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73Great Celtic Music
What is it about Celtic music that so many people love? I can speak only for myself. Something about this music speaks to my soul. It conjures up images to me of quaint Irish villages, rolling hills covered...
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66Folk Music
JOHN LOMAX VISITS ALABAMA MUSICIAN UNCLE RICH BROWN 1940 To begin with, as the title suggest, folk music were tunes and songs which were passed on from generation to generation. Some of them over the...
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59Music in Turkey
There is so much to write under this topic. In the future, I may end up splitting the category of Music into sub-categories. For this hub, I’m going to focus on musical instruments in Turkey. As an ancient...
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72The Incredible Martin Simpson - Live
Hi (again)As most of you will know, in addition to my (incredible) voice (LOL) I'm also one of the East Midland's leading sound engineers in the acoustic / roots / folk arenas. Last Monday I was commissioned...
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64Music Rewind: The Magnificent Soundscapes Of Spanky And Our Gang
There are many times when I listen to the gawdawful eardrum shattering screeching cat mating noise which passes for hit radio these days that my mind wanders back to an age where not only did pop music really...
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60The Bards of Balance
Our songs really begin with a book written by the band leader, Kirk Sinclair. The book is called Systems out of Balance: How Misinformation Hurts the Middle Class. There are many themes in the book about...
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64The Folksingers-part 5-Ed McCurdy
When first I came to Louisville Some pleasure there to find A damsel there from Lexington Was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, Like arrows pierced my breast And the name she bore was...
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63Dobro - guide for guitarists
The dobro guitar is a relative of the acoustic guitar, played with a slide bar in an open tuning. The world's best player is probably Jerry Douglas, a great musician featured on the BBC/RTE TV show...
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66Varna - Bulgaria
VARNA Varna is located on the northern end of the Black Sea. The city has a horseshoe shaped natural harbour. At the back of Varna are the limestone cliffs with the Frangen Plateau. Varna enjoys a mild...
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74Al Kooper: The Greatest Rocker You've Never Heard Of
Many rockers may not have heard of Al Kooper - but they should have! Since the early 1960s, Al Kooper has played rock ‘n’ roll and blues, primarily on keyboards and also on the guitar, in various...
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