Martin, Yesterday our issue of "Sing Out!", an American folk magazine came in the mail, with a feature article on Eliza Carthy (good timing). She said that for the second album she was trying to concentrate on tunes that were English. By the time people started getting interested in English traditional fiddling, many of the traditional players were quite elderly, so there isn't such a wealth of particularly English fiddle styles that have been passed down or collected, as there are for the Irish and Scottish styles. Therefore, she's kind of making it up as she goes along... I don't know if she's been interviewed in Folk Roots or one of the other UK folk magazines lately. If you want to E-mail me your postal address, I'll send you a copy of the article (if you don't have access to Sing Out! in Ireland- I guess I've always assumed you live on the Other Side!).

lamarca@codon.nih.gov

Regards, Mary