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Thread #57940   Message #914003
Posted By: greg stephens
19-Mar-03 - 07:12 PM
Thread Name: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Subject: RE: Folk Music on BBC Radio 3 Now
Well I put in a serious plea for multi-culturalism on the Radio 3 thread leading up to this(based firmly on English music) so the finale was pretty appropriate and I was very happy with it. An old hymn, written by a Portsmouth woman(Sarah Doudney), music by an American composer(Ira Sankey), inspired by a legendary Bahamian guitarist(Joseph Spense) and covered by the Grateful Dead and the Incredible Sting Band, not to mention the Boat Band and the Zimbabwe Boys.