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Fri 07 Jul 2008Finding the fire inside
TRADITION AT THE CROSSROADS - PART 1: Did Planxty and The Bothy Band cross the final frontiers? Is there anything worthwhile left to say? Siobhán Longbegins the first of a three-part series examining the current state of traditional music and arts.
WITH THE PLETHORA of traditional music flooding the marketplace these days, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it's keenly attuned to a 21st century audience: invigorated even, by the challenges that listeners and life in the Noughties pose.
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