A Louth Lilt

It was an early start! Dublin airport seemed particularly busy but I set about doing a little prep work. On the flight over I listened to Break It Up (2012) and Despite the Dark (2015) by Rura, whose fiddle player Jack Smedley is one of the organisers of the Fochabers Fiddle Week. I also read a little of Trish Winters and Simon Keegan-Phipps’ Performing Englishness (2013). The sounds and texts provided some context for understanding the other, albeit in conflict as Scottish a