Folk music and musicians, folk dance and folk dancing, folk song and folk singers – stories and articles by Rob Hopcott
Desperate for a bit of traditional folk music playing, yesterday (Sunday), I visited The Dolphin in the Barbican at Plymouth, UK.
I really had a great time. For 1st Sunday of the month afternoon pub entertainment in a down to earth traditional water front inn, it’s a place I will definitely go back to.
Traditional folk music at The Dolphin, Barbican, Plymouth, UK
There is a new folk music short story by Rob Hopcott with a strong romantic theme.
Folk music clubs can often not be the most romantic of places. Very often the musicians play their music and the audience …. talks amongst themselves, often quite loudly.
This new short story by Rob Hopcott, entitled Bagpipe Lover, offers an alternative scenario. After playing his piece, the piper looks across the crowded bar and falls for a glamorous damsel. Unfortunately, said damsel is not distressed and is already surrounded by some hunky men, not to mention her husband.
But all is not lost for our bagpipe playing musician as he discovers in the quiet county lane outside the bar when he leaves for his home.
Bagpipe Lover proves passion rules OK even in the hearts of traditional folk musicians
It’s free and online so why not check out Bagpipe Lover
Copyright Rob Hopcott 1999 – 2006, all rights reserved. All characters are fictitious and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
Last night I was at the folk music jam session at the Coach and Horses, Appledore, North Devon, UK and had a great night out.
Looking around for a great country and folk music acoustic singer venue, the Coach and Horses night life at Appledore which is near Bideford, Torrington, Barnstaple, Westward Ho, and East-the-Water in North Devon is well worth checking out.
Read the full story about this great West Country UK session
Welcome to my folk blog 
Here I will post stories, articles, fiction and opinion about my folk music interests.
As an active on-line author, I often use folk music venues as the background to my short fiction stories and online novels / novellas.
When I travel to different folk music festivals or music sessions, I often blog about the session to give people a bit more of a flavour of the folk events than they would get merely from an advertisement as to date and time.
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Folk music and culture are a wonderfully rich part of our heritage and I look forward to sharing this fascinating journey with you.
All best
Rob
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Folk stories and articles from Rob Hopcott