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Folk Links

Loft Vinyl (rediscovering my old LPs)
Homage to Nanci Griffith
Dylan at 80
Music of the West Country
Stephen D Winick, folkorist, folk writer, singer-songwriter
Philip Ward's Sandy Denny blog
Music from North Eastern England: full series
Cover Story: full series
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Cover Story

Champion at Keeping Them Rolling. Ewan MacColl, Bob Fox, Dubliners
Rag Doll. Four Seasons or Steeleye Span
Here's the Tender Coming: Mighty Doonans, Unthanks, Dave Burland, Frankie Armsteong,
Hard Times of Old England: Steeleye Span, the Copper Family, Band of Hope or Billy Bragg & Imagine Village
Me and My Uncle: Grateful Dead, Judy Collins or John Phillips
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Sandy Denny, Judy Collins, Nina Simone and many more
The Apprentice's Song. Ian Campbell Folk Group or the Johnstons
The Curragh of Kildare: but who to choose among many
Sweet Thames, Flow Softly: Christy Moore & Sinead O'Connor, Martha & Rufus Wainwright, MacColl & Seeger
Hit the Road Jack: Ray Charles or Richard Anthony

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Salut! Live's top albums of 2007
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Fairport Convention: so British, so conventional (1)
fiddler exemplaire. Gone before his time, gone now. Rest easy, Swarb
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On the road 14 years after the Telegraph obituary
Song of the Day: Byker Hill
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The litte giant of British folk-rock

Salut! Greats

Linda Thompson
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Joan Baez
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Waterson Carthy
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Doonan Family
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Dervish
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John McCusker
Vin Garbutt
Bob Fox
Show of Hands
Altan
Mary Black
Fairport Convention
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Danu

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Treasures rediscovered

Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman: Ginny's Waltz
The Poozies: Hey How My Johnny Lad
The Johnstons: Tunnel Tigers
Oysterband: Blackwaterside
Sandy Denny & The Strawbs: All I Need Is You
Christy Moore & Sinead O'Connor: Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Vin Garbutt: Valley of Tees
Ronnie Drew & Eleanor Shanley: Boots of Spanish Leather

Song of the Day

Salut! Live: Song of the Day
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Salut! Listens

Little Love Affairs
Nanci Griffith: Little Love Affairs
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith: The Last Of The True Believers
Other Voices Other Rooms
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices Other Rooms
From Clare to Here (CD Single)
Nanci Griffith: From Clare to Here (CD Single)
Blonde On Blonde [VINYL]
Dylan, Bob: Blonde On Blonde [VINYL]
Any Day Now
Baez, Joan: Any Day Now
Summer Solstice
Hart, Tim: Summer Solstice
Voyage
Christy Moore: Voyage
Sails of Silver
Steeleye Span: Sails of Silver
Thro' The Recent Years
Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson: Thro' The Recent Years
Piano Music
Simon Jeffes: Piano Music
Hand Me Down
Kate Rusby: Hand Me Down
The Storm
Moving Hearts: The Storm
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention: Fairport Convention
Charles, Ray: The Very Best Of Ray Charles

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