Issue 7 12/98

The English columns of this issue:

• The FolkWorld Editor's Column
  Euro Folk 1999. This time, the editors reflect the inrtoduction of the EURO. Direct and indirect Views on the Euro and Europe and its culture. Will this be the start also of a new Euro Folk Era?
  Euro - European Culture

  

• The Jew's Harp Column
  Phons Bakx and Henk Postma, both Dutch experts for Jew's Harp music, give in their column a fascinating introdutcion into the strange little instrument. Readers can find out about the history of the Jew's Harp, find out that the Jew's Harp is a real European, even World instrument, to be found in loads of cultures. And, of course, the column gives a view on today's role of the Jew's Harp in folk and world music.
  Jew's Harp - Introduction to an interesting instrument, history and other stuff

• Magnetic Music News - FolkWorld Advertising Column
  Magnetic Music, Label, Agent and local organiser, introduces from now on regularly its news in its FolkWorld column. Germany based readers can also win CDs, tickets and t-shirts.
  This time: On German tour: Barachois - Midnight Court. New CDs on MMR: Barachois - Jennifer Roland - Rawlins Cross. Magnetic Music profile.
  Germany-based readers can win: CDs of Barachois, Rawlins Cross, Jennifer Roland. Concert tickets for Barachois. T-Shirts.
  Advertising column - Magnetic Music News; this time focussing on Canadian Celtic Music

In the German version there are some other columns:
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The German columns of this issue:

• FolkWorld Scene from Inside
  Mit einer ostfriesischen "Boygroup" unterwegs: Die ostfriesische Band "Spillwark" auf Tour - Ein kurzes Tourtagebuch von Wolfgang Meyering. Zum ersten Mal seit mehr als zehn Jahren geht Wolfgang mit seinen "alten" Kollegen von "Spillwark" für neun Tage auf Tournee. Eine tolle und sehr zutreffende Beschreibung von verschiedenen deutschen Veranstaltungsorten und ihrem Publikum.
  Ostfriesland/Northern Germany - tour diary of a magnificent German folk band

• News from Northern Germany
  Die Kolumne der LAG Folk Schleswig-Holstein...
  Northern Germany - News column

  

• New records from Ireland
  Die FolkWorld Kolumne für Liebhaber irischer Musik, zusammengestellt von Axel Schuldes. Axel ist Kenner der irischen Folk und traditionellen Musik Szene, er ist ein Mitorganisator der Irish Folk Festival Tour und schreibt schon seit vielen Jahren Rezensionen über die Neuerscheinungen der grünen Insel. Ab sofort regelmäßig auch für FolkWorld's Irland-Freunde.
  Ireland - column about Irish Folk CD News

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