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Thread #131641 Message #3011286
Posted By: Howard Jones
20-Oct-10 - 05:01 AM
Thread Name: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
Subject: RE: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
As someone's mentioned your classes on "Irish Culture", perhaps you could explain why the recommended listening includes Capercaillie's version of Both Sides the Tweed - a Scottish song by a Scottish band. The River Tweed forms part of the border between England and Scotland. It's a fine song, but nothing to do with Irish culture.
I wonder what the Irish think of you describing theirs as a "lost culture".