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I’ve been so busy working on re-ripping my collection that I’ve not focused on reporting new adds. The following list is new adds since September:
Artist - Album

“Sensible” Tom Bolton - When I Cross The River
A.J. Roach - Revelation
Alastair Moock - Fortune Street
All Jigged Out -Wish Hill
Blackthorn Band - Far From Home
Boldwood - Feet, don’t [...]

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Another great article from Sue Barrett, the Folk Blog Down Under Correspondent.
Enjoy - gwg
Festive Folk — More Than Just Jingle Bells!
By Sue Barrett
There are, one imagines, some rules of etiquette relating to the playing of festive music at this time of year.
And based on what one hears going about one’s everyday life, perhaps those rules [...]

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I got a new laptop, which is significantly faster than the Pentium II machine I’ve been using (Seriously, I bought that desktop machine with George Bush $400 tax refund money in 2001, and it was not top of the line then. I’m stunned by how much faster it is).
So, I continue to rip, focusing [...]

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The Onlinf Folk Christmas, a holiday gift to the worldfrom Festival Radio, is back on the air, featuring an eclectic holiday mix including folk, singer/songwriters, Celtic, bluegrass, polkas, steeldrums, rhumbas and more. You’ll hear artists asdiverse as Sufjan Stevens, Sarah McLachlan, PattyLoveless, Emmylou Harris, Brave Combo, Aimee Mann, Blackmore’s Night, Bruce Cockburn, Eileen Ivers, [...]

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