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Issue 78 -Mick West, Brian Peters, Max MacDonald - Celtic Colours Festival, Maeve Mackinnon, Sheffield Folk Chorale, 2008 FESTIVAL LISTING
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Issue 77 - Steve Turner, Kevin MacLeod, Wm Kennedy Piping Festival, Askew Sisters , John Bushby, Yorkshire Garland project, Up Helly_Aa
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Issue 77 - Steve Turner, Kevin MacLeod, Wm Kennedy Piping Festival, Askew Sisters , John Bushby, Yorkshire Garland project, Up Helly_Aa
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Issue 71
Winter Traditions Songs and traditions of Mid-Winter. Guitar Maestros - a DVD series giving an extraordinary insight into many top guitar players. Mary Smith - The singer from ' the singing island' of Lewis. Baring Gould Festival - Photo feature of one of Britain's newer traditional music festivals. Rachel Hair - Graduate of Strathclyde University starting a career in traditional music. Con 'Fada' O'Drisceoil - writer of many witty songs and stories. Fiddle Renaissance - Paul Anderson - passionate about the regional fiddle styles in Scotland. The Queensbury Rules - progress from the latest signing for Fellside Recordings. The Tom Bliss Folksong Workblook Part 3 in Tom's songwriting workshop 'book' / 'blog'.
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Issue 70
Tom Munnelly - Folklorist and song collector in Ireland The Music Room - The evolution of the Music Room - 'Britain's Centre for Traditional Instruments' - and the story of Dave Mallinson - the man behind mally.com Whitby Folk Week - Photo festure of one of Britain's major traditional music festivals.
Bill Leader - Part 2 - 50 years in the recording industry and responsible for many of the classic recordings of the folk revival.
Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell - on recording on a budget.
Karine Polwart - '8 Questions' bringing us up to speed with a remarkable performer and writer whose career is on an upward curve. The MK Whistle the story behind a new whistle gaining popularity among session players. The Tom Bliss Folksong Workblook Part 2 in Tom's songwriting workshop 'book' / 'blog'.
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Issue 69
Eric Bogle - one of the greatest songwriters of the last 30 years.
Ian Green - of Greentrax Recordings. Malcolm Storey - the man behind Whitby Folk week for over 25 years nears his retirement.
Corrina Hewat - pushing the boundaries and improvising with folk music and jazz. Songwriting Workshop with Tom Bliss - Part One of a four part feature on songwriting. Mike O'Connor fiddler and songwriter. Cleethorpes Folk Festival Photo-feature of this long running festival.
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Issue 68
Bill Leader - 50 years in the recording industry and responsible for many of the classic recordings of the folk revival. Fellside Recordings - 30 years of one of Britian's major folk music labels. Steeleye Span - At a time when many of their early recordings are being re-issued, Alan Murray puts their recording career in perspective. Sean Donnelly - Folk club singer Sean stopped singing after his son was killed in a freak accident, but found that songs pulled him through. Passing it On - Start of an in depth look at how traditional music is taught and how it can be passed on to the next generation. Folk Britannia – a critique by Joe Stead of the recent BBC programmes about the folk revival.
The Pindrop Club – A novel approach to concert or folk club style promotion.
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Issue 67
2006 Festivals Listing - Your guide to UK folk festivals
Back of the Moon - Scottish Trad Music Awards 'Best Folk Band' 2006
Cara Dillon - her approach to a career as a folk musician
Anglo International - The story behind the music and musicians playing the anglo concertina
Will Duke & Dan Quinn - Music for Lungs and Bellows is a good description of these talented and entertaining traditional music makers
Celtic Connections Photo Feature – Photographs from Glasgow's annual winter festival
Tribute to Gordon Duncan – An appreciation of one of Scotland's finest musicians who died in december at the age of 41
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Issue 66
Robin Morton – Singer, 'Boy' of the Lough, Battlefield Band manager and Temple Records supremo.
