Beyond the Maypole - ACE225.2

Stonehenge. Biggie Tembo playing bush piano. Scenes of "traditional" England. Tembo’s VO talking about playing traditional Zimbabwean music in England, but not finding much traditional English music. Salisbury Cathedral. The Barely Works playing at a music event there. Stonehenge. Tembo talking to Mat Fox about how to discover traditional English music. Identifiable music culture in Scotland, Ireland and Wales, but English music is caught up in Victorian ideas of village hall dancing, Morris dancing, etc. The Barely Works playing Byker Hill. Bleddington, Cotswolds. The South Downs Morris team performing. Tembo talking to Phil Everitt, about the way Morris dancing and similar activities have been packaged for the tourist industry, and that many young people therefore don’t take it seriously. The Morris team performing; Discussion continues over.