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P R E S E N T S ] ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: VA ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: The Acoustic Folk Box ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Folk ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: English ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Topic Records ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: n/a ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ URL..........: n/a ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ source......: CDDA ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ playtime....: 291:51 min ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ rip.date....: Oct-27-2004 ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ str.date....: 000-00-2002 ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ ripper......: JusT TeaM ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ grabber.....: EAC v.0.95 prebeta 4 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ encoder.....: LAME v.3.90.3 Modified ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 372,3 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ quality.....: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ ░ ░ ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ cd1 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. Lonnie Donegan - Jack O'Diamonds 02:52 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. Davy Graham & Alexis Korner - ╛ AD 04:41 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. The Galliards - MacPherson's Rant 02:22 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. Ray & Archie Fisher - Twa Corbies 02:09 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Bob Davenport - Tramps and Hawkers 03:01 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. The Dubliners - The Rocky Road to Dublin 02:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. Ewan MacColl - Song of the Iron Road 03:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. Anne Briggs - She Moves Through the Fair 02:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. The Ian Campbell Folk Group - The Times They 03:09 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Are A-Changing ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. The Three City Four - Across the Hills 02:01 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. The Fisher Family - Joy of My Heart 01:52 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. Bert Jansch - Angi 03:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. Shirley Collins & Davy Graham - Reynardine 02:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. Julie Felix - Geordie 02:25 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. The Watersons - Dido Bendigo 02:57 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. A L Lloyd - The Two Magicians 04:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. The Exiles - The Moving On Song 03:11 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. Martin Carthy - Sovay 02:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. The Incredible String Band - First Girl I 04:59 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Loved ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. The Young Tradition - Lyke Wake Dirge 02:49 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 21. John Renbourn - Transfusion 02:02 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 22. Sandy Denny - You Never Wanted Me 03:24 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 23. Dave Swarbrick - The Cuckoo's Nest 02:40 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 24. Sweeney's Men - The House Carpenter 03:57 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 25. Ralph McTell - Spiral Staircase 03:35 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd2 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. Pentangle - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme 02:48 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. Shirley Collins - Bonnie Boy 03:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. Robin & Barry Dransfield - The Rout of the 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Blues ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phoebus 02:56 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Sorry the Day I Was 01:28 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Married ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. Oak - Scan's Polkas 02:15 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. Dick Gaughan - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie / The 02:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Friars Britches ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. Frankie Armstrong - The Crafty Maids Policy 02:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. Nic Jones - Billy Don't You Weep For Me 04:54 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris - The Rose of 04:41 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Britain's Isles / Glorishears ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. Etchingham Steam Band - Hard Times of Old 04:25 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ England ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. The Bothy Band - The Kesh Jig / Give Us a 04:33 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Drink of Water/The Flower of the Flock / Famou ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. Leon Rosselson & Roy Bailey - The Ant & the 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Grasshopper ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. Roy Harris - The Methody Parson 02:25 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. Bill Caddick - John O'Dreams 04:22 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. Bandoggs - The Rose of Allandale 04:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. Peter Bellamy - The Shepherd of the Downs 04:50 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. John Kirkpatrick & Chums - Brighton Camp / 03:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The March Past ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. New Victory Band - Harpers Frolick / Bonny 02:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Kate ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. Steve Ashley - Once in a While 04:28 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd3 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. Battlefield Band - Miss Drummond of Perth / 03:26 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Fiddler's Joy / Traditional Reel / The Shetlan ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. Rory McLeod - Farewell Welfare 03:18 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. Dick Gaughan - Erin-Go-Bragh 04:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. Richard Thompson - Rockin' In Rhythm 02:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Old Swan Band - Stephen Baldwin's 04:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Schottisches Nos 1 & 2 / The Kennet Jig ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. Alistair Anderson - In Trim / Mount Hooley / 03:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Lemington Bank ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. June Tabor - Lay This Body Down 02:59 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. Martin Simpson - The First Cut Is The Deepest 03:36 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. The English Country Blues Band - Handsome 03:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Johnny ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. Vin Garbutt - If 02:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. Brass Monkey - The Maid & The Palmer 05:34 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. Blowzabella - Shave The Monkey / Boys Of The 02:52 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mill ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. Kathryn Tickell - A B Hornpipe / Mrs 02:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bolowski's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. Pete Morton - Another Train 03:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. Swan Arcade - Coal Not Dole 02:50 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. Silly Sisters - Blood & Gold / Mohacs 03:50 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. Andrew Cronshaw - Wasps In The Woodpile 04:07 