Scots Trad Music Awards 2005 – Photo-feature
Ingrid Henderson – Highland Musician
Ian Davison – Scots songwriter
Jim Causley – Singing from the next generation
Flook – Flute led band
Celtic Colours – Festival and Cape Breton Music
Hilary James – An eclectic career
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Issue 65
Chris Wood – The Lark Descending
Tim Dennehy – Between the Sea and the Hill
Bruce Molsky – Related Traditions – Old Time American Music
John Tams – A Lot to Answer For
Malinky – New Leaves
Dougie MacLean – Part Two
Kate Rusby – Q & A
Emma and the Professor – Not the ‘same old, same old’
Mad For Trad – Instrument tutorials on CDROM
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Issue 64
Steve Tilston – My Craft and Sullen Art
Dougie MacLean – Living the Tradition
Johnny Coppin – Preparing for a Milestone
Donald Shaw – Still Seeking his Holy Grail
Cross Current – Refreshingly Traditional
Claire Mann – 10 Questions
Sidmouth Folk Week Review – Fifty-One Not Out
Sing Out! – Preparing your Voice to Sing
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Issue 63
Danu - One of the most successful Irish groups in the last decade, Old Blind Dogs - Scots Trad Music Awards 'Best Band of the Year' 04, Ian Robb - An Englishman in Canada, Jack Elliott & Jock Purdon - Unfurl the 'Cotia Banner, Sam Pirt - Music, song and dance man
The Songlinks Project - A brief history to date, Old Stagers - An 18th Century Guittar, Floating Crowbars, Idiots, and Whisky for Breakfast - Unusual tune names,
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Issue 62
Douglas Lawrence – Making every Note Count, Rachel Walker – The Most Lovely Music, Alan Bell
Tom Napper Tom Bliss, Geoff Heslop – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, Jim Moray – 10 Questions, Lews Castle College – A Great Place to Learn, Contra Dance – Roots and Rhythms, The National Festival – Photo Feature, NewsFest – Focus on 15 Festivals through Jun/July Issue 62 - More information |

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Issue 61 - Festival Issue 2005
Julie Fowlis - Forever inspired by her North Uist childhood, Martin Simpson - Getting up to date with Martin Simpson, Johnny Handle - And Hey for Bonny Newcastle! (Part 2), Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Recordings go a Ramblin', Young English Folk, Old Stagers - Neil Gow's Fiddle, 40 Years of the Southport Folk Club, Folk Music in 2005 Issue 61 - More information |
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Issue 60
Alison Kinnaird - Singing Strings Johnny Handle - And hey for bonny Newcastle Alec Finn - Oranmore's Reluctant Visionary Brian Peters - Back to the source Julie Felix - This land is your land Plus...Bram Taylor, Harriet Bartlett, Cowboys and Weathermen Issue 60 - More Information |
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Issue 59
Ian McCalman - The Convuluted Path of the Reluctant Composer, Fairport Convention - Old Bodies Doing a Young Man's Thing, Nollaig Casey - Music from Deep Well-Springs, Dick Gaughan, Andy Irvine, Gael Linn - Unearthing a Treasure Trove of Irish Gems, Plus...Alister's Vintage Bar, Operation Swarbaid, Essex Girls Go Dancing, Ethno England, Grey Larsen's Irish Tune Bank Issue 59 - More information |
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Issue 58
Spiers & Boden, Keith Kendrick - Backbone Of The Old Albion, Scottish Borders - Spreading Its Musical Heritage, Susana Seivane - Queen Of The Gaiteiras, Roy Harris - One More Go-round, Mary McPartlan - The Ridge Of The Mountain Ash, Heritage Collectors English & Scottish Popular Ballads - Exciting New Folk Song Resource, Mad For Trad, Billy Tear, Grey Larsen's Irish Tune Bank, Issue 58 - More information |
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Issue 57
featuring Crucible, Last Night's Fun, Geordie McIntyre, Shepheard, Spiers & Watson
Fiona MacKenzie - Mair Mhor Galic Song Fellow, Story Of The Session - Tips on Session Ettiquete, Grey Larsen's Irish Tune Bank - This Month's Featured Tune - Last Night's Fun, Un-Greying The Tradition - Youthful Perspective Of The Folk Scene
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Issue 56
Features Pete Coe, Pete Morton, Skilda, Emily Smith, Chris Stout, Folk Archive Resource North East - English Traditons Online, Hidden Fermanagh - Music & Song Treasure Revealed, Grey Larsen's Irish Tune Bank - Session Tune Tutorial, Festival Listings - May To December 2004, Newsfest - Focus On 10 Festivals Through June & July
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Issue 55
Features Festival Listings 2004, The London Lasses & Pete Quinn, Eliza Carthy, Davie Robertson, Shirley Collins, Chris Armstrong & Finlay MacDonald - Piping's Bright Future, Amazin' Fiddles - The Rise Of Fiddle Workshops, Ceilidh Culture - Edinburgh's Other Festival.
