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Dave Swarbrick: English Fiddler

Read "English Fiddler" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


English folk music is part and parcel a different animal than Celtic music, though the two share much in common. Both have long and storied reputations going back a millennium. Both use acoustic instrumentation that includes violins, accordions, and guitars of differing stripes. Having said this, English and Celtic folk music are different in ways I cannot quite describe. Our perception may be too colored by movie soundtracks and popular treatments of the island's folk music. At any rate, Dave ...

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