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Music of the West Country

Music of the West Country: (2) Show of Hands, Kitty MacFarlane, Jenna Witts, Cyril Tawney and Brenda Wootton

April 07, 2021

For my second look at the Music of the West Country, I have chosen a blend of youth and experience from Devon and Somerset. Folk has its ghosts, too, prominent figures no longer with us, and I shall also mention... Read more →

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Tags: Brenda Wootton, Cyril Tawney, folk music, Geoff Lakeman, Jenna Witts, Kitty McFarlane, Show of Hands, South West England, Spiro, Three Cane Whale, West Country

Music of the West Country: (1) We are Family - clan Lakeman and sounds from Dartmoor, Derry and Barnsley

March 31, 2021

Crossing England diagonally as far as can be travelled on land from the North East takes us to the West Country, the setting for my second series on regional folk and related music. Music from North Eastern England - see... Read more →

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Tags: Cara Dillon, folk music, Geoff Lakeman, Hannah Edwards, Irish music, Joy Lakeman, Kathryn Roberts, Sam Lakeman, Sean Lakeman, Seth Lakeman, West Country