When Norway Visited Edinburgh: Some inspiration from folk clubs from another forum

In our last guest blog post, Clare Button wrote: ‘Traditional music must be nurtured by other soils as well as its own if it is to thrive, and there is little to equal the thrill when musicians from different cultures and traditions meet and spark off each other.’ This is exactly what happened a few weeks ago when a group of Norwegian folk singers came together with the Edinburgh University Folk Society for an exciting musical meeting in a crowded back room at the White Horse pub in Edinburgh.
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