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The English and their Roots 10:55am on 16 May 2009 Hi Mike,

You may be thinking the situation is bad in England, but from my point of view here in the Netherlands, folk/traditional music is very much alive at your side of the North Sea - look at the increasing popularity of artists like Spiers & Boden, Bellowhead, Jim Moray, Waterson/Carthy family - the list goes on & on. I cannot even think of *one* popular folk/traditional music artist or ensemble over here - let alone that (young) people will sing you a Dutch traditional in the pub - no way.
I'm really fond of your English & Scottish traditional (ballad) music - wish I had been brought up in that rich tradition.

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