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Kaye McAlpine U.K. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.63 Clarity of Response 9.88 Timeliness 9.88 Politeness 9.88 Total Questions 29	My main field of expertise in in traditional ballads - those commonly known as the Child ballads. Those containing executions are my particular speciality, but I am also interested in ballad structure formula, functions and narrative constructs. However, I also have interest in - and academic knowledge of - bothy ballads, and the singing tradition of Scotland - although not Gaelic song. This includes Jacobite song, political song, songs about the trades, and so on. I'm pretty au fait with traditional singers and bands too. And while I enjoy singing the songs, I'm not so sure others might enjoy listening!
Colin Meadows U.K. Available View Profile Ask A Question	Knowledgeability N/A Clarity of Response N/A Timeliness N/A Politeness N/A Total Questions 1	Can answer questions on American old time country music, 5 string banjo frailing style
Mike Turner Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.78 Clarity of Response 9.81 Timeliness 9.89 Politeness 9.69 Total Questions 289	Folk Music, particularly the Child Ballads and that great body of industrial and work-related songs which arose during the Industrial Revolution. I am well-versed in the history of the Folk Revival, and I have a particular interest in political and agit-prop songs, as well as in traditional Irish dance music. For ten years I was a committee member and resident singer/song-writer/musician with the Grey Cock Folk Club in Birmingham (the pre-eminent traditional club in the English midlands, which was founded by Charles Parker of `Radio Ballad` fame).

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Kaye McAlpine

U.K.

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My main field of expertise in in traditional ballads - those commonly known as the Child ballads. Those containing executions are my particular speciality, but I am also interested in ballad structure formula, functions and narrative constructs. However, I also have interest in - and academic knowledge of - bothy ballads, and the singing tradition of Scotland - although not Gaelic song. This includes Jacobite song, political song, songs about the trades, and so on. I'm pretty au fait with traditional singers and bands too. And while I enjoy singing the songs, I'm not so sure others might enjoy listening!

Colin Meadows

U.K.

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Can answer questions on American old time country music, 5 string banjo frailing style

Mike Turner

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Folk Music, particularly the Child Ballads and that great body of industrial and work-related songs which arose during the Industrial Revolution. I am well-versed in the history of the Folk Revival, and I have a particular interest in political and agit-prop songs, as well as in traditional Irish dance music. For ten years I was a committee member and resident singer/song-writer/musician with the Grey Cock Folk Club in Birmingham (the pre-eminent traditional club in the English midlands, which was founded by Charles Parker of `Radio Ballad` fame).

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2009-10-27 Looking for a song...:

Hello Amanda Ok, I've had a look about, and this is a puzzler. it's certainly not traditional folk music - or poetry – that I know of. Have you tried something like Spotify or iTunes - I inputted All

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