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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

L3 Popular Culture Folk music

 

The history of folk music in Britain

was the subject of a documentary series on the BBC. You can find the first episode here, and the other are easy to find on YouTube :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JAzWTjNTuU

 

Here are a few classic English folk songs

Sandy Denny 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsqztvHIB9Y

 

Fairport Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1it7BP5PckI


Mr Fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGXR0NzN3Hw

 

The Chieftains (Irish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC74R_nrHz0

 

And here is an article I wrote about popular music during the two world wars.

https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02427029/document

 

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