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Thread #131334   Message #2961957
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
10-Aug-10 - 08:59 AM
Thread Name: folk music with fusion tumors what to do
Subject: RE: folk music with fusion tumors what to do
Cheers, Will - and you're welcome, Conrad.

I doubt the BBC would cover the sessions and singounds, assuming such things happen at Cambridge! At the Durham Folk Party this year the only tumour in sight was my fiddle & my wife's banjo, but the BBC weren't there either, nor were they at the Morpeth Gathering where following our Twilight Tales we decamped to a pub wherein several Northumbrian Pipers were gathered in the corner doing things just beautifully. I'd say there's more stuff happening without tumours these days, which doesn't mean there isn't some vibrant music being made and new ground being broken with resprect of, say, Unaccompanied Ballad Singing, or whatever, just I don't think novelty is the deciding factor in such matters. It would be nice to the BBC to give some coverage to The Rank and File though, to the Fringes of such events where the real stuff tends to happen. All these years I've been going to Fylde and I don't think I've made it into the Marine Hall once...

Take heart! There is reason enough to be cheerful for all I shouldn't wonder, whatever your needs.