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Moulton Morris Men In the Air

Waving handkerchiefs and leaping around to traditional Cotswold Morris tunes may not seem like a ‘manly’ thing to do these days, but the tradition is still alive and well in many English villages in the summer months. August saw the forty sixth Towersey music festival take place in Oxfordshire, as usual, in very much inclement…

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Folk Music Roots – Bluegrass to English Traditional to Blues

It’s been a while since I picked up and seriously played any of my very small collection of guitars. They’re instruments I’ve acquired through my on-and-off love affair with the guitar, which began when I was sixteen. Like many teenagers back then I was a member of a ‘rock’ band (The Blue Diamonds) playing covers…

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