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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
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fiddler exemplaire. Gone before his time, gone now. Rest easy, Swarb
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Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman: Ginny's Waltz
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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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