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Issue 54
Features Karine Polwart, Grey Larsen: Essential Flute & Whistle Guide, Bayou Seco, Paul Anderson, Ian Melrose, Celtic Connections Education.
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Issue 53
Features Patterson Jordan Dipper, Liam Farrell & Joe Whelan, John Tams, Dave Arthur, Warwick Folk Festival, Kerfuffle, Common Ground Scotland.
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Issue 52
Features Tim Laycock, School of Scottish Studies, The Ballad Series, Dave Swarbrick,
Kris Drever, Festival Listings 2003, The Pipeline.
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Issue 51
Features
Capercaillie , Jane & Amanda Threlfall, Andy Irvine, Battlefield Band, John Joe Kelly, The Ballad Series - Pirate Ballads , Celtic Connections - Photofeature - The Pipeline - In his regular feature on piping, Chris Mackenzie, Issue 51 - More information |
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Issue 50
Features - Chris Foster, Fraser Fifield, Sara Grey & Kieron Means, Roy Bailey - on children's songs, Pat McNulty, Paddy Glackin, The Ballad in Inishowen, Geordie - Ballad Feature - Part 2 of the feature in our Ballad Series on 'Geordie - Child #209' by Nick Caffrey, The Flowers of the Forest- background to this famous song by Steve McGrail, The Pipeline, Opinion - Who follows on?, Live Reviews Issue 50 - More information |
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Issue 49
Features - Dervish, The Give Way Sisters, Mairead Nesbitt, Karan Casey, Common Ground/National Festival Scotland, Geordie - Ballad Feature, Iain Mackintosh, The Demon Barber Roadshow, Tony Corcoran, Martin Simpson Issue 49 - More information |
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Issue 48
Features - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Gillian Frame, Keith Kendrick & Lynne Heraud, Plockton High School - a centre of excellence, Australian National Folk Festival, Ed Pickford, Feis Rois - Blazing a Ceilidh Trail, The Ballad Series - "Two Sisters", Living in Ballad Country - Rules for Survival Issue 48 - More information |
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Issue 47
Features - Chris Coe, Louis Killen, Lasair Dhe - The Flame of God, Jimmy Crowley, Alistair Russell, The Ballad Series - "Elfin Knight", Festival Listings 2002
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Issue 46
Features - Catriona Macdonald & Kathryn Tickell, Franke Harte, Donal Maguire, Friends of Fiddlers Green, An overview of Ballad History, The Ballad Series - "Lamkin", Daigressing, The Pipeline. Issue 46 - More information |
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Issue 45
Features - Lunasa, Christine Primrose, Will Atkinson, Brian Peters & Gordon Tyrrall, Eddie Walker, Radio Station Round-up, Storytelling - The Sirens of Scroby Sands, Where are the young singers?, Hebridean Festival - Photo Feature & Review, Cambridge Festival - Photo Feature & Review, Daigressing, The Pipeline.
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Issue 1 Editorial - A Duty to Inform
Features - The Boys of the Lough, Carolina Shout, Walt Michael & Co., The Changing Face of Festivals, The North West of England, Sheffield & the East Midlands, The Northern Ireland Folk Scene, Edinburgh - The Fringe gets longer, Fly on the Wall - Hamish Moore's Diary,
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