Folk Music/Experts

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Mike Turner

Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.76
  • Clarity of Response 9.81
  • Politeness 9.74
  • Response Time(hr) 22.3
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 5.8
  • Total Questions 319
 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).

Colin Meadows

U.K.
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  • Knowledgeability N/A
  • Clarity of Response N/A
  • Politeness N/A
  • Response Time(hr) 3.8
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 3.6
  • Total Questions 5
 Can answer questions on American old time country music, 5 string banjo frailing style

Marcin Puszka

Poland
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  • Clarity of Response N/A
  • Politeness N/A
  • Response Time(hr) N/A
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) N/A
  • Total Questions 4
 I prefer questions about european folk music, especially from Ukraine, Poland, Russia, UK, France and Germany. Also you can ask about the instruments used in the songs and bands, members of the bands and composers of songs. Please don't ask me about country music, bluegrass etc. Also don't ask me about singers like Bob Dylan or Joan Baez. You can ask me also about new folk music like folk-metal or folk-punk.

Kaye McAlpine

U.K.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.84
  • Clarity of Response 9.95
  • Politeness 9.95
  • Response Time(hr) 11.5
  •  --Last 90 Days(hr) 12.6
  • Total Questions 45
 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!

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2011-12-26 The Night Visiting Song:

Hi Joe    As far as I'm aware, The Dubliners' version of the song came via the singing of Ray and Archie Fisher - however, Archie Fisher's on record as saying that their version is a composite from recordings

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