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For once, let's turn to Britain, where traditional music also has its place. Hailing from Kent in the south-east of England, James Kerry is a member of the English folk scene, renowned for his passionate, rhythmic playing rooted in the dance tradition.

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In Ulster, as in the rest of the Green Isle, tradition is alive and well. A perfect example is the group Lí Ban, from central Ulster, County Armagh, on the shores of the immense Lough Neagh.

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We left him in 2017 with his excellent album Tales from the North. Seven years on, Scotland's Calum Stewart is back with a new opus of the same quality as its predecessor, True North, again a tribute to his home region of Morayshire, east of Inverness.

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A debut album in 2019 for these three musicians from the Irish north-west. Dylan Carlos (fiddle) comes from a family of musicians in County Roscommon, Cein Sweeney (flute) is from County Cavan and John McCartin (guitar) is from Leitrim.