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Thread #57940   Message #913827
Posted By: greg stephens
19-Mar-03 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Subject: RE: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Sure,Malolm D, Norma W was up first. My point was that I would have liked some hardline actual trad folk, even if only a snippet, before we hit revival icons.It was indeed 45 minis(I timed it) before we had he real thing. I think a BBC American folk music programme would not make you wait 45 mins before you got to Leadbelly or the chaingangs or Charlie Poole or whatever. A boat skipper said to me once, which I always remember, "its not on the telly because they're scared of it".
   And if you want another a beef, all the instrumental so far is Son of Southern Dance Music.There are other ways to play tunes. My grandfather was just as good as any body else's granfather, even if he lived in Cumberland.