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A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE DIFFERENCE!
How can the Rhondda show the world the difference
between folk music and show biz? It's easy !
For thousands of years musicians cheered up their
friends, communities (& themselves) by playing
music. They didn't get paid, or even consider
"a career in music", until relatively recently.
Today, the Rhondda is FULL of groups of musicians
happy to meet as friends & play beautiful music...
Come to the Rhondda and find the true spirit of
"folk" music... it's a real revolution!
and for those reared on the '50s US hegemony
of Pete Seeger, et al, it's a real revelation !
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The Comhaltas All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan
kicked off with traditional Irish music, streamed free:
www.LiveTrad.com.
Get in touch through instant messaging
by using the LiveTrad.com message board.
Requests and messages are read out on air.
It's loads of fun, as well as terrific music!
www.LiveTrad.com.
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Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - God and Man
(spoken) In the beginning, there was just God,
So God made man in his own image: a little image that is.
Man asked God, "My God, how great art thou?"
And to show man his great power, they played a game.
Sonny, I'll play the part of the man, and you'll play the part of God
God and man played hide-and-go-seek.
God told man, "Now man, don’t you peek."
Man counted to ten, and then looked around,
But God was nowhere, nowhere to be found.
Man looked on the mountain.
He looked across the sea.
He looked in the stars, in the skies, in the trees.
He looked in the wind, in the sun, on the ground,
But God was nowhere, nowhere to be found.
So man made an image and he gave it a name,
But this man-made god brought nothing but pain.
Man started shouting "God! Where can you be?"
"I’m right here man, inside of thee."
Oh, man was so shocked, he was really surprised.
'Cuz he looked everywhere, but right there inside.
Now when man found God, man found love,
And man found out what we all are made of.
God is in you and God is in me.
To love all of God is to love humanity.
God is in you and God is in me.
To love all of God is to love humanity."
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FOLKWALES
Welcome to FOLKWALES, a new internet magazine
which has gone on-line now. December 2011.
Edited by journalist, researcher and musician
Mick Tems, FOLKWALES magazine promises a new
concept in media publishing; news, views,
reviews, features, articles and comment,
the all-Wales Listings and Events, focussing
on Wales and the World.
FOLKWALES is at
www.folkwales.org.uk
- look forward to seeing you there!
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