THE folk music industry down south has a tendency to ascribe new messiah status to still developing talents as soon as it gets an inkling of the tradition being preserved through another generation.
THE folk music industry down south has a tendency to ascribe new messiah status to still developing talents as soon as it gets an inkling of the tradition being preserved through another generation.
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Sam Lee, a triple nominee at the recent BBC Folk Awards, is one of the latest examples.
Lee's sources are immaculate: he has delved into the traveller community both in person and through recordings and while it's to his credit that he hasn't affected a cod traveller's singing style, he has yet to grasp the art of telling a song in the manner of singers such as his mentor, the late Stanley Robertson, or his guests here, the wonderfully roguish Thomas McCarthy and the touring party's landlady for the night, Fife traditional singing stalwart Chris Miles.
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