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Thread #166789 Message #4014925
Posted By: Jack Campin
22-Oct-19 - 06:43 PM
Thread Name: The current state of folk music in UK
Subject: RE: The current state of folk music in UK
How do people involved in folk music ever find the time to go to folk clubs?
Wednesdays, I've been going a session of some sort for years, currently a "multifolk" one where all kinds of stuff happens. That's Edinburgh Folk Club out (and they do often have good guests).
Thursdays, Middle Eastern band practice. That's my village folk club out (ten minutes walk away but I haven't been there in 15 years).
Tuesdays, klezmer session - not every week but often enough that I've hardly ever been to Leith Folk Club (which can also have good acts).
I do occasionally get to sessions at weekends (not much this summer with either Middle Eastern gigs or drumming on Scottish independence marches) but midweek is when clubs meet.