new folk from the old folk
I recently got an award from Arts Council England to find ways to make a suite of contemporary bilingual folk songs created from research into a powerful musical bloodline that flows from my Welsh ancestors. New folk from the old folk. I’m aiming to write an irregular commentary here that tracks & shares this collaborative work-in-progress, so if you love roots music or genealogy, social history with a distinct non-conformist slant, or you’re just curious, then you could be one of my readers. And the Tin Tabernacle? Do subscribe to this blog & read on…
about me
I’m Tony Francis Bowring a Sheffield England based world music bassist and producer, former bandleader of Rafiki Jazz and ex-MD of Konimusic. I’ve done a lot of writing in the public domain, but mostly for album sleeves, press releases, programme notes and funding bids, so this publication takes me in a new direction…
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