Mudcat Café message #2609133

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Thread #119547 Message #2609133
Posted By: Jim Carroll
11-Apr-09 - 07:05 AM
Thread Name: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Subject: RE: 1954 and All That - defining folk music

"bowed psaltery - an entirely unmusical, unworkable....."
Depends on how good a musician you are, I suppose. Peggy Seeger uses to superb effect on the Blood and Roses set, on the ballad Queen Elenor's Confession (I think). Also (among others) on the contemporary song 'Swallow and Trout' (Saturday Night at The Bull and Mouth).
Jim Carroll