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Documentaries :Nowt So Queer As Folk
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Bethan Elfyn and Devendra Banhart Broadcasting:29/03/2005
Bethan Elfyn looks at how folk has become hip and sexy

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Morris Dancers, Morris Minors, and real ale: Folk has always been thus. But wait! There are new kids storming the old folk home. Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Willy Mason, are hip, sexy, and singing protest songs. Has the world gone mad?

Radio 1's Bethan Elfyn presents a 30 minute audio documentary on the new folk scene.

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