I hope...................?
I try in my own small way to help 'folkies' old and new. Most of the people I know in and around the folk world are all round 'good eggs' and pass on knowledge when asked (and even when not!). So it was with great delight I read a 'tweet' from David Hope directing the reader to an article in the Mayo News (Portal, fb.me/1sszAfRwZ) Now I know I 'bang on' about this guy and it seems that at last (with no help from me), the word is getting out. This pleases me no end as I, among many, think he's good! The future of folk music is in the hands of David and the like so lets give them as much support as possible.
I would also like to thank all you readers who take the time out to drop me an email with suggestions both clean and not so! The albums you remind me about will find their way onto the blog one day, I promise. Also the reader who also used to frequent 'The Bankhouse Inn' in Pudsey all those years ago. Do you know if Brendan Egan is still on the go? It was always a good Sunday night with free pasties as I remember. The local band he is thinking of is 'Millstone Grit'. I have an album of theirs to this day. Good, solid, traditional folk music. By the way, if you go to the 'Bankhouse' now, it's a posh place with good food but no beer crates to sit on! Well you can't have everything, can ya?
Oh, less of this 'memory lane' trip!
This is just a quick 'end of the week' blog. I hope you all have a good weekend? Transatlantic Sessions 20:30 tonight.
Byeee, Phil.
Contact, Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Moan Line: 07526 504285.
ps, What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle? The owner does not mind if you spill beer on a fiddle!!
I try in my own small way to help 'folkies' old and new. Most of the people I know in and around the folk world are all round 'good eggs' and pass on knowledge when asked (and even when not!). So it was with great delight I read a 'tweet' from David Hope directing the reader to an article in the Mayo News (Portal, fb.me/1sszAfRwZ) Now I know I 'bang on' about this guy and it seems that at last (with no help from me), the word is getting out. This pleases me no end as I, among many, think he's good! The future of folk music is in the hands of David and the like so lets give them as much support as possible.
I would also like to thank all you readers who take the time out to drop me an email with suggestions both clean and not so! The albums you remind me about will find their way onto the blog one day, I promise. Also the reader who also used to frequent 'The Bankhouse Inn' in Pudsey all those years ago. Do you know if Brendan Egan is still on the go? It was always a good Sunday night with free pasties as I remember. The local band he is thinking of is 'Millstone Grit'. I have an album of theirs to this day. Good, solid, traditional folk music. By the way, if you go to the 'Bankhouse' now, it's a posh place with good food but no beer crates to sit on! Well you can't have everything, can ya?
Oh, less of this 'memory lane' trip!
This is just a quick 'end of the week' blog. I hope you all have a good weekend? Transatlantic Sessions 20:30 tonight.
Byeee, Phil.
Contact, Email: folktalkinfolk@gmail.com, Twitter: @folktalkinfolk, Moan Line: 07526 504285.
ps, What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle? The owner does not mind if you spill beer on a fiddle!!
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