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Episode 48 - Folk'ing Holidays
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December 31, 2008 10:41 AM PST
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The Winter holidays are a time for traditional fare of tasty treats with a subtle flavor.

Like other such music categories, folk is merely a broad classification. A first impression might involve somebody with an acoustic guitar singing a song as old as the hills. However, while folk music is about the past, it also is about change and therefore is done with instruments ranging from acoustic to electric to an orchestra and choir and sometimes borders on what is referred to as bluegrass or country. There are some traditional tunes included here and others that might be described as more modern singer/songwriter material.

Steve Goodman – The Dutchman
Bedlam Rovers – Long Black Veil
Gallery – The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Mick Moloney – Killins Fairy Hill
Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Times Goes
Wolfe Tones- Twice Daily
Anne Briggs – She Moved Through the Fair
Fiddler’s Dram – Daytrip to Bangor
Ian Campbell Folk Group – Dirty Old Town
Steeleye Span – Reels: Dowd’s Favorite/Ten Pound Float/The Morning Dew
Graham H. Dodsworth – Little Musgraves

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to the Time Has Told Me blogsite – the utmost library of folk and folk related music on the web at http://time-has-told-me.blogspot.com/