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    "Jacques Covemaeker" by Leveret's Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron

    I came across this one recently and it really grabbed me so I did this recording of it last night. The piece is dedicated to Belgian farmer Jacques Covemaeker, who died while plowing a field in 1983 after striking a WWI land mine, making him last known victim of the "Great War."
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    My new tradfolk channel…Andy Cutting and more

    After avoiding the inevitable, I’ve finally split off a spanking new YouTube channel to house just my Tradfolk recordings (as opposed to all the non-traditional things I post on my main channel). It will be a mix of Irish, English, French, Flemish, Scottish, Breton, Québécois, Scandinavian...
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    Candela (Cyrille Brotto)

    The European folk / dance traditions were what attracted me to the box in general and to smaller boxes in particular. Cyrille is a wonderful balfolk player and composer and I captured this take of my own improvised version of his tune last night. Apologies for the sour accordion face. Am also...
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    Waterman by Hartwin Dhoore

    Hartwin Dhoore is a Belgian gent currently living in Estonia who I find so musically inspiring. Early on, he switched from chromatic to diatonic and is self-taught. He is a great player and an excellent composer of trad folk / neo-trad tunes. Here is my rough attempt to do one of his tunes...
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