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		<title>Virgil and Bonnie</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2010/07/virgil-and-bonnie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally back in Scotland and just about getting over my jet-lag. Right now I&#8217;m just enjoying being back with Mish and the Bump.  Before I blog some more about some of my adventures in Kansas at Camp, I wanted to share with you a recording I made of Virgil and Bonnie singing. Virgil is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amy&#8217;s Waltz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 20:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a lovely wee tune written by Patrick Costello for his fiancée Amy. Patrick got sick recently and ended up in hospital not long after his dad D.O.D. had a scare (We&#8217;re all pulling for you).  After all their misadventures recently, Patrick asked the frailing banjo community to record the tune especially for Amy as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas or Bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***Warning: incredibly slushy and gushing post follows.  You have been warned.*** For the last few months I have been organising a folk concert to raise funds for my trip this summer to Camp Adventure, Topeka, KS.  I will be working with Patrick Costello helping to run a music program for youth and adults with disabilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday morning folk song</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning folks!  It look&#8217;s like spring has finally sprung.   I got up early this morning to enjoy the lovely spring-fresh morning and sat with my ukulele and a pot of coffee. Here&#8217;s a version of the traditional folk song Wildwood Flower with frailing ukulele. Wildwood Flower Click here to download&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Summer (Camp) Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2010/04/summer-camp-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer I am headed to Topeka, Kansas to help run a music program for Camp Adventure with my banjo mentor and friend Patrick Costello. Patrick is one of the foremost instructors on old-time banjo and wrote the book The How and Tao of Old Time Banjo. Camp Adventure is a non-profit summer camp providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Egon Spengler Broon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have good news to share with you. Mish and I are both delighted to let you know that we are expecting our first child in September this year. We are already arguing about names (see above &#8211; this has already been vetoed) and I have picked out the wee one&#8217;s first ukulele. I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday morning folk song</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2010/03/saturday-morning-folk-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interpretation of Birds and Ships from the Mermaid Avenue record; a project by Billy Brag and Wilco who took previously unreleased lyrics by Woody Guthrie and wrote new music creating wonderful songs. Download audio file (birds-and-ships.mp3) Birds and Ships]]></description>
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		<title>Theme Tune from the Wire</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2010/01/theme-tune-from-the-wire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 Mish and I became slightly obsessed with the TV Show The Wire (true to form about 18 months after everyone else). Everybody has a favourite version of Tom Wait&#8217;s &#8220;Way Down in the Hole&#8221; (Mine was Season 1 whilst Mish prefered the one for Season 4, which was performed by Baltimore teenagers) Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silent Night</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/12/silent-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just got back from the Watch-Night service at church.  My brother Stu and I sang and played in front of the congregation.  I was pretty nervous but Stu kept me right.  You could hear a baby crying right after a moment of silence at the beginning of the song.  How apt!  It was very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broon&#8217;s Best o&#8217; the Noughties</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/12/broons-best-o-the-noughties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are fast approaching the end of this decade.  How did that happen?  It seems only yesterday that I was permanently wearing plaid shirts and banging on about how Beck was a visionary, Oasis were mince and Mick Foley was “more than just a wrassler”&#8230; Oh wait, that was yesterday. I&#8217;ve never really been fashionable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Trees</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/12/christmas-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the day up to my elbows in Christmas Trees.  I have been volunteering for the Caring Christmas Trees project over the last couple of years and today was my first session. It&#8217;s a great project with all the profits going to a winter shelter for homeless people providing hot meals and a safe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/07/the-wreck-of-the-tennessee-gravy-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends Grant and Lan gave me a copy of Harry Smith&#8217;s Anthology of American Folk Music Vol.4 for my birthday this year. This song, originally sung by Uncle Dave Macon is particularly prescient considering the current economic climate and my line of work. Bah! Thanks for the CD though guys &#8211; its ace!]]></description>
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		<title>A funny thing happened on the way to the Cantab</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/06/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-cantab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mish and I have just returned from our trip to Boston.  We had a great time reconnecting with our friends, seeing our old stomping grounds and even discovering some new ones. This trip turned into a bit of a musical adventure.  Our friend Bethany had asked me to sing at her wedding (a favour I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bean Town</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/05/bean-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in Boston, MA right now to go to a wedding and catch up with some friends. It&#8217;s nice to be back in the city and we&#8217;re acting like absolute tourists (we even bought mugs from the fake Cheers). I&#8217;ll post more soon but in the meantime I&#8217;ll tweet when I get the chance.]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Mountain Thyme</title>
		<link>http://www.broonandmish.net/archives/2009/05/wild-mountain-thyme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>broon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mucking about in &#8220;Double C&#8221; tuning after a long, stressful day at work.]]></description>
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