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Folk Britannia BBC TV 3 of 3 (2006) by DarkWraith

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Folk Britannia BBC TV - 3 of 3 (2006)

Episode 3 of 3 - Between The Wars

The final episode explores how, since folk music's popularity hit a low point in the late 1970s, it has continually reinvented itself to appeal to new audiences.

Politicised folk enjoyed a renaissance during the miners' strike with punks like Billy Bragg singing about the power of unions. Artists from the 'crusty' traveller scene which followed were also re-engaged in social and political protest.

In the 1990s, second-generation folkies, like Eliza Carthy, emerged to take on the mantle of the folk traditionalists, and the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards were launched to celebrate industry achievements.

The story is brought right up to date with the two, very different, folk scenes flourishing today:

The first is at home in the traditional folk clubs, while artists like Devendra Banhart and King Creosote belong to a neo-folk scene that harks back to some of the most exciting neo-psychedelic and pastoral folk albums of the 1960s.

(Parts 1 & 2 will also be posted).

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