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Coal miners from Hell

These guys marry the precision of Chanticleer to the earthy energy of French-Canadian traditions. Chouette!

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Peasant joys with Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy and many friends bring their voices, fiddles, button boxes and more to the joyous Country Life.


You probably can't understand the words if you don't already know them. Here's an approximation:

In the spring we sow, at the

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The soulful fife

The tradition of fife playing is alive and well in the folkie world of southern France. That can be painful when the fifers decide to play for a bal folk indoors! But here is the fife at its soulful best.

No Card-Playing until the Country Dances begin!

What was it like to go to a social dance in Savannah, Georgia, in 1790? The Rules and Regulations I've transcribed here give some idea.

I. The Assemblies to commence, on Wednesday … [unreadable] … and to continue once every…

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