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12-Apr-2018 13:31:38

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29-Mar-2024 07:48:02

Oh, some of those comments are really nasty!

Sure, The Corrs don't play pure traditional music, but trad musicians can just be honest about that without being nasty.

They can just say that it's great that Corrs-influenced musicians are interested in exploring Irish music further, and say "but their music is different to what we do here" in a trad session.

A mandolin player I know was once taught by a music teacher to only play traditional tunes in their original instrumentation and style. He has nothing against playing an original tune in the style of Irish music and mixing up instrumentation etc, but he wants to keep traditional tunes as close to the original as possible. I do kind of understand the motivations, so that the style isn't lost completely.

Steve, you're right, it's the same in the jazz world. And the classical world is the same with Andre Rieu.

Wendy
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