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. Patrick Street - Patrick Street / The 03:45 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Carraroe Jig ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. Altan - A Bhean Udai Thall 03:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. Mouth Music - Fraoch A Ronaigh 03:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd4 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. Emmylou Harris - The Grey Funnel Line 03:49 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - A Call For The 03:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ North Country ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. Ron Kavana - Reconciliation 04:38 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. The House Band - Pharoah 03:14 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Chris Wood - Out Come The Freaks 05:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. Billy Bragg - Moving The Goalposts 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. Waterson:Carthy - When First I Came To 05:18 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Caledonia ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. Richard Thompson - Beeswing 05:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. Dervish - Molly And Johnny 03:51 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. Shooglenifty - Venus In Tweeds 04:07 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. Martin Hayes - The Graf Spey 03:52 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. Coope, Boyes & Simpson - Jerusalem Revisited 04:57 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight - How Can I 02:45 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Leave ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. June Tabor - A Place Called England 04:42 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. Nancy Kerr & James Fagan - Reel Du Pendu 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. Maddy Prior - Twankydillo 02:59 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. Fernhill - Llatai 03:40 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. Kate Rusby - The Cobbler's Daughter 02:39 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. John Tams - From Where I Lie 05:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. Eliza Carthy - 10,000 Miles 03:05 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Compiling a representative collection of the folk ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ revival in the British Isles must be one of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ most daunting tasks imaginable. The starting point ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is perhaps the simplest, and is well chosen on The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Acoustic Folk Box, an epic and highly successful ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ four-album box set. But after that, deciding which ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ musicians and which songs and tunes to include must ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ have caused nightmares. But compiler David Suff and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ project coordinator Tony Engle have done a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ magnificent job putting together "four decades of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the very best acoustic folk music from the British ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Isles." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Set out in approximate chronological order, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ first album opens with the incomparable Lonnie ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Donegan performing his 1957 skiffle version of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Jack O'Diamonds." Skiffle was in essence a simple, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ homemade form of music -- all you needed was a bit ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of a voice, a guitar, a tea-chest-string-and-broom ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bass and a washboard, and your skiffle group was ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ready. Growing out of the trad jazz scene in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ '50s, the style soon was well-represented on the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pop charts and, more to the point, gave a direction ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ for many a budding musician. It was not just bands ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ like the Beatles who formed as skiffle groups; many ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ performers who later emerged onto the folk scene ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ also got their start in the genre. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The 24 tracks which follow the Donegan classic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cover the period from 1960-69 in which folk music ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ found its feet. Some musicians emerged from blues ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and jazz, some were heavily influenced by what was ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ going on across the Atlantic and some were ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ developing their own regional traditions. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Guitar, before this era not often associated with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ British traditions, became a crucial instrument as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ such influential players as John Renbourn, Davy ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Graham, Alexis Korner and Bert Jansch set ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ standards. Even after nearly 40 years, I still ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ can't play "Angi" but it sounds as fresh today as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ it did when I first tried. Not many would claim ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ today that the guitar is not an integral part of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the culture, and these pioneers helped its ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ establishment. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ A parallel folk revival was taking place in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ U.S. and, needless to say, it had an effect on the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ British Isles. Groups such as the Ian Campbell Folk ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Group (including Dave Swarbrick, later of Fairport ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Convention) approached their music with an American ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bent while retaining the character of their own ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ traditions. And many Americans, from Bob Dylan to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Paul Simon, found their way to the old countries in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ search of music (and often, an audience, too). One ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ such visitor who became quite a phenomenon was ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Californian Julie Felix. I'd quite forgotten how ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ beautifully she sang, as she shows on "Geordie," a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 1966 release accompanied by Swarbrick on fiddle and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ guitarist Martin Carthy. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Swarbrick and Carthy are well represented, which is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ only fitting for two of the most important ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ musicians in English folk music: as solo ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ performers, as a duo and as accompanists; Carthy ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was later an integral part of such bands as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Steeleye Span and Brass Monkey and often performs ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ with his own family. They appear frequently ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ throughout the whole box set. