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Thread #50903   Message #773688
Posted By: Pied Piper
29-Aug-02 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
Subject: RE: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
Hi Jimmyt. I live in Manchester and if your in our neck of the woods you will find some friendly eclectic pub sessions. At the "Peveril of the peak" Great Bridgwater St(just round the corner from the Bridgwater Hall) you'll find a regular session on Tuesdays nights, starting at 8:00pm. The music we play depends to some extent who's there, but basically there is a nucleus of IRISH Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Polkas( quite allot of O'Caralan), SCOTTISH Strathspays and Reels, SHETLAND Fiddle stuff, ENGLISH country dance and Morris tunes, Northumberland smallpipe repertoire, AMERICAN old Time,CAJUN, FRENCH CANADIAN, KLEZMA, and even GREEK Palia rembetika. This looks like I just made it up but I assure you its the truth. All the best PP.