The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115237   Message #2465521
Posted By: GUEST,doc.tom
14-Oct-08 - 02:26 PM
Thread Name: Books about Folk
Subject: RE: Books about Folk
"And another vote for Ciaron Carson's 'Last Night's Fun' - poetic, impressionistic, and beautifully observed. Quite simply the best book I've ever read about music, LNF captures what playing the music actually feels like, what traditional music means to people, and about the social aspects of music-making."

Abso-bloody-lutely - and from a man who was a Northern Irish part of The Arts Council!! - if only.