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bob Davenport from the northeast of England, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Shirley and Dolly Collins from the south, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Fisher family from Scotland and Ireland's Sweeney's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Men (with Andy Irvine, Johnny Moynihan and Terry ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Woods) tapped into their roots to find songs which ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ would soon become staples. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ From these diverse origins, the folk scene evolved ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in several directions. The next decade, as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represented by the second album, begins with one of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the most talented bands ever to emerge -- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Pentangle, with Jansch and Renbourn along with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singer Jacqui McShee, Terry Cox (percussion) and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Danny Thompson (bass). It's interesting to note ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ their contribution was recorded by Shel Talmy, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ another ex-patriot American who along with people ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ like Phil Coulter was one of the prime movers of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pop English music. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ There are little unexpected gems throughout the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection. Amongst other tracks, English country ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music band Oak performs a set of polkas, Scottish ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ guitarist and singer Dick Gaughan plays a Shetland ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ set with fiddler Aly Bain, and Bill Caddick sings ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ his own composition "John O'Dreams." Although the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ second disc veers more toward English music in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ various styles, Scotland and Ireland are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represented and the bringing together of traditions ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is apparent throughout. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The third CD (from 1979 to 1990) shows more of an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ electric influence than the earlier recordings, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ demonstrating music really has no boundaries. Rory ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ McLeod's "rap" is a wonder well worth hearing, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Martin Simpson plays a guitar version of "The First ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cut Is the Deepest," Richard Thompson performs ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Ellington on a number of instruments and Andrew ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cronshaw intrigues and fascinates with "Wasps in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the Woodpile." There are also tracks by Patrick ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Street, Altan, the Battlefield Band and Mouth ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Music, and the wonderful placement of a set by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Blowzabella followed by another by Kathryn Tickell. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ As if to demonstrate the connections between ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ traditions, the final album opens with a Cyril ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Tawney song performed by Mary Black and Dolores ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Keane and Emmylou Harris -- England, Ireland, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ America. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Very few of the tracks in the whole collection have ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ dated, yet even so, the fourth album contains some ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of the best material. Perhaps because of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ confidence in arrangements (Chris Wood's minimalist ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fiddle; Jez Lowe's bouncy accompaniment; Black, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Keane and Harris' moving harmonies), perhaps ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ because of the high quality and adventurousness of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the musicians (there are truly some virtuoso ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ performers here), but I find I play volume four ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ over and over -- every track. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It's amazing to note the staying power of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ musicians, with the likes of Martin Carthy and the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Watersons having appeared throughout the whole ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection. A glance at the excellent 56-page ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ accompanying booklet shows new waves of musicians ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ complementing rather than replacing the earlier ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ performers. (Indeed, Lonnie Donegan released a new ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ recording not that long ago, shortly before his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ death -- and he was still as good as ever.) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It would be pointless to talk about omissions even ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ though there are many. And it would be silly to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ complain at the choices of song and tune. No ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection -- and this has 85 tracks spread over ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ almost five hours -- can represent every strand, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ every musician. But David Suff has managed to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ present something which gives a good sense of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ development of the music, shows an understanding in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the interrelationship between various styles, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that not only demonstrates the roots and influences ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of the music, but also shows the directions in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ which it has moved. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ On occasion, the otherwise excellent accompanying ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ notes could have helped remove some ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ misunderstandings (surely Peggy Seeger is playing ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ banjo, for example). But the short essays and pen ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pictures of the performers, along with the photos, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ also make the album a good read. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Traditions live on and the folk scene of England, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Ireland, Scotland and the regions is thriving with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "old timers" like Carthy and Thompson and newcomers ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ like Eliza Carthy and Kate Rusby. 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