accompaniment is not, and you delight in the fact that elements of foreign cultures are practised much more here now than our own English ones...so, if you are a trady, you're a strange one.

"Hate to do comparisons, but, consider Martyn Whyndham-Read (a good friend, sorry Martyn to drag you into this)
Similar story.
Born in the UK.
Spent many years in Aus.
Came back, a talented singer, and musician, bringing his twist on Australian culture and it's links to its UKs origins.
(Check out his 2 double cds Songlinks 1 UK/Aus and Songlinks 2 UK/US)
All done with a gentle humour and a great deal of respect.
Maybe WAV, you should check these out, before we send you to Coventry." (Ralphie)...there is a slight chance I may one day live in Coventry, as it's WITHIN the borders of England but, unlike MW-R, I will never live in France (although I've enjoyed a VISIT there), and, as an English repat, I only practise/perform English (no-longer Australian) material. (And this is NOT nearly as radical as you make out if you remember/realise that, not so long ago, many folk-clubs in England had a pefrorm-your-own-culture policy.