1.0FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALLhttp://folksongandmusichall.comJohn Baxterhttp://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/author/jsb325/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l9Y2f6Pb25"><a href="http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/2019/12/21/why-folk-and-music-hall/">Why folk and Music Hall?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/2019/12/21/why-folk-and-music-hall/embed/#?secret=l9Y2f6Pb25" width="600" height="338" title="“Why folk and Music Hall?” — FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL" data-secret="l9Y2f6Pb25" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://folksongandmusichall.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Why folk and Music Hall? I am not seeped in British folk music from birth, my early exposure to folk songs of the British Isles (in the 1970s) consisted of one or two songs vaguely remembered from primary school, and an overplayed copy of the LP The Spinners In Performance. So I’m not an expert … Continue reading ""