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Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Spring, by Patrick Clarke
Patrick Clarke's seasonal exploration of forward-thinking folk music returns, featuring an interview with Eliza Carthy on the attentional ebb & flow the scene attracts, and the importance of hammering home an anti-fascist message, plus reviews of ten essential new releases – from magical Kazakh guitar to the Italians at the heart of Ireland's trad scene, via the Balkans, Lebanon, Argyll, Connemara and beyond
