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Article: One of the One of the cool folk; Seth Lakeman, the Mercury Prize-nominated folk music star, talks to GAVIN ALLEN about the rebirth of acoustic music in the mainstream.
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- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2009
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Byline: GAVIN ALLEN
LILLY Allen's new single has got a banjo solo in the middle of it," says an incredulous Seth Lakeman, one of the figureheads of the new folk music movement.
"That just wouldn't have happened in years gone by."
Allen's single It's Not Fair does indeed include a banjo solo and there's no doubt it's because folk music has enjoyed a massive renaissance in this decade - with Lakeman at the forefront of it.
His most recent album, Poor Man's Heaven, landed at No.8 in the ...