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Sunday, June 05, 2005
On the Fiddle with the Levellers This Week
This week (June 5-12), the Online Folk Festival goes "on the fiddle" with the Levellers as Featured Artist of the Week. Anarchist English folk/punk by a band named after a 17th century English political movement never sounded so good.
The Levellers have been huge in the UK since the early '90s and yet have had little more than a cup of coffee in the US, which is a darned shame because they can do everything from fiddle folk to blazing rock anthems and have even dabbled in technofolk. They have a great new album out, Truth and Lies, that continues the return to form of their previous album, Green Blade Rising.
Oh, and choosing The Levellers as Featured Artist of the Week is what separates the Online Folk Festival from the rest of the folk radio world, as many folk radio DJs would not believe that more than a few early songs from The Levellers would even be appropriate for a folk radio show.
The Levellers have been huge in the UK since the early '90s and yet have had little more than a cup of coffee in the US, which is a darned shame because they can do everything from fiddle folk to blazing rock anthems and have even dabbled in technofolk. They have a great new album out, Truth and Lies, that continues the return to form of their previous album, Green Blade Rising.
Oh, and choosing The Levellers as Featured Artist of the Week is what separates the Online Folk Festival from the rest of the folk radio world, as many folk radio DJs would not believe that more than a few early songs from The Levellers would even be appropriate for a folk radio show.
