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I sometimes wonder if GBS and bands like them (Young Dubliners, Fenians, Gaelic Storm, etc.) are the 'next wave' of folk music popularity... they seem to be pulling bigger crowds, and their music is bridging a HUGE age range for attracting fans. I've turned on a friend's teenager, and from his buying the GBS CD both parents got into 'em...

Decent reworkings of traditional material into a more modern-ish sound frame seems to be the major draw from them, though the original material is worthy as well... But I still absolutely love GBS's version of "The Beggarman"... or "Drunken Sailor" from the Fenians...

Might be a good thing a-comin'. You never know...

M