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Tue 11 Nov 2009Where are the songs of the great recession?
It’s time for a return to the sort of protest songs made famous by Woody Guthrie , veteran folk musician Andy Irvine, currently on tour with Mozaik, tells SIOBHÁN LONG
‘IN THIS COMING winter of discontent, maybe we’ll hear some new songs born of the protest songs which have long characterised folk music.” So says Andy Irvine, one of the most serious grafters in the music business.
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