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Sweden is rarely featured in this column. Yet there is a very lively traditional music.

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Llio Rydderch is currently the traditional Welsh harpist recognized as the most famous, innovative and influential representative of the triple harp which is a characteristic of Wales.

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The Irish diaspora is very present in London. And as the Irish are a people of musicians, what could be more natural than to find many traditional bands on London stages.

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They met at the age of 16 in Sligo at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the great annual gathering of Irish musicians during which concerts and competitions are organised.